Mosaic Tray Craft Kit - Mondo Llama™

This is my 4th or 5th Mondo Llama craft kit, and it wasn’t my favorite, but I did enjoy it. I wanted to try my hand at tiling, so this was a low-effort entry point. Not all of my tiles were fully colored, unfortunately, and the kit only came with two extra. I’d also advise using a pair of craft tweezers to pick up the tiles for glue, once you have your design. I took others advice and mixed in a solo cup, instead of the tiny bowl, and I’ve saved some grout to fill in the little corners and broken grout spots. Overall, I’m glad to have tried a new thing!

I was so excited to do this craft but it turned out to be a huge fail. The big issue was that the bowl for making the grout mix was WAY too small for the entire bag of powder, plus water. So I ruined a different, bigger bowl since it didn’t all fit. Once I put the grout on and started spreading it, the tiles started shifting due to the wet grout. This might have been my fault by not gluing them hard enough? But anyways, once 30 minutes were up and I needed to wipe the excess grout off the tiles, they started to move again. The grout was so hard to sponge off, and then once it fully dried the grout was cracked everywhere, and so I ultimately had to throw it away. I don’t know if it was my fault but I followed every direction very carefully so I don’t know what I did! But I was very didsapointed.

Beautiful craft project! Love how the tray turned out. I only wish there were a couple more tiles because a couple arrived damaged.

Absolutely love it. I’m so obsessed with the outcome.

This turns out so cute. It takes some patience because you have to wait for it to all dry and place all the little tiles. It’s so worth the wait and effort. I wish there were a few more of each color because I couldn’t fully finish the pattern I wanted but I just did something else for the last bit. It’s also a decent size and could comfortably hold a few coffee mugs.

This was an impulse purchase, and for once, I'm so happy I bought it! The quality is excellent and it's been a beautiful, relaxing activity. This craft is perfect for those of us who enjoy detail, quiet activities where you need good fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, like puzzles, knitting, drawing and coloring. It takes a few days to complete - first you design your project, then you glue the tiles, and only after the glue dries you can start grouting, so you have to be patient. You get only 2 extra tiles so keep that in mind when working on your design - make sure you have enough of each color. All in all, I can't recommend it enough, specially if you get it on sale

My kids loved this. Everything was great but there was not enough grout to cover the entire tray- wish they would give a little bit more. My 10 and 11 year old did this on their own except for me teaching them how to do the grout.

Loved the concept of this tray! Loved the colors and bamboo board but the grout application is tedious plus I feel like it needs to come with a syringe otherwise application gets messy and it looks like most of rhe bamboo board is sadly going to be covered in excess grout.

This was so fun to make! I feel like it is definitely not for kids, as it’s a bit tedious. However, it was really fun for me. I will recommend using a bigger bowl to mix the grout, though. The bowl provided is much too small. I was able to spell out “DAD” and gave it to my husband for Father’s Day. He really liked it!

My grandma has these vintage tiles from her kitchen in the 70s and has wanted something done with them for ages now, this kit made for a fun activity and the perfect base for a piece of beloved family history.

The trays are a cute concept and a good art activity to do as a family but there are several things that fall short (probably a downfall of being mass produced with limited quality control): they don’t give enough grout to evenly cover the tiled tray and the ‘bowl’ provided isn’t actually big enough to hold the grout once mixed. The trays are also pre-printed with the square placepoints, but it’s not even, so the lines in the tray trend uneven. The most frustrating thing has to be that they don’t provide enough of each color tile to complete the design ideas they include and needing to use colors that aren’t part of the design to finish.

So much fun!! I’m 31 but had a great time doing this craft. Definitely is alot of work. Wish they gave you a few extra tiles of each color but oh well. Figuring out a pattern was the hardest part! Also, if you’ve never tiled before and dealt with grout I could imagine it being frustrated cleaning the grout at the end but it takes hours to get the grout haze fully gone. Just in case someone is doing this and had never tiled before!

I love the concept and the colors of tile that were available. Unfortunately the wood tray warped when it was drying and it cracked the wood. I wa so excited when it was druying and so disappointed from the outcome.

Nice bamboo wood. This kit came with everything I needed to complete the project. Very happy with it.

This had everything you need and turned out perfect. It did take some time to plan out the design and carefully place the tiles, but the result is gorgeous.

The tray itself is nice quality and I like that they provide example designs to follow or you can create your own. Laying the tile was easy and relaxing. The grout portion was more tricky for me. The included bowl is too small for the full cement packet so I did it in a few batches. The instructions say to add 50 ml of water, but I didn't have anything to measure that exactly so just went off of consistency. I ended up with some cracks and bubbles in my finished tray and it was hard to sponge all of the extra grout out of the nooks and crannies. But even though it didn't turn out perfect I still think it looks nice and was a fun craft.

In the process of grout drying, it cracked tray in multiple places.

This is my first time mosaic-ing, was very easy and fun to do. Probably my number one favorite Mondo Llama kit I’ve tried so far. Please come out with more shapes and colors! I’m definitely buying another one regardless! My only minor issue was a little cracking/air bubbles in the cement after drying, I wish I had saved the leftover cement in a ziplock bag or something if possible, to fill them in after. I also felt the mixing bowl was a bit too small, so I used a larger paper bowl from home instead, to avoid making a mess.

This was a lot to put together. I know it is rated for a higher age, and that is definitely necessary. Every tile is laid individually and the set really should have come w small tweezers to set them in place. Finished morter doesnt look great.

This tray is way better quality than you would expect. There are a LOT of little tiles to place so this is definitely a project for an older child. My daughter is 6 and couldn’t stay focused for long enough to finish in one sitting. But it’s really great and good quality.