Our Koala Crate

After having A's dance photos this morning, we needed a fun activity! Putting a toddler in a tutu, tights, tap shoes and a hair bun and asking them to pose and smile isn't a good time for anyone involved (somehow, she did it!).  I want to share with you what's came in her Kiwi Co. Koala Crate this month, in case, like me, you're wondering if the subscription is worth it!

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This month's focus was: bugs. "Eeeww! Bugs!" she exclaimed when I told her, but was instantly curious. Each month includes three crafts/activities, a parent manual and a learning magazine.

First, we made her felt cape and headband. Each month's crate is specific to your child's age-range, (from 0-16!) so it was easy for her to stick the dot stickers on the back of the cape in any order she wanted. She had fun running around the house and yard with it on, and pretending for her two kittens that she was a bug. Then, told them "I'm kidding! I'm A!" She turned to me and said, "They think I'm a bug, Mom!" with a huge smile on her face.

Next, we put together her ladybug pouch used to store her bug-eye prism viewer. I mostly did this while she started working on her memory game.

Each month, I save activities like this in the box. She is almost 3 and the age range I have chosen is 3-4, so as her attention span increases, this is something we can pull back out of the closet and explore further. I started explaining that this viewer showed her how an insect looks at a flower, seeing it through each of its many lenses...but she was already on to the next activity; the memory game!

The bug matching game was already put together and just needed to be unwrapped. We started out playing memory but ended up just turning them all over and finding matches, naming each pair of bugs in the process.

I know what you're thinking: I received a year's worth of Koala Crates for this posting! Nope, not even a month's worth. We just really like it! I'm looking forward to having something on hand for her to do when baby arrives and she's out of daycare. Something fun, that I don't have to think about or plan.

Easy to follow manual "for the grownup assistant."

When we revisit this box, we'll also spend more time on the magazine that it came with.