Fashion Plates Classic – Girls Fashion, Mix-and-Match Drawing Kit, Arts and Crafts, Coloring, Art Supplies, Craft Supplies, Stencils, Crayons Included, Create Your Own Designs, Ages 6+

These plates are great. My two girls love assembling various outfits and utilizing the plate system to make an crayon impression to then fill in color-wise.

It's simple to use as you just open it up, select the plates for the various body pieces, and then put the piece of paper under the clamp. Once clamped you then just take the black crayon piece and rub it across the paper to get the etching. Then you can remove the etching and color as you want.

We ended up using both the paper that came with the kit and using full printer paper and both worked. The paper that comes with it is smaller cut so it fits a bit better but regular paper does work so even if you run out you can continue the fun.

Only downside is it's a shame there's no set of additional outfits to purchase as that would be a nice add-on for future birthdays as they really like it.

Picked this up for my niece, who loved it immediately. But not nearly as much as my sister and cousin, who spent countless hours playing with this as kids. This is perfect if you have someone that loves Barbie and all those typical "girly" dress-up toys and things, but you really don't want to keep filling the house with all that stuff. This lets them pick out the styles and outfits they want and color them however they want. They get to be their own little fashion designer. Seems to be strong plastic, is easy to use (no supervision), has it's own travel case, and is perfect for anyone young who can draw and color well right up through adults. Seriously, anyone who likes playing with fashion or dress-up would probably enjoy this.

Fun for princess loving girls who love to draw and color- a really great gift!!

I remember the Fashion Plates my daughter had and loved many years ago and these are so cute and of high interest for my granddaughter!

This was great for my daughter who loves barbies, princesses, fashion, and simple crafts. I had the original version 40 years ago and this one is fairly comparable. Obviously it is flimsier and lighter-weight than the older styles as all toys these days are, but it’s functional and it seems the images appear with a bit more ease than the older version. It does leave streaks and smudges on the paper, but my daughter doesn’t care.

The main reason I’m reviewing is because SO many people mentioned that the carrying case doesn’t hold the set securely. That simply isn’t true in my experience. The box clearly shows how to pack it all in the case properly, and when I did that, no problems at all! As you can see in the pics I included, it all fits and when suspending it in mid-air, everything stays securely.

Would definitely purchase again!

I had these Fashion Plates when I was younger and just loved them, so I purchased them for my granddaughter. She is really enjoying them. They arrived right on the morning of her birthday and we were so thrilled.

I love that I found this from my daughter. I have not seen these since I was a child and I loved mine

I had these when I was little probably 30 years ago and wanted to show my 6 yr old. She loves it! Doesn’t feel as sturdy as I remember but love the carrying case & def worth the price!

My sisters and I had got these when were 9,8. &6 respectively and we spent hours upon hours designing outfits..(my youngest sister later learned to make her own patterns and clothing that were better than you could find in any store). I bought them for my daughter and this year for my granddaughter (5). I love that we can use pattern plates from the 70’s & 90s that I had in my “save” bag.

It’s a great activity for kids to do on their own or make into a multiplayer game ( the 3 of us 5, 28, & 50) would make a challenge for example, Ugliest outfit, retro, most princess like etc...

Alone or with friends, the Fashion Plates Deluxe Kit (as well as any older fashion plates you might have) provides hours of fun and creativity.

In addition to designing everything from the top of the head to the feet at the bottom- we used the size of the plates to make paper dolls & clothing and accessories for them -which is a lot of fun.