Moon Dough

[shadowspar]

FWIW: not only is this stuff super-crumbly and hella messy, it also makes hardwood floors slippery as all hell. As proof of which, witness the complete feet-out-from-underneath wipeout my 4yo daughter had tonight.

If your kids get some of this headache-disguised-as-modelling-compound for giftmas, do yourselves a favour and throw it right in the trash.

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[ghoti]

Oh noes! I hope the only injury is her pride.

Though i will admit a brief chuckle at them mental image of cartoony windmilling arms + banana peel feet.

[shadowspar]

Oh no, it wasn't a cartoony-banana-peel fall at all. More like getting nailed dead to rights with any of the numerous judo throws where you get your feet kicked out from under you. She went down pretty hard.

She's ok, though. A few tears, but no lasting injury. She's a tough kid =)

[ghoti]

oh, kiddo. she's due some good luck one of these days <3

[shadowspar]

♥

[dhara]

sorry to hear that, glad she's OK!

passing this on to family friends who have toddlers. seriously, don't they fucking test this stuff out before selling it? I mean, you can't anticipate everything, but it's not that hard to suss out "hella messy" and "slippery evil."

(still bitter with all kids' products because I spent the weekend before last putting together various toddler furniture and toys. it was fucking terrible, WHY DO THE MANUFACTURERS HATE CAREGIVERS?)

[shadowspar]

I think it depends on people's definition of "messy". Like, this stuff crumbles to tiny bits, but it doesn't really stick to much of anything but itself, so you could probably vacuum it pretty easily. IDK how they missed the "makes the floors slippery", though -- ISTR reading that it's some kind of emulsion of silicone + little bitty particles for the silicone to stick to.

...and OMG YES, why are there so many kids' products designed in such clueless ways? My biggest gripe is with how difficult it is to properly install infant and toddler car seats. Getting it in there tight enough usually involves me having a knee or foot on the seat and stomping on it while pulling the belt tight with both hands. Like, if ever there was a device you wanted to make easy to install correctly!