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Tinker Crate
Cost: $19.95/month.
Ships To: United States and Canada.
Coupon Code: Use code “FESTIVE30” to save 30% off your first month of Kiwi Crate and their family of boxes!
Tinker Crate (which is part of the Kiwi Crate family) introduces 9-16-year-olds to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) through fun, educational activities. Each Tinker Crate comes with all the materials needed for building the project, instructional video, and blueprint with step by step instructions, as well as a Tinker Zine with additional science experiments and activities.
Tinker Crate ships via FedEx Smart Post out of California.
L, my 8.5 year-old has outgrown Kiwi Crate, so we decided to give Tinker Crate a try. I think this is our third month?
The November 2016 Tinker Crate theme was “automaton” and included all of the materials necessary to engineer a hand-cranked automaton that makes a marble climb stairs! It also included Bonus Materials to make a Cardboard Automation Kit. We haven’t gotten around to making that quite yet.
Instructions
The instructions for Tinker Crate are quite detailed and walk you through each step of the process. They also have a YouTube channel, but I didn’t see the Automoton video up there yet.
In Process
L was able to do about 80% of this alone and just needed me to clarify a few of the tricky parts. It’s pretty involved so I feel like the age range on here is right on.
Final Product
My kids are absolutely obsessed with this. Like totally obsessed. They love watching the balls climp up the stairs and then slide back down and do it all over again. This was a hit!
Tinker Zine
Each box also includes the Tinker Zine, which includes additional science activities and experiments relating to the theme.
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