Play-Doh!

"iNvDrZiM" (invdrzim) 04/09/2015 at 10:53 • Filed to: Play-Doh, Bonding, Family, Fun Time

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My 5-year old asked me to play with her and make things using Play-Doh. While she has a limitless imagination mine is decidedly less exciting. When I asked her what she would like to make she said "do a car daddy!" Well here we go...

She has a heart of gold and overlooked the glaring panel gaps and questionable proportions. Plus, she "made the circles" (wheels).

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 11:00

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Nice car, the sculptured look you achieved is marvellous.

I have times of play-doh playing in my life currently and know your struggle. Seriously that's a nice car though.

Sam > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 11:04

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Are her circles Pilot Supersports? Gotta start em early.

Also, I never mixed Play-Doh colors as a kid. It always bugged me when the colors mixed and were all off. I was a strange child.

MrDakka > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 11:07

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Light it on fire and its a Firerrari

$kaycog > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 11:09

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Good job!

iNvDrZiM > Sam 04/09/2015 at 11:14

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After completing our car I told her we needed to buy some more colors (black in particular) so that the tires are correct. She agreed. Expect more Play-Doh shenanigans in the future. Baby steps...

iNvDrZiM > Sam 04/09/2015 at 11:18

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I have the same aversion to mixing colors of Play-Doh together!

Initially the car was just a big-red-blob-of-a-thing with etchings to mark where the windshield, grill, hood, etc. were. Once that was done I realized it could use some color to stand out so I balled up the different colors, flattened them out into "sheets" and cut them into the (roughly) appropriate shape. That allowed me to layer it on the red without mixing them. The car has now been successfully torn apart and the colors separated into their respective containers the way God intended it.

deekster_caddy > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 11:22

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It's really, really easy to make your own play-dough. Then no harm no foul when the colors get mixed up. My wife is a pre-school teacher and we make play-dough in big batches.

cornerslide > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 11:24

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Great stuff. If tried to do this hilarity would ensue.

iNvDrZiM > deekster_caddy 04/09/2015 at 11:50

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We once tried to make our own crayons by melting together broken bits here and there - it was also easy but I think I've learned from that experience that I'd rather buy than make my crafts materials. :)

deekster_caddy > iNvDrZiM 04/09/2015 at 15:31

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Our kids love to reuse stuff. We bought a 'crayon maker' which lets you put the broken pieces or any other wax into it and it melts and reforms them into new 'rainbow' crayons. Our kids love them.

In general, I really like to repair or rebuild broken things or figure out why they are broken. It's a skill that's getting lost all too quickly in the 'disposable goods' age our kids are growing up in. My kids like to bring me broken things to fix (or deem unfixable), or bring ripped or broken clothing to grammy for sewing and patchwork.

I completely understand the 'its just easier to get a new xxxx' mentality, and I really like that we make stuff from scratch and take things apart to fix them. It leads to them doing their own car repairs someday ;)

iNvDrZiM > deekster_caddy 04/09/2015 at 17:46

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Completely agree with the getting hands-on with broken things bit. My daughter loves getting to work on our cars as well. We're actually about to embark on a journey fixing the 4runner hanging out in our garage (the list of needed repairs is daunting). She's super excited and keeps asking about it.

She's also been the one who is frequently reminding me that we need to fix that broken sway bar link (I told her she'd be helping me).

If there's one thing I want my kids to do, it's to not be afraid to get into something and get their hands dirty to fix it. It'll benefit them in the future when I may not be around to do it.