Craft Crush — Felt Succulents Craft Kit — Display Kit — Fun & Easy — Ages 13+, Small

I'm 29. I bought this for a weekend I was going to be home alone as something to occupy my time and create something cute to display. It took me about 1.5hrs of relaxed crafting....I was watching TV at the same time just enjoying myself. It was tricky to get the hang of rolling some of them tight enough but you get the hang of it. Once rubberbanded I would pull and adjust each one for a more lifelike look. Also using the chalk to add highlights helped a lot. It was fun to do, and I put it into a nice display frame on my mantel.

I really enjoyed this craft! I’m happy I bought and completed it before reading the reviews (a friend recommended it). While I can understand some of the concerns, I found them easy to overcome, and even part of the fun of doing this craft. It took me about two hours total, and I even was thinking about how easy and fun this craft would be to do with kids. I ended up with a couple extra flowers, so I put them in some leftover pots I had, and I am really happy with how they all turned out. I’m considering getting this again, and not putting any in the box, but instead making little gifts with each flower in its own mini container. To address some of the concerns from other reviews: Folding the Box: I agree these instructions are not the clearest, but I read them through twice, and as other pictures have shown, it is doable. Just don’t remove the second side of the adhesive till you are sure you have the fold pattern down. The cardboard is really durable and you can try it out till you get it right. I didn’t have any problem peeling the adhesive strips; I do have strong nails, but really it was no different from anything else you have to peel up in normal crafts. Chalking the Plants: After doing a couple plants Cut then Roll then Chalk, I found out it is much easier to Chalk the felt before rolling it. This is the only place I deviated from the instructions. Some of the felt/chalk combinations did cause the felt to fray, or the chalk to not stick easily, but I used my fingers to rub the chalk in so that it really blends. I found the coloring of the chalk to be one of the more fun parts of the project, and overall, I think it made it look better! Rolling: The petals didn’t line up perfectly while first rolling, and some definitely overlapped, but after rubber banding (and not a single rubber band broke for me) it was really easy to adjust them to be in a pretty layout. A nice loose roll instead of a tight roll is better. Part of what made it fun was looking at each one, then adjusting and pulling the petals till each plant was perfect.

As many of the other reviewers mention, this kit does not produce a great product right out of the box with the instructions given. If you're hand with a hot glue gun, have some patience and enjoy being creative - then it's 4.5 stars. If you're not so patient, want it to be simple, but still look good - then it's probably 2.5-3 stars. I found the colors to match the picture fairly well but the spacing of the petals leaves a lot to be desired. You'll need to cut each strand several times and glue them at different intervals to get the right look. The rubber bands are fairly worthless in that they don't hold the flowers tight enough and when you start adjusting the petals, the middle falls out and the whole thing unravels. Skip the heartache and just use glue. The chalk accents are so-so. I do agree that they look nice but it's very fussy and the felt starts to "fuzz" up when you rub the chalk against it (and believe me, it's a hard rub to get the color to show up). While I ended up going for it, if I were to do it again I might consider skipping the chalk. Ultimately I used these for cake decorations (use the rubber bands to put saran wrap on the bottom so the frosting doesn't get everywhere). The decorations were a big hit and overall I was very pleased, hence the 4 stars.

Fun project Beautiful colors

My teenage daughter and I crafted this together and it turned out beautifully. I love the color combination, ease of crafting (not difficult for a beginning/intermediate crafter), and it haseverything you need in the one kit. It is now proudly displayed on the shelves in our living room.

I really wanted to love this project but there were a few things about it that gave me feelings of frustration rather than love. 1- rolling the succulents - do not expect your end result to look like the manufactures if you follow their directions. You will find that as you roll the felt, the petals end up just layering one another on 2 sides, which doesn't make for a nice rounded succulent. I had to strategically roll/clip the felt to get a nice round look which was very time consuming. I have to imagine that they cut their petals and perfectly placed them to look like what you see on the box 2- the rubber bands - many snapped as I was using them. The ones that didn't snap immediately, did so later. I sat this project aside for a day and came back to it to find many more rubber bands snapped (that were holding my succulents together). Not too happy to have to re-roll many of the succulents again because.....well see #1. I ended up hot gluing the bottoms of the rolled felt to avoid any further cursing dome from my mouth. 3- the chalk - I'm thinking maybe felt and chalk just don't mix so maybe not their fault...but then again, don't sell a craft where the chalk is an important step. Don't get me wrong, the chalk makes the succulents go from just ok to great looking. The problem is the chalk doesn't adhere to the felt. You have to re-apply the chalk over and over again. If you bump the petals...poof! The chalk is in the air and up your nose instead of on the petals. I finally decided to chalk each succulent and then hairspray to set the chalk. For the most part this worked but it begs the question, should this project be this difficult! Bottom line: lovely craft but you need patience and some ingenuity to pull off getting it to look good 3-

I've been crafting since I was able to hold a crayon as a child and am pretty handy, but what I cannot do is draw. After seeing some felt succulents online and people drawing patterns, I wanted to make some, but needed a boost. This kit is exactly that. The supplies are great and, while it does take a little work to get them to look like the picture, that's the same with any new thing. Plus, I'll be using the supplies to make my own templates to use on felt I've bought separately. The instruction book is also great as it gives you ideas on how to change up some of the designs, or make two-color plants with what's provided.

My mom used these to make a diaper cake for my succulent themed baby shower. It came out beautiful. The felt succulents were easy and fast to put together. The color chalk wasn’t super vibrant, but that was good for what we were going for

I have no green thumb and love this idea. The box is the only tricky one to make. The double-sided tape didn't hold too well, so I used a glue gun instead and it worked perfectly. The succulents are very easy to make. I ended up buying more of the other mini craft sets for my preschool students for Mother's Day craft.

This exceeded my expectations. Lots of pieces to create a lot of succulents, and easy enough that the kids didn't get frustrated and quit. They look very cute as a decoration! We're buying more to make some for the grandparents.

Easy and cute. Completed by my 14 year old. Will be gluing onto different tray as included tray is flimsy and plain.

The directions are very poorly written and the pictures in the instruction book do not match the materials given. For example, the felt strips are very widely spaced in real life. In the book, they're more compact. This spacing makes it difficult to line up your rolling so that your petals are staggered. Also, they'll tell you to cut 8 petals, but show 9 petals being cut in the book. The pastels aren't that great. The display box is a pain to put together and isn't really that great. I decided to do my own thing. Some of the felt is good quality, some of it us very fuzzy, and some is very thin. The elastics for holding the rolled succulent are very weak and look just like Rainbow Loom elastics. They break so easily if you're trying to arrange your succulent after it's rolled. All in all, I would recommend this kit for the cut out felt, if nothing else. But be prepared to get crafty because this is a tricky kit.

Very cute kit that came exactly as it was advertised. Nice and easy craft to do! I started by following the instructions but eventually got more creative and made my own flower designs. Turned out great!