I'm Now Selling Play Dough in Three Sizes and Ten Colors Because Decisions are Hard

I dunno, you guys. I already sell one-pound packages of homemade play dough, and it's awesome. One pound is a terrific amount of play dough for a kid. 

But then I needed to restock my one-pound containers, but when I went to the big supply store in the big city an hour away from here, which was a special trip that I planned specifically for this one errand, although of course I tacked on a trip to the Kurt Vonnegut museum and lunch at the hot pot/Korean barbecue place and then a quick run by World Market (I bough the ridiculously expensive Bonne Maman advent calendar that I do not need but I've literally been thinking about how I want one since this time last year so I just need to conserve some brain space in 2026, you know?) and Trader Joe's... I didn't remember which size container I needed. 

So I bought three different ones!

One of them did, indeed, hold the perfect one-pound amount of play dough, and as for the other two... well, I guess I offer play dough in 12 ounces, 16 ounces, and 20 ounces now!

The new containers are a LOT nicer than the old containers, too. I originally bought the old containers because I wanted something eco-friendly, and they were advertised as being made of a kind of corn-derived plastic that is also compostable. But the way you had to break the seal to open the container meant that they also weren't really re-usable, and I never had an indication of how many, if any, customers actually tried to compost them. 

These new containers are just regular plastic, but they ARE reusable, which honestly I think makes them even more eco-friendly than a single-use container, even if it's made from better plastic and you can compost it afterwards. 

Maybe this will be the encouragement I needed to also start offering sensory mix-ins, since I've now got so many sizes in play. How cool would these colors be with colored sand added?!?

Ooh, or maybe over Fall Break the kid can help me get started offering slime?

Until then, though, I've got seven witch hats all cut out and ready to be sewn, photographed, and listed--stay tuned!

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