So I got this lil guy from a good friend for the holidays last year. I put it off in favor of other projects for a while, and then I looked at it and put it off again when I skimmed the contents and instructions and saw that things were out of order and/or missing. A little discouraging.
So yesterday I decided to try and tackle it. It… it’s cute, I’ll give it that. But goodness, I do have some frustrations. Come along on this journey with me.
First off, I was really expecting stickers, since the instructions said “wood sticker”. Nope. Have to manually cut the paper bits out. Also, no “white latex” was anywhere to be found.
Going through the kit, I’m finding things are missing (there was no glue supplied even though it was in the packing list), plus this ruler was included that wasn’t mentioned in the packing list, so I’m already starting off perplexed.
“Dig it empty.” huh, well, they tried. I understood what they meant, I guess.
Progress was starting slow, but going well. All of the paper pieces matched the wood pieces so far (once I was able to figure out which piece was which, since none of the pieces themselves were labeled).
That issue of unlabeled pieces became more apparent as different wood bits were introduced. Well, these look like A6, but are they actually?
Oh. Guess that’s what the ruler is for! I get to measure my own pieces to make sure I have the correct ones. Bro, I gave up crochet because I have to count stitches and you’re asking me to measure my own pieces?! My laziness is severely offended.
This was oddly tricky, as I had to hold the walls up until the glue dried enough to stay upright without losing position. I’m really missing Rolife’s interlocking pieces at this point.
This instruction just made me giggle. Fried dough twist.
“Stick the lamp line.” …how? exactly? do? you want? this? to happen??? instructions unclear panic (I ended up using clear scotch tape, you can barely tell it’s there and surely ths wires will get covered up anyway… right?)
At this point, it’s having me glue tiny beads together and cut out microscopic labels, and my patience was already wearing thin. So we’ll continue this odd crafting journey in part 2. Stay tuned, and thanks for joining me on this bizarre adventure!
You’re definitely making the best of a frustrating kit.
Even with all the confusing instructions, missing pieces, and measuring your own parts, you’ve kept your sense of humor. I’m rooting for you to stick with it because it’s already looking adorable, and I’m curious to see how part 2 turns out!
