Added the beloved day of December 14, 2008

Last year, we almost missed this pretty fashionable gift that inspires your girls to turn off the TV, get away from the computer and use their own imagination and ingenuity. The Discovery Fashion Design Studio is a perfect little package of prettiment to inspire aspiring fashionistas.

What we love most is that kits like these -- and many others from the Discovery Channel Store -- foster learning, perseverance and a sense of self-accomplishment. With the fashion studio kit, your girls can apply the skills they develop from trial-by-error practice on small-scale designs to actually make their own life-size versions.

Get the kits for a group of your girl's friends and host your own 'Project Runway' weekend parties, like a series of fashion classes that lead up to a mini-fashion show. Trips to the arts-and-crafts or fabric store, lots of person-to-person interactions away from the TV and the computer... It's a pretty thing. After a first series, then host a second series where they make an outfit for themselves.

The Fashion Design Studio Includes:

• 3-D dressmaker form
• Satin dress with hanger and garment bag
• 15 fabric swatches
• 4 bolts of fabric (60" x 5")
• 5 trims
• Faux fur fleece (11" x 3")
• Sequins and crystals for embellishment
• 6 spools of colored thread
• Scissors
• Tape measure
• Thimble
• Dress-maker's pencil
• Pin cushion with 40 straight pins
• 2 sewing needles
• Needle threader
• Craft glue (1/2 oz.)
• Fashion illustration and design guide

- Buy Discovery Fashion Design Studio