Alex Toys My First Sewing Kit
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: AlexBrand: Alex Toys
Release Date: 2008-07-04
Model: 195WN
Product features:
- This kit won Dr Toy's Best Classic Toys Award and Parents' Choice Approved Award
- Comes with cool pre-cut patterns, 8 colors of embroidery floss, shapes to make felt animals
- This kit is a perfect travel or rainy day activity
- This kit is a great activity for one child or a small group
- Art activities encourage a child's imagination and learning development
- A notebook cover, stuffing, fabric, ric rac, needles, scissors, measuring tape, straight pins, thimble, pin cushion, buttons and a pom-pom strip
Toys and Games Reviews of Alex Toys My First Sewing Kit
Customer Review: Purchased as Gift, Now Buying One for Own Family
Summary: 5 Stars
Please let me start by saying that I have not actually USED this product yet. I purchased it as a gift for a friend's daughter who turned five, and before I gave it to her, I opened it up and photographed the things inside, so you can look at those pictures and the notes I wrote on them for even more information. However, I was so pleased with the quality and overall FUN-ness (to coin a word) of this product, that I am now back to purchase one for my own daughter who will be turning five soon. However, although I haven't yet used it, I can supply the following information:
1. The Box: The box it comes in is a little cardboard suitcase, brightly colored and patterned, with bright red stitching sewing it together. It has a typical suitcase-type handle made of metal and plastic that folds down flush against the box for easy storage, and those nifty metal clasps that one finds on tackle boxes or boxes for art supplies. It is easy for little people to open and close. The box is sturdy enough to keep using for the sewing kit, as long as you don't sit on it or anything.
2. The Supplies: Upon opening the box, you see a very FULL kit. It does not look like a thing or two overpackaged in a huge box; the box is stuffed. It contains the following:
-a paperback booklet explaining the projects along with sewing basics;
-a package of stuffing (which is probably not enough to do more than one or two of the projects, but will get your little one started, at least until you can get to Michaels or have Amazon ship you the stuffing of your choice);
-a packet of felt of various colors, cut into various shapes, such as animals, as well as rectangles;
-A packet of a few scraps of quilting cotton in bright colors and patterns;
a sewing kit containing:
-a cheap plastic thimble (worthless, but it's unlikely that a five-year-old would use a thimble anyway, especially with felt);
-a paper measuring tape;
-a pair of inexpensive sissors (I don't truly know how well these will cut fabric, though for snipping threads they seem like they would be fine);
-a "toy" tomato pincushion (I say "toy" because, although it will hold pins without a doubt, it is not stuffed very full, it is made of a lightweight cotton batiste or similar fabric, and it does not come with the usual emory strawberry for sharpening your needles, but after all, this is a FIRST SEWING KIT - not a "Last-You-a-Lifetime Sew-a-Rama Sewing System");
-a wheel of large-head multicolor pins;
-a few sewing needles;
-many standard skeins of DMC embroidery floss in bright colors;
-a packet of ribbons and trims, etc - again, not very many but enough to get a kid started with a project or two until mama has time to go through her scrap bag and find more things.
All of these items fit very nicely into the box, as I said - it neither looks chintzy and over-packaged, nor is it stuffed so full you cannot close it once opened. The kit is priced VERY nicely for what you get. My daughter was so excited about giving it to her friend, and kept saying how much she wanted one of her own, and the friend also seemed very excited to receive it. All that said, here are my few criticisms:
1.) Pink, red, orange, etc color theme is very specifically aimed at girls. Well, I think little boys might enoy making stuffed animals and doo-dads, too. Alex could either make a similar kit geared to little boys, or make an effort to make the box, materials, and trims more gender neutral.
2.) A few things in the kit are a little cheap - I'm thinking of the thimble and the paper tape measure. It might be better to leave these things out, as even without them, the kit is quite complete. The cheap quality of these few little items alost detracts from the high quality of the rest of the product.
3.) The kit says "age 7 and up"; Although a 7-year-old might enjoy it, I think it is quite age appropriate for a five-year-old, as long as assistance will be provided. In fact, I might say that a 7-year-old should have something a little more advanced than this. But then, it all depends on the child - mine is very good with crafts and things of this sort, and has done some sewing before. You have to decide for yourself. I wouldn't give this to a ten-year-old, though.
All in all, this product is great and I highly recommend it. Please look at my customer images for closeups of the included items and the box, and for more notes about the product. Enjoy!
Description of Alex Toys My First Sewing Kit
A case full of everything you need to learn how to sew and create fantastic art and fashions. This sewing set inculdes precut patterns for quick and easy projects, eight colors of embroidery floss, stuffing fabric, ric-rac, needles, scissors, a measuring tape, straight pins, thimble, pin cushion, buttons, and a pom-pom strip.Winner of both the Dr. Tony Best Classic Toys Award and Parents' Choice Approved Award, My First Sewing Kit from ALEX gets you sewing right away. This kit includes everything you need to make and decorate adorable stuffed felt animals and a notebook cover. Clear instructions guide you through each project--no sewing machine required. Great for rainy days or traveling in the car, My First Sewing Kit is a fun, easy way for kids ages seven and up to learn and enjoy an essential crafting skill.
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Quick and Easy Sewing Projects
My First Sewing Kit contains everything you need to make a stuffed felt dog, cat, and elephant, as well as a bright and cheery book cover and sewing pouch to store your notions. Each easy project has a pre-cut pattern pieces. All you need to do is pin, stuff and stitch! Just follow the easy step-by-step instructions and you'll soon have an original hand-sewn masterpiece ready to show off.
Personalize Your Designs
This kit lets you customize each project with eight different colors of thread as well as an assortment of fabric colors. Ric rac, buttons, and pom poms make it a snap to give your projects a little something extra.
Everything You Need for a Sewing Party
My First Sewing Kit contains enough fabric, patterns, and materials for you and a small group of friends to enjoy a sewing party. Working on projects together is a fun way to use your imaginations while you chat. Once you've got the hang of it, you can encourage each other to develop your own unique animal or other types of projects.
Take Your Kit with You
This kit is perfect for traveling. The included carrying case holds everything and has a handle so you can bring My First Sewing Kit to sleepovers, in the car, or on the train.
What's in the Box
Pre-cut felt shapes, fabric, floss, stuffing, ric rac, needles, scissors, measuring tape, straight pins, a thimble, a pin cushion, buttons, pom pom strip, carrying case, and instructions.
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