To play dough or not to play dough...that is the question.

Any OCD freak like me recognises the potential perils of letting their child loose with play dough. For starters it's messy, secondly it envraiably becomes ingrained in the carpet and finally it terminates with frenzied carpet cleaning and surface wiping by an already frazzled mum, i.e. Me.

However, in the spirit of the previous post, I decided to embrace the fact that my daughters requested to make their own play dough and let them run with it.  You have no idea how much of huge step in "letting go" this was.

Having omitted the cream of tartar I was dubious as to how long the play dough would last without becoming dry, however on day three the children were able to play with it after school.

I really enjoyed watching Eden and Mia experiment with all the kitchen utensils.  It was delightful to eavesdrop on their conversations.

Ismay decided to "pipe" ice with her play dough and experimented making different patterns with various nozzles.

Eden iis very good at tidying and helped clear up afterwards.

He loves allowing Henry our Hoover time to "snack"; ie. suck up all the bits on the floor.

Finally, we put their creations in the oven to harden. I love Eden's collection of storm troopers that he made.

Here are some pics of me "letting go" and allowing the girls the freedom to produce the play dough on their own: