Review – Modes4U Clay and Edible Candy Kits

Modes4u sent us 2 kits to tempt our Japanese Craft kit taste buds. I love Kawaii and these kits don’t disappoint. The website is filled with kits and supplies that you just won’t find anywhere else. The best thing about these kits is that shipping is low but actually free after you spend $78 dollars. (Easily done when you see all the great kits).

Popin Cookin DIY Candy Kits: RRP $9.35

Popin’ Cookin’ is a series of edible DIY candy in funny shapes that you can easily make yourself by adding water to the ingredients of the package. This kit was so much fun to make with my 5 year old. The best thing about this kit was that it was original and not your average kit. My Daughter is starting to like all the Kawaii Japanese style things and this was perfect. The kit would be fantastic for a sleepover party. The actual candy kit we tried (Left photo) was hash-brown curry it actually tasted like potato and curry so not sure they (the kids) will actually eat it though.The fun is in the making not the eating. The instructions are in Japanese but there is a full video tutorial online and it’s pretty simple once you watch it you will know what you’re doing.

Kutsuwa clay making kit: RRP $24.57

DIY set to make cakes, tortes, deco, fruits and leaves

The clay is very soft and is called “Fuwa Fuwa mousse” in Japan which means soft like a cloud and it certainly is easy to work with. This was a project I did with my daughter and she loved every minute of it and really enjoyed creating her own designs. She loved being able to manipulate the clay herself without needing my help which gave her the freedom to “create”.

Check out more of the fun Japanese clay sets on their website but I can’t let you stop reading without mentioning their Adorable Japanese Christmas Fabrics $8.38 per 1/2 metre. With Halloween coming up your going to want to check out their Halloween section too.

Finally, don’t forget that we are giving away 12 Christmas fabrics with Kawaii themes thanks to Modes4U!

One of the subjects that’s often covered in preschool is learning about the five senses. Understanding our senses helps us describe the world around us and our experience in it, and it’s fun to explore the senses in different ways.

Rock Your Homeschool has a great free printables pack having to do with the five senses. I love the foldable activity shown above because it emphasizes that the way we really experience our senses is through our brains. They also have a sensory scavenger hunt printable, which doesn’t include taste but has the rest of the senses included.

Of course we don’t really want kids tasting things they find outside (unless you happen to have fruit or vegetables growing nearby) but I like the way Hands on Teaching Ideas handled it by including “something an animal would eat” on their five senses scavenger hunt.

Sea of Knowledge has lots of ideas for things to do with preschoolers to learn about the five senses, as well as this free with email signup template for making a five senses craft (you could also trace the child’s hands instead of using the hands in the template if you like).

Use a potato head toy you probably already have to play a five senses game with the download from A Little Pinch of Perfect. You could do the same thing on paper with a potato (or human body) shape and color on the different sense organs.

Simple Everyday Mom has a cute set of senses puppets you can print and play with, or use for different projects and crafts.

Preschool Packets has a whole set of posts dealing with teaching the five senses (the one linked here is for hearing but the rest are linked within that post), which includes a great idea for making shakers with kids to explore the sense of hearing.

Tim’s Printables has some cute five senses printables where kids can match the image to the sense you’d use to explore it. There’s also a body to label but I think there’s only a male version.

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