I have to admit that I was pretty excited about this gift for the girls. I have two daughters ages 4 and 5 and knew that I would have to assist in this project since it is recommended for ages 6 and older. It comes with 8 different colors of model magic and enough accessories to make a charm bracelet, 3 pendant necklaces, 5 toggle sets (for necklaces or bracelets), 2 earring sets, 18 sticky rhinestones, 2 shape cutters, drying rack, bead glaze, and the device that swirls.
Overall impression: It's a fairly easy set up and my kids can do all the steps by themselves, it's just a lot of steps and they need reminders and assistance at times. I find it odd that there are 8 colors and only 4 storage bins on the device. It recommends the model magic to be in ziplock bags as well so I find that having storage bins is unnecessary. My girls have a blast picking out colors and swirling them together then picking which shape to put them in or to press them onto the designs. We've even rolled them into some glitter that we had from a previous craft (don't recommend because glitter is on everything from then on). The girls have had endless joy from making beads. The only problem we've come across is that they want a finished product right away. The beads have to sit for at least 24 hours. I live in the dry desert of Las Vegas and they were still a little squishy 24 hours later. We still glazed them and let them sit overnight again. The glaze really makes them shiny! After that...my daughters were able to make earrings and a bracelet. Unfortunately one of the beads broke off the bracelet and they even left some color stains on her wrist. Regardless, my kids love the jewelry boutique. They have necklace pendants drying right now and can't wait to put them together tomorrow.
Review By. Eric "pilotdaddy"
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