Everything is Greener in my Neck of the Woods
Green Kid Crafts is currently offering $5 off their Homemade Valentine’s Day Card Kit.
Use code card5 to get this offer {January 17-19th}
This kit comes with enough supplies to make 24 Valentine’s cards. You will get 24 red and white recycled envelopes, 24 recycled cardstock cards, 24 envelope sealing stickers, markers, wiggly eyes, shape stickers and puffy adhesive hearts.
Your kids will have fun making their own cards to pass out this Valentine’s Day!
My kids enjoy doing crafts. They both have their specialties: my daughter loves to paint and my son like to color and do activity books. My kids also go to a play based preschool so they bring home artwork all the time. One thing I hate about crafts is the waste.
Ways to reduce waste when making crafts:
Use recycled products
Reuse computer paper
Upcycle waste and packaging
Find companies that make eco-friendly crafts & supplies
One company that creates eco-friendly crafts is Green Kids Crafts. They are a monthly subscription service that will send a Discovery Box to your door every month. Each box contains three crafts ideal for kids aged 3-8. It is a mom-owned company that only uses safe and natural materials. The company is certified carbon-neutral, a member of 1% for the Planet and a 2012 winner of the StartupNation Leading Moms Business Competition and Green America’s People & Planet Awards.
I was sent a Discovery Box for my 3 & 4 year old. They were so excited to see the package was addressed to them. The Ocean themed box came with three crafts: Coral Reef Postcards, Sailboat, and Pin the Tail on the Whale.
My kids started with the Sailboat. My daughter chose to decorate the sail and my son chose the boat. It turned out very colorful! They colored the pieces with Oil Pastels. I love that everything is included in the kits.
Next they got messy with the paint and bubbles while creating Coral Reef Postcards. I had to help my kids blow the bubble paint because they kept sucking it up through the straw!!! My kids are on the younger side, so I think other kids would be able to handle the straws in the paint! They had fun getting messy and playing with paint.
Lastly, we played Pin the Tail on the Whale. I had to cut everything out since my kids are young. They had a great time playing though!
It would be great to get a monthly subscription to Green Kids Crafts. My kids would love to have something sent to them every month, ready to go! There are times when they want to do a craft and I have to get everything ready, by the time I get everything ready, they have moved onto something else. I also appreciate that everything in their box is recycled, upcycled and reclaimed materials.
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