I love, love, love telling others about things that I think are terrific. It's been at least five years since we bought our first tin. Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty http://www.puttyworld.com/.
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We take tins with us to friend's houses and to restaurants, to movies, plays and concerts and on planes to places like Georgia, Florida and California. We made sure we had many tins for our adventure all the way around Lake Superior--from Minnesota to Canada and back again.
Having one color was not enough. We have twilight, sunburst, amethyst blush, chameleon, lapis, electric green, pink, yellow, emerald green, red and brilliant gold. Okay...maybe a wee beet obsessive, but this product helps calm my kids when stressed, keeps them focused when distracted, strengthens weakened fingers and hands and fuels their boundless imagination. Many a tin have been transformed into ice cream cones, chicken drumsticks, beets, cucumbers, soup, bowls, frying pans, plates, cups and spoons.
One of my favorite moments with Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty was when we went to the Wisconsin Dells over a holiday break. We had several kids, that struggle sitting for very long, joining us for lunch. I threw three tins into my backpack. I looked across from me to the other side of the table and a 40 plus old male friend was skillfully crafting the putty into detailed scary creatures. It was then I realized this stuff has a wide range of interest!
We have given these really cool tins as gifts to kids only to find out adults and teachers wanted them too! When kids come to the house after they check out the beanbag room they look for the putty on the shelf in the corner.
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We love Crazy Aaron's Putty too! Especially the magnetic putty and the glow-in-the-dark black light putty. Whenever we travel or even make a trip to the grocery store, we take a "wait bag" full of fidgets to help the kids wait, and there's always several tins of putty in the wait bag. It's a great quiet fidget, and it has helped our kids get through long religious services too.
ReplyDeleteBest of all, it's easily removable if it gets stuck in their hair. (Our son made a record-length time of sitting at a friend's bat mitzvah with just a wee bit of blue color-change putty decorating his hair by the end of the service.) We found that Crazy Aaron's directions for removing putty from clothes (http://www.puttyworld.com/jan20oopisat.html) work extremely well for hair too.
Crazy Aaron's Putty is the best! And now it comes in a small tin that is just the right size for toddlers and Pre-schoolers.
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