A method for guiding a user in creating a craft using a crafting system including a display surface, a controller including a processor associated with said display surface and at least one crafting surface, the method including: i. at the controller, receiving a selection of a crafting challenge to be provided to the user; ii. removably receiving a specific crafting surface, suitable for completion of the selected crafting challenge above the display surface, such that at least part of the display surface is visible through the specific crafting surface; iii. preparing at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge for provision to the user; iv. providing the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge to the user by displaying instructions for completion of the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge on the at least part of the display surface visible through the specific crafting surface; characterised in that the method further comprises the following steps: v. displaying a composite guide element on at least a part of the display surface visible next to the display surface part which is visible through the specific crafting surface and/or displaying a composite guide element on a separate, further display surface linked to the controller; vi. providing a further composite guide element at a crafting element receptacle corresponding to the displayed composite guide element; vii. ensuring that the composite guide element and the further composite guide element provide at least two mutually independent instruction components, wherein the method further comprises the following steps: viii. Provide a multitude of individual or interconnected crafting element receptacles (16,24,26), ix. provide a specified type of crafting elements in each crafting element receptacle such that each crafting element receptacle (16,24,26) comprises no more than one type of crafting elements, x. Provide a further composite guide element at each crafting element receptacle (16,24,26). i. at the controller, receiving a selection of a crafting challenge to be provided to the user; ii. removably receiving a specific crafting surface, suitable for completion of the selected crafting challenge above the display surface, such that at least part of the display surface is visible through the specific crafting surface; iii. preparing at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge for provision to the user; iv. providing the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge to the user by displaying instructions for completion of the at least a portion of the selected crafting challenge on the at least part of the display surface visible through the specific crafting surface; v. displaying a composite guide element on at least a part of the display surface visible next to the display surface part which is visible through the specific crafting surface and/or displaying a composite guide element on a separate, further display surface linked to the controller; vi. providing a further composite guide element at a crafting element receptacle corresponding to the displayed composite guide element; vii. ensuring that the composite guide element and the further composite guide element provide at least two mutually independent instruction components, wherein the method further comprises the following steps: viii. Provide a multitude of individual or interconnected crafting element receptacles (16,24,26), ix. provide a specified type of crafting elements in each crafting element receptacle such that each crafting element receptacle (16,24,26) comprises no more than one type of crafting elements, x. Provide a further composite guide element at each crafting element receptacle (16,24,26). viii. Provide a multitude of individual or interconnected crafting element receptacles (16,24,26), ix. provide a specified type of crafting elements in each crafting element receptacle such that each crafting element receptacle (16,24,26) comprises no more than one type of crafting elements, x. Provide a further composite guide element at each crafting element receptacle (16,24,26).