This is a craft that requires planning, patience, great care and practiced technique. So we're a little surprised - but delighted! - to see our testers so unanimously enthusiastic about their successes, and thrilled that Klutz has inspired them to embrace the challenge. Few of our testing families posted ratings for educational merit, but it must certainly have a positive impact if for no other reason than the perseverance and fine motor control skills this stamping activity fosters.

The activity itself is extremely well designed. The stamps and block are all clear so that you can see through to position your stamp exactly where you want it on the page. And instead of a set of traditional stamps with blocks attached, Klutz provides repositionable gelatin-like stamp tops that stick to the plastic block. This allows you the flexibility of positioning one or more stamp patterns according to your own creative inclination, or in the easiest position for...