Christmas Teddy Bear Diamond Painting Kit

The cold arrives at the window frame and stops there. Inside the glass it is wool, low lamplight and a chair nobody wants to give up, and that is the entire argument this picture makes.

A bear cub sitting in her Christmas best in this diamond painting kit, surrounded with pine boughs, candy canes, and ornaments and a thin winter light crossing the whole scene at an angle. Browns carry the fur, deep reds carry the plaid dress and forest green sits at the back as the coldest thing in the frame. Nothing here is trying to sparkle at you. The mood is late afternoon in a house where the heating has been on for hours.

Twenty-one DMC colors, running from 355 up to 3865, and a good share of them are browns. Fur is where a thin palette shows badly, so the brown range is the part earning its place here: the cub gets depth under the chin and at the edge of the ear instead of one flat coat.

The details

• 45 x 45 cm (18 x 18 in)
• Full coverage, round drills
• 21 DMC colors, DMC 355 to DMC 3865
• Adhesive canvas printed with clear symbols and a color legend
• Sealed, numbered, DMC color-coded drill packets
• Diamond stylus pen, grooved tray, wax refill and tweezers

Straight talk

This is a kit, not a finished painting, and it takes roughly 25 to 30 hours to become one. Full coverage across 45cm is a real run of evenings. Round drills are the beginner-friendly shape, so a patient first-timer can manage it without regret. The canvas ships rolled, so flatten it overnight before you peel back any film. Frame not included.

It ends up on a wall in a warm room, which is the only place the picture makes any sense.