Kiwi Crate Subscription Box Review & Coupon-

Kiwi Crate is a kids’ craft and activity subscription and it comes with everything you need to create 2 excellent crafts. This box is geared for ages 3-7.

The theme for September was Woodland Creatures, and included a craft to make your own forest friend zipper pulls, plus a marble run game craft!  Kiwi Crate is very good about, depending on your perspective, either making the kids build their toys, or providing crafts that are fun to play with.  In either case, there is always plenty of opportunity for guided and self-directed exploration.
The back of the main card is fun to color in, and my son always carefully selects the right color for Steve the Kiwi.

Each box includes a completion sticker to proudly display on their Adventures poster. Almost time for a new one!

Kiwi Crate includes all the supplies you need for two main crafts, plus explore! magazine.  You really need very little from home to do the crafts.  Usually, you only need a pair of scissors (which is sent to you with a new subscription!), but often the pieces are pre-cut.  The crate includes self-adhesive items or glue/glue dots if needed for the crafts.

Each issue of explore! magazine  features a short comic, experiments and puzzles or picture or word find type games.  My son likes to complete the explore! activities cover-to-cover before proceeding to the crafts. Our daughter sneaks the book out first and reads the entire thing.

It has additional information and crafts and activities you can complete with household supplies to keep the fun going.

Every issue of explore! has a comic featuring Steve and his pals going on an adventure that fits this month’s theme.

The exercises, puzzles, and games in explore! are a great way to get into the theme of the box.  For parents, they are also a great way to keep your child entertained while you peruse the contents of the box and take a peek at the instructions for the crafts (it only takes a peek — they are always very clear and simple)!

my forest friends.  These cute little guys are stuffed with just enough cotton to give them a little belly bulge.

The self-adhesive  felt pieces were really easy for a child to apply…

But an adult helper is a great idea for identifying the different pieces and helping to peel them off the backing.

Owl, Rabbit, Bear, and Fox are all ready to play!  They each have a loop on their head, a ribbon, and a plastic hook for use as decorations (holiday or otherwise), backpack zipper pulls, or just to hang around.

my marble run.  This adorable board (we are particularly fond of beavers in our household) lets kids design their own run with many possible configurations.  Wooden marbles are provided.

The velcro tabs stick on quite easily, and the recommended locations are marked on the board.  This part is really simple for kids to do, but a helper may want to jump in on the folding of the troughs.  The “wooden” troughs have complementary velcro strips, so designing and redesigning the run is super easy.

The hardest part was just finding a place to hang it that was the right height.

Oh, the suspense!  This board could be mounted on a angled surface for an even slower roll.

Each craft each in this month’s Kiwi Crate had a component for which adult help was useful, but it was still a minimal amount.  I liked the mix of activities — one was crafty and cuddly, the other was kinetic and more engineering oriented.  The kids get to engage and nurture different interests and aptitudes within the larger theme of the crate. Our kids love Kiwi Crate because it is the best box in the Kiwi family for them both to do (they are four and six).  The activities and instructions are generally very simple, but the kit always includes some factoids and extension activities that keep our older child interested.

Visit Kiwi Crate to subscribe or to find out more about this fantastic kids’ craft subscription box! Use coupon code MS30 to save 30% on your first box of Kiwi Crate (or KiwiCo family subscriptions Tinker Crate, Koala Crate, and Doodle Crate ).