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| DoodleBoxCrafts Taken from their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/doodleboxcraftuk/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED |
Let me first introduce you to the fantastic, Doodle Box Craft- They are a small business who offer a monthly subscription, craft box which encourages imagination, development of fine motor skills and most importantly fun! Suitable for children ages 4-8, these boxes are only £4.75 monthly and have hours of entertainment and fun, we found that not only Lily but the whole family wanted to join in. The boxes are both exciting and come with great extra's including an email giving lots more craft ideas, which is an aspect I have never seen before in a craft subscription and I can't wait to use these, both at home and with my class!
Our First Box
"LOOK THERE IS SAND MUMMY"
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| Colourful instructions |
The first activity Lily began was a sand art magnet, in the shape of a beach ball. Lily managed to peel the sticky back of the beach ball, and chose her own colour of sand to complete her magnet, this activity was one that Lily could do completely independently and she loved that! Lily spent a long time deliberating over which colours to use and then poured the sand on. She was so proud with her masterpiece that she placed it in pride of place on our fridge! I love that she had such a sense of achievement after the activity.
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| Lily's Completed Magnet |
As an adult, I was really impressed with the fact everything we needed was included, and that I didn't have to go and hunt for bits and bobs that I am unlikely to posses, the fact I didn't need to go out and buy anything to be able to complete the sets which in the past I have found frustrating with other subscription boxes, I also loved how one activity Lily could do completely independently, boosting her confidence greatly and the second activity challenged her, so we worked together as a team to complete it. The conversation that came as a direct result of the items in the box was brilliant.
"Mummy there's lots of sand left over, can I play with it like at the Sea Side please"
Lily spent about an hour after she'd finished making her beach ball magnet playing with the left over sand, mixing the colours together and talking about all the colours she could make using the sand she had, she loved adding the shells to her mini sand pit, and having discussions about what we could use to make a mini sandcastle. We had such fun playing with the sand that we kept it to play with again.
The lovely thing about these boxes is that the activities can take as long or little time as you and your little one needs, we did one activity at a time then put the box away to take out later on.
Our second activity was a sand paper, sand castle making set which required more drawing, and colouring. Even the pencil and chalk were included!
Lily asked for a little bit of help with this activity, we worked as a team which brought up a conversation about helping each other out and team work.
Lily needed some encouragement to add the doors and window but once she'd seen me do it she was excited to get let loose! She chose to play with the little cut out sea animals in her new sandpit, so we kept our sand castle card to the minimalistic look.
Lily and I truly enjoyed our first Doodle Box Craft, box and can't wait to see what next month brings.
To see for yourself just how much fun can be had, subscribe here at- http://www.doodleboxcraft.co.uk/#products
Thank You for reading
Danielle & Lily
xo
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