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Review: Aquarellum Mini Cats

One of our art kits this year was Aquarellum Mini Cats. This is a really cool art project. You get to mix the colors yourself. They give you a sheet to know how much of each color to use to get certain colors. I did however notice that not all the colors turn out like the color sheet says. Our daughter still had fun with it. 


We got this with our Timberdoodle kindergarten kit. I always like to get extra art kits since our daughter loves art. A downside to this kit is there are only 2 projects. I wish it had more. Also the paint definitely stains. I had got some on my leg and it took days for it to come off. 


This is a really fun art kit and I would definitely recommend it if you have the money. Since it only has 2 cards to paint it might be better to buy an art kit that has more projects. Either way, our food had a lot of fun with this. Mixing the colors and seeing her finished work, she was very proud of herself and that makes me a very happy mom. 



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