The other day I decided that Colby needed some one-on-one focused time with me. So on Monday I opened up a Christmas gift of his and let him go to town playing with me. We decided to open up a play-doh kit.
Now as a teacher, and often as a Mommy, I had the rule that you used one color play-doh so that they colors don't get mixed up. I always felt this helped it stay in the containers better and no one was complaining about the colors being mixed.
Well when Colby and I were playing this we through the rules out the window.
Colby had a great time just playing and making his ice cream concoctions. When Blake got home from school they took it out again and the two of them played together for a long time with it. They even took out the Monster Trucks and they got in the fun.
Sometimes you have to throw out the rules and just let them mix the play-doh.
I let my five year old mix, but usually I only take out three or four colors at a time :)
ReplyDeleteI also believe in throwing out the rules from time to time. I almost got my kids something like that for Christmas, maybe it was the same thing. It looks so fun!
ReplyDeleteThose sundaes look good enough to eat :)
ReplyDeleteOh we love playdoh! Especially a brand new un-used pack!!:) We tend to be mixers too!! but I keep buying new stuff cause grey play-doh is just not pretty!!;)
ReplyDeletehave a happy day lori
LOL..I had to laugh at this post. It used to be that mixing up play-doh colours would give me heart palpitations. However, over the years, I've decided to let that one go, it's not worth the stress. Plus, play-doh is cheap, so I can always buy more colours!
ReplyDeleteI have trouble with this too and I usually blame the teacher thing as well. But my girls have a great time when we get down and dirty with mixing. Glad the boys had fun.
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