• everything’s illuminated: peaceable kingdom foil art sticker kit

    Someone once said, “Desperate times call for desperate measures,” and in the case of this 5-day-long-and-going strong heat wave we’re experiencing here in the Northeast, that means finding lots of indoor activities to beat the heat. The challenge for this mom, as is true for many of us at home, is finding something to entertain different-aged kids. Not an easy feat, I tell you, especially when Candyland and coloring has lost its allure. Lucky for me, we were given the opportunity to test out a new craft kit from Peaceable Kingdom: Foil Art Sticker Kit. (Why is it that as soon as you say the word “sticker,” kids come calling? Maybe I’ll have to try that out when I want them to clean their rooms…). Even though this product was designed for ages 6 and up, my 5-year-old didn’t have any difficulties keeping up with her 9-year-old sister (even if the elder one took the reins). Simply put, the Foil Art Sticker Kit lets you take ordinary black-and-one scenes and pump them up with vivid colors that you add however and wherever you choose. The magical touch? Special holographic foil, and plenty of it. In fact, 42 sheets in all gave my choosy ladies plenty of food for thought (“Should we make the butterflies wings hot pink or shiny blue?”). And that’s precisely what my older daughter loved: the sun could be blue; a heart, green. No rules or regulations, and that’s precisely how creativity begins. And what did this mom love? No tools to wrestle with to make these one-of-a-kind designs. You pull up the yellow section of the picture, so you can see where the sticky area will be. Then pick your favorite foil paper, place it over the area and gently rub your finger over the foil, lift up and voila! Instant art with no paints to clean up, markers to close up…you can sense how low maintenance I can be. Plus, you’ll have beautiful, new masterpieces to add to your frig. And then you can pat yourself on the back for finding a solution to sibling rivalry…even if it’s only temporary.

    In a Nutshell: Pack up the pom poms and banish the beads (for now)…this craft kit is all your kids will need to make some satisfying art.

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