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merrileemakesI love buying craft kits. It's something about the contained project with instructions, all that stuff I don't have to brain. Which is weird, because I've never bought knitting or weaving kits. But, like every other stash I have, I 'm trying to work through my craft kits.
First up is this frankly adorable dinosaur foam clay kit.
Each dinosaur came as its on little bit with clay and instructions.
The instructions... weren't great though. I think it was stills from a video (that no longer exists online) and didn't tell you how much clay to use for each body part. Which could have been frustrating... but the air day was totally hardened, making the entire kit unusable.
I thought about buying more day, but with the dodgy instructions.. meh. Sadly the whole lot went into the bin.
The next kit I stated was another foam clay one, and this was totally useable.
This was a cute wooden box with flowers kit. The instructions were much better, telling you how much of each packet of clay was needed to make each component. And it came with a packet of really nifty tools. Plus the clay in perfect condition.
I've made a few flowers so far. The instructions are to make each one individually and let them dry, then assemble them all using brown foam clay as a 'soil' in the box, which is perfect for my piecemeal approach to craft. For a more basic kit I'm enjoying it a lot.
Finally, I have 2 Paint Gem diamond dot kits. This is a luxe diamond painting company and honestly, I'm here for it. The diamonds come in resealable bags already, with stickers to put on that match the colour code (that uses the DMC floss colour number! Makes my cross stitcher brain very chuffed). The pen thingy has a soft grip the wax is in a little heart box. The whole kit feels less plasticky and cheap than most other diamond painting kits, and even if it's greenwashing I'm enjoying the change.
Very cute, and a low key soothing craft to do when I literally don't have the brain to do anything else.
I'm working my way through the space set of mini diamond paintings because spaaaaace.
Sienna has been enjoying my quiet crafting sessions.
First up is this frankly adorable dinosaur foam clay kit.
Each dinosaur came as its on little bit with clay and instructions.
The instructions... weren't great though. I think it was stills from a video (that no longer exists online) and didn't tell you how much clay to use for each body part. Which could have been frustrating... but the air day was totally hardened, making the entire kit unusable.
I thought about buying more day, but with the dodgy instructions.. meh. Sadly the whole lot went into the bin.
The next kit I stated was another foam clay one, and this was totally useable.
This was a cute wooden box with flowers kit. The instructions were much better, telling you how much of each packet of clay was needed to make each component. And it came with a packet of really nifty tools. Plus the clay in perfect condition.
I've made a few flowers so far. The instructions are to make each one individually and let them dry, then assemble them all using brown foam clay as a 'soil' in the box, which is perfect for my piecemeal approach to craft. For a more basic kit I'm enjoying it a lot.
Finally, I have 2 Paint Gem diamond dot kits. This is a luxe diamond painting company and honestly, I'm here for it. The diamonds come in resealable bags already, with stickers to put on that match the colour code (that uses the DMC floss colour number! Makes my cross stitcher brain very chuffed). The pen thingy has a soft grip the wax is in a little heart box. The whole kit feels less plasticky and cheap than most other diamond painting kits, and even if it's greenwashing I'm enjoying the change.
Very cute, and a low key soothing craft to do when I literally don't have the brain to do anything else.
I'm working my way through the space set of mini diamond paintings because spaaaaace.
Sienna has been enjoying my quiet crafting sessions.
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Date: 13 February 2026 09:34 pm (UTC)and yeah, the dinosaurs do look cute.
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Date: 15 February 2026 02:03 am (UTC)