Moon Sand: A Product Review

Perusing through Toys R Us several weeks ago in search for Ryder's birthday presents, I came upon an endcap featuring Moon Sand-on clearance too!! As I read about the stuff, it seemed to be just what I was looking for. "Molds just like playdough" it claimed, "but never dries out!" it went on. Could it be? It sounded wonderful, finally there would be no more worry if they left the lid off and I wouldn't find crusty masses of the stuff under the kitchen table. My decision was made and the moon sand was tossed into the cart.

It only took a few minutes after the gift was opened to see why it was clearance.

First of all one should never purchase anything for children that will be used indoors with words like "sand" in the title. This should have been my first hint. They might as well have brought in the sand from their playbox outside and just dumped it all over the basement carpet.

The "never dries out" should have been the second hint. At least when they are done massacring the playdough, you can just sort of ignore it for several hours until it dries out and then sweep/vacuum it up. On the contrary, moon sand sticks to everything. The carpet, the table and chairs, the train set and trains, the tricycle tires and the bottom of shoes. All of this proceeds to get tracked around the entire house and you can just imagine the joy I felt in seeing this.

I'm sure the "children must be supervised" was not necessarily in concern the children might consume the product, but more for their personal safety when their mother sees the mess it created.

Another byproduct that was not mentioned, clean up would not be easy. In fact, clean up broke the vacuum. I'm assuming the heaviness of the "never dries out" sand was more than my vacuum could take and it literally just would not turn back on.

Wonder if I can make a claim with the sand company?




These pictures do not do it justice, it was horrible!

Final Product Review: -5 out of 5 stars.