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By Emily

December 8th, 2010

Today’s gift is a great gift to stick away for a rainy (or freezing cold) day. When I’m babysitting and we are stuck inside, I always try to think of things we can do to keep the kids busy. We usually turn to some sort of craft or art project. Sometimes it’s really hard to come up with project ideas on the spot, and it’s hard to find projects that interest a wide range of ages. If you’re looking for craft kits to stick away for such days, look no further than faber castels creativity for kids kits. While browsing their selection, I had my 12 year old neice in mind. She really enjoys crafts and often asks me to come up with things she can make. When I was in middle school I remember enjoying arts and crafts a lot, I think in part becuase I was too old to be interested in most toys, but arts and crafts are still a fun, age appropriate thing to do. For girly tweens and young teens, there are all sorts of kits like make your own lip gloss, purse, jewelry and more. My niece isn’t into all that (yet anyway) so I looked into the other kits. I wound up deciding on a make your own sock puppet kit. It’s labeled as a ‘creativity for little kids’ kit, and it’s definitely a kit that can be used by preschool age kids on up, but it’s fun enough to entertain older kids as well. The kit includes three socks, which was perfect seems how my niece has two little brothers. In addition to the socks, the kit includes eyes, polka dots, puffy pom poms, sticky felt bits and more. This kit was enjoyed by all three kids (ages 4, 6 and 12). The socks turned out much cuter than they would have if we had tried to use our own, and I loved how we had so many options for decorating the socks, as it’s hard to find items that will stick to a sock if you’re just working on your own.

Buy it: faber castel kits can be purchased at stores like hobby lobby and jofann fabrics, or online at http://www.creativityforkids.com

Win it: One of my readers will receive a make your own sock puppet kit!

To enter: Visit creativity for kids and tell me another kit you would enjoy.

Additional entries: Only count if the mandatory entry is completed. Leave proof of your entry whenever possible. Leave each entry in its own comment.

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This giveaway is open to the US and will end December 15th at noon EST. Winner iwll be chosen via random.org and will have 1 day to reply and claim their prize before a new winner will be selected.

Disclaimer – I received a free make your own sock puppet kit for the purposes of this review. No other form of compensation was offered or accepted. All opinions are my own.

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