The kit also must be well-made, meaning all the pieces are there, and they fit together well in a tactilely satisfying way I don’t want any wobbly bits. (I only need one 12-year-old unfinished quilt in those aforementioned closets.) Everything in the kit needs to be organized and contained so that setup and cleanup are fast and easy. This means it can be done in one to five evenings. (I don’t need more crap in the recesses of my poorly organized closets.) The project also needs to have a satisfying rate of progression. Since I don’t like visual clutter in our home, the final product must be reasonably small or nice enough to give away.
I want to make something that’s display worthy or edible. But not just any kids’ crafting kit will do. I find the clear directions and guaranteed success of kids’ crafting kits deeply satisfying - in contrast to the chaos of my regular life. I am a grown woman with two young children, and when they go to sleep, the first thing I want to do is make a drink, put a TV show on in the background, and get into a kids’ crafting kit.
