Moon Dough is a new molding compound from Spin Master, the makers of Moon Sand. Moon Dough is different in that it never dries out so you can use it over and over again. It is super soft and very light, similar to marshmallows or cotton candy. Another bonus is it is hypo-allergenic wheat-free.
We had the chance to try out the Moon Dough Barn Set which retails for $19.99. It contains three packages of molding compound in blue, yellow and white, a fence and hay bale mold along with a barn which spits out a cow, pig, horse or chicken. (Some descriptions include a sheep and don’t include a chicken or horse. We definitely received a horse and chicken but not a sheep.) All the molds are in 3-D and can stand on its own!
Our Experience
Both of my boys, ages 4 and 2, had a blast with the barn. They loved turning the crank and watching an animal magically be spit out of the barn door. I found it was easier to help them a bit with filling the mold or else animals missing faces or looking rather deformed popped out because not enough compound was used. (Not that they really minded.)
I opened two of the bags of compound but quickly went with my usual Play-Doh instincts and put the blue away. It is very difficult to play with more than one color unless you are fine with the colors being blended together. The compound itself has a very cool texture and is super light and fun to play with on its own.
The two molds created very detailed haystacks and fence. The amazing part with the fence is that they can be interlocked together to create a very long fence. Once my older son Lucian discovered the molds that was all he wanted to play with. I did have to take them out of the molds for him and didn’t find them all that easy to remove myself.
Final Thoughts
Overall my kids were thrilled with Moon Dough. It kept them entertained for well over an hour until we had to put it away for lunch. My boys asked to play with it again later that day and keep asking about it daily. The only problem? This set isn’t as mess free as the makers want it to appear. While it is less messy than Moon Sand (which my kids also frequently ask to play with) it isn’t any less messy than Play-Doh, except that it is at least dry and doesn’t stick as bad. But the crumbles were every where after playing and I had to vacuum up the dining room rug and wipe down my son’s booster seat. As you can see the blue ink ended up on the chair but it did come out after washing.
I’m happy that this set makes my boys so happy but I’m not as keen on the mess it creates. This will be something that I take out again to play with for sure and will probably buy more modeling compound but we’ll only pull it out when I am able to cope with the mess created.
Buy it:
Moon Dough is available at Amazon
Disclosure: I receive this item for review from Moon Dough through Team Mom. I was not monetarily compensated for this post and my opinion remains 100% my own.
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Firstly, you’re brave to do that inside, and secondly, your moon dough is the least crumbly I’ve seen and I’ve read a few of these reviews!
I agree that your dough looks stickier or less crumbly than ours was. it DOES make a mess but for me WAY easier to clean up than play dough but we still have to use it while my hubby isn’t around cuz he gets all weirded out watching them make the mess
It definitely wasn’t sticky but they were in larger chunks. I tried to keep squishing it into a ball as they suggest. It still got all over but I thought it stayed together fairly well while playing with it. It vacuumed up decent though and way better than Play-Doh as you say. It took about 10 minutes or so to clean it all up. Sounds like there have been a lot of issues with it crumbling!
We reviewed this too and YES it is sooooo messy!!! I will only let my kids play with it outside. I tried kneading it too, like suggested but it only crumbled more
BUT, my kids LOVED it so much, so that was worth it! Great, honest review 