And we did it ourselves with this self-healing cutting mat. It's hard rubber and no, we don't know how it heals itself, but it does. Measures 11-3/4" x 8-3/4" x 1/8" thick., it's marked in 1/8" and 5mm increments and 1/2" squares, with lines for 45° and 60° cuts.

Take these (250) little translucent beads into the sunlight and they burst into assorted colors faster than you can say "assorted colors." How do they do it? Well, they're UV-reactive, that's how. Mostly pink, purple, rose, yellow and cream and they fade to a nice pearly color inside. Amaze your friends at picnics. Beads measure 5/16" dia x 1/4" with a 5/32" bore. Come with classroom application notes.

One of your favorites is back! Make your own custom clock in a tick with this quartz movement. It's in a 2-3/16" square x 5/8" thick black-plastic case. Comes with black minimalistic hour and minute hands and a red second hand, the latter (2) of which will extend out 2" from the clock's center; the shaft measures 5/16" Dia. and 1/2" long, but the max. thickness of material it will work through is 3/16". Now offering two ways to mount with the included double-sided foam adhesive and metal bracket with hanging hook. You supply (1) "AA" battery and the clock face.

What DIY babe goes without a good set of pliers? This pack from LaurDIY includes (3) sets, each 5" long: round-nose, needle-nose and side-cutter. Our samples had these cool, sort of iridescent purple and aqua-blue handles, but colors may vary. Perfect for making your own jewelry and for collecting stubborn debts, but at least try to reason with them first.

The secret is ceramics. This newly redesigned 5-1/2" long precision cutter has a ceramic point that's as sharp as an X-actly knife, stays sharp 11x longer than steel, never rusts, is non-conductive, non-magnetic, non-sparking, chemically inert and is easier to maneuver in intricate cutting patterns. Cuts paper, card stock and more easily while being finger-friendly. Pencil-style ambidextrous durable nylon handle with a textured anti-slip grip and no-roll oval design has a cap and now features a replaceable blade. A boon for crafters, and a blessing for junior crafters.

This Bead Basics™ kit clocks in at 9.69 ounces, which means it’s a substantial collection of round glass beads and cylinders, approx 1/4” to 1/2” each, all with pre-drilled holes. Use them for jewelry, mosaics, or collages, or just pour them into a nice glass container (we have a bunch of those) and call it décor.

Sew zippers on your jackets. Hem some pants. Mend a tear. Do it all with this nice (100)-piece sewing kit, which comes in a clear, double-sided, snap-shut, compartmentalized storage box, approx 6” x 4” x 1-3/4”, including a hanging hole. You’ll get (1) seam ripper, (3) needles, (1) needle tube, (12) thread spools, (1) folding scissor, (1) threader, (8) buttons, (5) straight pins, (1) pin cushion, (1) thimble, (40) color head pins, (24) safety pins, and (1) measuring tape. ! WARNING: SHARP POINTS—Handle with care. Not a toy

The Clay People were all gray in Flash Gordon’s world, but this 24-piece set of modeling clay comes in (24) colors, including the non-rainbowish black, white and gray because a lot of stuff is, after all, those colors. Pieces are 2/3-oz and 3/8” x 1/2” x 3-3/8" long sticks. And they’re gluten-free--says so right on the box.

Very popular with elementary school teachers, these hardcover blank books let students create their own storybooks. (Middle-schoolers interviewing and making books for primary grade kids is a popular and civilizing project.) Also great for sketching, journaling or scrapbooking. Pure white blank covers with (14) sheets (28 pages) of 80-lb blank paper inside with a sewn-in binding. You pick the 6” x 8” books or the 8-1/2” x 11” versions.

With this nice hot and cold laminating machine, and the included (50) thermal laminating sheets, you can protect your documents and still see them at a glance. Comes with a cutter, corner rounder and hole-punch, which works for single holes and (3)-ring binders. Unit measures approx 12” x 4” x 2-1/2” tall, which means it fits on pretty much any desktop, and has a 230mm inlet that’s 9” wide (A4 size). You’ll get (10) A4, (15) A5 and (25) A6 laminating sheets. Surely you have documents, cards and photos to preserve.