Friday, May 18, 2012
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Go Loco Create Fantastic Foil Art: Foiled Again Large Kit

Giddy Up/Elmers
In Stores
Age:5+
MSRP:$11.99 ca
$10.99 us

One of the best and most unique craft kits we've seen in a very long time - not to mention unbelievable value! We actually checked to make sure the price wasn't wholesale cost. The activity works like sand art, but without the mess. Protective paper lets you uncover one section of adhesive at a time. Simply cover the sticky area with a sheet of foil colour, rub gently, then carefully peel it back and voila: bright, glittery metallic colour on your picture. The kit includes lots and lots of 10cm x 10cm (4" x 4") foil squares (rather than a big sheet) which helps keep scratched surfaces to a minimum as you work. It's also a good opportunity for kids to practice wise use of the colour sheets. Although, for this activity, kids don't need to be too careful, because patches of undersized colour can be combined to fill up a larger space. The discovery that you can 'fix' your work by reapplying a new section of colour led some of our testers to experiment with multi-coloured effects. Try etching texture on the colour sheet before you apply it, then apply a second colour to fill in the "scratch" marks. Or, how about cutting away sections of the protective paper and temporarily reapplying it to mask out sections you want to colour differently? There's lots and lots of room for creativity with this activity. But even at it's most basic level - just applying a single foil colour to each section - this is a terrific kit.