Target is now offering an Art & Craft Kit Subscription for Kids, bringing a different creative activity to your doorstep each month for $14.99.
This box actually arrived a little earlier than our previous boxes; they usually arrive around the 24th for us, but this arrived on the 20th! So we're resetting dates and calling this the "June" box, even though our last review was also for June.
You'll notice this is packaged very simply. It looks like any other online order from Target.
My Subscription Addiction paid for this box. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
The Subscription Box: Target Art & Craft Kit Subscription for Kids
The Cost: $14.99
The Products: A different crafting activity each month. Ranging from coloring kits to DIY accessories, the variety will spark kids' imagination and keep them excited to see what they will create next! Instructions are provided when necessary. For ages 6-10.
Good to know: You do save 5% by subscribing, making the true cost $14.30. Make sure to select the subscribe option when you sign up.
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Creativity for Kids Fairy Garden Kit - Retail Value $19.99
Another craft kit this month, yay! This one looks like a really fun summer project and is advertised for "Ages 7 to 97" on the box.
I've seen other kids' projects for fairy gardens, which are usually a tiny garden plot decorated with a fairy house and some other glittery things. I like that this box is self-contained and has everything we should need except water.
Here's everything we need!
The instructions weren't step-by-step detailed instructions, but this isn't the kind of project where you'll be recreating the photo on the box in perfect detail. They tell you which pieces to paint and give you some tips for how to use the included glittery "fairy dust" to decorate.
This round planter is about 12" across. It is paintable, though we opted to keep ours white.
This bag of dirt is perfectly portioned for your garden.
Your kit also comes supplied with some beans and grasses to sprout! They recommend saving some for later so that you can add more to your garden in the future.
There are a variety of decorative items too: fake flowers, tiny butterflies, purple gravel, and glitter.
A few rhinestones and clear plastic stones that can be painted with designs on the back...
Decorative mushrooms and a little fairy house to paint...
...and of course, don't forget the fairy!
The included paints have a nice pastel color scheme.
I decided to do this project with my two-year-old son because he loves painting and playing in the dirt–and he keeps asking about doing "another project" ever since we painted the Animal Jam bird feeder together.
First, we painted those mushrooms and our little fairy house!
Here's the paint swatched just in case you were wondering, haha! I think I ended up with more paint on me than he did!
Then we set to planting and decorating! Hard to keep this guy from playing with the dirt, but he had a blast.
Here we are all finished!
And then we added some water and stood by and watched! It's been a day, so it's too early for anything to sprout yet, but so far we're enjoying checking on the garden and making sure it's kept damp.
Verdict: This project was a little simpler than last month's kit, but still a lot of fun. I'm happy to see another fair and decent retail value this month, too. This project is a little twee, but teaching my kid the importance of nature and growing things is important to me, so I like that element a lot. I wish they let you choose an age range so it could be a little more specific to younger kids or pre-teens, but I was happy that I could share this project with my toddler this time!
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