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Play-Doh color mixing

Does anyone else cringe when their kids mix the colors? Our four containers are now all tie-dyed with a lovely base color of mud gray.

The 'doh is still pliable and fresh that I can't justify throwing it out, especially since Jojo will remix again soon.

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Permalink Reply by Christi Stapleton on November 4, 2007 at 6:52am: Oh, yes, I hate when that happens! I'm not a big fan of play-doh because they mix 'em, and I hate when it gets in the carpet!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Stacy on November 4, 2007 at 7:11am: OH sweet meats and cheeses, I hadn't thought of that. We only have hardwoods, so I can only imagine the horror of finding a big, smeared in blob in carpeting. UGH!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Simple Blog Writer on November 4, 2007 at 7:35am: I guess I'm the oddball because I don't mind at all. As long as the playdough is still soft, I don't mind the color mixing because it's good for their hands to be working the dough. My DD never got into play-doh but my DS and his buddies can play for hours, and the first thing they do is mash it all together.

What really makes my skin crawl is when there are small dried up pieces mixed in the soft play-doh! Yuck, that's gross.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Mollie Hannon on November 4, 2007 at 7:36am: My house can be a mess and I don't care, but if my daughter mixes the play-doh, I want to crawl out of my own skin. I feel your pain. Luckily they drop so many bits and pieces over time it eventually fades away.

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Permalink Reply by melissa on November 4, 2007 at 9:56am: i can't stand when my kids sneak it out of the kitchen and then i find dried up pieces all over the house! the worse is, when you don't see a hard, dried up piece in the carpet and, you step on it! ouch!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Natasha on November 4, 2007 at 11:50am: It drives me nuts. Thankfully we only make one color of playdough for the kids where I work so they can't really mix it ;); ▶ Reply to This