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Koala Crate
Cost: $19.95/month.
Ships To: United States and Canada.
Coupon Code: Use code “SBR50” to save 50% off your first month.

Koala Crate is from Kiwi Crate’s line of crates and is designed for preschoolers ages 3-4.  The box includes all the materials and inspiration for projects related to a theme such as colors, transportation or safari. Crates are designed to give children exposure to new materials and new concepts that encourage hands-on learning and fun.
Koala Crate ships via FedEx Smart Post and took about a week to arrive. Sometimes they ship mid-month and sometimes they ship closer to the end of the month.

It’s kind of a dreary day around here so we decided to work on this month’s Koala Crate. At the same time my 3 year-old and I worked on this one, my 7 year-old worked on this month’s Kiwi Crate.

The February 2016 Koala Crate theme was “Rainforest” and included three projects – “butterfly puppet”, “musical rainstick” and “balancing tree game”.

Project #1 – “Butterfly Puppet”

The first project in the box was “Butterfly Puppet” and included all the materials to create a caterpillar friend that transforms into a butterfly. It’s low on the messiness scale, medium on the grownup involvement scale and involved “creating” and “discovering”.
W (my 3 year-old) did all of the decorating on this one on his own. I think he did amazing! He was able to peel off all the felt stickers on his own and knew exactly where he wanted to put everything.
We flipped this inside out and decorated the caterpillar inside as well. I forgot to take a picture of it, but we used black and white felt stickers with and googly eyes.

Project #2 – “Musical Rainstick”

The second project in the crate was “Musical Rainstick”. This project allowed you to crate the soft sound of falling rain with a fun musical instrument. The project was low on the messiness scale, medium on the grownup involvement scale and involved “moving – fine” and “creating”.

I vaguely recall doing a very similar Kiwi Crate project with L a few years back. All we need to do with this one was decorate the outside of the tube with stickers and then place the tube insert inside along with the wooden beads. It makes such a cool noise and I personally thought it was super calming.

Project #3 – “Balancing Tree Game”

The final project in the crate was the “Balancing Tree Game”. It was low on the messiness scale, medium on the grownup involvement scale and involved “discovering” and “moving – fine”.

W loved this one! He couldn’t get enough of picking up the pom pons with the tweezers. Getting them to stack on the tree wasn’t the easiest thing to do, but he still loved it.

As usual, the box also contained an “imagine!” magazine. It has puzzles, stories, games and other project idea relating to this month’s theme.

What do you think of Koala Crate? I love that Kiwi Crate branched out into some different ages groups because this one is just right for W.  If you are interested in subscribing you can sign up here and use coupon code “SBR50” to save 50% off your first month.