My girls love modeling compounds.  (What kid doesn’t?)  One of their favorites has been Moon Sand.  But I am not crazy about Moon Sand because, being sand, the gritty grains get everywhere.  So I was glad to hear about Moon Dough.

Moon Dough is much like clay, but it’s a sort of dry consistency.  It’s hard to explain, but easy to have around the house because if gets all over the floor it isn’t “sticky”; it can be swept up. It can be molded and shaped, though.  Despite its unique “dryness,” it’s quite pliable.

It comes in sets.  The set we got to try out is Ocean Pals.  You can see it below.  (It’s designed so that the inside of the box is a scene/play mat.)

It comes with several molds. One is a “twist-and-pop” mold. This works just like ice cube trays – you pack the dough in, then invert it and twist  slightly to “pop” the items out of the mold.

The others are these nifty things:

They’re called Push N’ Pop molds.  When you press them onto the Moon Dough, the mold portion pushes in, as you can see here:

When you let go, they pop back out, pushing the molded dough out.

The dough even comes in resealable bags.

My kids have really enjoyed this!  (And I like that, when it inevitably gets all over the house, it’s fairly easy to clean up.)

Disclosure: I was provided by the manufacturer with a Moon Dough set to facilitate this review.  I did not received compensation, and all opinions are my own.