Eco Kids Kit: Monthly Subscription Box

Our Monthly Subscription Service

Building on the popularity of our Ocean, Rainforest & Birds of Prey Eco Kits, which are designed for children age 3-8, we launched our first subscription box in July 2020. It was a huge hit with kids and over 25 families signed up! So thrilled to continue our mission of instilling a love of nature, many cultures and the arts in young children in our community & beyond. 

Our kits are designed by an early childhood professional to be fun & enriching. Each month will be a different theme and will include opportunities for creativity and play with art, science, sensory stimulation, fine-motor skill development and more! Further, all of our kits are gender neutral, so there is no "girl" or "boy" option. We strive to be eco-friendly, sourcing used & natural materials and limiting plastics as much as possible. 

While there are many national brands that can provide  you with monthly boxes for your kids, with our service, you are supporting a local, small business. 

What's Inside?

In each kit you can expect to find:

• 3-4 activities or crafts with simple-to-follow, written instructions
• 1-2 educational worksheets or laminated cards (may include a game, coloring page, etc.),
• Access to a blog post that provides supplemental learning materials including book suggestions and links to virtual "field trips" 

How Does the Subscription Work?

This is a recurring subscription. Your card will be charged when you check-out today and then again in about 30 days, and every 30 days thereafter for the number of months you choose (3, 6 or 9 months). When that time is up, there is no auto-renew, so you are in the driver's seat. You can cancel at any time and even pause a month if needed! This can be managed through your subscription account which you will need to create when you purchase this product. (Don't worry-- it's quick and easy!) 

2020 Kit Calendar

July's Gemstone & Dino-Bones kit encouraged kids to be geologists & paleontologists...August's Wild Art kit will encourage kids to make art with nature! 

During the school year, we will lean into our Montessori-inspired curriculum roots, exploring seasons, plants & animals. We will also travel around the world, featuring a different continent of the month from November-May, exploring the rich cultures and biodiversity of life found on each continent.  

July: Gemstones & Dino-Bones, (NO LONGER AVAILABLE)

August: Wild Art!

September: Outer Space

October: TBD

November: North America & First Nations 

December: Europe & Winter Solstice

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August's Kit: Wild Art! 

Make art with objects found in nature!! Our August Theme continues to offer activities & crafts designed to be played OUTSIDE (while the weather is nice!). Inside your box you will find:

• Lavender Calming Play-Dough: Homemade, LONG-LASTING non-toxic play-dough scented with lavender essential oils and fancied up with eco-glitter. Comes with dried lavender to mix in and simple stamps. (Sensory)
• Magic Color-Changing Tea Experiment: Organic, dried butterfly pea tea is blue in colored when steeped with hot water. Add lemon and it changes color to purple! (Science & Sensory)
• Cyanotype Sun-Art Fern Print: Harness the power of the sun & science to make beautiful art from fern leaves! (Art & Science)
• Moss & Mushroom Cap sculpture: Uses a mix of recycled and new materials to create a whimsical piece of art to add to your favorite magical outdoor space (Art)
• Paint with Mud! Grab some dirt from the backyard, mix with some powdered tempura paint and create a muddy masterpiece on a piece of thick card-stock. (Art & Sensory)
• Nature Weave Frame wrap twine around a wood frame, weave in dried flowers and other found nature objects and then use as a frame for your mud painting! (Art)
• Coloring Contest! Color a special whimsical design created by Jess from Studio Jay Bird. Snap a photo and enter our contest for a chance to win $25 of EKV Store Credit. (Art)
• Parts of a Flower Worksheet: Learn how to identify all the parts of a flower. (Science)

Warning: Choking Hazard - small parts. Not intended for kids under the age of 3.

Subscriptions purchased August 1st or later will receive the Wild Art Kit which will first be released and delivered locally on Friday, August 14th!  

For new orders placed between August 15th-31st, please allow 2-3 days for local delivery, and 5-7 days for shipments. Shipping costs of $7.50 per box will apply. 

Can I give this as a gift?

The subscription is available as a gift, and also available to be prepaid. Prepaid subscriptions pay for all months and shipping in advance. The quantity is the number of kits you want delivered each month. So if you prepay 3 months and set the quantity for 2, you'll pay for 6 kits total and receive 2 kits each month for 3 months. Gift subscriptions will not auto-renew. If you want to pay monthly, just be sure that the shipping address is set for delivery to the gift recipient.