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Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes. Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime. So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace. Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. It has a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!

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ysabetwordsmith

I have not seen that trend in craft supplies.

*horrified shudder*

No, no, listen to Master Van Gogh! "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

Besides, some crafts are supposed to be ugly. One summer in ceramics, I made a whole bunch of pig heads and tiki faces, because that's what the clay was good for. It was a red clay that year, and if you pressed it, would fray awesomely. As opposed to gray clay, which won't fray very well but blends much better. Everyone thought those things were "so ugly they're cute." :D

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peoriapeoriawhereart

It's especially true in crafting kits meant for kids to fleece their parents. At least, I can't see any good of the 'bottle sand art' that couldn't be achieved while putting the dried bean away, and for the number of resulting objects I see at the thrift remaindering, neither can the parents.

But it's also just availability. Like if you want crochet thread smaller than 30 it's white or ivory and Michael's I don't think even carries 80. In a store that's nothing but crafting supplies. Joanne's isn't better in this regard. Neither carry even things that were standard in a five and dime. Admittedly, a ball of thread is not the 'change' of an order anymore, and most people are not going to steel hook themselves something nice in stolen moments.

They now make those 'pot-holder' looms in plastic. It's not a strong plastic (nothing like a flower loom).