Kids can grow their own crystals with this kit. The kit includes a base rock, crystal formula, a growing tray, a magnifying glass, a spatula and instructions. Adult supervision is required.

Kids can make their own volcano and then watch it erupt. The kit includes a volcano mold, fast drying plaster, paint, a stirring stick and a paintbrush. Simply add baking soda and vinegar and watch the volcano erupt with bubbling lava. Adult supervision is required.
— Mary Porter Green, owner of Curiosity Zone in Ashburn, Va., told TDmonthly in a May 2013 survey that this toy is their best-selling activity kit.

This kit shows kids how to assemble the included colored pipe cleaners, bright wooden beads and glittery paper wings into five bug buddies. Kids can even stick on pre-printed sticker faces to give each bug its own personality. Additionally, the book opens up to become a charmingly detailed, three-room tree house, complete with a front yard, punch-out furniture, stickers and decorative accessories.
— “We do well with the Klutz books ... [especially] the Magnetic Magic and the bug book,” Mary Ellen Cerney, owner of Dear Friends and Children in Duncan, Okla., told TDmonthly in April 2008.
— “Anything by Klutz,” Emily Bieritz, manager of My Favorite Toy Store in Downers Grove, Ill., said in April 2008, when asked to name the best-selling arts and crafts item in her store.
— In spring 2008, more than 3 percent of retailers who spoke with TDmonthly named Klutz activity books as best-selling kits.

The colorful jewelry set comes in a handy wooden box and includes five laces and more than 150 beads in a variety of shapes, colors and patterns. Kids can create an array of necklaces and bracelets.
— “I like the new travel and craft kits by Melissa & Doug. We sell at least one a week,” Bob Colbert, owner of The Toy Box in Searcy, Ark., told TDmonthly in April 2008.
— “Craft kits by Melissa & Doug,” Kathy Byrd, owner of Fantasy Island Toys in Fairhope, Ala., told TDmonthly in April 2008, when asked to name the best-selling kit her store.
— In April 2008, more than 5 percent of the 50 retailers who spoke with TDmonthly singled out craft kits by Melissa & Doug as best-selling craft kits.

The kit includes a specialized astronomical device called the Star Pilot™ which navigates the sky and locates the brightest stars and constellations. A poster, SLOOH Telescope Card and activity book are included, along with an illustrated, color manual that includes fun astronomical information, experiments, diagrams and constellation legends from cultures around the world. “This kit is a very unique astronomy device that has been invented, designed and patented by Brown [University] professors,” The Young Scientists Club President Esther Novis. Launch date: July 2008.

Kids can design and paint their own ceramic beads and create personalized bracelets, necklaces and keychains. The kit includes 16 square beads, 10 shaped beads, two large heart pendants, six ceramic paints, two brushes, two keychain accessories, glass seed beads, ball chains, elastic and easy instructions. This item is an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award winner.
—  “Any arts and craft kits by Alex sell really well,” Linda Angel, owner of Kidoodles Toys in Norman, Okla., told TDmonthly in April 2008.
— “Our best-selling craft kits are bead kits by Alex. …[We sell] at least three or four every day,” Gary Timmerding, manager of Johnny’s Toys in Covington, Ky., told TDmonthly in April 2008.
— Over one-fourth of the 50 retailers who spoke with TDmonthly in spring 2008 named Alex kits as  best-selling kits in their stores.

Kids can create their own beautiful handbag with this kit, which comes with a canvas purse, adhesive gems, more than 160 precut, sticky fabric shapes and easy instructions. This product is an iParenting Media Award winner.
— “Alex is our number one activity set … [and] make-your-own purse is good right now,” Joyce Matthews, owner of Just 4 Fun in St. Simon’s Island, Ga., told TDmonthly in April 2008.
— In April 2008, Steve Ricks, owner of My Story House Toys in Roswell, Ga., told TDmonthly that his store sells “maybe one a day” of this particular item.
— Six of 50 retailers who spoke with TDmonthly in spring 2008 singled out this particular item as the best-selling kit in their stores.

The kit comes in a heart-shaped keepsake box and includes materials and instructions on how to make 25 heart-themed projects, including a stuffed bear, treasure box, brooch and heart garland. Kids can use the materials for cardmaking, scrapbooking, sewing, embroidery and beading.  “Hearts & Crafts is a unique craft kit, with colorful high quality components, clear and easy instructions,” Alex-Panline USA Inc. Director of Communications Elin Kabo told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 2008.

The kit lets kids create colorful, silkscreen art on t-shirts, bags and cards. The kit comes with 14 stencil designs, silk sheets, four bright ink colors, a bandana and simple instructions. Refill kits are available separately.  “ALEX kits include stylish stencil designs, brightly colored inks and quality components. Instructions are clear and easy!” Alex-Panline USA Inc. Director of Communications Elin Kabo told TDmonthly. Launch date: February 2008.

The kit allows kids to dissect a sanitary owl pellet which contains the skeletal remains of an owl meal. Learn about the owl’s habitat, place in the food chain and predatory skills. Use some archaeological skills to piece together the skeletons using the enclosed bone chart. Launch date: May 2008.

The kit offers a quick and easy plant-growing experience. Kids learn the seed-to-plant process that ends with a fun interactive plant. Launch date: March 2008.

The kit provides kids with an interactive, hands-on learning experience. Kids will be able to witness the seed’s transformation into a plant inside the terrarium, and then learn to take care of the plant. “Our kits are fun and educational,” DuneCraft Inc. Public Relations Specialist Alicia Borley told TDmonthly. “The lure of growing a prehistoric plant as well as everything included with the Prehistoric Plant would be why this would be picked over another kit.” Launch date: February 2008.

The 20-page activity kit is portable and lightweight, making it perfect for keeping youngsters busy on long commutes. The activity book is full of puzzles, games and coloring pages that promote reading, artistic and imaginative thinking and puzzle-solving skills. Kids can color in their favorite pages and then use the included child-safe glue tube to decorate the page with bright foam stickers, googly eyes, spangles and more. “Not only would a child pick our books out of the crowd, but parents will, too!” Fibre-Craft Materials Corp. Marketing Communications Manager Gail Cohen told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2008.

The princess activity kit is portable and lightweight, designed to keep youngsters busy on planes, trains and car trips. The 20-page activity storybook is full of puzzles, games and coloring pages that promote reading, artistic and imaginative thinking and puzzle-solving skills. Kids can color in their favorite pages and then use the included child-safe glue tube to decorate the page with bright foam stickers, googly eyes, spangles and more. “Not only would a child pick our books out of the crowd, but parents will, too!” Fibre-Craft Materials Corp. Marketing Communications Manager Gail Cohen told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2008.

The portable, lightweight kit is designed to keep youngsters busy on planes, trains and car trips. The 20-page activity book promotes reading, artistic and imaginative thinking and puzzle-solving skills. Kids can color in their favorite pages and then use the included child-safe glue tube to decorate the page with bright foam stickers, googly eyes, spangles and more. “Not only would a child pick our books out of the crowd, but parents will, too!” Fibre-Craft Materials Corp. Marketing Communications Manager Gail Cohen told TDmonthly. Launch date: 2008.

The kit features 30 snap-together parts, a rock-like base with six plant fossils, a dinosaur jawbone fragment, support rods, a full-color T-Rex action poster and full-color assembly instructions. The skeleton displays beautifully after assembly. “Dinosaurs are very popluar right now and our product is a great quality for the money,” Educational Insights Inc. Advertising and Public Relations Coordinator Heidi Bultman told TDmonthly. “Also, our dinosaur can be put together over and over again, and does not use glue.” Launch date: January 2008.

Personalize a photo frame with this kit. The kit includes a 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" photo frame base, one photo easel back, 1 lb. of recycled stained glass, 2 oz. of glass gems, 8 oz. tile grout, two plastic gloves, one wooden stir stick, 2 fl. oz. of mosaic glue and instructions. “Our kit is simple to use and includes everything needed to make it,” Milestones Products Marketing Associate Jeff Clark told TDmonthly. “Also, mosaics are a very easy and fun medium to work with and our kit lets children create something that's both artistic and usable.” Launch date: January 1, 2008.

Kits include the Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit and the Large Tie Dye Kit. The Funky Groovy Tie Dye Kit contains three primary colors of Procion MX dye in applicator bottles, gloves, rubber bands, soda ash and written instructions. Enough product to do up to 5 shirts. The Large Tie Dye Kit dyes up to 15 adult T-shirts and contains primary colors of pre-measured procion dye powder in applicators, soda ash dye fixer, rubber bands, rubber gloves, an extra applicator bottle for mixing secondary colors and simple instructions. Launch Date: January 2010.

Kids can create their very own book with this kit. The wire-bound book comes with a blank centerpiece, easy tear-out pages, double-sided custom papers in 25 pattern choices, foam shapes, letters, googly eyes, glue stick, a double-tipped pen and simple instructions. Launch date: August 2008.

The kit comes with faux flower petals, faux leaves, sequins, glitter, metallic floss, cotton floss, wooden beads, perler beads, florists’ wire and more. There are enough materials to make eight homemade ornaments. Launch date: August 2008.

The book comes with eight blank, pre-folded cards and envelopes, die-cut paper flower shapes, dimensional foam tape, glitter and other embellishments, all in a variety of complementary colors and patterns. The kit allows anyone to easily make personalized cards. Launch date: August 2008.

The kit comes with four pages of line art on plastic clings, line art of a figure on clear plastic, two pattern plates with four textures each, eight colored pencils, 50 sheets punched tracing paper, a sketching pencil, a pencil sharpener, an eraser and a fine-tip pen. Launch date: August 2008.

The kit contains enough materials for four projects under the sun: two necklaces, colored thread, original shells and color instructions. “Easy to do, these summer projects will impress everybody,” Bojeux Inc. Coordinator Isabelle Grenon told TDmonthly. Launch date: September 2008.

The kit comes with assorted wood and felt pieces, one sheet of transfer, rattail, gems, three lobster clips and color instructions. “These dangle pals are easy to create…[and] very trendy,” Bojeux Inc. Coordinator Isabelle Grenon told TDmonthly. Launch date: September 2008.

The kit comes with enough materials to create three pouches: three assorted felt colors, six pre-cuts felt flowers, six buttons, one needle, colored thread and color instructions. “In a room, a dresser or a locker, it's the most fashion way to keep orderly your valuable objects,” Bojeux Inc.  Coordinator Isabelle Grenon told TDmonthly. Launch date: September 2008.