Mould and Paint

Excellent entertainment for the kids for the afternoon

Pretty good, moulds are flat sided like chocolate moulds. I thought they’d be full 3D animals. My 8yo loved them thought it was great fun.The plaster sets fast so work quickly. Maybe a bit too fast for a kid who wants to play with it a bit rather than mix it quickly and tip it in the tray.

Quite fragile once made but my niece loved making and painting these moulds.I struggled to get the magnets to stick so have some superglue handy.These are thicker than other moulds but I still found, even after painting, these damage quite easily but my niece is still playing with them and loves the one she made as a badge.Great afternoon of fun and worth the money.

Although small this is a nice little set for any child that is artistic and likes to paint or decorate, this was brought for a 7 year old and she enjoyed making the pets and decorating them after.

I bought this for my nephew during the summer holidays, for those rainy days when he kept saying 'I'm bored!' Well this worked a treat! Mixing the plaster was a bit messy but loads of fun. It doesn't take long for the plaster to set, an hour or two maybe. So by the afternoon we painting them. The colours were great, and my nephew who is 5 didn't have difficulty painting the figures even though they are small. He especially liked turning them into fridge magnets, which I have to say you do need to use a stronger craft glue to get the magnets to stick to actual figures, but once that's done the magnets do hold on the figures on the fridge.The badge pins didn't work for us, they didn't stay in place while the plaster was setting, but my nephew wasn't bothered he just made the figures anyway without the pins.All in all great product, and wish there were more sets like this available for boys. Too many of them are aimed at girls.

stencils were missing, only one colour "spray" worked - a waste of money and time.

Bought a few of these kits to give as gifts and they have been well received. My five year old daughter and I tried doing this one and it worked really well. You can only make half at a time so the whole thing can be spread over a day or two and we both enjoyed it. Only down side is that the magnets have started to detach from the plaster and so they keep dropping off the fridge but the plaster hasn't broken so a bit of superglue may be required to stick them back on. As educational as you want to make it - depends how much you know (or want to impart) about the chemistry of plaster and the biology of the flora and fauna you're making. Good for fine motor skills.

Easy to mould but magnetic strip is not very sticky.