Sea Foam Painting

 We finished up our last activity in this month's Kiwi Crate:  My Sea Foam Painting.

 Kimberly read the directions and assembled all the supplies.

 Of course, everything was included, except for the paper I put on the table to protect it from the paint.

 In this crate was a one-way straw (just perfect for this artwork).

The then covered the end of the straw with a piece of cloth, secured by a rubber band...all included.

 Luke and Kim added dish soap, water and water color paint into the supplied container.

 Now the fun part, dip the straw into the paint and blow....the bubbles make wonderful designs on the water color paper.

Luke tried to see how high he could make the bubble mountain.

 After they were dry, we decorated them with the supplied colored chalk.

 I love Kimberly's crabs, and

 and Luke's hammerhead shark!

When we received our first Kiwi Crate it came with a poster to put the monthy theme stickers on...ours has been filled to capacity.

Today we made a little chart for our current stickers.

Thanks Kiwi Crate for all the fun you supply to our family.

Opening our July Kiwi Crate-Beach Day

I'm late with our "Opening Our Kiwi Crate" post....but I have to admit we did open it as soon as it arrived. 

In this month's crate was a beach ball....Kimberly immediately opened that and blew it up.  When Luke saw her ball, he found his and was very happy.  (We subscribe with the sibling option, so there is always enough supplies for both kids).

Once they dug out the beachballs, I put the box back together so you can see this month projects.

"crazy crabs" and a "sea foam painting."

They both looked very cute.

We always enjoy the "Explore" magazine.  It is full of activities pages and assorted crafts and also fun with food.

On the last pages of the magazine was a cut out of a shark puppet.  Kimberly did this right away.  (with the sibling pack you receive two magazines)

 It was a cute cut and fold and embellish activity.

 

As always, every single thing needed for each activity is included...including fiber fill, stickers and sticky google eyes.  Each child gets to make 2 crabs.

Kim and Luke were able to craft on their own.

 The sea foam painting looks very cool.  We haven't made these yet...tomorrow is the day for this, so I will post the final results tomorrow night.

Each child has two sheets of water color paper to use...I looking forward to this.

 In the "Explore"magazine were the directions to make a sponge splash ball.

 Here is our version from an older post.

 Great for a hot day...Thanks Kiwi Crate.

The next day we made out Crazy Crabs.

The kids could make these completely on their own. 

Two crabs come in a regular subscription, but with the sibling pack, we have 4 crazy clams.

So cute.

Now, you line them up and roll the beach ball at them, trying to knock off the "shell".  The shells easily go back on. 

I just think these are great.

Tomorrow we will be making our Sea Foam Painting...Hopefully I will post this process and final project tomorrow evening.

Thank you, Kiwi Crate for another fun box. 

June Kiwi Crate---Camping Trip

 We enjoyed another fun Kiwi Crate.

The June theme was camping.

 Kimberly immediately choose to make the glowing campfire.

 Because the instructions are so clear, Kim was able to make the campfire completely on her own.

The campfire kit even came with "marshmallows" on a stick and a flickering light to keep the fire burning in the dark. 

It's very cute!

Luke is 9 now, and still enjoys some of the projects, he didn't care to make the campfire but he was very happy to make the sunprint backpack.

 

 Of course, in your Kiwi Crate, absolutely everything is included to do the projects, right down to the tiniest adhesive sticker.

 

 For this project, you first "paint" the bag cloth bag with water.

You then paint the wet bag with blue and green paint. The kids enjoyed the way the colors blended as you added more color.

 Next we took the wet bags out into the sunshine and placed the provided shapes on the bag.  It also suggests added your own items such as rocks, leaves or branches.  Both kids were happy to use the shapes they gave us.

 Place the bags in the sunshine until totally dry.  When dry, remove shapes. They were very impressed with the sunprints.  Kimberly is now using her bag to collect rocks and Luke hasn't decided what he will collect in his bag.

 Thanks again, Kiwi Crate, for another month of fun.

May--Kiwi Crate

The month of May's Kiwi Crate has been a big hit around here.

Farm Fun is the topic...and Kim and Luke just love growing anything.

I was very pleased with the little "garden" the kids put together.

The provided radish and grass seeds began to sprout the day after planted which was a big plus for children with little patience.

There is a chart to draw the progress of the seedlings.

We have also planted a sunflower house and two flower pots full of beans.

The farm animal finger puppets are very cute.

Kim made these with zero help from me.

In honor of our gardening, we read aloud:

Miss Rumphius

The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds

How Flowers Grow

Planting our  beans

Luke planting the sunflower house.

Opening our Thanksgiving Kiwi Crate

 Come and explore the Thanksgiving Kiwi Crate with us.

We open our box and our greeted by this cute little kiwi bird.

 The overview of the Thanksgiving projects:  My Turkey Place Cards (6 place cards in total) and My Turkey Game.

 On the back of the overview page is a cute color and cut out activity. These can be played with using the scene printed on the inside of the Kiwi Crate box.

There is also a sticker which can be added to your Kiwi poster.  This poster comes in your first Kiwi Crate when you subscribe.

 The first activity is My Turkey Game.  It has a low messiness level and a medium parental participation.

 

Great instructions...step by step in full color.

 

Various elements of the turkey game.

Even a new box of jumbo crayons. 

Popsicle sticks, wiggle eyes and foamie stickums.

Instructions and directions for the Turkey Game.

Activity number two: My Turkey Place Cards.

A list of items needed and complete instructions.



 

Everything needed to make the turkey place cards.  Scissors are needed for this project.  If you subscribe to Kiwi Crate, you get scissors included in your first crate.

There is even air dry clay included in this Thanksgiving crate.

I can't stress how wonderful all our Kiwi Crates have been, especially the ease of the projects, perfect for little hands.  My 7 and 8 year olds can follow the wonderful picture instructions and they do the crafts with minimal help from me.