What the Kids Thought
Although we had our preferences among the pins in our lineup, it was time to see which models kids liked. We enlisted eight testers, ranging in age from 8 to 11, to use the pins to roll disks of pie dough into 12-inch circles. As they rolled, we watched how the pins performed and took notes on their experiences.
We found that the two dowels gave the kids a good sense of the dough’s thickness while they were rolling and how hard they needed to press down, but we also noticed that they found them difficult to use, wanting to wrap their hands and fingers around the pins instead of using the palms of their hands to roll them. The tapered bamboo model was especially hard for them to control due to its smooth surface. Our young testers found models with handles much easier to use. They liked having a place to rest their hands and reported that it gave them more control while rolling.
Of the four models with handles, kids especially liked the pins that rolled smoothly and that covered a large amount of dough with each push. Like us, they disliked having to go back over the dough several times.
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