subscription boxes for kids

5 years ago

This past holiday I was looking for something of quality to give my young grandchildren as a gift and I came across these subscription craft boxes that are being marketed.

I can tell you that it really caught my eye!

I have one grandchild who, in particular, loves to do anything crafty and creative. She is in kindergarten.

Being that we dont live close enough to see her, I would often send her one of these craft kits from Amazon. Or, I could gather up the needed essentials for some craft and sent them to her, but the cost of doing that was far greater than the worth. Most of the kits are full of just junk. Most are more for show than for any real crafting value.

When I saw this at a subscription rate of $30 a month, I thought it was worth looking in to. I reviewed the different ones being offered and made a choice and I can tell you that she loves getting her box in the mail once a month. It is packaged with all she needs to do the monthly craft theme and it comes with nice photographed instructions and is a burst of excitement to open it up.

I could spend that much on some not so nice kit of some manner.

To get a surprise present when it is the only one and not forgotten in the over load of the holidays means that it gets attention. It does not get lost in the consuming chaos.

I view it as an extension of her learning and experiences when so much is cut off from them in this time of virus.

She shares it with her little brother but he is a bit young for the box for her age.

I wanted to share and highly recommend this. We try to do some things to add to our grand children's experiences in life, such as sending them to some summer camp programs. Since we are not buying group activities for them, I see this as being a valid alternative.

I am happy with the one that I chose but dont want to be seen as advertising so I will not share that information as to which one I chose, unless asked. There are choices to be made.

If you are looking for something that has some quality of experience, I do endorse looking at these various offerings. You can make a renewing subscription or you can place orders for individual boxes with the one that I chose.

Do your own search and you will find lots of reviews for the different companies.

If I lived close enough I would do all manner of things with her. This is the best way to reach out over the states that divide us to provide her with this creative activity.

Just wanted to share this. Has anyone else experienced these craft boxes?

It seems that the subscription box has expanded beyond the food boxes. I had no idea.

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wednesday morning
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5 years ago

Ok, I said that if I was asked I would share.

I ordered the MyCraftBox. It was a toss up between this one and another.

She is delighted with it.

A craft kit as a birthday gift is a wonderful idea!

I am almost 70 but I remember a few kits that I got as a kid and I remember how thrilled I was with them. We did not have much and we appreciated what we did have, for real.

I think my grand daughter is already too full of too many things to have the level of appreciation for them as I did. But, she loves the craft box.

There are so many cheap and awful toys to squander your money on. At least with the crafts, once she has done them and they have been strung around the house for a while, it is time to trash them. Most of them are paper crafts so they are not as nuanced to get rid of as some plastic toy. I have read that these plastic toys are amongst some of the worst garbage.

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Uptown Gal
5 years ago
I have seen those advertised and always think how much my DD would have

loved those when she was young. Thanks for the review...going to think

about who would love one now. :)
wednesday morning thanked Uptown Gal
eld6161
5 years ago
Definitely share the ones that you like.

No grandkids.

Years ago my go to birthday gift when my girls were invited to parties was a craft kit.

We had a huge art store in the next town that had a section with wonderful craft kits.
wednesday morning thanked eld6161
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No kids of that age in my life at the moment, but sure sounds like something many would enjoy. Especially the part about getting package in the mail out of the blue -- fond memories of an uncle who send us kids a box of cheap costume jewelry one summer when we were kids. Such fun!
maifleur03
5 years ago
Just a suggestion but always ask the child not the parent before re-subscribing.
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maire_cate
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
My best friend has 2 grand daughters and she subscribed to Kiwi. Their mother is a Montessori teacher and really likes it. I asked my DDIL if she would be interested in having one for her daughter and she thought it was a good idea and also suggested Kiwi.

There are many to check out. Wirecutter rated Kiwi in October 2020.

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-kids-craft-subscription-boxes/
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My daughter-in-law sent for several of these when they lived with us last Fall. The boys were 3.5 & 6 then. I have no idea what company but boys were thrilled with the kits. I disliked that each kit imcluded a bottle of glue, scissors, cheezy markers etc etc. But I always have those supplies in the house. DIL doesn't and she appreciated the 'all-inclusivness' of each kit. My sister is sending these kits as Birthday gifts to out-of-town nephews, neices, grands this year.

When my oldest nephew was 3 (1982) I bought a fishing tackle box and filled it with glue, scissors, beads, craft sticks, pipe cleaners etc etc for his Birthday. If it's still remembered all these years later--it WAS a hit.
wednesday morning
Original Author
5 years ago
I appreciate hearing of others experiences with these boxes. I may do this one for a while and then switch to another for variety.

My little one loves it! Her brother is a bit young yet but I address it to the two of them anyway.

You can blow this amount of money away on nothing, otherwise.

It is something different from more plastic junky toys.

I worry, too, about the excess materials that might be in the box. But when weighed against some of the other things that fill their lives, it comes out on top.
arcy_gw
2 years ago
last modified: 2 years ago
I has a subscription to one of these 30 years ago when my son was pre-school aged. We had a blast and he loved the projects we did together. When my daughter came along there was no "together" . She preferred to take the contents and use her creativity independently!! I have no idea where I heard of it or which it was. My best guess would be I heard it on PBSs "Donna's Day". She is a treasure trove of ideas.

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