HEY CLAYAnimals - 18 Can Modeling Air-Dry Clay & Interactive App - Arts & Crafts for Ages 3 to 11

I feel like kids always get super excited when they open a box of clay or playdoh and they see all the cool pictures on the box of the things they can make. Once the building begins though, they usually end up with piles of brownish clay that doesn't come close to resembling the pictures on the box.NOT WITH HEY CLAY!The app is AWESOME! It's so easy for even little kids to follow along, step by step, and create awesome looking creatures, just like the pictures on the box. My nephew had been duped by playdoh before, and he was dubious about my claims that he could do it himself. He begged me to help him build and continued to ask me to follow the steps for him, but as I continued to encourage him to do it, he became more emboldened. Most of the steps follow just a few simple shapes that repeat throughout the building process. After the first animal was done, with my assistance (and by god, that little pig looked better than anything I've ever built with playdoh before!), he went on to spend the entire day at the table building every last animal in the pack. On his own!He was so excited that his creations actually looked like animals and that he could do it by himself. The animals turned out so cute and impressive for a five-year-old! Hell, they were pretty impressive for most adults!The only negative I have is that the clay can start to dry out quickly while building and then it doesn't stick very well. We found we had to use another piece of clay as glue, at times. Other than that, the clay was soft and fun to use and didn't stick to your hands or the table!

My husband wanted to get this for our seven year old and I was skeptical. You can buy a lot mod other clay sets for less and get more clay. What differentiates it though is the app. The app has step by step instructions given in a playful manner and the result is great. Even though my child followed the instructions, her final product was slightly different which it made it quirky and unique.I used the activation code for the wrong set - activated the bird set instead of the animal set which is what the clay set we have. I emailed the company and they fixed it right away. THAT is customer service!My kid wants to keep creating clay animals all day. Awesome gift!

This is a really fun activity. My 7 year old enjoys it because the directions with the app are easy to follow and the “clay” is soft (like crayola model magic foam-ish clay). She says the only tricky thing is to know how much clay to use when they say “a small amount” or “a large amount”. She’s getting the hang of it as she goes though. Her creations aren’t perfect but she finds it really satisfying to complete each animal. This was a Christmas gift. I don’t know why they have you rate “thickness” but it’s giftable as long as the person has access to and knows how to use a smartphone or iPad. It took me a minute to figure out where to enter the code that came with the kit into the app.

Easy to use and mess free.

This is fun and the animals are super cute but it’s pretty hard to make them look as good as on the box. The instructional app is good but is lacking in a bit of detail. I got these for my 3 and 6 year old and neither could really make anything that resembled the animals on the box without a significant help from an adult and even then they were pretty imperfect. But the kids enjoyed the process of making them. FYI because I wasn’t sure of this when I purchased these, the clay can only be used once. It dries into a sort of foam and you have to work fairly quickly because the pieces don’t stick together once it starts to dry. So you can’t start and animal and then come back to it another time.

I loved it! Ordered Animals and Monsters kits. Each kit comes with 18 cans of different colors, that are very bright. You can use the fun interactive app (very simple & kid friendly) to make the figures or just your own imagination :) The best part is how light and NON-STICKY this clay is - no mess or sticky fingerprints haha. It is clay though and unlike playdoh you won't be able to reuse it later (it will harden) unless you put it back in the cans right away. Overall - great product for both kids and adults to encourage creativity and have some quality time making things as a family. I'd definitely recommend

My daughter loves this set. She has followed the instructions on the app to make the animals, but she has also used her creativity to come up with her own designs. They dry nicely, and she has gotten a lot of play time with her creations after they dried. She has made several things and she still has a lot of clay left to be able to make many more creations.My only complaint initially was that the code for the app was not included in our box as it should have been, but after calling the company, I was able to get a code to use for full access to the app with the instructions for each animal.

Love everything about this. The app is kid friendly easy to navigate. Tons of clay to make even more different creations. Easy to follow. Cute photo prompts when finished. Great unique gift idea