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Review: Artterro Eco-Friendly Art and Craft Kits Plus Giveaway

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My kiddos, at the ripe old ages of five and six, are pretty advanced crafters. They’re handy with a hot glue gun and a can of spray paint , they made all their own Christmas cards last year, and my older daughter made a killing at my craft fair booth one month with a set-up of her own invention entitled “Willow’s Fancy Names”–give her a buck, and she’d write your name fancy for you. She made practically as much money as I did!

Needless to say, my kids have high standards. They’re unimpressed by your average, ordinary, string a few beads and stick on a few stickers children’s craft kits. Instead, they prefer unusual projects that they haven’t already done a million times, with interesting materials that they don’t necessarily get to work with every day, instructions that are do-able and somewhat free-form, and a result that looks good and does what it’s supposed to do.

As the Momma, I’m the one who wants their craft materials to be safe and natural, healthy for their intellect and their creativity. I prefer production methods and other business practices that are eco-friendly, and if a kit helps my kid make something that is extra-super-cute, then so much the better.

These are the criteria by which we evaluated the Artterro craft kits that the company sent my kiddos for free (blogging doesn’t pay a ton, but it does get you the occasional free craft kit to blog about). Read on to see how we liked them:

My daughters each got their choice of their own craft kit, and there are a lot of interesting, unusual selections from which to pick. I wanted the girls to make their own choice, so I worked very hard not to steer Willow toward the Paint with Wool kit , although I really want to try out needle felting. Intrigued by the photos of the finished products, Willow instead chose the Wool Felt Bugs kit –it’s rated for kids ages 7 and up, so it’s right on target for her. I knew that Sydney’s choice of the Bubble Wands kit , rated for kids ages 8 and up, would be beyond her abilities as a just-turned-fiver, so I planned from the beginning to give her a lot of help.

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