An open Express Yourself Play Kit with fabric markers, a cap, tote bag, paints, clay, wool, bookmark blanks and wooden beads.
A girl leaning on a dark glass table and smiling, with a rainbow of round wooden beads threaded onto a bracelet around one wrist.
Two hands hold a printed instruction card headed Thread your own bracelet above an open compartment box of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and natural wooden beads with coiled black cord, and a pair of scissors on the table alongside.
An adult and a girl at a table together, threading pink wool through a wooden bookmark blank with a needle, with coloured wool and a few beads laid out on the glass beside them.
Two children at a table, one drawing on a white canvas cap with a fabric marker while the other holds an orange marker up and smiles at the camera. A white tote bag, a row of coloured markers and the marker pack are laid out beside them.
Two children at a glass table painting flat clay discs with brushes, with an open box of acrylic paint tubes, a white palette and a leaf on the table between them.
Two children sit together on a couch, one holding a plain round clay disc flat on one palm and the other holding a wooden bookmark blank with teal wool threaded through it.
An open Express Yourself Play Kit with fabric markers, a cap, tote bag, paints, clay, wool, bookmark blanks and wooden beads.
A girl leaning on a dark glass table and smiling, with a rainbow of round wooden beads threaded onto a bracelet around one wrist.
Two hands hold a printed instruction card headed Thread your own bracelet above an open compartment box of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and natural wooden beads with coiled black cord, and a pair of scissors on the table alongside.
An adult and a girl at a table together, threading pink wool through a wooden bookmark blank with a needle, with coloured wool and a few beads laid out on the glass beside them.
Two children at a table, one drawing on a white canvas cap with a fabric marker while the other holds an orange marker up and smiles at the camera. A white tote bag, a row of coloured markers and the marker pack are laid out beside them.
Two children at a glass table painting flat clay discs with brushes, with an open box of acrylic paint tubes, a white palette and a leaf on the table between them.
Two children sit together on a couch, one holding a plain round clay disc flat on one palm and the other holding a wooden bookmark blank with teal wool threaded through it.
An open Express Yourself Play Kit with fabric markers, a cap, tote bag, paints, clay, wool, bookmark blanks and wooden beads.
A girl leaning on a dark glass table and smiling, with a rainbow of round wooden beads threaded onto a bracelet around one wrist.
Two hands hold a printed instruction card headed Thread your own bracelet above an open compartment box of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and natural wooden beads with coiled black cord, and a pair of scissors on the table alongside.
An adult and a girl at a table together, threading pink wool through a wooden bookmark blank with a needle, with coloured wool and a few beads laid out on the glass beside them.
Two children at a table, one drawing on a white canvas cap with a fabric marker while the other holds an orange marker up and smiles at the camera. A white tote bag, a row of coloured markers and the marker pack are laid out beside them.
Two children at a glass table painting flat clay discs with brushes, with an open box of acrylic paint tubes, a white palette and a leaf on the table between them.
Two children sit together on a couch, one holding a plain round clay disc flat on one palm and the other holding a wooden bookmark blank with teal wool threaded through it.
An open Express Yourself Play Kit with fabric markers, a cap, tote bag, paints, clay, wool, bookmark blanks and wooden beads.
A girl leaning on a dark glass table and smiling, with a rainbow of round wooden beads threaded onto a bracelet around one wrist.
Two hands hold a printed instruction card headed Thread your own bracelet above an open compartment box of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and natural wooden beads with coiled black cord, and a pair of scissors on the table alongside.
An adult and a girl at a table together, threading pink wool through a wooden bookmark blank with a needle, with coloured wool and a few beads laid out on the glass beside them.
Two children at a table, one drawing on a white canvas cap with a fabric marker while the other holds an orange marker up and smiles at the camera. A white tote bag, a row of coloured markers and the marker pack are laid out beside them.
Two children at a glass table painting flat clay discs with brushes, with an open box of acrylic paint tubes, a white palette and a leaf on the table between them.
Two children sit together on a couch, one holding a plain round clay disc flat on one palm and the other holding a wooden bookmark blank with teal wool threaded through it.

Express Yourself Play Kit

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Help your tween build confidence and master new skills without it ever feeling like schoolwork. At this age, it’s completely natural for kids to pull away from tasks that feel difficult or frustrating. But that's often when they need the most encouragement.

Our therapy team designed this play kit to be completely hands-on, creative, and most importantly - fun. It’s a stealthy way to help them grow exactly where they need to, while keeping the focus on the joy of creating.

Inside, they'll find everything they need to design custom caps and tote bags, sculpt clay pendants and planters, try their hand at basic yarn sewing, and craft their own jewellery and vision boards. Start here if your child needs an engaging way to build practical life skills, boost their confidence, and create something they can truly be proud of.
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An open Express Yourself Play Kit with fabric markers, a cap, tote bag, paints, clay, wool, bookmark blanks and wooden beads.

Express Yourself Play Kit

Regular price $79.00
Sale price $79.00 Regular price $0.00
Unit price

WHAT'S INSIDE

What's in this play kit

A full kit of making tools, curated to work together.
Vision board

Vision board

A beautifully laid-out vision board template designed to beat the "blank page blues." It starts with simple prompts like their favourite colours, giving kids who aren't sure where to begin the perfect head start.
Bookmark sewing set

Bookmark sewing set

Features durable wooden bookmark blanks pre-drilled with a grid of holes, a blunt safety needle, and a bundle of vibrant wool. This forgiving design that guarantees a beautiful pattern every time.
Beading set

Beading set

A compartment box of wooden beads, painted and natural, with cord to thread them on, for a bracelet and a necklace.
Fabric markers, cap and tote bag

Fabric markers, cap and tote bag

Includes a premium plain canvas cap, a matching tote bag, and ten vibrant fabric markers. They create a truly one-of-a-kind accessory.
Air drying clay, paints and seeds

Air drying clay, paints and seeds

A block of air-drying clay to sculpt nature pendants and a custom pinch-pot planter. It comes complete with acrylic paints, a palette, brushes, and two packets of flower seeds to plant in their finished pot.
Instruction cards

Instruction cards

Each project features its own dedicated card with both illustrated and written steps, these cards are designed to empower your child to work completely independently.
Parent Guide

Parent Guide

A short guide for you (the adult), covering what each of the five projects is for, what to have ready before one starts, and where to step back and let them figure things out.

Why we built it this way

The Power of Thinking Ahead

The Power of Thinking Ahead

This kit gives your child a safe, low-stakes space to practise planning and problem-solving. By sketching ideas on paper before touching the fabric markers, or portioning out their clay before sculpting, they learn the value of pausing, mapping out a strategy, and pivoting. It teaches them how to experiment freely, building the confidence to try and refine their ideas.
Inspired by Their Own Imagination

Inspired by Their Own Imagination

We start by having your child create a personal vision board filled with the colours, words, and imagery that reflect who they are. Hung proudly in their workspace, this board becomes the creative blueprint for the rest of the kit. When a child feels stuck or asks, "What do I do next?", they don't have to look to an adult for answers.
Confidence They Can Wear (and Share)

Confidence They Can Wear (and Share)

Your child can proudly wear the cap they designed, style the jewellery they threaded, carry the tote bag they customised, and nurture the seeds in the planter they built. The ultimate reward comes when a friend or stranger asks where they got it, and your child gets the unmatched confidence boost of saying, "I made it myself."

INCLUDED WITH YOUR PLAY KIT

The videos that come with it

The kit is ready to use from the day it arrives, so your child can start the vision board as soon as they open the box. There is a little over two hours of video, laid out project by project in the order your child can follow. The videos are slow enough that your child can watch a step, stop, do it, and pick it up again. One video is addressed to you (the adult), and you watch it before your child gets started. We'll send your invitation to access it all when your kit ships so you can prepare while it’s in the post.

WHO THIS PLAY KIT IS FOR

If this sounds like you

  • Most craft kits designed to build hand skills look like they were made for toddlers. My tween needs projects that feel cool, modern, and mature.
  • If I set up the materials, they will happily sit down and do it. But the second I ask them, "What do you want to make?", I’m met with a blank stare or a shrug.
  • If they think it won't turn out perfectly, they simply won't start. Not trying feels much safer than failing for my child.
this is who we built the play kit for.

Who made this

Kait is an OT. She has been working with children and families for nearly 20 years, and she has four kids of her own. She designed this play kit to tackle a hidden hurdle in childhood development. When a task has multiple steps, knowing how to start is often the hardest part for kids. And as well-meaning adults, we usually step in and handle this initial planning stage for them, but that’s not doing them any favours as they get older. In this kit, the child is walked through all the steps, including the planning and the thinking. We model the patience, planning, and preparation they need to develop these skills for life.
  • 5,000+
    Australian children have used our play kits
  • 20 years
    of Kait working with children and families

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