Play-dough: The neverending toy

When it comes to childhood, you remember simple things of life: playing with toys. When kids play with their toys, they start developing their brains because they are using skills to learn how to function these toys in how they want to. A good example of a toy that requires different skills is play-doh. Play-doh is about 4 ounces and comes in a plastic cup and is made out of water, flour, and salt which makes it non-toxic and safe for kids to play with. Play-doh is a toy that lets it decide what it wants to be and comes in any shape or color that provides a fun playing experience for kids to sharpen their skills.

An article conducted by Natural Measume of play, states that Play-doh has been around since 1955, it was supposed to be a wallpaper cleaner but then Joe McVicker found out from teachers that children find it hard to model clay and manipulate it to what they wanted to so, McVickers made a cleaning product squishy cleaning product and sent it out to schools in Cincinnati and got lots of great reviews and in 1956, a wider production for play-doh started (National Museum of play). The article presented a good question about making a more accessible way for children to use clay. With McVicker’s invention, he made it softer and squishy so it would allow children to be able to use this clay without any trouble. Another reason why play-doh is a great toy for children is that it allows children to manipulate the toy any way they want to. For example, children can make any shapes they want to with the play-doh which can sharpen their thinking when they are using the play-doh. With this toy, kids can make anything that they want to see by crafting a simple shape repeatedly which allows children to strategize new ideas that they come up with. Play-dough essentially allows kids to have their own imagination that sharpens their creativity by using the dough.

When it comes to Play-doh there are tons of benefits to children in their development. Whether it be with creativity or coordination, it allows for an immersive playing experience for the children. It allows them to be the ones in charge of the play-dough. When deciding what toy to purchase your child, anyone can consider all the upsides of the toy that will also be a fun experience for the child to have as well.

Overall, play-doh is a toy that allows for endless fun and creativity. It allows children to be able to manipulate their creation as much as they like to while other toys don’t have that option to do so. The toy is also soft and nontoxic which makes it also safe for the kids to play with and easy as well. Essentially, the toy is an amazing addition to add as a toy for a child to play with.

 

                                                   Sources

National Museum of Play “Play dough inducted toy in the National Museum of play.” https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/the-history-of-play-doh-good-clean-fun/