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1. A miniature library or greenhouse kit with real LED lights if you were the type of kid who LOVED making dioramas for class. Now, you can make one in your spare time and then force your friends to take a "tour" whenever they're over.
2. A knit-your-own cardigan kit because that special time of year — you know, when you get to *exclusively* live in oversized sweaters — is just around the corner. I should also mention that it's made for beginners, so you don't need an FIT design degree to end up with something resembling clothing.
3. A build-it-yourself Lego flower bouquet should you not have the patience/desire to cultivate *real* flowers but are totally down to devote some serious hours to constructing a 756-piece arrangement of fake ones.
4. Or a felt flower kit if you're very into the "everlasting" aspect of a faux bouquet but are also clumsy and afraid of stepping on dropped Legos.
5. A Polaroid Lab with the ability to take yesterday's IG shots and make them into analog keepsakes. Were you alive in the era of instant cameras? Even if your answer is a confident "Nope!" it doesn't matter, 'cause now we have this nifty gadget.
6. A DIY bath bomb kit if your favorite fall pastime is lighting up a pumpkin candle, running yourself a hot bubble bath, and forgetting the rest of the world exists while you scroll through your TikTok FYP for a good hour.
7. A craft beer kit so when people visit, you can tell them you actually made the IPA in their pint glass.
8. A DIY kintsugi kit if your house is just full of accidentally broken dishes that could use some TLC. (If you've never heard of the practice before before, it's the Japanese art of repairing and restoring broken pottery!)
9. A terrarium-building kit so you can cultivate a whimsical garden without even having to step foot outside. Plus, since the succulents and moss require v little maintenance, it'll free up more time for you to tend to virtual weeds in Animal Crossing.
10. A DIY polymer clay earring kit if you want to get into jewelry making but aren't quite ready to spend $100+ on supplies. (Oh how I wish I could go back in time and show myself this.)
11. A weaving loom with all the bits and bobs you need to create a wall-worthy display. If you have even one (1) crafty bone in your body, I bet this'll be a hit.
12. A geode cake kit if the promise of sweets — Instagrammable ones, at that — is the one thing sure to get you up and off the couch.
13. A kombucha-brewing kit for anyone sorely missing their on-tap office booch. That ish is expensive when bought by the bottle, but this kit comes with enough ingredients to make a full gallon.
14. A Hunt A Killer subscription if you're the type who's always upset when the murder onUnsolved Mysteries goes...unsolved. With this monthly kit, you can do your own detective work decoding ciphers, piecing together timelines, and going through a victim's personal effects in order to get to the bottom of their case.
15. A DIY baroque 3D clock that, once completed, may just burst into a rendition of "Be Our Guest" any time you have friends over.
16. A make-your-own ukulele kit for the musician who also majored in fine arts. The uke ships in pieces so you can give it a personalized paint job before assembling it.
17. A make-your-own hot sauce kit if you religiously watch Hot Ones and love to brag about your high heat and spice tolerance. Now, you can create your own boundary-pushing sauce with liberal additions of chipotle and guajillo peppers.
18. A bagel and cream cheese-making kit (straight from Brooklyn) with everything one needs to make a bodega-worthy sandwich with schmear.
19. A calligraphy workbook because even though you ~never~ use the cursive you learned in third grade (and you complained a whole lot while learning it), this seems fun and like something you'll totally do regularly and not just for a week...
20. A DIY mochi-making kit if you're the type of person who makes multiple dedicated trips to Trader Joe's every week just to pick up some of the sweet stuff.
21. A deck of kitty cat tarot cards with a guidebook to make sure you're getting the most out of every reading and aren't just distracted by the cutesy illustrations.
22. A beginner embroidery kit if you've been jonesing to cross stitch something with a naughty lil' saying but annoyingly have to master the basics first...
23. And a good ol' fashioned butter churner in case we're about to loop back into that part of quarantine where we were all obsessed with perfecting our sourdough loaves... the only thing that could make them better? A batch of from-scratch butter.
You making sure every square millimeter of your miniature library is perfectly assembled:
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