MADE BY HANDS, INC

Made By Hands, Inc.

little hands ~ big ideas™

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dena Hirschberg

July 20, 2003 Made By Hands, Inc.

773.281.1400

Made By Hands™ Lets You Make-Your-Own^TM Puppets

(Chicago, IL) – Made By Hands^TM introduced today its new art activity kit, Make-Your-Own™ Puppets. Unlike other puppet sets currently on the market, Make-Your-Own™ Puppets lets kids make stick-puppets from scratch.

“We’re excited about our new puppets kit because kids get to actually make the puppets they want to play with, not play with puppets manufacturers think they should,” says Ava Berry, co-president of Made By Hands^TM which manufactures the award-winning Make-Your-Own^TM line of art activity kits.

No longer limited by kings that always have beards, or princesses that have long flowing hair, “kids can conjure their own regal, and other, images and become even more vested in the fantasy play,” says Dena Hirschberg, the company’s other co-president.

Keeping in tradition with the line’s trademark, Make-Your-Own™ Puppets is simple in concept, unique in design and constructed of the highest quality. Each kit contains hundreds of Pop-Outs!™, an awesome array of geometric & whimsical pop-out cardboard shapes that are perfectly die-cut for little hands so kids can create easily and independently without a grown-up's help.

The kits come with 12 puppet sticks, over 600 Pop-Outs!^TM in 7 bright colors and a glue stick. There are also 12 puppet stands, so when the kids are done playing with their puppets, they can safely secure and display them. All this comes in a kid-friendly, portable portfolio with Velcro® closures.

Made By Hands, Inc., a mom-owned company based in Chicago, Illinois, is the manufacturer of the Make-Your-Own^tm line of children’s art activity kits. These products can be found in specialty toy stores, children’s clothing boutiques, stationery stores, and independent bookstores. Suggested retail price - $17.95. For more information visit www.made-by-hands.com