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This colorful kit includes about 6,000 beads and six small pegboards: hexagonal, small heart, princess, teddy bear, butterfly and penguin. It also comes with 10 bead supports, a color-printed design sheet, instructions, ironing paper and one storage tray with a lid. Launch date: March 1, 2007.

Children fill in animal templates with colored beads, then mom or dad irons them to fuse the beads together to make a permanent toy.

This 4,000-piece set lets girls create three trendy girls in cool contemporary outfits. Kids fill in the pegboards with plastic beads, then mom or dad uses an iron to fuse the pieces together to make a 2-D toy.

This 6,000-piece set lets girls create fashion dolls and outfits. Kids fill in the pegboards with plastic beads, then mom or dad uses an iron to fuse the pieces together to make a 2-D toy.

This 6,000-piece set lets kids create bear and squirrel characters to live on the illustrated playboards. Kids fill in the pegboards with plastic beads, then mom or dad uses an iron to fuse the pieces together to make a 2-D toy.

The set includes 4,000 beads, two large square pegboards, 11 bead supports, a color-printed design sheet, instructions and ironing paper. Kids can use the kit to create four cars. “Hama offers the best quality beads for ironing – [it] stands up to all safety tests!” Hama – Malte haanic Plastic A/S Export Manager Steen Fabian Jensen told TDmonthly. Launch date: April 2008.

The set includes 6,000 beads, three large square pegboards, a color-printed design sheet, instructions and ironing paper. Kids can create two large ponies, a girl and small accessories. Launch date: April 2008.

This colorful 48-page booklet is full of ideas and inspiration for young children. Illustrations are scaled to fit the transparent pegboards in the MAXI My First HAMA line of products. Launch date: March 1, 2007.

This colorful kit includes three transparent pegboards in the shape of an elephant, a boy and a ship, approximately 900 MAXI beads, six bead supports, two color-printed design sheets, instructions and ironing paper. Launch date: March 1, 2007.

This kit includes two large square pegboards, approximately 4,000 beads, a color-printed design sheet, instructions and ironing paper. Launch date: March 1, 2007.