ARTS & CRAFTS

Heat-sensitive duct tape changes color and gets lighter the more heat is applied, as from sunlight or your paws. Why, you ask? Billy, our social media guru, says if you ask why, you don't deserve it. Just accept that it's cooler than all of the other duct tape, especially if you make a prom dress or tux out of it. And yes, if you had a broken chameleon you could try fixing it with this, but don't tell anyone we said so. Tape is 1-7/8" wide and 30 feet long.

Sunprints (or cyanotypes, or photograms) are everyone's favorite photo-sensitivity experiment, from third-graders to graphic artists and fine artists. You pick: The Sunprinters are a dozen 3-15/16" square sheets of photosensitive paper, an acrylic backing sheet and instructions. The large Sunprint Kit has (15) sheets of 12" x 7-3/4" photosensitive paper plus a clear acrylic sheet of the same size. Great for classroom demonstrations, and can be used to make prints from photo negatives as well as interesting effects from opaque or translucent objects. All you add is sunshine and water.

You will take a look, you will color this book. We have (3) Dr. Seuss™ coloring and activity books, each 8-1/2” x 11” and based on one of the good doctor’s classics: ABC, Horton Hears A Who!, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. We will reach in the bin and grab one that works best for you. (Because we know what's best) All made in the USA.

We’ve been haunted by a hat design for years, and we’ve searched high and low for it in stores. Finally, we can just make it ourselves. This Design A Baseball Cap™ kit came to us from ChariTotes™, a cancer donation company. You’ll get (1) canvas baseball cap, (8) color markers, (6) color blow pens and a hat stand. We might even make one with Jarvis on it.

No need to limit the numbers you paint by. These kits all include 8” x 6” canvases, (6) acrylic paint pots, a #2 brush, color key and guide, plus tips for blending colors--a major improvement in the paint-by-numbers game. Packaging is also an easel, and becomes a self-adhesive hanger, which gives you a big leg up on the original artists. You pick: Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Sunflowers or Monet’s The Japanese Footbridge.

Sort of like kleenex, because cellophane used to be trademarked but isn’t any longer so you can now say cellophane all you like. Cellophane, cellophane, cellophane. You’ll get (48) sheets of 12” square cellophane, a dozen each in red, yellow, green and blue, for teaching kids color mixing. But feel free to use them for anything. Includes instructions for making your own color paddle.

If you’re old enough to remember the original Spirograph®, you might not be young enough to remember the original Spirograph® Animator, which is what we have a bunch of right now. The Animator brings your designs to life. All you do is choose a light effect, and then spin the Animator. Showtime. The cleverly designed turntable will spin for a considerable period of time bringing your designs to life. Set includes (1) Animator with built-in storage compartment; spinner platform and (105)-tooth design ring; (6) design wheels; (5) fine-line design pens; a (100)-sheet pad of 3” x 3” stick-down design paper, and a design idea and instruction guide. Requires (3) “AAA” batteries. Ages 8+.

And Romans. Yes, those white marble temples were painted red, blue, green, ocher and gold. Look it up, we'll wait. What'd we tell you? Get this Genius Art Rock Painting Kit and make like an ancient. You'll be painting rounded river rocks, not the Parthenon, but you have to start somewhere. You'll get (6) rocks, (2) little tree slices, (3) brushes, (12) pots of acrylic paint, (6) metallic paints, a set of adhesive gems (the Greeks used those, too) and sticker sheets, which the Greeks knew nothing about. Ages 5+. ! WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small Parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

This is an excellent starter kit for learning the rudiments of Chinese brush painting. Includes a lavishly illustrated 47-page instruction booklet, an 11-1/8" x 8-1/8" pad with (36) practice sheets and a few sheets of xuan, the vellum-like paper that brush-painting artists use, plus 5ml tubes of Chinese watercolors in white, indigo, burnt sienna, carmine and gamboge, a saffron color. Also includes (2) brushes, an ink stone and ink stick, all in a nice boxed set.

Ever wonder how to make your notes and invitations look old-fashioned and super-classy? Just learn calligraphy, which looks pretty easy with this Spice Box™ Calligraphy set. You'll learn the chancery style and find out some of the history behind this elegant art form. Set includes an instruction book with lots of illustrations, a cartridge pen, (4) ink cartridges, (2) 5 ml tubes of gouache, (1) classic stylus, (1) brush and (1) workbook and practice pad with special punch-out tags, bottle tags and note cards. Now all you need is candle to practice by.

This is the classic Spirograph® spiralization toy updated for a colorful age. Your grandparents used these to make pretty and pretty-intricate spiral designs in black and white, but this version comes with special black scratch sheets that reveal rainbow and sparkly designs. Comes with (6) glitter wheels, (8) sparkle sheets, (8) rainbow sheets, and (1) each sparkly and rainbow sticker sheets. Includes a (10)-page design guidebook and foam feet to keep it steady while you spiral away. Replace the scratching stylus with a fine-point marker and use it to make standard designs on plain paper. Ages 8+.

Yes, and they glow in the dark. At least these do. You make them yourself in this Mould & Paint Dinosaur Kit. Includes plaster, moulds (the international spelling, because dinos were everywhere) for (6) different beasts, magnets, (6) glow in the dark paints, a brush and instructions. Ages 4+, with a little help.

This classic spin-art set is just like the ones you see at art fairs except it's battery-free because you just press the little bar to spin the wheel. Includes the “Art Machine,” base tray, spin plate, spatter shield, supply holder, (4) tubes of paint, (6) mounting cards, (20) blank white sheets, (1) brush, and instructions. Just like the one Leonardo would have designed if he'd thought of it. Plus, it’s a S.T.E.A.M. kit. For ages 4+.

It's the classic Spirograph®, which is a lot of intricate round mandala-like designs floating around out there. Celebrate with one of our spirographic specials. You pick: the Travel Spirograph® in a flip-lid case with a 2-3/8" ID ring in the lid and (4) assorted wheels, a cross, an oblate spheroid, red and blue pens, a design guide and a 24-sheet pad of  3" square paper or the Deluxe Spirograph® with (19) assorted wheels, (2) rings, an oval rail, oblate spheroid, triangle, red and blue and green pens, a reusable putty to hold the paper, a 14-page design book and a 20-sheet pad of 8-1/2" x 11" paper.

Remember games that came in a tin? Remember coloring books? These are complete coloring kits packed nicely into portable travel tins—to keep your tykes occupied when you’re on the move. All (3) themed kits come in an 8-1/2” x 6-1/2” x 1” tin case and include (8) crayons, (2) dry-erase sheets, (1) dry-erase marker, (1) coloring pad and (1) sticker clings sheet. You pick the theme: Mr. Potato Head, Dr. Seuss or Tonka trucks. Ages 3+.

Nothing says friendship more than a bracelet and nothing builds a better bracelet than leather and paracord. Each set includes a pack of (12) always stylish 7/16” x 9/16” x 1-1/8” black buckles that snap together for easy wear and removal. You select: the leather pack, which includes (10) leather cords in traditional leather light-brown, dark-brown or black colors, approximately 42” long; or the paracord pack, which includes a 100-foot spool of 3/32” dia., 275-lb test, UV-, rot- and mildew-resistant, 4-strand paracord, the color or pattern of which our warehouse manager will personally select to match your eyes. Weave, twine and knot to your heart’s content.

Some of the world’s most renowned artists--Leonardo, Vincent and Georgia--painted with watercolors, and here’s your introduction to them (watercolors). Our Introduction to Watercolor kit from Spice Box™ will help you become the artist you want to be with clear, simple lessons on technique. Kit includes (1) instruction book, (7) tubes of watercolor paint, (1) tube of gouache, (3) paintbrushes, (1) paint palette, (2) drawing pencils, (6) watercolor pencils, (1) pencil sharpener, and (1) pad of watercolor paper. Go find a pond, a sunset or some flowers and get to work.