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WikiStix – The Perfect Crafty Christmas Gift

November 10, 2011 by Shellie Wilson


We (my 2 and 4 year old kids) just had the pleasure of playing with WikiStix One of a kind Creatables . What are they? Literally sticks that stick. You can bend them, shape them, stick them to paper, stick them to themselves, stick them to anything to create a stickable creation.

We tested  played with 2 items The Activity Set  and the Tons of Fun pack (see details below) both retail for $16.95 and both of them have won Toy awards.  Both sets were great fun and we enjoyed playing and creating.  The kits come with activities to help guide your creativity such as dot to dots in the Activity set and Blank faces in the Tons of Fun pack. (plus heaps more)

If you are looking for a Christmas gift for a child 2+  you can’t go past either of these. The Ton’s Of Fun pack would be my favorite gift idea as it has so many things to keep your child occupied and the presentation of the pack makes it a perfect present for older children who can follow activities. If you just want to stick and mess (my 2 year old did) then you could even grab a simple stix pack that just contains the  WikiStix.

These stixs have so much potential as they are tactile and versatile making them perfect for sensory education, Home-schooling or a classroom (Check out their bulk packs 600 stix for $33.25)

Check out their website for great ideas and loads more activity packs including party favor kits and Alphabet learning packs.  I am a grown up and I had fun so imagine what kids will think!

To make gift giving easier Wikistix have created their own Christmas Gift Guide to help you select a product to suit your holiday needs.

 

  The Activity Set  $16.95 


Contains 84 Wikki Stix in 16 colors and two sizes (48- 8-inch and 36 -6-inch), plus multi-use playboard, handy storage bag and eight page booklet of fun ideas and illustrations. The Wikki Stix Activity Set is ideal for younger children, ages 3-5 or so, as there is no right or wrong way to play. They can use the playboard to learn letter formation…or simply “smoosh” the Wikkies down, and peel them back up!

 

 

 

Tons Of Fun pack $16.95
Make critters and creatures… make a Wikkidoodle! Play the Do-Wikki game… decorate cans and bags. Design cards… take along for travel time! Includes 96 Wikki Stix for endless Wikki fun…all packed in a see-through vinyl case with red braid trim and handle.Wikki Stix Learning Toys are the original — trusted by parents, schools, and teachers everywhere. Wikki Stix are more than a craft toy and more than a learning toy, they’re a fun interactive teaching tool! Wikki Stix Educational Toys conform to ASTM D-4236, the safety standard for use in the schools. Recommended for ages 3 & up.

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Cross Stitch Cards for All Occasions

I have never stitched a greeting card, but I kind of like the idea of it. It’s a card and a gift all in one, and hopefully one the recipient will hang onto for years to come. 

This collection of easy and colorful greeting card cross stitch patterns from Susan Bates (via Gathered) are a great place to start if you want to stitch your own greeting cards. 

These text-based designs cover a lot of card-sending events, such as:

  • get well soon
  • happy birthday
  • thank you
  • thinking of you
  • congratulations
  • anniversary
  • new home
  • good luck

The lettering is done in gradients and there are other details like hearts and stars, a house key and a gift, depending on the text. There are full cross stitches and back stitch on all of the cards, and they use 15 colors for the cross stitching and six for the back stitching (and just two colors are used for both, so it’s 19 colors total). 

The designs vary a bit in size but the biggest one is 52 by 67 stitches, which comes out to 3.75 by 4.75 inches or 9.5 by 12 cm when worked on 14 count fabric or 28 count evenweave. The text suggests beads are also used in the patterns but there’s no note of them in the key, so go wild and add some beads if you like. 

Designs are worked on a price of 6 by 8 inch/15 by 20 cm fabric and then mounted to a card with a colorful baking piece of card stock behind it. This is easy to assemble with whatever cardstock greeting cards you have on hand.

You can get the free charts as a PDF from Gathered. 

Have you ever stitched your own greeting cards? I’d love to hear about it, or let me know if these inspire you to try. 

[Photo: Susan Bates via Gathered]

 

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