Atlas Crate is one of the best subscription boxes for kids from parent company KiwiCo. This box is designed to spark the curiosity and sense of adventure in children ages 6-11 and help them become citizens of the world. Each month Atlas Crate will deliver materials and instructions to provide hands-on experiences to help kids develop their sense of cultural awareness.
KiwiCo offers boxes for different age groups:
- Panda Crate for 0-24-month-olds,
- Koala Crate for 2-4-year-olds,
- Kiwi Crate for 5-8-year-olds,
- Atlas Crate for 6-11-year-olds,
- Doodle Crate and Tinker Crate for 9-16+-year-olds,
- Eureka Crate and Maker Crate for ages 14 and up.
There really is something for every age with this company!
This review is of the $19.95/month Atlas Crate box, for 6-11-year-olds.
This box was sent to us at no cost for review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes).
About Atlas Crate
The Subscription Box: Atlas Crate
The Cost: $19.95 per month + free shipping. Save with longer subscriptions.
The Products: Crafts and DIY projects for kids, with supplemental learning kits, booklets, and activities. Crates are filled with materials and inspiration to encourage creativity and curiosity about the world.
Ships to: The U.S. for free, Canada for $3.95 per month, and worldwide from $4.95-$6.95
Atlas Crate "Poland" Review
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This airmail envelope contains several informative cards and our passport sticker to add to our Adventure Book.
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In our first box, we received an Adventure Book that contained cards for each of the continents and we are able to add to it each month as we receive cards for each of the new countries.
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The cards for our adventure book are bright, vibrant, and full of information about Poland.
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They always include some "do" pages and this month we have a recipe for Pierogi Leniwe, and some instructions for making our own Wianki (wreath).
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The kids are always eager to check out the cards and learn more about our destination.
Activity #1: Wycinanki Egg
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The first project was to make a Wycinanki Egg using a glue method. This seemed like the perfect activity for my daughter.
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They provided the egg, a mess mat, glue, a bowl for the glue, a paintbrush, and some paper shapes to create our designs.
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She worked with layers of glue and paper to form a flower on the bottom half of her egg and a rooster and plant on the top half. She would add glue and then paper, then more glue before adding her next color paper.
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It's still wet here, but I thought it turned out pretty cool! This was a fun way to work with paper and glue and something we might have to repeat with some tissue paper.
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My son was eager to make his own design on paper using the leftover materials. It turned out pretty neat, too!
Activity #2: Pajak
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Our next project was to make a Pajak, a traditional geometric ornament. My son and I worked on this one together.
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They provided several small sticks, some small plastic tubes, brad fasteners, an elastic cord, and some wooden joints. They also provided some paper flowers in various colors and sizes and some foam discs for decorations.
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First, it was just a matter of adding the tubes to the connector ends and then adding sticks to each one to form our geometric shape. With the last section, we had to fold up the shape to get it connected.
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Next, we layered the paper flowers and used the brads to add them to the hole in the center of the connector pieces. Then we added the elastic to one of the top ones so it could hang.
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The last step was to add the discs to the sticks to further decorate them. Each disc had a slit and a hole in the center so it was easy enough to just slide them into place.
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It is definitely such an interesting art piece and I like that we can move the discs around any time to switch up the style, too!
Verdict: We love how fun and easy our Atlas Crate projects are each month! There are always two different activities making it ideal for my son and daughter to do with just a little bit of guidance from me. Everything is well organized and the directions are easy-to-follow which means it makes mom happy, too! I thought both of our projects turned out great and we learned some fun new art techniques!
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? From KiwiCo:
Crates are assigned each month based on availability and your crate history -- not all subscribers receive the same theme each month.
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