Play Doh Magic Swirl Ice Cream Shop


One of the specific toys my little one asked Santa for Christmas this past year was the Play Doh Magic Swirl Ice Cream Shop. Every time it came on the television between the children's programmes, I was reminded by my youngster that that was what was wanted. Luckily, Santa thought my youngster had been good this year as the Ice Cream Shop was under the tree on Christmas morning!

The Ice Cream Shop comes in four parts which are easily slotted together though not so easily taken apart again, making storage a little annoying!

You have the main base, which is an unattractive plain white in colour with a light blue part in the centre which connects to three other pieces. On the base you have grooves to enable the child to make little play doh pictures, as well as little platforms to hold the glasses and pots to serve to customers!

The middle piece which is connected very securely to the base is white and pink. This part creates the main bulk of the 'ice cream' with a pattern maker attached to it and grooves all down the sides and on the bottom to make different play-doh pictures. The centre of this unit turns around, so when the toy glass is attached to it securely, swirls of 'ice cream' can be made.

The two side pieces are in a turquoise colour and create sprinkles for the ice cream top with a red rotating handle, and another slightly different swirl unit.

Within this pack you get four 320g pots of different colour play-doh. This play-doh is perfectly made, and as long as it is put back in the pot after use, seems to have a long life to it. I cant say much about the colours staying separate though, not with my youngster around! You also get two little bowls, two cones and 2 spoons to put the ice cream play doh in.

Making the ice cream at first is a little difficult as the unit is rather stiff to begin with and my youngster needed quite a bit of help, though after a while it did loosen up and become a little easier, though getting the thing apart still did not! This ice cream maker is aimed at children age three plus, though even at three, I think that the main middle unit especially is too hard to press down.

Even though my youngster has problems using this ice cream maker, it is a well used and enjoyed toy which is mixed with other play doh and tools in our house to make fun even better!

This play-doh ice cream maker can be picked up between £10.00-£20.00 depending on where you look. I believe that Santa bought it for £15.00 at the time on Amazon, though the price does seem to be a little lower there now.

Even with the few problems, this toy is a great one and my youngster has loads of fun playing with it. I would definitely recommend it even with the stiffness of it.