Play-Doh Basic Fun Factory Shape Making Machine with 2 Non-Toxic Play-Doh Colors

My 3 and 5 year olds love this stupid thing. They love Play-Doh so I stuck my tail between my legs and finally gave in to the world of the most horrible toys to clean ever. This one is no exception as it has nooks and crannies for Play-Doh to get stuck in and harden up in so that the next time you pull it out it makes your life a living hell trying to get the different parts to work together until you manage to pop all the hard pieces out of the way. I can't knock a star for this as I could clearly spend an unreasonable amount of time cleaning it every.single.time, but let's be honest: I'm only letting my kids play with Play-Doh in the first place because I'm busy and need them occupied so I don't have time to deal with that upkeep.Aside from that, this is a painfully simple item. Stick a wad of Play-Doh in the shoot and push it through whatever special design shape you so desire and "Ta-da!" you have a long string of joy. My boys love this thing and have combined countless colors to see what they'd look like coming out. As a result, we now have all of our containers full of greenish-black Doh, but boys can find joy in that as well.If you've given into the Play-Doh nightmare, this is an accessory that you probably should own.

We’ve been using this thing for more than three years and it’s the top play doh toy. Sturdier than anything you will get in the theme kits, and large enough to actually handle a good piece of doh in the chute. If it gets difficult to slot the shape pieces in, just soak the whole press in a bowl of warm water for a bit and rinse it out. It can really gum up with layers of dried doh in that front slot area.

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This toy will thrill your toddler. But like the other reviewers said, clean up will not thrill YOU. There are an insane amount of teeny and totally needless crevices that you have to work hard at for 15 min to get the playdoh out. (Tip - take the top and bottom pieces apart and use a toothpick. Seriously.) Four stars for great happiness this brings your toddler, but zero stars for clean up and some strong advice for Hasbro: 1. make the chute round, not square - that would solve the biggest cleaning problem immediately, 2. cut out all the unnecessary crevices elsewhere, including on the bottom, 3. at the very least provide a decent cleaning tool, since using larger pieces of playdoh to mop up the tiny pieces only works so far when you have adult fingers.

Solving the Cleaning ProblemI read in many reviews that this fun factory is difficult to clean. I used it with the two play-dohs that came with it and had a great time. Yes, the play-doh went in all the little cracks and crannies. What a glorious mess! Then I took it apart into its three major pieces and three minor pieces (no tools required, it snaps). Each of the pieces was easily cleaned using a toothpick. All the play-doh was removed and most was recovered into its own color. There was a small portion so mixed that I created a new color - mixed. Re-assembly was just a 'snap' 'snap' and it was as clean as when it arrived. I can hardly wait until my mechanically minded granddaughter watches me do this! She will find taking it apart, cleaning, and putting it back together a great fun new way to play-doh. The whole process took just a few minutes and was fun to do.

I bought a similar one of these little Play-Doh gadgets years ago for my first grand-daughter and every time we press down on the handle, it pops off. It is a useless piece of equipment. With my third grandchild, on the other side of the country during the Covid-19 pandemic, I ordered this one to give us something to do as we were locked up in an apartment all day. It is SO much better, very solid, and even she can press down on the handle and make her spaghetti. When I get back home, I'm throwing away the other one, and ordering a second one of these for my other grandchildren.

This little set has become my daughter's favorite- even more so than some of the more expensive gifts she's gotten. She's 2.5 and can push the lever down herself, only needs help putting the template piece in the slot. As others mentioned playdoydoes squeeze out the sides and get in crevices which I imagine would be a pain to clean if you let it dry but I took the advice from other reviewers and keep it all in a large Ziploc bag and it stays soft and fresh. Easily the best gift from santa this year. Also the two playdohs it comes with are regular full size tubs not mini sized ones.

If you put too much in the chamber before squeezing it out, tge play doh over flows and comes out of the sides like other reviewer pictures show. Just put less in and it won't, but try telling your kid that ;) the spot where you slide in the red shape maker has nooks and crannies impossible to get play doh out of unless you have a tooth pick, safety pin, paper clip to dig out the pieces with. Not a huge deal but prepare for mixing colors as a result. The plastic knife they include could've been made thinner to help with that, but maybe it's a safety concern they're worried about. 3 stars because my 3yo son just started playing with play doh and loves it, and isn't concerned with the adult issues we notice.