Building Castles: Kiwi Crate Holiday

This post is written by me and sponsored by Kiwi Crate, a family favorite for making our craft game easy.

Craftastic, gettin’ our craft on, crafty Craftersons—whatever you call it, we like to make stuff in our home, and it’s not unusual to find colored pompoms under dressers, glitter stuck to the countertop or a pile of glue sticks shoved in a drawer that’s not meant for glue sticks (“Kelle,” says Brett while he digs for a spatula, “tame your crafts.”). I’ve never mastered the art of organizing our craft game, but I can tell you this: making things with my kids has become a love language for all of us, a way for us to enjoy quiet time together while feeling that little rush of happy for creating something new.
I’ve introduced Kiwi Crate before, but it’s a perfect time to talk about them because it’s November (ahhh! It’s November!), and if you’re anything like me and like to space out all the holiday stuff so it doesn’t all fall in a two-week mad dash in December, you’re thinking about meaningful gifts now. So grandparents and aunts and uncles who are looking for that perfect kid gift? Psst…here’s your thing.

Kiwi Crate is a subscription service that delivers hands-on experiences for kids at their doorstep—everything they need to create 2-3 activities—arts and crafts, imaginative play, science and games.

Once a month (for however long you choose), a little box arrives at the door. Open it with your kids, and you know what it says? It says, “Grab a chair. Sit down. Have some fun. Be together. No digging around for glue sticks, no crawling on the floor for lost pompoms, it’s all here. Make something!”
Those somethings you make are pretty awesome too with different themes each month (like gardening, dinosaurs, space, etc.) and complemented with easy-to-follow instructions (nothing too complicated) and extra information to help create great learning experiences while you create.
Take last month’s medieval themed box. The girls loved putting together their cardboard castle and decorating it; and long after creating it, they had something to play with.

Lainey loved creating the catapult (lots of science and physics lessons)…

….and aiming the ping pong ball (included too) right at me.

The convenience of Kiwi Crate not only means you don’t have to run to the craft store to pick up all the materials for one idea, but everything stays contained to one area, making clean-up easy. Save your crate for a rainy day, for “I’m bored, Mom” weekends or take it with you to places where you know your child might need some entertainment.

Want to try it? Kiwi Crate is available in 1, 3, 6 or 12 month subscription offers for as little as $12.95 a month plus $2.95 shipping. Use Code KELLE25 for 25% off the first month of your subscription. Wrap up that box and put it under the tree with a note that the gift will keep on giving. New subscribers will also receive a bonus welcome kit. And Kiwi Crate offers other activity boxes–Tinker, Doodle and Koala crates targeted for ages 3-16+. Coupon code can be applied to these other brands as well. This is an especially great gift for grandparents who live far away and want to stay connected. Make a tradition of Skyping in while your grandkids work on their activities and see their finished products.

Making things together is a great way to connect and learn more about your child, and I love how easy Kiwi Crate makes it for the entire family

Thank you Kiwi Crate for sponsoring this post, and thank you readers for checking out the sponsors that make great products and services our family enjoys and also help make supporting this blog a little easier.