mom review:
Floof: Mr. & Mrs. Snowman
TEXT CHRISTY PETRAK
W e have a big bin of arts and
crafts supplies at our house,
including lots of modeling
substances – clay, playdough, sand – which
are all used on a regular basis for hands-on
sensory play. When we got the opportunity
to try out the newest product, Floof, my
children couldn’t wait for it to arrive.

Floof, or “Indoor Snow,” the newest offering
from Play Visions (maker of Sands Alive!),
is a safe, water-soluble and non-toxic
play substance. The pure white moldable
compound “looks like snow, feels like
marshmallows, molds like clay and can be
reused every single day,” according to Play
Visions. It is very light with a smooth, soft
surface, and easy to mold and shape.

Another great feature of Floof is how easy it
is to clean up. The compound mainly stays
in pieces big enough to pick up, but a damp
paper towel cleaned up anything else left
behind. Play Visions has created several cute
playsets for Floof, including Mr. and Mrs.

Snowman, Polar Babies, Snowball Maker,
S’more Party and Sunny Day Cloud.

As advertised, it feels just like a
the children to work with and create, though
marshmallow (though not sticky). It was
we have stuck mainly to snowmen and
easily stuffed into the molds and formed
haven’t tried to create anything else yet. The
created solid balls to create our snowpeople.

It’s a bit challenging to stack the balls on
top of each other (they don’t really stick
together), but pressing them slightly seemed
to do the trick, temporarily. It’s marketed
that you can stack Floof “to the roof,” but I
The Floof set we got to try out was Mr. and
can’t quite figure out how you would do that
Mrs. Snowman. It comes in a plastic, airtight
without it falling.

bucket, complete with 120 grams of Floof
(enough to easily make the two snowmen
with leftovers), three different size sphere
molds to make the snow people and lots of
the Floof and all the accessories, also making
clean up and storage quite easy.

Floof is recommended for ages 3+, but
with parental supervision my 2-year-old
did just fine and really enjoyed making
the snowmen. If you’re looking for a low-
The best part was decorating. The set came
maintenance, sensory play, arts and crafts
with “coal” eyes, carrot noses, four buttons
activity, I recommend checking out Floof. I
for each (black and pink), scarves and
really want the S’more Party set for myself,
cute accessories.

hats. My children loved making their own
Our first impression when we opened the
and combinations of accessories to create
bucket was unfortunately negative – the
their perfect snowman.

creation and trying out different placements
smell was overwhelming, and not in a good
way. It seems to wear off eventually, or
Of all the play compounds available
you get used to it, but it still has a bit of a
out there, I really came to like Floof. It’s
chemical odor. This didn’t slow us down too
definitely one of the easiest to clean up, and I
much though, and the kids dug right in to
like that it is pure white – no color mixing for
play with the Floof.

this semi-control-freak mom. It was easy for
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airtight bucket provides ample room to store
and the Polar Babies look adorable! Floof
will definitely be on my list of “fun gifts
that won’t annoy parents” for upcoming
birthdays. Christy Petrak is a systems engineer currently
taking a leave of absence to raise her two children,
Thomas (5 years) and Eliza (2 years).She enjoys
spending time with her family, swimming and
baking/decorating cupcakes.