Sew Mini Animals (Klutz Craft Kit) 8" Length x 1.5" Width x 9" Height

My 12-year old's review: "This kit is great! I loved the seal the most and was so excited to make it, and although I did have struggles, I managed with help! It comes with a book like the Sew Mini Treats and is descriptive. It has a cute image for each animal pattern and has stencils for making the perfect shape :). This was practically my first attempt at sewing, so it's no wonder it was a little difficult. I think Klutz is a great brand, and I enjoy their kits a lot! I made a lot of the animals, and they are great for gifts! Once you get the hang of sewing, it's very simple. It has the basics included in the book, even though I still needed to look back into the book or ask someone how to do it, it is informative. If you look at the instructions, use the stencils, pre-cut eyes and cheeks you CAN make it look like theirs! Most products have impossible covers and misleading pictures to make you think like you can make it that good, but that's not the case with this one! The Sew Mini Treats is a great kit to and if you like this kit I'd highly recommend also buying that! It comes with a book and stencils, just a different pattern, stencils and felt. Also, if you don't make all of the animals, there will be some pre-cut eyes and cheeks left, so you can use it when you get the hang of sewing, and want to make your own project! I think it is a very good gift and not to expensive for the quality! Highly recommend this and Sew Mini Treats!😊"

Great for kids or adults who love crafting. This kit was a joy to work with! The instructions were clear, and the included materials were high-quality. The mini animal designs are adorable, and the finished products made great gifts. It’s an excellent way to introduce sewing skills in a fun and creative way.

This is a great kit. It has a nice variety of creatures & difficulty levels - fairly "flat" stuffies like the penguin, whale & bat, two sides & belly like the hedgehog & seal, 4 legged animals that can stand on their legs like the fox & raccoon, and animals based on sewing a 4 piece ball & adding features like the panda & owl.Some animals require sewing wrong sides together & then turning right side out before stuffing, others you just whip stitch wrong sides together and stuff. It encourages creativity by showing a variety of sewn eyes & a selection of to-scale accessories patterns (top hat, hair bow, party hat, sunglasses). It also has pictures of the critters in different felt colors.These are mini - most easily held between thumb and forefinger. (See pic with adult sized eyeglasses for size comparison.)It comes with enough felt to make all the animals once in the suggested colors & you could still make many of them again if you are careful with your felt. You might need more stuffing & pre-cut eyes/cheeks though.This requires tracing, cutting, following written directions & sewing. Some of the directions are not 100% clear on assembly, but using the pictures we figured everything out - we have made all of the animals & most of the accessories.The designs are all really cute and even with mistakes and developing sewing skills they still turn out cute and fairly durable. The pictures show some of the animals we made in the suggested felt colors by 3 different skill level crafters (1 adult & 2 kids).Patterns included (with instructions):"Flat" : sloth, bat, pig, whale"Belly" : seal, hedgehog4-legs : fox, raccoon, alpacca"Ball" : bunny, panda, octopus, owlAccessories : bow, hats, sunglasses

I got this kit for Christmas because it combines my two favorite things-sewing and stuffed animals. I’m an experienced sewer and wanted to try something new by making stuffed animals. Opening this up, I do have a few notes.1. The instructions. These instructions were a bit-wonky. Some points were helpful and others were kind of confusing. I didn’t have too much trouble but had to get creative sometimes because I didn’t understand what I was supposed to be doing.2. The thread. This thread was straight awful, it was cheap, thin, and hard to work with. I had this tangle so many times I thought my head was going to explode! The colors match well enough and aren’t too annoying but boy did they tangle.3. The fabric. There was a lot of fabric in this kit. I was able to make 25 mini animals by getting creative with the scraps. The guides weren’t too bad to work with, just the finer details were a bit difficult to translate onto the fabric. I liked the color options and how you could make the animals whatever color you wanted.4. The stuffing. There wasn’t a lot of stuffing in this. Maybe I was overstuffing the animals a bit and ran out quickly because of that, but I had to supply my own stuffing for like half of the animals I made. My suggestion is to have a bag of stuffing on the side just in case you run out because nobody likes a flat animal.Overall, this was something I enjoyed a lot and gave me something to do for a couple days over the summer. I’d gift this to someone older who’s had at least some experience sewing. 4 stars and I would buy this again just to make more animals!