Cricut suitability

[MrsIPFreely]

I have seen these in hobby craft and they look great so was thinking of getting one for one of my craft obsessed dd's. I have dd1 who is 14 and dd2 who is 9.
Ideally it would go to DD2 as she never gets anything new as we always have that kind of stuff from Dd1.
Does anyone have any advice on which one to go for and if it will be good for nine year old?

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Thanks

Following as I've looked at these and would like to know more!

I have this and personally wouldn't say it's suitable for a child of any age, it does require alot of technical learning, it's quite hard for an adult. We mainly used it for wedding invites and a few personalised items like robes and water bottles. The invites took two weeks of trial and error and was very complicated. We haven't used it since although I would like to, you need a fair bit of time to do projects even after you get your head around the designspace software and learning to create SVGs.

Personally I'd go for the Joy for a child, though they all involve blades so will need some supervision. You can get an awful lot of unbranded add-ons which brings the price down too, especially unbranded vinyl packs.

I have the Air 2 and have used it for all sorts of projects. The Design space can take a bit of getting used to but it's a great bit of kit.

I have one. The cricut maker. It's currently making some bits.

It's not a toy. I wouldn't buy it for a kid to use for crafts. It takes ages to cut anything but the most simple of shapes and I think a child would quickly get bored.

I started with a Joy and then got a maker. The joy is fab for cards and small projects, I would recommend it for a 9 year old. I also agree with the poster who recommended unbranded products such as vinyl - also recommend unbranded mats from Amazon and patterned paper pads from The Works or The Range.

The Joy sounds promising then. There seems to be some good bundles around at the moment.

Hobbycraft also do online courses for the Cricut so that could be a good way for them to learn the skills too.