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BAKE The Mojito cupcake baking kit includes all the dry ingredients, cupcake cases, easy to follow recipe card, piping bag and decorations to wow your family with your cake making skills! These cupcakes make the perfect gift for cocktail lovers, birthday cakes, parties, anniversaries and any other special occasions. £10 | Mojito Cupcake Kit bakedin.co.uk

GROW Give yourself something to nurture with these easy-to-grow herbs. The kits contain everything you need to grow your chosen herb from seed. Handmade in Suffolk, they are made from recycled wine bottles, and the jiffy pellets are made from coir (ground coconut husk) rather than peat. There are nine grow-your-own herb kits to choose from! £20 each or £50 for three | Hydro HerbsPAPER CUT hydro-herb.co.ukWith this DIY kit you can immerse yourself in the fantastic world of 3D paper cutting! Create a gorgeous sea scene that you can put in a dome and give as a gift. There’s also an extra 2D project on the box and there’s also the option to go for the version that lights up for extra ambience. £30 | DIY Paper Craft Boat Kit mypapercutforest.co.uk

STITCH This sweet embroidered needle case kit will appeal as a treat for those who love sewing or just starting learning, or even want to perfect embroidery techniques. The kit is ideal for anyone looking for an imaginative gift. Designer,

Corinne Lapierre has sought inspiration from traditional folk designs, which have timeless appeal. The kit includes a new comprehensive stitch guide so this kit could be a sampler for all your favourite stitches and treasured for years to come. All kits include everything you need (with the exception of scissors!) to realise the project including soft wool mix felt, DMC embroidery thread and a needle. £9.60 | Felt Needle Case Kit corinnelapierre.com

PAINT How cute is this little paintable clutch kit? It’s simply designed and the envelope clutch is the perfect canvas to show off your painting creativity. Find tips, painting techniques and bag construction videos on the company’s blog pages to help you make your masterpiece! £40 |Paintable Clutch Kit loveandsalvage.com

MAKE CANDLES! A 100% eco-friendly soy candle making kit is perfect for beginners. Have fun creating our own candles inspired by Hazel and Blue’s love of making and creating using nature inspired natural ingredients. The Relax and Unwind Soy candle making kit is for when you want to relax and unwind, and evoke a sense of calm and serenity. The specially chosen oils have top notes of soothing bergamot, amber and lavender, middle notes of lemon leaf and bottom notes of relaxing geranium and cedar wood, perfect for relaxing! All ingredients are vegan and sustainable. £28 |Relax & Unwind Soy Candle Making Kit hazelandbluecandles.co.uk

LEATHERWORK Have fun making a leather school belt and give it as a gift. Tanner Bates will personalise it for you with the name of the lucky recipient and ‘Handmade by’. Don’t worry, as no previous leatherwork experience is necessary to make this belt as it contains all instructions and access to a clear step-by-step video tutorial. £39 | Leather School Belt Kit tannerbates.co.uk

WRITE Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting and has made a huge comeback over the last few years. These worksheets are an ideal introduction on how to set up your pen and for practising the basic strokes. Learn how to create a lowercase and uppercase alphabet and how you can connect your strokes together to create your own words. This is great practice and should take you around two hours to work your way through the worksheets. £8 | Beginners Modern Calligraphy Worksheets (printable) wildseacalligraphy.com