Great for my detailed child. She enjoys perler beads and diamond painting so this was an easy step for her.We used the suggestion from another poster, to use a crayon to color the wooden sections first, so it's easier to see where you want to make your X's.Originally i was disappointed in the plastic needle. But ultimately, it was perfect and we didn't have to worry about stepping or sitting on misplaced needles.You don't split the floss, you can use a full strand.

My 4 and 6 yr old grandchildren really enjoyed completing these.

Me and my grandkids had a lot a of fun! They are ages 12, 9, 6, and 5! For their 1st time add for the price.. it was fun and well with it.. would recommend!!

I’ve done a lot of cross stitch work. Bought this for my granddaughter. No written directions, just a picture. How many strands of floss are to be used? I’m very disappointedIn this product.

Really cute earrings my grand daughter is going to love them!!

Context: I have never done cross stitch, but I do some embroidery. I knew cross stitch involved making x’s and that’s it. My kids and I sat down to do this. I finished two and my kids lost patience with theirs and made a mess.The good things about this product are that it’s easy for a kid to hold - a nice, wood piece, not too heavy or big. The needles are plastic and kid friendly - you aren’t going to hurt your finger. There were six needles - one for each project and after doing two with the same needle, I needed a new one because it was bent and slightly deformed. The holes are big enough to easily fit the needle through by a kid. There is no pattern to follow so you can use your imagination and make whatever you want.The cons: the directions are pictures only and not detailed at all. I had to use YouTube to figure out how to do it. The directions don’t show you how to change color, where to start or how to end a string. The wholes in the frame are big and you need to triple knot your thread to keep it from pulling right through - which my kids did a lot. There’s no pattern on these pieces! As I have never done this, I wanted to follow a pattern! My flower looks very odd to me. The needles are white and very easily dropped and lost. These are supposed to be keychains but the back looks so messy my kids didn’t want them as keychains. Also, there are two sets of three of the same shape - so three flowers and three butterflies. This works if you are using them for party favors (although you won’t have enough thread for that) or if you have three kids doing them, but it’s not like you get six different projects. I guess this is where you use your imagination to do three different butterfly designs. Because it’s designed for kids, the holes and X’s look very big, so the design isn’t as “pretty” as a typical cross stitch.Even though it’s labeled as a beginner set, I think it depends on what you consider a beginner. It was easy for my kids to pull thread through the holes, but they struggled with keeping the thread on the right side and eventually lost patience with it and made a big mess. They are ages six and seven. I think better directions - maybe with the piece of wood labeled would have helped. There are six colors that are supposed to last you for all six projects, but they aren’t precut. So when you go to cut it for a project, you don’t know how much to cut. I have been winging it and there’s not enough thread for all six projects depending on your design.Overall, if you want something cheap to work on threading a needle, pulling thread through wholes, and making x’s, this works. If you want to learn cross stitch with YouTube help and use your imagination, it works to practice with. Personally, I wanted more guidance and a pattern to follow for my first time and maybe it would have helped my kids stick with it too.

This was a lot of fun for my 10 year old grand daughter

Cross-stitching is an intimidating craft, so this is a great beginners kit, because although the directions are minimal it's a solid craft that is easy to practice with and experiment with different techniques before jumping into stitching on cloth. You don't get directions on how to do the designs shown but you can test your creativity and get a feel of what happens if you do different ways of stitching. The holes are big enough that you can easily undo any mistakes and try different things.