New Product - Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty!

A fun, new product for kids and adults of all ages is Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! 

Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty is a "Made in the USA" product and it is non-toxic.

 The putty is also safe for use by people with sensitivity to wheat or latex.

The Thinking Putty will never dry out or crumble. You can use the Thinking Putty as a stress reliever as it is stretchy and tears like paper. You can even roll it up into a ball and it will bounce! The putty comes in many different colors, some more popular styles the putty comes in are Magnetic, Glow in the Dark and Hypercolor. The hypercolor putty changes color from the heat from your hands!

This is a great product that will keep both the kids and adults busy for hours!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We have our Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty product display and a video showing how to use the putty by our register entrance.

 

 

Easter Baskets.

I feel like Easter has surprised me a bit this year! It is earlier on the calendar in terms of date this year, but also the amount of snow we still have on the ground here in central Minnesota and the cold weather has definitely prevented me from being in Spring mode.

The snow and the cold however, does not change the fact that Easter is already next weekend!  As I have been looking around the store the past week I keep seeing so many great basket ideas- and thought I would pull together a couple baskets with just a few of the fun products you can find here at Crafts Direct in case you need some ideas too.

The great thing is that you can find most of these products all displayed together by our front registers. Any pieces shown that aren't on that front display you can find in our Paints&Basics department.

In the 'boy themed' basket I included: a new Beanie Babies Ballz Viking player, a water gun, some travel bingo cards, gardening (or more realistically playing in the dirt) gloves, a foam football, sunglasses, bubbles, a yo-yo, some robin eggs candy, bubble yum bubble gum, and a few other small toys.

In the 'girl themed' basket I have: a picture projector flashlight, a jump rope, a Dora Beanie Baby Ballz, Hello Kitty lip gloss, a small Pearler Bead project kit, a chocolate bunny, a ribbon wand,  and that small pink bag with the clip actually contains a floppy hat that can easily be clipped on a purse or bag and then put back into the bag when you aren't using it.

Do you know we carry...Springfield Doll Clothes?

And better yet - that they fit American Girl and New Generation Dolls too?

We carry a variety of outfits, coats, shoes, and clothes sets for the dolls and do stock the individual Springfield Dolls as well.

You can find them all in aisle 19 of the store.

Do you know we carry....Face Painting Supplies?

As I was walking around the store looking for supplies the other day I came across a few products that surprised me - things that I didn't know we carried - and thought to myself as a person that is here all the time (shopping and working) if there are things I still don't know about my guess is that some of you don't either. So today I'm starting a fun new blog feature called "Do You Know We Carry...?" which will highlight some of the different, fun, maybe quirky, but always interesting products we have at Crafts Direct that you might not know about.

The product that actually caught my eye first - and got this idea rolling - are these Snazaroo Face Painting Supplies. My kids are always first in line when they see any sort of face painting stand at a carnival or fair - so I know if I came home with these supplies they would be ecstatic! They would be a fun activity at home with the kids, but could also be incorporated into a birthday party, VBS, a block or neighbor party, or you next family get together!!

If you want to pick some up for yourself you can find them on a wing of a middle endcap in aisle 21.

Also if you have any products you've been surprised to find at Crafts Direct let me know - they might be the next product we share!

New in Beads & Basics.

Yesterday I shared some of the changes that we recently made to our Beads & Basics department...today I want to share some of the fun new products from around the department!!

We will start with some fun new items for the kiddos - if your kids are like mine you've maybe already heard those dreaded two words of summer break - "I'm bored." If that is the case you may want to stop by and check out this endcap in our Beads & Basics department...we have color by number sets, dry erase marker sets, puzzles, plastic bowling sets...etc. all in fun characters and themes.

We also just got in some of the new sets and boards of the Biggie perler beads. These are perfect for the younger kids that might have a hard time with the smaller perler beads. This is a great activity to keep the little ones busy! (Of course, you can also find the small perler beads in store as well.)

If you have a Webkinz fan in your house - they will be excited to see this new line of Webkinz Rockerz!  We have four of these "Rockerz" available and they are all adorable! Plus playing Webkinz online is always a favorite activity once you get a new animal!

Our jewelry section of the department has a few new items also - including these new Crystal Strands available in a huge selection of colors for only $4.99. You can find them on a middle endcap in the department.

We also have a lot of new items now available with the Snap-n-Style line of jewelry. If you're not familiar with this line - it is jewelry making at its simplest - you purchase the jewelry piece (ring base, bracelet, bobby pins, etc) that you want and then can just interchange the pieces on the base by snapping and unsnapping them on.

 

 

Here is a peek at some of the pieces closeup - so for instance you could purchase the bobby pins on the right and snap the green fabric flower onto them - then just switch it out with the floral piece with your next outfit. Very fun - and very easy!

 In aisle 20, you can also find a few new pieces from Darice, including these fun Pocket Watch pieces.

Finally, a few aisles over (in aisles 15 & 16) you can find some new painting products too.

They include:
New "DecoColor" Paint markers in a wide variety of colors:

Chalkboard paint in a rainbow of colors as well:

 

 Additional colors of the 16oz. studio acrylic paint are now available in aisle 15:

And some new styles and sizes of painting palettes are in aisle 15 as well:

Hope you can make it in soon to check out all the new things in Beads & Basics!!

TEACHERS WANTED!!

We are looking for a few teachers who are interested in part time teaching some of our kids classes. We teach a wide range of ages from Preschool to about 6th grade.

• Dates and times will vary according to demand. Summer teachers are
our immediate need!

• Some teaching experience is encouraged
- day-care - camp - school teachers - or those who are currently going to school for a related field.

• Requires basic crafts skills and lots of creativity!

• Pick up applications at Customer Service
(Please specify the teaching position on the application)