Toothpaste tricks put to the test, with one thing to agree first
Viral hacks actually tried out, with a branded tube of toothpaste in shot.
Somebody sets out to test whether the toothpaste hacks doing the rounds hold up, then does exactly that. It is a decent shape for a curious child: a claim, a test, a result, repeat. Two things to know first. A Colgate tube is in shot, which puts this closer to an advert than it first appears. And children copy hacks, so if yours is the sort to raid the bathroom cabinet, settle the rules before you press play (not, as is traditional, afterwards).
At a glance
Will it actually calm them down?
Eases a wound-up mood back to settled.
A gentle lift on a flat, low-energy afternoon.
Steady enough for meltdown recovery.Scores measure how reliably this video moves a child toward a settled, regulated state. In the Piko app, kids tell us their weather and we do the matching automatically.
Which kids will love it?
Why it works
Myth-busting hands a child something more useful than facts, which is the habit of checking. Each claim gets tried rather than repeated, and the results turn up either way. The tone stays suggestive rather than instructional, so it never tips into homework. It reaches a natural stopping point too, instead of dissolving into a plea to watch three more.
When to reach for it
- Wet weekend, dry ideas Rain outside and nothing planned makes a testing video easy to say yes to.
- A child who questions everything Any kid who asks how you know that will enjoy watching someone go and find out.
- Before a science fair project The claim-test-result shape is exactly what a school project wants, and here it is demonstrated for free.
Sensory & SEN notes
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Questions parents ask
Will my child try these at the bathroom sink?
Probably, and that is the honest risk with any hack video. Most of what is shown is harmless, but the format invites copying, so a quick word about what is and is not fair game is worth having.
How much of this is really an advert for a toothpaste brand?
More than you might like. A named brand appears and the product is the subject of the whole video, so treat it as commercial content even though nobody makes a formal pitch.
Does it show the hacks that do not work?
It is set up as myth-busting, so claims that fail to hold up are part of the point rather than a problem. That teaches a child more than a video where everything conveniently succeeds.
40+ checks per video, with a final pass from the review desk · Scored 27 July 2026 · We do not host videos; playback is via YouTube's official embed.