Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit. Glue foam pieces to a plastic magnifying glass then explore the great outdoors! 4 1/2" All craft kit pieces are pre-packaged for individual use. Kits include instructions and extra pieces. Craft Instructions We recommend using Glue Dots, sold separately online. © OTC Age Recommendation: Ages 8 & Up: Containing many pieces of all shapes and sizes and made from a variety of different sturdy materials, some of which include sharp edges or points, including glass beads, ceramics or metals. Activity may require weaving, beadwork, knotting or special glue.

Overall rating:

3.2

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8 of 17(47%)reviewers recommend this product.

Customer reviews for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Review 1 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Featured

Overall rating

5.0 / 5

A fun item!!!

PostedMay 28, 2009

Caro

from Sidney, Nebraska

Occasion:Classroom or daycare

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

5.0 / 5

The children are having fun looking at bugs and other things through the magnifying glass.

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 2 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

3.0 / 5

Needs improvement

PostedJanuary 20, 2012

OTluvr

Occasion:Children's party

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

2.0 / 5

These have potential to be great, but need some adjustments made. They definitely need to be assembled with glue dots, any other glue will NOT work. They're difficult for little hands to assemble, so adults must help. They are very cute assembled, but in the end I didn't feel they were worth the effort or cost for the quality. Some of my packages were also missing pieces, to be safe order extras.

The kids did seem to enjoy the magnifying glasses with and without the foam bug.

Pros: Child's Favorite

Cons: Age appropriateness, Assembly, quality

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 3 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

3.0 / 5

A lot of work for a magnifying glass

PostedSeptember 16, 2011

MissNancy8

Price

3.0 / 5

Quality

3.0 / 5

While the product turned out very cute my preschool classes were not able to help at all in putting them together. I think my class enjoyed playing with regular magnifying glasses just as much as one with a bug attached. Its a lot of work for a simple magnifying glass.

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 4 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

1.0 / 5

Hard to assemble

PostedSeptember 9, 2011

BioTeach

from CT

Occasion:Classroom or daycare

Interests:Education Planning

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

1.0 / 5

6th graders cant assemble these in a 42 minutes period. Not a practical at all.

Pros: Educational

Cons: Assembly

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 5 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

5.0 / 5

Very Easy, Fun Craft!

PostedJuly 14, 2011

Storytimegirl

Occasion:Classroom or daycare

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

4.0 / 5

I am a children's librarian and used this craft as a storytime project with about 20 kids. Using glue dots to put it together makes this craft a breeze for all ages! The kids loved looking through the magnifier and were so proud of their completed dragonflies!

Pros: Assembly, Child's Favorite, Age appropriateness

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 6 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

5.0 / 5

Bug Magnifying Glas Craft Kit

PostedJune 17, 2011

ColleenB

Occasion:Classroom or daycare

Price

4.0 / 5

Quality

4.0 / 5

This craft was easy to put together the kids loved it!

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 7 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

1.0 / 5

Worst craft ever

PostedApril 19, 2011

2GrlMomBoston

from Boston, MA

Price

2.0 / 5

Quality

1.0 / 5

using glue to attach foam pieces to round plastic? We couldn't make it work. Usually love OT craft but kids ended up being covered in glue and everything still fell off!!

Cons: Assembly

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

Response from Oriental TradingBy Oriental Trading Customer Care, January 26, 2012

Thank you for providing valuable feedback. Based on your comments, we recommend using Glue Dots®, sold separately, for this craft.

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Review 8 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

1.0 / 5

worst purchase ever

PostedJune 10, 2010

andi

Occasion:Classroom or daycare

Price

3.0 / 5

Quality

1.0 / 5

I used these for ages 3 through 7 and none of us could get the pieces to stay together. We ended up with just the eyes and the spots on the handle. Was very disappointed in this product.

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 9 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

2.0 / 5

not user friendly

PostedJune 10, 2010

linder

from Rochester NY

Occasion:Children's games and activities

Price

3.0 / 5

Quality

2.0 / 5

I found these to be very difficult for the children to keep together. I also tried to use regular glue as I feel glue guns are a bit dangerous around children. They have a lot of plain magnifying glasses to play with now.

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 10 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

3.0 / 5

Lots of small pieces

PostedJune 7, 2010

craftclubster

Occasion:Community event

Price

4.0 / 5

Quality

4.0 / 5

I underestimated the number of small pieces in this project & therefore ran out of glue dots. So we ended up using hot glue, which meant the children (3-5years old) had to hand it over to moms to complete. Regular glue would not work. Next time I'll order enough glue dots to complete project.

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 11 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

2.0 / 5

Cute but not practical

PostedApril 30, 2010

fossilfriend

Occasion:Children's party

Price

4.0 / 5

Quality

2.0 / 5

These were very cute but not really a practical product. The pieces were very small (difficult for small hands) and they required gluing. Most glues children use (glue sticks, Elmer's) aren't really capable of gluing foam to plastic. Sticker-backed foam pieces would have made this a much better product. I ended up assembling them w/a glue gun and then giving them out as party favors.

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 12 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

5.0 / 5

an instant hit

PostedMarch 8, 2010

niesey

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

5.0 / 5

The kids went crazy over the magnifying glass.

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 13 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

5.0 / 5

PostedAugust 24, 2009

Ellie

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

5.0 / 5

This was a big hit at my daughter's bug party. The glue dots work great!!

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 14 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

2.0 / 5

Hard to work with

PostedJuly 23, 2009

Blueeyes

Price

2.0 / 5

Quality

2.0 / 5

Very hard to keep small dots from sliding off the handle with the glue. Adults could hot glue but children would not be able to handle hot glue.

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 15 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

2.0 / 5

Don't use normal glue

PostedJuly 17, 2009

Summer Entertainment

from Prescott Valley, AZ

Price

2.0 / 5

Quality

2.0 / 5

definately use to recommended glue dots....

No, I would not recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 16 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

4.0 / 5

You'll need glue

PostedApril 19, 2009

Birthday party

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

3.0 / 5

It's hard to beat this price, but I was surprised that the foam decorations required glue instead of the stick-ons that are common with these type of crafts.

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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Review 17 for Bug Magnifying Glass Craft Kit

Overall rating

5.0 / 5

not really high quality but perfect for my needs!

PostedMarch 2, 2009

GinJay

Price

5.0 / 5

Quality

5.0 / 5

Loved them. For my sons 3rd birthday I created activity centers instead of wrangling a bunch of kids for games. One center was hands on with live lady bugs and earth worms in containers of dirt. Another was the parachute with bug bean bags (from OTC) and the third was arts and crafts. With bug boxers (great!), magnifying glasses, adhesive foam bug stickers, crayons, foam bug beads and plastic bugs as fillers the sky was the limit. A fun time was had by all. Thank you

Yes, I would recommend this product to a friend.

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