STEAM Powered Kids - Knitting & Crochet

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$45.90 ~~$57.95~~ /

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Loops lift over the prongs, and a soft knitted tube slowly grows.

🧶 Real projects: make a scarf, coasters, a place mat and a mini handbag, plus knitted butterflies
🔄 Easy start: three knitting reels let beginners knit without managing two long needles
🪝 Pencil-ready fingers: two crochet hooks and a French knitting hook build the thumb-and-finger control used for writing
📖 Clear steps: instruction booklets and templates guide each project
🎨 Yarn included: coloured yarn and a plastic needle are in the kit, so they can start straight away
🤫 Quiet play: silent, indoors and happy as a solo activity from 5 years

The Educator's Note

The reels let a 5 year old do real knitting before they have the two-handed coordination for needles. Lifting each loop over a prong builds the thumb-and-finger control used for holding a pencil.
The kit moves on to crochet hooks, so the skill grows. A child can start on the smallest reel at 5 and be chaining and crocheting at 7 or 8.
It ends in objects a child can use or give away, like a scarf, coasters or a mini handbag. That finished result keeps a child at a slow, repetitive craft, and it's silent, so it works anywhere in the house.

Play Specifications

🧒 5 years +

Recommended for ages 5 years +

🎨 Artist

Creative Expression

🔇 Silent

No sound

👤 Independent Play

Solo / Self-Correcting

🏠 Indoor

Living Room / Playroom

🧳 Travel Friendly

Compact / Portable / Car-Friendly

🤏 Fine Motor

Precision & Grip

🧠 Cognitive

Problem Solving & Logic

💡 Creativity

Innovation & Imagination

The Educator's Note

The reels let a 5 year old do real knitting before they have the two-handed coordination for needles. Lifting each loop over a prong builds the thumb-and-finger control used for holding a pencil.
The kit moves on to crochet hooks, so the skill grows. A child can start on the smallest reel at 5 and be chaining and crocheting at 7 or 8.
It ends in objects a child can use or give away, like a scarf, coasters or a mini handbag. That finished result keeps a child at a slow, repetitive craft, and it's silent, so it works anywhere in the house.

Play Specifications

🧒 5 years +

🎨 Artist

🔇 Silent

👤 Independent Play

🏠 Indoor

🧳 Travel Friendly

🤏 Fine Motor

🧠 Cognitive

💡 Creativity

Wrap the yarn, lift the loop with the plastic needle, and a knitted tube starts to appear. Three reels, two crochet hooks and a French knitting hook give beginners real knitting and crochet without having to master two long needles first.

Made for 5 to 8 years, when fingers are ready for slow, repeated hand movements and kids want to make something they can use or give away. Start on the reels, then move to crochet as skills grow.

Also available in a great value bundle

Best matched to children who like making things with their hands and are ready to follow steps at their own pace.

A 5 to 6 year old who enjoys threading, lacing or sewing cards and is ready to try yarn work with a grown-up close by on the smallest reel
A 7 to 8 year old ready to move from reel knitting to chain stitch and simple crochet with the hooks
A child who likes making useful things, like a coaster or mini handbag, to keep or give to grandparents and friends
Families looking for a quiet, self-directed activity for school holidays, rainy days or long car trips with a child aged 5 and up

Start with the reel

Traditional knitting needs two hands working two long needles at once, which is a lot at five. The knitting reels hold the stitches for your child instead. They wrap the yarn around a prong, lift the lower loop over it with the plastic needle, and move to the next. Loop by loop, a tube of knitting grows out of the base.

Where the skill builds

Lifting a loop over a prong takes a thumb-and-finger grip, the same control needed to hold a pencil. The crochet hooks add a second challenge: one hand steers the hook while the other holds the yarn tension. Using both hands together like this sits behind cutting, tying shoelaces and neat handwriting. The instruction booklets show each stage in order, so they also practise following a sequence one step at a time.

What they actually make

The projects are things people use: a scarf, coasters, a place mat, a mini handbag and knitted butterflies. A finished coaster on the kitchen table gives a different kind of pride than a drawing on the fridge. Dropped loops will happen. Lifting them back onto the prongs is how they learn persistence, and the fixed prongs make mistakes easy to see and fix. It sits neatly alongside the rest of our art and craft range for kids who like to make.

Fits Australian homes

There's no noise, no mess and no setup, so it suits a wet weekend, a shaded verandah on a hot January afternoon or the back seat on the drive to Nan's. The progression is clear. Reel knitting at 5 or 6 leads to basic crochet at 7 or 8, and from there to real knitting needles when they're ready.

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