“When I was a kid, I used to love to play with my Spirograph, happily making designs for hours. Did you do that too? The geometric drawing toy was first developed by British engineer Denys Fisher. It has been a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc., since that company bought the Denys Fisher company.
Now Klutz has developed a new spin on this classic drawing activity: Spiral Draw. With this kit, you can create one zillion designs. Really. I counted them. The package includes a 48-page book of instructions, inspiration, and wide open space for your own spiral expression; 4 see-through drawing wheels with more than 65 shapes; a spiral draw frame; and one six-color pen (yellow, pink, violet, blue, green, and black, for those of you dying to know).
The Spiral Draw box says it’s for ages 8 and up, but I bet they’re are plenty of kids older than 8 (my age, for instance, which is plenty older than 8) who would get a big kick out of this box o’ fun. And you know how you find yourself at the last minute having to bring a present to a kid’s holiday or birthday party? Keep a few of these in the closet for just those occasions. Or need a white elephant gift? (I bet this is the one that people will keep trading to get!) And it’s under $20, so it should easily fall under your spending limit.” —Broadway Books, Portland.
Read more and buy The Klutz Spiral Draw from Broadway Books or your local indie.
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