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The 3-month subscription I had bought on Plum District to The Happy Trunk ended in June, but as luck would have it, The Happy Trunk contacted me to see if I wanted to check out the July box. Did I want to? Ha! Of course I did!
The Happy Trunk ships via USPS and took 3 days to get to me (I’m in Michigan) from Colorado. Not bad at all.
The first time you get The Happy Trunk the box includes a pair of scissors and a little note welcoming you to The Happy Trunk. This must have been considered a first box since it was for a review because we have already gotten the scissors in our actual first box. I really should bring a pair to my moms and keep a set up-north so L will be set to craft where ever he goes. We’ve got lots of kid scissors!
I could not have been more thrilled when I saw that the July The Happy Trunk theme was “Camping” and included three projects “Make your own camouflage binoculars”, “Make a nature journal” and “Make a hobo bag on a stick”. L is all about camping and I am still hoping that he and B can actually go on a real camping trip, at least for a night, this summer.
Project #1 – Camouflage Binoculars:
The first project we worked on was camouflage binoculars. We got off to kind of a rough start with it because we realized that we only had one piece of camouflage paper and we needed two pieces – one for each role. Either I threw it away or it wasn’t in the box or perhaps I just couldn’t see it (get it, because it was camouflage) so we used plain green construction paper instead. No big deal. L handled the glueing and rubber band parts of this project and I did the rest. We used a lot of glue….
Project #2 – Nature Journal: Next we worked on the Nature Journal. L ate diner before us last night so while B and I ate, L sat at the table and worked on a few of these projects. It’s fair to say that L is never going to art school and that he was thinking about popsicles when he was drawing. I explained to him that it was a nature journal and that he should draw things he found in nature in it, like leaves ad trees and flowers. Instead, he has our house drawn and his swingset ;).
~Project #3 – Hobo Bag on a Stick: The third and final project was hobo bag on a stick. It included transfer paper (why don’t I buy this stuff – it’s so cool!) so you could easily draw / design your own. L traced a few leaves and then had me do the rest. I took the easy way out and just wrote his name all over the bag.
The July “Explore more” included cute little finger flashlight, which L wore out in about two seconds. He loved it. I should try and get him a wearable flashlight because I think he’d love it. We also received markers in our kit, which I am assuming if for the Nature Journal? That’s what we used them for anyway!
As always, I impressed with The Happy Trunk. It’s $19.95/month and L and I enjoy it every month. The July theme fit right into summer and it’s something that interests L, so we thought it was great!
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