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Klutz Craft Kits for Kids: Book-and-Activity Sets to Make Things
Clay charms, mini sewing, pom-pom pets, LEGO machines, paper airplanes and sticker makers, each packed with its own book.
Where to start in the Klutz catalogue
Klutz Make Clay Charms Kit, 35+ Charm Designs
Clay charm kit with a 60-page book for 35+ wearable charms.
Check price on AmazonKlutz Friendship Bracelets Book, 12+ Bracelets
Friendship bracelet book with supplies for at least 12 bracelets.
Check price on AmazonKlutz LEGO Gear Bots Kit, 8 Kinetic Creatures
Eight moving LEGO Technic creatures with a 64-page book, ages 8-12.
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Klutz Puffy Sticker Maker Kit, 60 Stickers
Puffy sticker maker that presses 60 stickers, ages 6 and up.
Check price on AmazonClay charm kits and friendship bracelet kits
Polymer, oven-bake and air-dry clay sit in this line alongside bead and bracelet sets, so the finished piece is something tiny to wear or to set up in a mini clay world scene. Charm bracelets, letter beads and slot-together cafés suit kids who like small, detailed work. Where the sewing line ends in a soft toy, these kits end in a hard charm, a bead or a miniature display.
Klutz Make Clay Charms Kit, 35+ Charm Designs
Clay charm kit with a 60-page book for more than 35 wearable charm designs.
- More than 35 different charms to wear
- 60-page instructional book
- Recommended for ages 8+
- Winner of a Parents' Choice Award
- FamilyFun Toy of the Year Award
- Paperback binding
Klutz Mini Clay World Cute Café Waffle Kit
Polymer clay kit for molding tiny waffles and displaying them in a slot-together café.
- Plastic mini waffle maker and spatula
- 7 colors of polymer clay
- 32-page book
- Café and pastry case, no glue
- Chipboard punch-outs, acetate sheet, baker's twine
Klutz Friendship Bracelets Book, 12+ Bracelets
Bracelet-making book and kit with supplies for at least twelve friendship bracelets.
- Supplies for at least 12 bracelets
- Back cover clipboard with clip
- 60-page book
- Recommended ages 8 and up
- Spiral-bound binding
Klutz Tiny Ceramics Studio Pottery Wheel Kit
Mini pottery kit with a hand-turned wheel for shaping, painting and glazing small bowls.
- 7 oz air-dry clay
- 6 paint colors, 1 oz each
- 5 oz clear glaze
- Hand-spun turntable, approximately 2 inch diameter
- Roller, 3 shaping tools, paper mold
- Grades 3-7
All clay and charm kits 10 items
Which kids sewing kit or pom pom craft kit fits a beginner?
Felt plushies, mini pom-pom animals and a knitting loom make up this line, and most of the sewing sets need no prior sewing experience. Ages start at 4 and up for the Klutz Jr. Simple Sewing Kit with its plastic needle and climb to 10 and up for the 18-plant garden set. Everything here ends up soft and stuffed or fluffy, which separates it from the clay line next door.
Klutz Jr. Simple Sewing Kit, 3 Felt Projects
Beginner felt sewing kit for young makers: pizza pouch, cookie keychain and cupcake plush.
- 59 pre-cut, pre-punched felt pieces
- Plastic needle and sewing cards
- 2 colors of yarn, 5 foam stoppers
- 6 googly eyes, red pom-pom, key ring
- 32-page book
- Recommended ages 4 and up
Klutz Sew Mini Animals Plush Kit, 14 Animals
Mini plush sewing kit with materials for up to 14 small stuffed animals.
- Materials for up to 14 animals
- Hats, bows and glasses accessories
- No previous sewing experience required
- Hardcover binding
Klutz Mini Pom-Pom Pets Kit, 20+ Animals
Yarn pom-pom kit for crafting more than 20 tiny pocket-sized animal pets.
- 90 yards of yarn in 8 colors
- 20+ animals and 150+ punch-out features
- Eye and nose beads, blush marker, wire, glue
- Pre-made poms and mini poms
- 64-page instruction book
- Recommended ages 8 and up
Klutz Sew Your Own Donut Animals, 6 Plushies
Hand-sewing kit for six donut animal plushies, from a panda to a narwhal.
- 6 donut animal plushies
- Precut felt, polyfill stuffing, embroidery floss
- 6 hand stitches taught
- 48-page instruction book
- Display box included
- Ages 8 and up
All sewing and pom-pom kits 10 items
Klutz LEGO building kits and STEAM kits for kids
This is the build-and-test line: LEGO Technic gear bots, an 18-inch marble maze, race cars, a misting volcano and a spy vault. Each STEM activity pairs bricks or parts with a book that explains how the machine moves or the experiment works. Pick it over the craft lines when a child would rather see something roll, mist or light up than wear or display it.
Klutz LEGO Gear Bots Kit, 8 Kinetic Creatures
STEM kit for building eight moving creatures from LEGO Technic bricks and papercraft.
- 8 kinetic creature builds
- LEGO Technic bricks and papercraft
- 64-page book
- Axles, cams and cranks explained
- Ages 8-12 years
- Size: 10 x 10 x 1.5 inches
Klutz LEGO Gadgets STEM Kit, 11 Machines
STEM activity kit for building eleven LEGO machines, from a gravity car to a boxing robot.
- 58 LEGO elements
- 6 sheets of papercraft
- 11 machine builds
- 80-page book
- Recommended ages 8 and up
- Spiral-bound binding
Klutz LEGO Gravity Drop Marble Maze, 18-Inch
Marble maze kit for a tower of LEGO Technic contraptions, wooden balls and chipboard.
- 18-inch (45 cm) tall marble maze
- Up to 159 LEGO elements
- 20+ LEGO contraptions
- 5 extra projects including a grabber
- Wooden balls and sturdy chipboard
- Colors: red, blue, green
Klutz Ultrasonic Misting Volcano Science Kit
Electronics kit for building a glowing volcano model that billows ultrasonic mist.
- Ultrasonic misting technology
- Glowing volcano model
- 32 pages
- Recommended ages 7-10
- Color: Grey
All LEGO and STEAM kits 10 items
Paper airplane books, stained glass and sticker making kits
Flat art craft lives here: folded flyers, stained glass art for windows, a sticker maker, jelly stickers, string art, manga starters and watercolor designs. Most of these need little setup and suit a kitchen table, a car ride or a group session. Unlike the clay and sewing lines, the result is a sheet, a sticker or something to fly.
Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes, 40 Sheets
Paper airplane book with folding steps and 40 sheets of patterned flight paper.
- 40 ready-to-fold sheets
- Paper printed on both sides
- Instructions for 10 aerobatic models
- 56 pages
- Recommended ages 7 and up
- Spiral-bound binding
Klutz Puffy Sticker Maker Kit, 60 Stickers
Sticker maker kit for pressing 60 squishy puffy stickers from colored and color-in art.
- Sticker maker with top and bottom plates
- 60 sticky backs and 60 puffy discs
- 60 sticker art squares
- Pre-colored and color-in designs
- 16 pages
- Recommended ages 6 and up
Klutz Pokémon Stained Glass Art Kit, 10 Colors
Window art kit with pre-printed Pokémon designs and double-tipped markers.
- 42-page book with coloring pages
- 5 double-tipped markers, 10 colors
- Pre-printed designs for window art
- Hardcover binding
Klutz String Art Kit with 500+ Pins
Pin-and-thread art kit for wrapping string into critters, flowers and lettering designs.
- 500+ pins and pin-pushing tool
- 80 yards of craft string in 8 colors
- 6 corrugated boards
- 8 tracing sheets, 10 decorative backing sheets
- 56-page instruction book
- Recommended ages 10 and up
All paper and sticker art 10 items
What makes a Klutz kit different from a bag of supplies
The book is the instructions and part of the kit
Every set is built around a bound book: a 32-page book for the Mini Clay World café, 64 pages for Gear Bots, 80 pages for LEGO Gadgets. Pages carry step-by-step instructions with pictures, and several books are spiral-bound so they lie flat on the table. The Friendship Bracelets book goes further, with a clipboard and clip built into the back cover to hold the knots while they are tied.
Pre-cut and pre-punched parts
Felt arrives cut to shape, chipboard pieces punch out, and many displays slot together with no glue. The Jr. Simple Sewing Kit includes 59 pre-cut, pre-punched felt pieces and a plastic needle, so a first project starts right away instead of with scissors and a pattern.
Real LEGO Technic elements in the STEM builds
The LEGO gear and machine books ship with actual bricks: 58 LEGO elements in Gadgets, 124 bricks in Race Cars, up to 159 LEGO elements in the Gravity Drop maze. Papercraft sheets turn those parts into creatures and contraptions. One exception: LEGO Chain Reactions is a building book that expects a supply of basic LEGO bricks at home.
Counted projects, so the scope is clear
Box titles tell how many things the kit makes: 14 animals, 24 beaded charms, 35+ charm designs, 60 stickers, 85 sticker designs. That count is a useful way to judge how long a kit will last. A puffy sticker kit, for example, makes 60 stickers and then is finished, while a book of folding instructions keeps working with any paper.
Clay, felt, yarn and paper: what is in the box and how to look after it
Three kinds of clay appear across the range, and they are handled differently. Polymer and oven-bake clay, as in the Pet Adoption Truck, hardens in a home oven, so an adult with an oven is part of the project. Air-dry clay, used in the Animal Party set and the 7 oz block in Tiny Ceramics Studio, sets on its own and needs no baking. Keep opened clay wrapped so it does not dry out before the next session.
Sewing kits use precut felt, polyfill stuffing, embroidery floss or yarn, and the needle depends on age: a plastic needle in the Jr. kit for ages 4 and up, metal needles in sets such as Sew Mini Gardens for ages 10 and up. Pom-pom kits rely on yarn, beads, wire and glue; the Food Animals set also needs an ordinary household fork. Small beads, pins and wire are part of many kits, so check the age on each box against the child using it and keep loose parts away from younger siblings.
Some kits need things from home. The Light-Up Circuit Art kit requires 2 AA batteries, not included, and oven-bake clay needs an oven. Paper and sticker kits are the simplest to store: finished stickers can go back into the room left for them in the 3D sticker book.
| Clay types | Polymer, oven-bake and air-dry clay, depending on the kit |
|---|---|
| Youngest listed age | Ages 4 and up (Jr. Simple Sewing Kit) |
| STEM age range | Ages 8-12 (LEGO Gear Bots), ages 7-10 (Misting Volcano) |
| Oldest starting age | Ages 10 and up (Sew Mini Gardens, String Art) |
| Book length | 16 to 80 pages, depending on the kit |
| Binding | Hardcover, paperback or spiral-bound |
| Needs from home | Oven for oven-bake clay, 2 AA batteries for circuit art, a fork for food pom-poms |
Match the kit to the age on the box
Compare clay, sewing, LEGO and sticker kits by age, project count and what the book includes.
Compare the kitsWho each kind of kit suits
A first sewing project for a young maker
For a child of four, the Jr. Simple Sewing Kit starts with a plastic needle and pre-punched felt: sewing cards for practice, then a pizza pouch, cookie keychain and cupcake plush. Older beginners who want more projects can move on to the mini animals or donut plushies later.
Friends making matching bracelets
Two or three kids at a sleepover can share one Friendship Bracelets book, which holds supplies for at least 12 bracelets. The clipboard on the back cover keeps a bracelet steady, so one child can knot while another picks colors. It is a classic craft for ages 8 and up.
A builder curious about how machines move
For a child who takes things apart to see inside, Gear Bots explains axles, cams and cranks through eight kinetic creatures. If your builder is between 8 and 12 and already owns LEGO, this gives the bricks a new job instead of another set to display.
A rainy afternoon of stickers with a group
Coloring and pressing stickers works well around one table with siblings or friends. The Pokémon Color-In 3D Sticker Kit uses a puffy sticker maker system and has room to store the finished stickers, so the results go back into the book at the end of the session.
About this guide to Klutz craft kits for kids 8-12 and younger
The range here covers 40 book-and-activity kits, grouped into four lines: clay and charm kits, sewing and pom-pom kits, LEGO and STEAM kits, and paper and sticker art. Each one combines a book with the supplies to finish the projects in it, from a 16-page sticker guide to an 80-page LEGO machine book.
Ages run from 4 and up for the youngest sewing kit to 10 and up for string art and mini gardens, with most kits marked 8 and up. Several titles carry licensed names, such as LEGO, Pokémon and Star Wars, and those kits are listed under the names they are sold with.
Craft kits vs loose supplies is the main choice a parent faces here. A kit removes the planning: parts are counted, cut and matched to the book. Loose supplies make more sense once a child knows the technique and wants to repeat it without instructions.
If you are setting up a kids craft space, the lines group well by mess level. Paper and sticker kits need only a table, clay needs a wipeable surface and sometimes an oven, and sewing kits need a tray or box for small pieces between sessions.
Choosing a Klutz kit: ages, contents and what you need at home
Which Klutz kits are listed for kids under 8?
Do the sewing kits require prior sewing experience?
Do the LEGO kits include bricks?
Which kits need an oven or batteries?
Is the Tiny Ceramics Studio wheel motorized?
How many projects does a sticker or charm kit make?
Klutz kits side by side
Age, number of projects, book length and what each kit includes across the four lines.
| Klutz | Age | Projects | Book | Kit includes | Check price on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klutz Jr. Simple Sewing Kit | 4 and up | 3 felt projects | 32-page book | 59 pre-cut felt pieces, plastic needle | Check price on Amazon |
| Puffy Sticker Maker by Klutz | 6 and up | 60 stickers | 16 pages | Sticker maker, 60 art squares | Check price on Amazon |
| Klutz Book of Paper Airplanes | 7 and up | 10 aerobatic models | 56 pages | 40 ready-to-fold sheets | Check price on Amazon |
| Misting Volcano kit from Klutz | 7-10 | 1 volcano model | 32 pages | Ultrasonic misting, glowing model | Check price on Amazon |
| Klutz Friendship Bracelets Book | 8 and up | 12+ bracelets | 60-page book | Supplies, back cover clipboard | Check price on Amazon |
| Make Clay Charms kit, Klutz | 8+ | 35+ charms | 60-page book | Clay charm supplies | Check price on Amazon |
| Mini Pom-Pom Pets (Klutz) | 8 and up | 20+ animals | 64-page book | 90 yards of yarn in 8 colors | Check price on Amazon |
| Klutz LEGO Gear Bots | 8-12 | 8 creatures | 64-page book | LEGO Technic bricks, papercraft | Check price on Amazon |
| LEGO Gadgets STEM kit by Klutz | 8 and up | 11 machines | 80-page book | 58 LEGO elements, 6 papercraft sheets | Check price on Amazon |
| Klutz String Art Kit | 10 and up | Critters, flowers, lettering | 56-page book | 500+ pins, 80 yards of string | Check price on Amazon |
Guides to read before you buy
Best ofBest Clay Craft Kit for Kids: 8 Picks From Klutz, Crayola & More
The best clay craft kit for kids by clay type: polymer charms, air-dry animals, a pottery wheel and fossil molds from Klutz, Crayola, Made By Me and more.
Best ofBest Craft Kits for Girls 8-12: 8 Picks From 7 Brands
Craft kits for girls 8-12, picked by listing facts: mini clay scenes, pom-pom kitties, light-up string art, floaty pens, journals, mosaics and wind chimes.
Best ofBest Friendship Bracelet Kit: 7 Picks From Klutz, ALEX and More
The best friendship bracelet kit for each kind of maker: knotted floss, looms, a spinning Kumi refill and bead sets from Klutz, ALEX, Cool Maker and more.
Best ofBest Sewing Kit for Kids: 8 Picks by Age, From 4 to 10 and Up
The best sewing kit for kids at each age: plastic-needle felt for 4+, needlepoint, felt plushies, a stitch tool, knitting and a no-sew fleece quilt.
Best ofBest STEAM Kits for 8 Year Olds: 7 Build, Science and Art Picks
STEAM kits for 8 year olds from Klutz, Crayola, Klever Kits and 4M: LEGO gear builds, a misting volcano, wicking paper flowers, spin art and a moon lamp.
ComparisonKlutz vs Craft-tastic: String Art, Charm Bracelets and Potions
Klutz vs Craft-tastic: 500+ vs 170 pins in their string art kits, clay vs puffy-sticker charm bracelets, and a unicorn STEAM lab vs fairy potions.
Pick the project, then the kit
Klutz book-and-activity kits for clay charms, mini sewing and pom-pom pets, LEGO machines and STEAM labs, paper airplanes, stained glass and stickers. Check what is in the box, the age on the package and today’s price on Amazon.