Customer Reviews

Orb Factory Sticky Mosaics: Unicorns and Ponies

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(2)
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My 7 year old daughter loved these when she got them for Christmas. She spent quite a bit of time over the course of 3-4 days working on them, and then she was finished. It was great while it lasted. There are 4 pictures included and they're a good size. The pictures themselves are on hard sheets of paperboard. The stickers are little colored pieces mounted on a square of foam. The stickers were a little difficult for my daughter to get started, but once I pulled one off for her she didn't have any trouble.

Many people think that an "art" project is only useful if the art is conceived and executed totally from the mind of the child. I don't believe this is so at all. There are many children who are not artistic but would find satisfaction in creating an art piece as pretty and detailed as these all by themselves.

Although there is no thought to the artistic process in these, they are very good for developing a few very important life skills. Attention spans are dangerously short these days. These require patience but are just rewarding enough to egg a child on to place "just one more" square. Before they know it, a picture is done and they can reap the rewards of their perseverence. Another skill is fine motor. Again, just large enough to be rewarding but small enough to be challenging. My autistic son has horrible fine motor skills but loves "helping" his sister with her mosaics. He also has the attention span of a knat, so this is rewarding for him - quickly. Frankly, I'll be purchasing these for his OT instructor to use with him.

It's not about how long this keeps the little darlings out of our hair, but how engrossed they can become in something simple and quiet and good for them. 5 stars and kudos to the folks who thought this up!!

This is a craft that I bought for my 6-year old. She really likes it and its something that she can do with no help, although my older daughter has been helping just because it's fun.

I have bought several of these kits for my 7 year old daughter. She absolutely loves doing them and they make a great rainy day activity.

Easy to use and lots of fun. One picture kept my 6 year old occupied for about an hour.

Ok, I may have bought this for my 28 yr/old friend who loves all things shiny. It started off as a joke, but to my delightful surprise she LOVED the gift. She said the little project was fun to do and that she was going to buy these for her nieces. The quality sounds good from what she's telling me and I'm a little jealous that I didnt buy this for myself.

Kids would enjoy this, im 100% positive.

Bought this for my niece and she loved it. She had me help her put some of the stickers on, and I loved it too. :) Only problem, there are not enough stickers if kids make mistakes or don't use the stickers where they're supposed to go. For instance, my niece started putting some of the stickers on her earlobes, and so she didn't have enough stickers for the pictures. Aside from the sticker thing, great, great toy that is fun for a child and an adult!

Although this Christmas present was left alone for a while, it proved to be one of the best in the end. It was hours and hours of fun for both our daughters.

My daughter will sit down for extended periods of time to work on this. She is 5.

My daughter spends hours working on these pictures and they are nice enough to hang in her "unicorn" themed room. My daughter is 4 but has no problem following the patterns and sticking the stickers herself.