Orb Factory Sticky Mosaics: Unicorns and Ponies
- 3000+ sticky foam and jewels
- 4 sparkling designs
- 4 wall hangers
- Each template is 10″ x 12″
- No tools required
Product Description
Come and play with beautiful ponies and sparkling Unicorns. Everything is included to create your new magical friends. Contents: ? 3000+ sticky foam and jewel pieces ? 4 sparkling designs ? 4 wall hangers… More >>
I am a little surprised at all the positive reviews. Are people really this environmentally ignorant or is it a choice? They claim to be “crafts”, but there is not any real ‘craftsmanship’ involved here. It’s simply a follow-the-pattern product, with absolutely no initiative or independent thought, let alone imagination, required (or desired). What this is, actually, is a lesson in following orders. It’s great for the child who is compliant and uninspired. For a child with little patience for pulling off those irritating little pieces of paper, this is torture. Finally, this is a landfill product in the end. A parent who views it as a successful “toy” only because it kept the child occupied for 3 – 4 hours is not looking at the process or the product. The process is dull, the product is harmful to the environment. Get the kid a paintbrush set instead. Let them use their own imaginations. Let’s do something more positive and change our disposable culture. Let’s have our children create things that are useful or true works of art and craftsmanship.
Rating: 2 / 5
Although this Christmas present was left alone for a while, it proved to be one of the best in the end. It was hours and hours of fun for both our daughters.
Rating: 5 / 5
My daughter will sit down for extended periods of time to work on this. She is 5.
Rating: 5 / 5
My daughter spends hours working on these pictures and they are nice enough to hang in her “unicorn” themed room. My daughter is 4 but has no problem following the patterns and sticking the stickers herself.
Rating: 5 / 5
Many people think that an “art” project is only useful if the art is conceived and executed totally from the mind of the child. I don’t believe this is so at all. There are many children who are not artistic but would find satisfaction in creating an art piece as pretty and detailed as these all by themselves.
Although there is no thought to the artistic process in these, they are very good for developing a few very important life skills. Attention spans are dangerously short these days. These require patience but are just rewarding enough to egg a child on to place “just one more” square. Before they know it, a picture is done and they can reap the rewards of their perseverence. Another skill is fine motor. Again, just large enough to be rewarding but small enough to be challenging. My autistic son has horrible fine motor skills but loves “helping” his sister with her mosaics. He also has the attention span of a knat, so this is rewarding for him – quickly. Frankly, I’ll be purchasing these for his OT instructor to use with him.
It’s not about how long this keeps the little darlings out of our hair, but how engrossed they can become in something simple and quiet and good for them. 5 stars and kudos to the folks who thought this up!!
Rating: 5 / 5