Do you think scented modeling compound is a good idea?
By kbkbooks
@kbkbooks (7022)
Canada
March 4, 2007 11:56am CST
There are toy modeling compounds (clay, play dough) that you can get which are brightly coloured and scented like foods. There is grape, cherry, lime, chocolate, etc. They smell really good. They taste really bad because they have a high salt content. They are supposed to be non toxic. Still, I have always wondered if this type of product is a good idea. Sometimes kids still eat it, regardless of the taste. This, in my opinion, is a badly designed toy.
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@horsesrule (1957)
• United States
8 Mar 07
It does seem like a really bad idea to make Play Doh smell good. We already have a problem with the baby eating it, if it smells more like candy or fruit snacks, we'll never keep him out of it. No matter how much you watch them or hide things, they seem to always find them again by "accident" when your back is turned for less than a minute!
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@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
9 Mar 07
That reminds me of one of my mishaps with one of my kids. He was a real CLIMBER. I put some medicine for the dog way up on a shelf in the kitchen where I had to climb on a chair to get it. I didn't even think my son would ever think of going up there. He was maybe three. He must have seen me. I don't know how he managed but you know these little ones are fast. I must have been on the phone or in the bathroom or something. The next time I saw my kid, he had climbed on a chair, onto the counter and had reached up to the dog pills. The were IN a child proof container. The pills were open and on the counter spilled out. He had an awful look on his face and when I swept my finger through his mouth I retrieved one and a half mushy tablets. Since the dog was only taking half tablets it was not strange to find a half. I immediately found the poison control number in the front of my phone book and called them. I totally described the situation and the meds were not harmful to him. In fact I found out the same meds are used for humans for the same kind of condition. She said he would not have any adverse reactions but extreme thirst and of course then lots of urinating. But I know that is exactly what you mean about things happening FAST when your back is turned. No mother can have her eyes everywhere even though we do have an extra set in back of our heads...OOPS, sorry, wasn't supposed to give that secret to non moms.
@NewHeart (528)
• Canada
7 Mar 07
fully agree with you on the facts of not scenting play doe or anything else that the kids play with as it could even put them off of something that is actually is good for them but since it smells the same as the play doe they now won't eat it. what if they happen to get into the lemon scented soap next. could drop the price and leave the scent out of it. only smells good till you rinse it off anyway so it seems such a waste anyway.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
4 Mar 07
I don't see the point of the scent. Play-Doh already has a decent smell and kids eat it. It is non-toxic, but shouldn't they make it smell WORSE so kids don't want too put it in their mouths?
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@potatobutt87 (348)
• United States
4 Mar 07
i've never heard of it having scents! i don't like the idea if scented, but normaly play dough and stuff, i used to eat lol its nasty tasting, only one try and i wouldn't eat it again. theres also this stuff you can make at home flour, salt and water. i think thats better, because you make it, and you know what is going into it, and its cheap!!!
@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
4 Mar 07
That's true. The salt is just for taste, to avert the idea of kids eating it. The other thing they should change the taste of is paste that they use in elementary school. Try to imagine the manufacturers every year trying to figure out how much paste they need to produce, accounting for the fact that children eat it as well as use it for crafts.
