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Review on Unleash Creativity with ALEX Discover Giant 🎨 Busy Craft - Perfect for Kids' Imaginative Pursuits by Daniel Postle

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Instruction Confusion Clarified

My daughter loved Alex Brand's craft kits. They can get expensive if you buy a few small craft kits and it's good value for the amount of craft supplies you get. We bought individual craft kits from Alex Brand to see how Alex Brand organizes crafts. They pack all the parts in a bag with a photo on the bag of which craft the parts come with. This giant busy box is different. I've read reviews from people who were disappointed that there were no instructions for each individual craft. Hopefully what I've provided will help others deal with this huge busy box. There are 16 crafts and instructions for 5. Looks like Alex Brand provided instructions for one craft in each category (dough animals, stickers, fabric art, paper bag). doll and farm animal collage) to show how to craft each category rather than each craft individually like they do with their smaller crafting kids. This giant industrious box contains: (4) Dough Animals - instructions for one; (2) Art Stickers - Instructions for one.; (2) Cloth Art - Instructions for one; (4) Paper Bag Dolls - Instructions for one; (4) Farm animal collages. instructions for one. To organize things for us, I opened the box and identified which bag or box went with which craft, and I wrote on each bag or box with marker pen which category it belonged to. After my daughter chose the craft she wanted to make, I put the rest of the unopened bags and boxes back in the original packaging. I have provided such a photo. The bottom line is that Alex Brand has provided instructions for one craft in each category and suggests/encourages your child to use their creativity to create the rest. I went to Alex Brand's website to see if they have any additional instructions for this huge busy box and the instructions on their website are exactly the instructions that came with the box. I then looked at individual craft kits and found that you can find a craft kit box that might have the exact craft with assembly instructions that the huge busy box didn't have instructions for. It's a little tedious, but there's another option. I hope my review helps with the confusion.

Pros
  • Recommended for ages 3+
Cons
  • I'll add later