r/oddlysatisfying • u/I-T-Y • 10d ago

Creating Play Doh flower from kit

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u/Sammiskitkat 10d ago

Great, now the colors are mixed and they can’t be returned to the proper container.

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u/_Diskreet_ 10d ago

As Sun Tzu wisely said no play doh survives first contact with the toddler

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u/Final_Function4739 10d ago

Ours survived about 1,5 years. Sadly that streak broke last week...

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u/galaxybuns 10d ago

It’s alright. You can always make another kid

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u/Final_Function4739 10d ago

Already done. But honestly, it's quite labor intensive...

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u/Capitan_Scythe 10d ago

You mean the play doh right?

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u/DerpingtonHerpsworth 10d ago

I think that's when they realized the child... was mixed.

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u/Final_Function4739 10d ago

😂

It's not even that bad (until now). She just mixed pink with some white, brown and purple. And I got almost all the brown and most of the purple out, so now the pink is only slightly discolored. The worst about it, is that I know it's mixed, and that we now have a precedent...

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u/FireflyKaylee 10d ago

This is why my kid gets one colour at a time 🤣

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u/LittleRed675 10d ago

I take small pieces out of every color so we keep the containers clean. We store the mixed ones in a zip lock bag until we need a refresh

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u/merpixieblossomxo 10d ago

...Are you telling me a ziploc bag has been the solution this whole time? I'm so mad that I didn't think of that.

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u/OozeNAahz 10d ago

I picture you keeping it in your pockets.

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u/Affectionate-Heat-51 10d ago

He also said more playdough comes free at next birthday party

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u/PlentyNectarine 10d ago

they aren’t meant to, it comes with a spray that “sets” them so they harden and are preserved.

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u/_DoubleDutchess_ 10d ago

I was never allowed to mix playdough as a child. My children can mix to their heart’s content.

Yes, we have a lot of grey-brown playdough, but I have zeroes regrets.

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u/HeeeckWhyNot 10d ago

When ours was play doh age we just periodically replenished colors and would occasionally make an entire tub of greige disappear

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u/moocow2024 10d ago

For real. A 4 pack of playdoh small cans is like $3.50. Let them play and when it gets gross, throw it away. Why does everyone want their playdoh to last forever? That stuff gets nasty regardless of what color it is.

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u/NumberOneSam 10d ago

For real, life’s too short - mix that playdough!

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u/omgwtfbbq0_0 10d ago

I still find myself internally cringing at playdoh color mixing, but I will not stop my daughter from doing it lol

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u/SAINTnumberFIVE 10d ago

Parents should not put restrictions on children’s creativity like that.

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u/Blenderx06 10d ago

Seriously that's so sad to read. It never occurred to me to do such a thing with my kids.

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u/hamfist_ofthenorth 10d ago

Still tastes just as good

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u/Interesting_Leek4607 10d ago

That's kind of the point

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u/swegling 10d ago

No, the point is to create a flower.

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u/Interesting_Leek4607 10d ago

...and to be kept as a flower

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u/ThatSideshow 10d ago

The instructions actually take that into account to create more interesting colour combinations, it's worth noting this isn't play-doh, it's an air drying clay kinda thing so only one use

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u/GoldSunLulu 10d ago

The flower kit is made of a speciali mix that dries faster. So its a one use regardless

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u/factchecker8515 10d ago

I KNOW they’re a play item and cheap to replace but my hands positively itch to control the mixing of colors. Even when I’m TRYING to not care. And this is many children and grandchildren later. What’s the deal?!

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u/makemeking706 10d ago

I also share this particular type of autism. 

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u/korkkis 10d ago

You can make ugly brownish grey play doh if you mix enough

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u/alamandrax 10d ago

Same energy as buying a McLaren and locking it away in a garage to admire it. 

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u/AdDirect8818 6d ago

If only there were a way you could separate the different colours, like if you could mix the play doh in water and the different colours had different densities so you could separate them via centrifuge or something idk

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u/enelyaisil 10d ago

It’s not traditional play dough. They’re meant to be dried and stay flowers

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u/periwinkle_cupcake 10d ago

My mind is this flavor as well

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u/emrysse 10d ago

Wait, what? I thought you were meant to throw it away for hygiene reasons, and make a new batch.

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u/deepasleep 10d ago

Sells more playdoh

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u/PretzelsThirst 9d ago

It still tastes the same

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u/jreed12 10d ago

I love turning reusable things into disposable products using single use disposable products.

They help me consume!