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Motor and Sharing Skills
For help with fine motor skills, this toy can't be beat. It's attractive and easy to use. It is also light, which can't be underestimated, because it is 1) portable in its handy lidded plastic jar and 2) unlikely to do damage to household items and pets (think about the heavy wooden alternative). However, after mastering it and making a few loops, my child found it boring and I also found that the foam had an odd smell. Share this with a friend or, better yet, donate it to a school. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Arts and Crafts    2. Craft Kits    3. Learning    4. Activity   

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Great concept, needs refinement
I love Melissa & Doug toys and this one is a great concept.The patterns (that you copy with beads on poles) are on sturdy wood and vary in difficulty.However, there are lots of different bead shapes, and the pictures are sometimes hard to follow -- the oval bead looks a lot like the cylinder bead, blue looks like purple, etc.I found that I had to figure out what bead each picture was supposed to represent (not easy), teach that to my son (3 yrs), and THEN let him copy the patterns.

great toy, great gift
As a teacher and mom of three, I was very happy with this toy.The kids enjoy handling the chunky beads.It can easily be adapted for toddler through kindergarten.I love all the Melissa and Doug toys. They are easy to store away for a rainy day or something special to pull out when the babysitter arrives. ... Read more

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Not the best beads
I bought these beads for my 2 year old because he needed them for fine motor skills. Although there are a lot of choices here at amazon, I went to the store and these were the only ones they had, so I got them. Well, he was excited at first and wanted to play, and he likes the bright colors, but because they are made of wood, the string doesn't go through that easily. It catches all the time on little pieces of wood on the inside and he gets very frustrated. I would recommend the soft beads offered on Amazon over any wooden set!! I'm going to order them too. ... Read more

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Adorable, but not very sturdy
This Fashion Maker Set is adorable, bringing me back to the days of Fashion Plates which I LOVED, but it's not as well made.The little pencils have nowhere to be stored, so they just got shoved into our crayon box, and the individual plates barely fit in the side compartment designed to hold them.Luckily my daughter has a desk drawer to keep it all in, otherwise it would be a mess trying to keep it all together.My daughter still LOVES to make pictures and cards for everyone with this, but because it's not quality made, it's kind of messy and a little frustrating.

Doesn't work well at all!
This toy does not stroe all of the parts that come with it.The lid wont clamp down to hold the paper in place and the pink rubbing items can move around a lot so you don't even get anywhere close to a clear rubbing!I took it back to the store the day after I got it. ... Read more

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Great Keepsake!!
This was such a hit at my daughter's party!What was planned to be an activity for the little girls in the crowd turned out to be the highlight among the "big girls" (mommies and aunties)!Everyone that could get their hand on one of the shirts were so intent on making the best and most original design!The "juices" were really flowing and we got some pretty awesome t-shirts.The guests were all told that their creations would be kept by the birthday girl as her keepsake.My daughter will have all these t-shirts to remember her birthday...she'll be dressing her Barbie with them for years to come!!I'm still getting calls about getting some more shirts out...and it's been a whole WEEK since the party!! ... Read more

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The Styling Critic Review
Lisa Frank All-Stars Fashion Set is awesome. It iswonderful for sleepovers and makes anybody who uses it feel mature. The designs are great and interactive. As a tomboy, I used to find this type of beauty fun product boring and sissy, but now I know that what I thought was completely wrong. I think every girl in the world should own this magnificent and affordable deluxe set and share the wonder of Lisa Frank. ... Read more

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disappointed
I agree with the above review. When you open the large barrel you find a big empty box in the center with the beads packed around the outside so it looks nice and full.The beads are wooden and most are quite large. We made some nice key chains but otherwise my daughters are 7 and 10 and we didn't have alot of fun with these. The beads really aren't anything they would care to wear so a year later we are stinging them as garland just to use them up! Not worth the money.

Decieving
I bought this for my niece and was disappointed to find that when you open the barrell there is an empty box inside taking up space.It says it contains thousands of beads, the picture and discription is very decieving.Not a good buy for $... plus shipping. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arts and Crafts    2. Craft Kits   

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fun and creative
i got this art set two monthsagoi loved it i only wish there was more stuff

Enjoyed
I got this for my three-year-old neice for Christmas and she had the best time with this.She loved it- the "crowns" are really small...so they didn't really fit (which was a little frustrating for her), but she has found more joy in just simply carrying her many "knick-knacks" around the house in the little suitcase...which she loves.

Cute but thought there would be more
My daughter liked this but I really thought it would be better quality. The tiara's they have in there are quite small and you have to put certain stickers in certain spots. Everything I just thought could have been made easier for a little girl to just go and have fun creating and you really need to be there walking them through it, which isn't bad. We had a good time spending time together doing the projects. I just would have liked to see better quality and tiara's that fit.
Overall though for a princess fan she will still love it cause she isn't going to be picky like the parents:) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Arts and Crafts    2. Craft Kits    3. Princesses   

Subjects:  1. Arts and Crafts    2. Craft Kits   

Subjects:  1. Arts and Crafts    2. Craft Kits   

Subjects:  1. Arts and Crafts    2. Craft Kits