March Kiwi Crate

Thing 2 was sick today, so we couldn't go out. Had to do a lot of quiet rest time just watching TV and napping on the couch. Which left for a very understanding but bored big brother. When he asked for the 10th time... "Mommy what are we going to do today?" I decided it was time to bust out our first Kiwi Crate box. We opened it up and went through the different activities. Kiwi Crate is great because they literally give you all the materials you need and they include very clearly written step by step directions with kid friendly illustrations. There were two big activities and then some additional things they could do with coloring, role playing, etc. The theme this month had to do with gardens. We decided to do "My Window Garden" first. It came with everything we needed to make the garden and even has a journal where they can record their observations each week. I also liked that in the instruction book it gave guiding questions to ask and some suggestions for extension activities to do with the extra materials. (The teacher in me was loving this!)

Thing 1 decided to color the inside of the box first and color and cut out the little paper "dolls" that you can use to role play with first.

Getting down to business making his Window Garden. Putting in the soil pellets first.

Adding some water to make the soil pellets expand.

Adding bean and squash seeds

Writing his label stickers for the plant labels

All done and hung in the kitchen window!

Thing 2 decided he was feeling well enough to come do his window garden too.

Water vs No water

All done and hung in the kitchen window with Big Brothers!

Both boys' window gardens hanging in the kitchen window where we get decent sunlight most of the day. (Ignore my streaky windows! lol! Guess I need to clean them again!)

We really liked our first Kiwi Crate activity. The kids had a lot of fun and I like that one of the activities was science based and the other (which we didn't do yet) is art based. It definitely appeals to kids and their varied interests!