OK, I'm dating myself but I grew up doing paint by number kits. I really enjoyed it and did lots of them.

Recently on a rainy day, I bought paint by number kits for my kids (ages 8 and 11). The kits are marked for ages 8+. I am really really disappointed, and my kids aren't really enjoying them - they are much too hard. The numbers are nearly impossible to read, and you actually have to mix some of the colors - I don't remember ever having to do that as a kid. Some of the spaces to be painted are so tiny, I can't even do it, and there are so many arrows pointing to the tiny spaces that it's nearly impossible to figure out which space gets which color.

Has anyone else tried these recently? Has the quality of the kits gone downhill or is it just that my eyes are no longer what they used to be? Maybe the kits I bought are just poorly made, but I don't remember them being so difficult to do.