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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Alex Toys Giant Weaving Loom

Price : $39.99

Kids can weave jewel-toned works of art on this large, quality hardwood loom using a variety of techniques. Add decorative pieces to make cool accessories. Weave a colorful belt or make a scarf with fringe.

Set includes 11.25" x 15.75" hardwood loom, 150 yards of extra-thick rainbow-colored yarn, wooden comb, wooden shuttle, 6" weaving needle, fun accessories and step-by-step instructions.

This review is from : Alex Toys Giant Weaving Loom
Great for beginner weavers . My 10 yr. old learned basic weaving in her school's art class. She really enjoyed it so I decided to purchase a loom she could have and reuse. I chose this one because it had a scarf and purse project which i thought she would like. She absolutely loves this product and has made a small blanket for her American Girl doll and a scarf as a gift for her friend. For the scarf, however, she had to make sections which I had to sew together for her. She would have preferred to make one large weaving, but that wasn't possible. Overall, it's really good quality and we highly recommend it for beginners.

Alex Toys Giant Weaving Loom Reviews
Alex Giant Weaving Loom . have a child that just completed weaving project in school, using homemade cardboard loom - now he is loving the next step up in this wooden version for a beginner! good price, too

Alex Toys Giant Weaving Loom Opinions
Great for Grammas and Kids . A beginner's project that you can teach your grandchild (or your child). Spend time with your little one teaching them how to start, then just supervise as they 'take it away.'

Minor Changes could have made this much better . We bought this loom for my 7 year old son. There is a problem that should have been corrected to make this loom much more accessible for a child. The shaft bar, which separates every-other warp thread by lifting them up and allowing others to fall into a slot on the bar is too small. The separation between the warp threads is too small to allow for the spindle wrapped with just a couple of lengths of yarn (enough for only 2 - 3 back and forth runs, before needing to be refilled) to pass through. This problem could have easily been solved by the manufacturer by making the shaft bar larger to create a larger gap for the shaft bar to pass through. This problem makes this loom very difficult for kids, and even when I use it, I find it very frustrating. I much prefer the Harrisville Designs Peg Loom, which just uses a plastic needle to weave between the threads - and it's half the price. Another issue with this toy is that I purchased this loom for $47 and it has gone down in price to $31 since then. I would look for a better quality loom if you want one with waft threat separation.Finally, a minor complaint - I bought this loom for my son, but the box art depicts only girls using the loom and includes only yarn with pinks and instructions and supplies to make a purse. Boys like yarn crafts too, and it's a shame to discourage them.

My Niece loves this loom! . This is more than a toy. It opens up a world of arts and crafts. My niece made an awesome purse and is now interested in weaving!

Feature Alex Toys Giant Weaving Loom

Also comes with weaving needle, stitching needle, loom comb and easy-to-follow instructions
Comes with a 10.25" x 11.25" wooden weaving loom, 100 yards of bright, thick, rainbow-colored yarn and accessories
Art activities encourage a child's imagination and learning development
This kit is a perfect travel or rainy day activity
Kids can make their own beautiful accessories with this kit
This loom won the National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval

Product Details

EAN : 0731346002822
UPC : 731346002822
MPN : ALX1028
Brand : Alex Toys
Weight : 3 pounds
Height : 3 inches
Length : 17 inches
Width : 12 inches
Binding : Toy
Manufacturer : Alex
Manufacturer Maximum Age : 12 years
Manufacturer Minimum Age : 7 years
Model : 28WP
Publisher : Alex
Release Date : 2008-07-04
SKU : 014-02-0805
Studio : Alex

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Friday, October 19, 2012

Crayola 52-1617 Class Pack Crayola Construction Paper Crayons, 25 ea. of 16 Colors, 400/Set

Price : $57.26

Crayons make vivid colors on construction paper. They're designed to give consistent color, too. AP nontoxic. Standard size.

This review is from : Crayola 52-1617 Class Pack Crayola Construction Paper Crayons, 25 ea. of 16 Colors, 400/Set
Terrific Color . Finally, a great crayon for the paper we use.

My partner teacher brought these to my attention when "mysteriously" a pack turned up in her classroom. What a find! So we both are working right now on small bookmaking on black paper we got at the dollar store anyway, and these color in fantastically. This is keeping kids actively engaged.
First of all Crayolas are the best but NOT supplied to me or my students, so every year I go buy 16 or 24 color packs for my 1st graders. I have bought 100 color packs, but not the last two years. The cost is more than I can justify. It so helps within our work to use these to illustrate ideas, highlight words, fill in data tables...it goes on and on. But it is true that on construction they aren't hardy enough on richly colored paper to show well. (So then I purchased high end Pentel pencils.) And that's a dilemma because it's all the paper we have and I know they'll soon eliminate that.

What a great thing to find that we can get a couple boxes of these to add into our rooms. This year both of us are enriching the rooms with things like gel pens and supplies that make doing your work more of a pleasure. We've both decided this is necessary. Plus of course teaching art as a part of the disciplines. My package just arrived and in November I'll re-order. It is a study box and the color range is lovely-so that it will engage my class in the "pattern books" Every month my kids make 6 to 8 page pattern books to illustrate and name patterns. One reason is that abstraction is important, a tree becomes named with a symbol and eventually named also as "A" as they'll find in math later on....I like to make the books with colored paper. These work great for drawing the frog, dragonfly, frog, dragonfly and so on.

So...If your sister teaches, your niece, someone you talk to on this site, a favorite person you know, someone you met at the coffeehouse or just it happens you have children in school or want to send a remembrance to a teacher your child had this is a pretty great gift.
If you send it in with your child the year will undoubtedly be a better one. The quality is great and I think what they did was add a bit of white into the pigment to make it a better choice for the darker colors of construction that we so often work on.They feel like all crayolas, full of wonder.

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