Doodle Crate Subscription Box Review & Coupon – Cork Board!

Of the several boxes within the KiwiCo family, Doodle Crate is the most likely to leave you with a keepable and displayable piece of art!  Doodle Crate is a member of the KiwiCo family geared toward kids 9+.  It inspires young makers to learn new skills and gain creative confidence through craft and art projects by teaching them basic and intermediate techniques of a new artistic medium each month.

Though geared toward kids, Doodle Crate is gender neutral and also excellent for anyone (even adults) wanting a craft subscription.  In our experience, this is the best “arts and crafts” box for older kids, tweens, teens, and adults.

This month’s project: a colorful desktop cork board!  Every crate comes with everything you need to complete the project (except for a few basic items from your home), as well as a booklet.  Doodle Crate tends to focus on a single craft and contains only what you’ll need for the project.

The booklet has excellent, textbook quality background on the subject matter of the project.  The booklet is loaded with high-quality pictures and illustrations to both give you ideas and help you along.  Doodle Crate is great at giving some perspective and inspiration for their projects.

The booklet walks through the project step-by-step in great detail.  There are lots of pointers and helpful tips located throughout the booklet, and the designers are good at anticipating areas of potential confusion or difficulty, providing suggestions and work-arounds.

Like many Doodle Crate projects, this one has some templates and project suggestions, but it also leaves room for a lot of creativity.

One of the great things about this subscription is the adjustable difficulty.  You can almost always simplify or complicate the project to your liking by adjusting the intricacy of your artwork to suit your mood and ability.

All the materials in this Doodle Crate project!

The Crate included an second mini project, painting pins for our board.

The Crate itself made a great pin cushion!  Paint and patterns were included for either free-hand decoration or stenciling.

We used a masking “paint resist” technique to decorate the board.

It has a cool, stylized Mondrian look after the tape is removed.  The process can be repeated and layered as much as you want to achieve the desired effect.

A simple, folding stand holds the board upright at an angle.

We had a great time making this project as a family!  While some Doodle Crate projects require a bit of dexterity, this was one my daughter was able to do all by herself, with a little help only on assembling the stand.  She keeps it in her room so she can track her “projects!” (And p.s. the donuts were awesome!)

Visit Doodle Crate to subscribe or find out more!  Use this link to save 30% on your first month of Doodle Crate!  (or Kiwi Crate and the KiwiCo family subscriptions Tinker Crate and Koala Crate).