Editorial Review

Here's a fun lacing project with a great payoff--brightly colored felt hand puppets. Winner of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio's Gold Seal Award, this kit helps children develop better hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity. It also provides nice opportunities for artistic expression and creative play. The kit comes with six 9-inch precut felt shapes, lacing yarn, and six large plastic needles, each ball-tipped for safety. Once children finish lacing, they can use felt remnants (also included) to add faces, clothes, and other decorations to their puppets. They can also use whatever decorating supplies you might have on hand, such as glitter, sequins, pasta pieces, beads, or extra yarn. This is a great project for individuals or groups. You'll need your own white craft glue. And if you're planning a puppet show with the finished products, be sure to allow several hours for the glue to dry. --Joan DeClaire ... Read more

Reviews (2)

Easy, and Fun!
I have 3 kids, ages 3. 7 and 8. This kit was fun for ALL of them! The needles are easy to use and safe, we had so much fun, even I made a puppet, and then they had hours of fun playing with them! I highly recommend this kit. I used a hot glue gun to make putting the faces on a little easier.

Lauri Lace-a-Puppet
My 5 year old daughter received this puppet kit and absolutely loves it! It is so easy to sew with the plastic needles that even my 3 year old son (who gets very easily frustrated) does great with it! I am buying another set today for my 3 year old niece. ... Read more

Editorial Review

This crochet kit for beginners has everything needed to get started in this craft: one 5.5-inchcrochet hook, two skeins of yarn, a plastic needle, and instructions.A booklet with step-by-step directionsteaches everything from how to hold a crochet hook to how to make a purse.The only thing it doesn'texplain is how to tie a slipknot, so a little initial parent involvement is helpful. With multicolored yarn ofpurples and blues, you can choose to create a fringe-trimmed scarf, a drawstring purse, or a baby blanket.--Kathryn Gustafson ... Read more