Way back in April, a company called
Kiwi Crate contacted me about trying out one of their crates and writing about our experience on the blog. Of course, I was super excited by the opportunity and jumped on it. (Free kids' stuff? Sure, send it my way!) Within a couple of days, this box of goodies arrived in our mail:
Each
Kiwi Crate box is filled with all the materials needed to complete 2-3 super fun, hands-on projects. The projects in each crate usually center around a certain theme (e.g., music, bugs, pirates, etc...) Our box's theme was bugs. It contained all the materials and detailed instructionos needed to make two bug related crafts.
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| Yeah, I was all set to shoot a lovely photo showing all the materials neatly lined up... but Chuck dove right in and wanted to start crafting |
Wow. Let's just say that I was
super impressed by the quality and quantity of the materials. They really
do provide everything you need. (Our box even came with scissors for cutting!) All of the materials felt really high end and nice. (No crapt here!) Once we completed both projects, we even had plenty of leftover materials. (Cha-ching! I've stashed those leftovers away into my craft hoard to use for other projects later... tee hee...)
They say that the crates are designed for 3-7 year olds. Since, Chuck's not yet 2, we took things slow. He only did one project at a time. That was just fine by me because they were a great way to help pass long and rainy days (you know the ones I'm talking about... when you're cooped up in the house and both of you are bouncing off the walls.)
Here we are completing our first project in April (hence the hair):
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| He did not want to let this little bottle go... |
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| Sticking a mini glow-stick into our bottle to make a firefly |
And here we are finishing up our second project a couple of days ago: (Is it me, or does he look bigger?)
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| The crate provided us with everything- plate, paint, sponges, paper, and brush |
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| Such concentration! |
As you can see, we enjoyed all the pasting and painting.
You can sign up to get a buy one crate, or you can sign up to get a month-to-month subscription (where they'll send you a different crate every month, for $19.95 per month.) If you're not too keen on spending the money, you should still peek at their website because they have a great
DIY, kid crafts, and activities section, showcasing lots of great (and free!) ideas for projects. I thumbed through the pages and definitely picked up a couple of good ideas there....
I'm amazed that there are companies like this out there for kids. When I was young, I got a couple of mail magazine subscriptions and I remember being super excited whenever a new magazine would come in. Can you imagine what a kid would feel like if a whole box of goodies came for them every month? Pretty neat, right? So neat that I thought that this would be a great
giveaway for you readers!
Yay! My first craft giveaway!
**This giveaway is closed** GIVEAWAY GOODY and RULES:
I'm going to gift one reader a single Kiwi Crate box. To enter, simply visit
Kiwi Crate's Single Crate page and leave a comment below telling me which Kiwi Crate you'd like to receive. That's it. The contest will close by midnight Friday, EST. I'll announce the winner on Monday's blog post.
Sorry, this giveaway is open to US and Canadian readers only (since they don't provide shipping elsewhere.)
Good luck! :) I'm excited that one of you will receive a lovely package of goodies.
(Don't have children? Try out for the giveaway anyway. You can always send it to a lovely, crafty kid that you know.)
