Alternative Toys!

It's Wednesday and with that we'd like to showcase a product that you probably haven't heard of up to this point, but your children will thank you for reading on!  We've all heard and, for most of us, played with Play-doh at some point in our lives, but did you know what's actually in the stuff?  Here's just a short recap:

 

Play-Doh contains water, salt, and wheat flour, a starch-based binder, a retrogradation inhibitor, salt, lubricant, surfactant, preservative, hardener, humectant, fragrance, and color.  A petroleum additive gives the compound a smooth feel, and borax prevents mold from developing.

Exactly what I want my children playing with and yes, on occasion putting in their mouth (let's be real, we all did it!)! So, today we'd like to give you a great alternative for that creative time with your kids! 

A winner of Dr. Toy’s Best Classic Toys in 2009, Happy Fun Dough is a natural alternative to popular Play-Doh products. The dough is made by For My Kids from flour, water, salt, vegetable oil, cream of tartar and citric acid, and each individual jar of dough gets its color (brown, green, natural, orange, pink or yellow) from plant extracts. There’s even a gluten-free variety. What’s more, Happy Fun Dough packaging is completely recyclable, and discarded dough can be safely composted.

A sample pack—2-oz. tins of each of the colors in a reusable cotton drawstring bag—costs $23.49.

The Super Mega Fun Pack—4-oz. tins of each of the colors—is $35.99.

Let us know what you think of it!