Whilst in Austria we attended a kids club session using an excellent product called 'Playmais'. These are made from corn starch and you have probably seen them inside boxes as packaging. The playmais comes in different colours (all natural) and can be shaped and, by using a tiny bit of water, they can be stuck together. You can buy books to help your modelling. My eldest made a triceratops whilst my youngest made a giraffe and a tree. The playmais can also be cut into any shape and it can also be stuck onto paper to make a picture.
If you google it you will see there is a lot of it for sale on amazon, however it appears to be predominantly a German product at the moment and the link below will take you to the German site. It looks like they are working on an English site but it is not up and running yet, but you can get the idea of things that can be made.
http://www.playmais.de/index.php?s=what_can_i_do_with_it-models&l=en
When I first saw the Playmais I could not understand how you were expected to make the things show, but after using it I think this product has a lot of potential. It is very tactile and is easy to mold bringing hours of fun for the younger and older members of the family.
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