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As a quick recap, KiwiCo crates are age-appropriate boxes of activities curated to help parents and kids have fun learning at home. KiwiCo crates come in eight age ranges, from 0 all the way up to 104. Depending on the age, crates ship every month or every other month. Carter receives the KiwiCo Koala Crate for ages 2-4, but next month he’s moving on up to the Kiwi Crate!
KiwiCo Koala Crate: Glowing Nature Theme
This month’s theme is glowing nature, which is perfect for my little animal-loving scientist. As always, he started by dumping everything out and examining each piece. He also flipped through the magazine before working on his projects.
I love, love, love how simple and visual the directions are. This month we have a mushroom lantern, firefly, and jelly fish. You can see that they’re low to medium on mess factor and medium to high on parental help.
Overall, I’m really happy with this crate and the amount of play it delivered.
Project One: Jellyfish
Carter wanted to start with the blue jellyfish. He was able to assemble almost everything alone by following the pictures. I just needed to hold the base steady for the suction cups and help him tie knots on the beads.
Then he took his new friends over to the window and played his little heart out. It’s been a few days now and the jellyfish has lived on several of our windows already. Even Charlotte likes to get in on the action. It’s also great for hand-eye coordination.
Project Two: Firefly
Next up was the lightning bug. This one was super simple to assemble, but has provided so much fun. I love to see Carter’s imagination at work.
Project Three: Lantern
Okay, this one can get a little messy so I pulled out our craft mat, linked in my Amazon Preschool section. We added one coat the first day and then it needed a second coat the next day. After painting, Carter was able to use the pictures to assemble the rest himself. Now he has a mushroom-inspired lantern with a handle. He charges it up by the window and then uses it in his forts while he’s “camping” with his lightning bug.
KiwiCo Koala Crate Discount Code
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