Play-Doh Play-Dates website review

If your kids are anything like mine, then they love playing with Play-Doh! If your anything like me, you haven't the slightest idea what to make with their Play-Doh when they ask you to play with them. Problem solved! Hasbro and Play-Doh have developed a new exciting website to get those creative juices flowing. The Play-Doh Play-Dates activity website is full of engaging ideas for you, your kids and of course a few containers of Play-Doh. Best of all it's FREE!

I decided to set up a Play-Doh Play-Date with my kids this afternoon. We chose a few fresh ideas, a craft and of course a snack, all from the website. There are several themes to choose from including Beach Party, Back to School and Spring Picnic. Of course, my kids didn't want to stick to just one theme so we bounced around from theme to theme. Just another great aspect of the site, there are no rules!

While my oldest was at school, I chose a simple snack from the site that my 3 year old could prepare. He made Banana OJ Pops from the Beach Party theme. He was very excited to serve these to his brother when he got home from school who decided they tasted like banana fudgesicles. Yum!

While scrolling through the Craft sections, the maze and connect the dots in the Back to School theme Activity Book caught A's eye immediately and I had to print them.

We scrolled through all the different Fresh Ideas and found several things to create with our Play-Doh. Now, Usually I am a freak about mixing the colors so my Play-Doh creations are very limited, but this was so fun! My oldest loved picking out new things to create while my 3 year old lost interest pretty quick. Let's just say, following direction isn't one of his strongest suits.

I will admit it does take some skill. We stuck with the beginner ideas and even I, as if I'm some kind of Play-Doh expert, had a hard time. There are step-by-step photo instructions, however I think some written instruction may be helpful for those of us who are, let's say, creatively challenged.

Check out some of our work:

The "star" of the afternoon. A loved his starfish!

Never thought I would say this, but I am actually looking forward to getting out the Play-Doh again. This months Pizza Shop theme looks like a blast! Create your own Play-Doh pizza with all the toppings. Then create an in home pizza shop with printable menu's, pizza peel and even a pizza box perfect for serving English Muffin Pizza Snacks.

Play-Doh has made a new fan out of me!


*Disclosure: This post is part of a SocialMoms product evaluation, for which I’ve been selected. I’ve been compensated for my time with 8,000 My SocialMoms Rewards Points. The opinions expressed in this post are mine and don’t necessarily reflect the opinions of SocialMoms or Play-Doh.