Kiwi Crates Were a Hit on Vacation

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I don't know about you when you go on vacation, but I always find myself packing along things to keep my lad busy on rainy days, before supper is made, or when it feels just TOO HOT to do anything else.  :)   When we went up to Grundy Lake for our annual camping trip, I did what I always do but this time instead of raiding the local Dollarama for some art supplies, I brought along some Kiwi Crates.

I have to admit, we've been enjoying these crates for a while now.   You can get a variety of length of subscriptions.  From month by month, three, six or twelve month subscriptions.  Kiwi Crates is also associated with tinker, doodle, koala and cricket crates.   A big part of me wishes I had met these crates AGES ago.  :)

My lad ALMOST gave up with this challenge, he was SO frustrated by it but in the end, he got it to work.   My finicky careful lad almost got out finickied.  :)   BUT did he learn a few things?  For sure.
1. Patience wins out
2. it's actually really neat if you get it all to balance just so
3. magnets are pretty tricky to work with if you want them to work against each other.

Follow the instructions to put it together, tell mom SHE's WRONG (and be right) and have a ton of fun.  Then put everything in a different spot and try it another way.   My lad had SO much fun making this pinball machine and then playing with it.  It continues to be a favourite item to play with.

 OH boy oh boy.. this was the BEST kiwi crate EVER in your entire life!!!!!     My son was so intrigued by this crate.   The combination creation proved to a hard one to come up with until he decided to draw every spider he's ever owned plus a few extras just to mess with people.  He would not let me take a picture of the actual combination and posed his lock very carefully so as not to give it all away.   The Combination Lock was a totally awesome hit in my son's eyes.  :)

Next week we'll be making another one... my lad is curious about it.  Fun times ahead!  :)  Check out the video below to show persistence does pay off...

What else do we link about Kiwi Crates?

Clear concise directions, a booklet that gives you additional information and asks questions to help you figure out more ideas to think about.  :)

All the supplies you need are provided.   In the floating pencil we didn't even need to provide the pencil!   My son loved the tiny crayons that were included, "Look mom!  They are neat, see how they all fit together?"   All the tiny pieces for the pinball were neatly bagged.   The combination lock thankfully came with an extra wood circle as well.

All in all, I am glad that we took the time on our vacation to do these kiwi crates.  It gave my lad something to do while waiting for supper to cook, and on one of our cooler days.  Looking forward to doing our next one and upgrading to the tinker crates.  :)