Friday Review: Craft Party - Treasure Box Party

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We were sent this craft party in a box to try out and review. It's a simple idea to have everything you need to entertain up to six children in a box. Seems like a great idea for a birthday party. My 8 year old was quite keen to open it up and see what was inside:

The kit has 6 boxes, brushes and paint pots plus stick on jewels. Usefully the instructions advised on how many jewels each child could use. All we needed to do was spread some newspaper and get some water to clean the brushes. Then we followed the clear instructions to start decorating our boxes:

Once we were happy with our jewels it was time to paint around them:

We were both fairly pleased with our final treasure chests:

Of course you need treasure for your chest so the kit also includes a bracelet making kit:

These were really simple to thread the beads on but the elastic thread was very hard to knot off as my knots wouldn't stay tied! My daughter seemed pleased with her final bracelet though:

The kit has an RRP of £19.99 making it a great value party entertainment. In fact we have saved 4 boxes for my daughter's birthday next month!

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Friday Review: Union Jack Cushions

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We were sent this kit for me to try out with my 8 year old daughter. With the patriotic fever at the moment this is a great crafting idea. Also a great way to entertain on a wet summer's day! It comes with everything except scissors to make the cushions including the insides.

The sections all have holes in them to make the sewing easier. The main sections also had an UP sticker on them so you get it right. The instructions that come with it are very clear too.

Now my daughter has never got the hang of sewing yet as she doesn't have much patience for learning a new skill! We had a few tears and tantrums at first but once she actually listened and concentrated she enjoyed doing it.

I would like to show you the finished result but we aren't very speedy at sewing!

A great kit for some girl time together. It has an RRP of £14.99 which isn't bad value when you end up with cushions that would cost a lot more in the shops to buy finished. A good way for children to practice their sewing skills too.

Any way better get back to sewing if I want to finish it before the next Jubilee!