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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PPs - do you have more detail/specific recommendations in both the Rolife kits and LED strips lights?

How hard are the Rolife kits to assemble and how is the quality?

What kind of adhesive is used for the strip lights? It makes me nervous to think of peeling paint when removing them.

Thanks is everyone for all the great ideas![/quote]

The Rolife kits are incredibly detailed, with tons of cutting and gluing. Each plant has individual leaves, or strips of leaves, to cut out and glue into the “pot,” upholstered furniture has cloth to glue onto the wooden frame you assemble, most kits have some sort of lights to wire up to a battery, etc.

The greenhouse has been the hardest so far for my daughter, because once you’ve completed all the interior stuff, the “glass” has to go over it all and fit precisely on the base, which has some overlapping parts that are tough to assemble exactly square. It also has a zillion fiddly little leaves to cut out. I’d recommend starting with one of the other ones, until you get the hang of them.

It’s not hard to get the hang of the techniques, and most of the instructions seem OK, if a bit awkwardly worded, but there’s lots of precise cutting and gluing and it definitely requires attention to detail. The included glue tends to be really stringy and my daughter got pretty frustrated with it, so I recommend looking at the “customers also bought” items on Amazon and picking up an extra bottle of clear model glue. Sharp detail scissors and good pointed-tip tweezers are also really helpful, and maybe an exacto knife.

But the nice thing is that even if they might look a little messy and crooked up close, from a little distance away, with their lights lit up, they look gorgeous. Highly recommend for a girl who finds crafts and models relaxing. Mine was obsessed with Lego kits as a kid, and still really enjoys building them with the family, but I think these feel a little more sophisticated to her. They’ve been a great antidote to all those hours of Zoom classes this fall. [/quote]

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