Review on Sculpey Crafty Clay Oven Variety by Kelsey Brown

I have just finished making my first figure from this set and before I finish this review it will be fully baked and chilled. I'm attaching a photo ;) Lately I've been watching NerdECrafter a lot on YouTube, I like their channel. A lot of the things she does are related to Sculpey and I got bitten by the virus again. When I was a kid my mom bought me a 40 color Super Sculpey gift box and I couldn't figure out why. She's always been such a curmudgeon, and this kit cost almost $30. I had no doubts and got my huge Super Sculpey set and it was the best. I bought THIS set for $10 and it also comes with "tools". OK, let's go. Some tools are necessary to work with polymer clay, but you become the best craftsman when you are forced to use your own ingenuity to decide what is and isn't a tool. Don't buy those stupid, overpriced plastic and metal sticks that are sold specifically for the job. The two tools I received were useful, but they are both damaged, their molding edges are dented and there are mold lines on the plastic. which obviously carry over to the piece you're working on. Don't count the tools that come with the kit as added value. The plate I remember from my childhood was a very different tone, it was Super Sculpey, and that was several decades ago. It's cheaper than today's Sculpey 3, and it's VERY soft for polymer clay and a lot stickier than I'd like. Both made working with clay much more difficult than what I did as a kid. In the future I will definitely buy more expensive and heavier clay. On the other hand, I'm not a professional, it's not sold profitably. And I really enjoyed it. Considering how much I paid for it, I'm pretty happy with what I got. I'd like a harder, less sticky clay, but it's not so soft and sticky that it's unusable or uncomfortable to work with, it's just a bigger problem. This clay is on sale, but this is a discount quality clay to buy if you are looking for a small set for a few bucks. However, never buy elaborate polymer clay paints. Buy magenta, cyan, yellow, black and white. If you do this, you can afford expensive polymer clay. Having said that, let me introduce you to the cat Uger Buger. I love him.