Gift Guide: For the Crafty Kid - Remodelista
As a girl, the adults in my life gave me the gift of creativity: They taught me how to build forts, carve woodblock prints, and sew a simple stitch. Purl Soho’s fun and easy kits–embroidery, sewing, weaving, and knitting projects, make your own stuffed animals... ...and more–are the sort that design-savvy grownups might actually want to have in their homes. For $68, your child gets the makings for 12 hot pads: That’s less than $6 a piece. This five-inch Fox is part of Kirikí Press’s Animal Embroidery Kit menagerie available on Etsy–there’s also an equally winning squirrel, raccoon, owl, and sloth. Become a landscape artist with Scenic Stamp Sets from Yellow Owl Workshop. The perfect stocking stuffer for crafty kids, Etsy seller Furze Chan’s animal puppet kits include paper parts, joints, and a stick. There’s also a bear, wallaby, fox, sheep, monkey, and rabbit. Above, top and bottom: French artist Nathalie Lété’s Large Watercolor Set includes 24 unusual colors in an old-fashioned metal box with one of her paintings on the lid; $25 from Alder & Co. Something for the DIY woodland princess or elf? Acme’s Woodland Crown kit features velvet leaves and spun-cotton mushrooms; $25.