My daughter and her friends really enjoyed the creative and easy Make-It-Ruby arts and craft projects that we made together at her 13th birthday slumber party.
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Make It Ruby
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 9. -
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Sweet DIY site is sparse but good for creative types.
On this site kids can: do activities, enter contests, make something
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 9 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Make It Ruby
Parents need to know that this simple DIY site offers a small sampling of creative crafts that tween girls will enjoy doing at home. Its back-to-basics philosophy encourages kids to find items around their homes and “reuse, renew and repurpose.” Ruby -- the site’s animated hostess -- presents projects in three simple steps, and though they are simple enough for tweens, the crafts may not be sophisticated enough to interest older girls. Monthly contests enable kids to submit photos of their projects and compete to win branded Make It Ruby products such as T shirts, notebooks and journals. Anyone can visit the site and look at some of the crafts, but registration is required to enter contests, see the project gallery and view the archive of older projects.
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Families Can Talk About
- How the Internet can be a valuable tool for generating creative ideas to do at home. Do you get the same sense of satisfaction from creating projects offline – with scissors – as you do creating projects online with a mouse?
- Other do-it-yourself items to create at home and how you can safely find more instruction and information online?
- How reusing items can go a long way toward preserving our earth’s resources. What cast-off items can be found around the house that can be repurposed?
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- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
Great birthday party ideas
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
I am the mother of a 7-year old girl and we love make it ruby! The instructions are easy enough for her to follow and the projects are an absolute god send for after school and weekends. It is a wonderful way for us to spend time together and turn off the TV! Thank you Ruby!!!
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- Educational
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Fun crafts from RECYCLED stuff!
Really great, COOL decorating and fashion ideas from stuff we were just gonna THROW AWAY! I want MORE.
- I rate this title on for age 8 and give it
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Fun Fun Fun
Super fun crafts that are easy to make.
- I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- User content is age appropriate
Love it!! so much fun!
LOVE it! I've been wanting a site that has great ideas for my room and fashion. It's simple and fun. my friends all like the projects and we're now using them for art class in school.
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