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Red, green and blue sticks joined together by 6 sided connector pieces. The sticks are arranged in the shape of a multi pointed 3D star.

Flexistix Construct and Explore

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
Hey Clay box showing an image of 6 ocean creatures you can make with the kit.

Hey Clay Ocean Creatures

$ 24.00
$ 24.00
An extraordinarily detailed and precise Hurdy Gurdy complete with strings and cranking mechanism made entirely out of wood.

UGears Hurdy-Gurdy

$ 84.99
$ 84.99
A pink and blue box with samples of mini animals that you can make. Included are a panda, a fox, a bunny, an octopus, a penguin, a sloth, and a bird,

Klutz Sew Mini Animals: More Than 12 Animal Plushies to Stitch and Stuff

$ 22.99
$ 22.99
Giant Sequoia Crystal Growing Kit

Giant Sequoia Crystal Growing Kit

$ 7.95
$ 7.95
Cherry tree packaging with an image of the fully grown cherry tree crystals beside it.

Cherry Tree Crystal Growing Kit

$ 7.95
$ 7.95
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A silver hand-cranked music box plays a tune punched out of the sheet music strips.

Make Your Own Music Box

$ 26.95
$ 26.95
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Hexagonal form with blue light LEDs moving back into infinity.

Infinity Mirror Optical Illusion of Light Depth

$ 27.99
$ 27.99
A magenta purple knitted octopus with cream white underneath, two eyes, and a mouth.

DIY Olivia Octopus Knitting Kit

$ 31.00
$ 31.00
It comes in an aluminum tin with a black and pink sleeve. There are two samples of the pink neon light shaped in a heart and the word neon on the sleeve.

DIY Neon Light Kit

$ 16.00
$ 16.00
A hardcover book that is 9.5 x 0.5 x 11.2 inches. The book's cover is an illustration of a girl sitting on a rope attached to the ceiling with a pulley fixing an "A" in the tile. A boy is holding the rope. Be a Maker title comprises design elements, such as wood, graph paper, blocks..

Be a Maker by Kathy Howes, Illustrated by Elizabet Vuković

$ 17.99
$ 17.99
Box and constructed robotic arm made of blue, orange, and grey pieces.

VEX Robotic Motorized Arm

$ 50.00
$ 50.00
A blue cover with an origami frog, dog heart, and snake shown on the front.

There's Math in My Origami! by Fumiaki Shingu

$ 14.95
$ 14.95
Origami Kaleidoscope Patterns - 96 Sheets

Origami Kaleidoscope Patterns - 96 Sheets

$ 2.99
$ 2.99
Rectangular box with multi colored doodles on the front and drawing of a cat. A see-though window on the front packaging reveals the 12 colored crayons in the package.

Cat Parade Gel Crayons

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
A bright pink package showcasing the different candies that can be made with the kit, large red and yellow gummy bears, blue rock candy, chocolate car, and red candy skull, for example. Tools and candy-making thermometer.

Candy Chemistry

$ 39.99
$ 39.99
a pink square box with different cartoon charms arranged around the box. The title of the product is large and in the center of the box in purple.

Shrink-Its

$ 15.99
$ 15.99
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The front cover features an image of wood blocks stacked on each other in the center. On the left side there are four images of various craft projects that include household materials.

The Tinkering Workshop by Ryan Jenkins

$ 19.99
$ 19.99
A green crochet brontosaurus with blue polka dot spots on its back.

DIY Brontosaurus Crochet Kit

$ 28.00
$ 28.00
Four boxes with images of crystal structures in different colors: Green, blue, red, and multicolor.

Colorful Crystals Kit (Assorted Colors)

$ 4.99
$ 4.99
A pink and blue box with a clear window showing 12 different colored pens.

Oh My! Glitter Gel Pens

$ 25.99
$ 25.99
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A teal box with images of six different colored and shaped earrings on the front.

DIY Polymer Clay Jewelry

$ 25.00
$ 25.00
A wooden rover with black plastic wheels and two solar panels wired in the back.

DIY Solar Powered Mars Exploration Rover

$ 18.00
$ 18.00
Wooden car kit with red wheels on a yellow background

DIY Steering Remote Controlled Car

$ 25.00
$ 25.00