Abstract: Yarn ball retaining and dispensing device including a substantially spherical ball including a length of yarn and a display box for rotatably retaining the ball. To dispense the yarn, a free end of the yarn extends through an aperture defined by a yarn guide member arranged on the box and when pulled by the knitter, the yarn bail rotates in the box. The display box is defined by panels and includes a support system connected to side edges thereof for supporting the ball during its rotation. The support system includes male flaps and female flaps extending from side edges of alternating panels. Each female flap includes slots while each male flap includes tabs each extending through a respective slot of a female flap. The male and female flaps define support edges on which the yarn ball movably rests.

Abstract: Coloring product including a plurality of substantially planar panels, at least one of which is a flocked panel including a colorable substrate and a flocked material applied in a pattern to an outer face thereof to maintain areas of the outer face exposed and thus colorable. The panels are designed to be connectable to together to form a three-dimensional object. Thus, children can enjoy coloring the flocked panel and then assembling the colored flocked panel with other panels to form the three-dimensional object which can be played with.