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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I might be guilty of these gifts. My kids are good at doing them on their own. Last year I hosted a 10th BD party where the kids make a Kiwi crate robot for age 8+ and I was surprised that more than half of the kids couldn’t do it without significant help. We even had our kids build the same kit in advance as a “test” to see what steps might be confusing.

Only then did I realize other kids do not enjoy these kits or make them alone. [/quote]

OP here. We ended up doing a science kit last night. We also opened and started the sewing project. I remembered that we used to have higher quality age appropriate threading projects when my older kids were younger. This kit was complete crap and I do think it was the lack of quality that made it frustrating for us all.

I am hiding this rainbow loom and hope she doesn’t look for it for over two years when she can do this on her own. I am not interested in doing this at all!!

DH and I wanted to do a no gifts party. My kids do love receiving and opening gifts.

My oldest has very advanced building skills and rarely required any help from us. He is very good at reading and following instructions. He was always good at legos from preschool.

And we do spend a lot of time with our kids. DH did the magic mixie with her. That also seemed to require help. I took a video of Dh doing the magic mixie with her and it was super cute. We did other crafts and candy and bracelet making. These last gifts were just harder and not something I wanted to do after a long week.[/quote]

Oh my god, just have her watch a couple rainbow loom YouTubes. My kids love that thing!![/quote]

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