Play Doh Ice Cream Factory – Don’t Bother Buying

If your child has seen the play doh ice cream factory on TV, he or she is probably pestering you to buy it for them.

My now four year old son had wanted the play dough ice cream set for as long as he could remember. We eventually gave in and bought it for his forth birthday. While I love playdoh and think it is fantastically creative play for kids, the play doh ice cream shoppe is a huge let down. Not only is it virtually impossible to clean but my son, who is healthy and able, found it really hard to work on his own. So if you are buying this play dough set to get five minutes peace and quiet you can forget it.

Find out why I am not the only one saying not to buy this

Instead you will find yourself sitting down beside your child working all the add ons for him. The only one he could work himself was the swirl ice cream piece. While I love playing with my kids, I hate it when playdough sets or any other toys for that matter fail to do what has been advertised on TV. On the TV it looks like you can make all different types of Ice cream and you probably can but only the once as the playdoh gets all mixed up. Also most kids that have played with this set couldn’t work out how to use the tiny shapes like the kids did on the TV advert. Hasbro must employ child geniuses to make these ads!!

And to end this rant – can the people who make these playdoh sets please remember that us parents like to clean up after our kids and teach them how to put things away – this is not possible when the play doh sets can’t fit back in the box!!! Instead you have to find somewhere to leave the set which is not easy when you have three kids and piles of toys.

So my advice – save your cash and buy a couple of the ordinary play doh sets instead. This one gets a huge thumbs up from parents. Not only will your kids enjoy them a lot better but you can get your five minutes Mom time to grab a hot cup of coffee for once. (those parenting books never warn you that us moms end up drinking lukewarm coffee all the time do they?)