In my subscription box fervor, I signed the kids up for craft kits. J and C (both age 7) are receiving Kiwi Crate and E (age 10) gets Happy Trunk.
I'll start with Kiwi Crate….
Kiwi Crate is a craft kit for kids ages 3-8 that contains instructions and supplies for several themed crafts. You can order it as a subscription or just one box. One thing I really like about Kiwi Crate is that there is a sibling option where you pay a bit more and receive enough supplies for two kids. I signed up for the sibling add-on so in the photos below you will see double most of the supplies.
We received this box in April and the theme, appropriately, was Caring for the Earth. There was a paper making kit, leaf stamped bags, and a few other smaller coloring-type activities that were a bit young for my kids. |
| The supplies for paper making (x2) |
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| The supplies for stamped bags (x2) |
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| The paper-making in action. |
These projects were somewhat simple for J and C since they are on the older side for this kit, but I really liked the fact that they could do these projects fairly independently. They had fun and really looked forward to receiving their next Crate.
On to E's Happy Trunk...
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| Not as cutesy as Kiwi Crate, but nice instruction cards and secure packaging. |
Happy Trunk is a subscription box for kids of two different age groups--3-7 and 8-11. I ordered E, who is 10, the kit for older kids. This box contained a memo board craft and a DNA science project. From what I read, the older kid boxes usually contain a science project and a craft.
E did the memo board on her own. She mixed up the chalkboard paint and added the stencils to the cork board portion. I love when kids can do these projects independently!
For the science part of the kit, we started making a DNA model out of pipe cleaners and beads. This was a frustrating endeavor for both E and me. The instructions weren't very clear and there weren't enough of certain colored beads so we couldn't make a long enough "ladder" to get it the helix to twist. Neither of us felt bad about abandoning this.
E extracted DNA from a strawberry with a babysitter, so I don't have photos or feedback of this part of the kit, but I can tell you that she ended up with a tube of what looked like DNA to me :) She says this was pretty fun and she doesn't want to throw the tube away so I would call that a success.
We have since received two more Kiwi Crates that we are slowly working our way through. Although the crafts are simple for J and C, they really enjoy them so we will keep this subscription going for a while. If you are thinking of ordering a Crate, let me know because I have code where you get $10 off and so do I!
As for Happy Trunk…well, we didn't receive our May box so I emailed them and they said they'd send one right out. The May Happy Trunk we received contained several simple crafts that E really enjoyed. However, when we didn't get our June box I emailed again and received a reply stating that the May crate they sent us was for younger kids but they would get everything straightened out. I hope they do because I really like the idea of Happy Trunk!
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