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My regular readers will know that I do love a subscription box and the Weekend Box Club is a great mystery box for children. The box is packed with art and craft materials to complete, which is perfect for anyone who needs a little help in getting crafty with the kids because let's face it, we can only surf Pinterest for so long :-) |
What is the weekend box club all about? |
These great little subscription boxes are delivered directly to your door in time for the weekend (hence the name), and to help with all budgets there is a new box that has been launched called Mini Weekend Boxes. These boxes contain 2 themed activities and most importantly all the necessary craft items you'll need for your child to complete the tasks.
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| Unpacking our kid's craft subscription box - Mini Weekend Box |
We completed each of our activities throughout the weekend. Our themed box was Rainforest and our first task was to create a parrot mask. Whilst we do love to wear masks, capes and well bed lining .... around the house, I found with this project, it was mainly me doing the work - this is because a lot of cutting is involved. In hindsight, I could have cut everything out for Max before he started this project, so needless to say his attention did wander as I'm not the fasted of cutters. He did enjoy the glueing..... maybe a bit too much!
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| Rainforest themed subscription craft box for children |
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| What child doesn't like a bit of glueing... |
Our second activity was very much for Max. I'm not sure if it's because he loves nature, water or dirt..... probably all 3! This rainforest activity was called 'Grow a Rainforest' and fortunately, I had looked at the instructions and ingredients to see what we needed before we started. I say fortunately as you need an empty bottle for this, and the minute my son sees an activity that involves bottles of any kind, he wants to decant the contents into any random bowl, bucket or box!
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| Just need that never-ending squash bottle ..... |
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| Little pellets of soil - a little boy's dream! |
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| Making our own rainforest |
Each project took no longer than 30 minutes to complete, and for my 4-year-old that's about his attention span. That's not to say we didn't complete other projects and drawing whilst the 'craft table' was out, and the good think about these mini weekend boxes is it gives you ideas for future projects. I can see us saving our bottles and possibly making more rainforests in future weeks, and thanks to the weekend box club, we now have the know-how on the best way to do this.
Finally, and one of the most important aspects of these boxes - they fit through the letterbox! So no red cards or tracking your parcel down with the neighbour, if you're out for the day, no matter as I mentioned above the boxes are sent out later in the week to have these on your doorstep by the weekend.
Want to try your 1st Weekend Box for free? I have been given a promo code for any of my lovely readers to try out the boxes for themselves - just quote RACHAEL65 when signing up at https://www.weekendboxclub.com. Future boxes will be £4.95 for the mini box and £7.50 for the bumper box, but you can pause or cancel your boxes if you are not completely satisfied at any time.
Do come back and let me know if you take up this offer. It's a great way to spend some quality time with your children where we can all learn together.
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| Try your 1st-weekend box for free |
Disclaimer: I received a mini weekend box to review.
The above wording is all my own and not influenced by products received.
We also did this review. 2 of our rainforest seeds germinated a couple of days ago, but no sign of the other 2 yet
ReplyDeleteOh we haven't seen any yet, I may move them into the craft room so I can keep an closer eye on them... I mean Max, so Max can ;-)
DeleteGuess it depends when you planted them. We did it a fortnight ago. A third one has appeared today
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