French Knitting Owl Doll Making Kit

By 4M Industrial Development Limited
Price $13.00
Age 8+

This craft kit is particularly enjoyable for children, due in no small part to its ease-of-use and the exceptionally pleasing result it produces - a plump, colorful, happy-looking Owl Doll. The Owl Doll body is the first thing to be made, and the step-by-step instructions make for relaxed, focused work, winding the yarn around the French knitting reel and then using the crochet hook to lift and place the yarn over alternate prongs. The coordination to do this develops quickly due to the repetitive motions, and there's an obvious pleasure kids take in picking up speed as they settle into a rhythm. Once the owl body is ready it's stuffed (material included) and closed. Then it's time to add detail using the set of pre-cut felt shapes provided, which involves some handy stitch-work using the kit's plastic needles and a dab of glue here and there. Once again, the illustrated instructions make these steps quite gratifying, and the brilliant-looking, pride-inducing result leaves kids truly hooked on using their hands creatively and productively.