If you are regular reader of my blog you will know that I have 2 girls, Bella who is 5 years old and Sienna who is 16 months. They are really active kids and it can be difficult to keep them entertained. I’m really bad at craft but my girls love doing this type of thing so I was really desperate to find some crafting ideas in order to entertain my girls. Whilst searching online I came across a subscription service called Toucan Box. I like subscription boxes (I have a beauty one that I absolutely love) but I always want to be sure that I’m happy with them before I commit to a monthly payment. Toucan Box were offering a first box for free as a trial so I thought: Lets give it a try!! Why not, right?
We received our first trial box which had Bella’s name on it so you can imagine how happy our little cheeky monkey was when she saw it, LOL! So, what is Toucan Box? It is a craft box delivered fortnightly aimed at 3 – 8 year olds, so this box is really perfect for Bella although Sienna was happy to be involved too. As you read before, it comes personalised with your child’s name which is always a cute idea! Each box contains a unique craft project.
Inside each box you will find all the materials you need to build a fantastic craft project with your little one. Also you will find illustrated and easy to follow instructions. It also has suggestions for more exciting craft ideas. The box that we received was called ‘Treasure Map & Parrot Partner’ where we had to create a treasure map and a cute parrot.
Daddy is very good with these kind of activities so he helped Bella with this craft (as I mentioned before I’m not very good at it although if I make an effort I’m sure I will be able to help Bella as the whole box is very easy to follow). I did a video of them which I enjoyed filming and also it was great to see how much fun they were all having!! Including little Sienna!! ha ha.
When we subscribed we got our first craft box for free and then we had a whole 7 days to cancel our account after our box had been dispatched if we were unhappy. We were happy so we kept the subscription. Normally this box costs £3.95 (+£0.98 postage) per fortnightly delivery.
They have 3 different subscriptions: Petit (which is the one we received), Grande (£9.95 + £2.99 postage per month) or Super (£16.99 + £2.95 postage per month).
Petite Box contains:
- All the materials for an exciting activity
- Personally addressed to your child
- Developed by educational experts
- Delivered straight to your letterbox
- Illustrated, easy to follow instruction booklet
- Stickers to collect and claim free gifts
- A new theme every two weeks
Grande Box contains:
- All the materials for 2 exciting activities
- A book to share together
- Personally addressed to your child
- Developed by educational experts
- Delivered straight through your letterbox
- Illustrated, easy to follow instruction booklet
- A parent card with more ideas and inspiration
- Stickers to collect and claim free gifts
- Add extra materials for a sibling for just £4.95
- A new theme every month
Super Box contains:
- All the materials for 4 exciting activities
- A book to share together
- Personally addressed to your child
- Developed by educational experts
- Delivered straight through your letterbox
- Illustrated, easy to follow instruction booklet
- A parent card with more ideas and inspiration
- Stickers to collect and claim free gifts
- Add extra materials for a sibling for just £9.95
- A new theme every month
Along the way I came across the people from Toucan Box and I told them about my video and that I was planning to do a review on my blog so they were very grateful for that and offered a discount code for all my lovely readers to get the first box for free like me! They created a unique code for my blog so I can share with all of you. The code is franca1. What you need to do is simply visit HERE and enter the code “franca1” to claim your first Petite subscription box for free! Isn’t it great? I’m sure you will love it! This is a great way to try this box first.
As I mentioned before I recorded my lovely family having a go at this craft activity. So please see the video below:
My Opinion:
- I think this is a great product which will help parents like me that don’t have enough imagination to come up with your own craft ideas (it sounds like I have no imagination whatsoever lol, but you know what I mean!!).
- It creates a nice and fun moment to get involved with your kids and it is very easy to follow the instructions.
- Your children are entertained for at least an hour or two! For me that is a plus.
- I like that they are very flexible with their subscription so you upgrade, downgrade or cancel your subscription at any time.
- I think from all 3 options I would go for the Grande Box option as receiving a box once a month is better than receiving a box every 2 weeks. It comes with 2 activities in 1.
- I guess some people will say that it could be pricy but for me £9.95 + postage per month is perfect if I will get everything that I need in order to keep my kids happy and entertained.
- I’m sure that subscription boxes are not for everybody but for those people that like them I will recommend this box as it is really good value for money.
You can find Toucan Box on Facebook and Twitter, Instagram and you can also browse around their boards on Pinterest.
Have you heard of Toucan Boxes before? Have you tried one of their trial boxes? Are you into Art & Craft? Do you like doing craft activities with your kids? Will this box be something that you would try with your kids? Leave a comment below as I would love to hear your opinion.
*Disclaimer: We bought this subscription box and we also subscribed to it. Toucan Box only is being involved with the trial code. This review is my honest opinion. Some photos were provided by them.
Thanks for stopping by,
Love you all ❤️
Franca 💋
We love making hand paintings then turning them into animals xx
That sounds great! Good luck! 🙂 x
love card making
Great! Good luck! 🙂 x
Thank you for this review. I’ve seen these boxes advertised and have been wondering if they would be a god idea. My daughter is very crafty and it is quite hard to keep DIYing ideas of things for her to make. I agree the bigger box once a month would be better than the smaller one fortnightly. I’ll definitely check it out.
Yes they are great and it can help you when you are just not in the mood for thinking too much and run out of ideas!! You get the first one free with the codecif you fancy trying them first. Thanks for commenting Sarah! 🙂 x
This looks like a really cool service, thanks for letting us know about it, I hadn’t head of it before! Becky x
I knew that you would like it as you are great at crafting!! 🙂 xx
Super crafty they love making cards the most
It sounds that these boxes will be perfect for you! Thanks for entering this giveaway! Good luck! 🙂 xx
I love crafting and so does my son. We do lots of painting and sticking and junk modelling. Friends & family always love to receive homemade cards from him
That sounds fantastic!! You will have fun doing these projects with your son. Thanks for entering this giveaway! Good luck! 🙂 xx
These boxes are great. I’m sure you will have lots of fun with Ellis! The projects are fantastic! Glad you like the teview! Thanks for commenting lovely! 🙂 xx
This looks great, my children love art and crafts.
I’m glad you like it!! Good luck! 🙂 xx
This looks brilliant. I have heard of this subscription before but never really looked into it. It’s definitely something that we’ll think about getting for Rowan when he’s a little older.
It’s a great price too.
Laura x
Glad you like it Laura! It is a lot of fun! Thanks for commenting lovely! 🙂 x
I am far from it, but my husband is, we didnt have a christmas tree one year so he made one out of coathangers and nobody noticed
We are always crafting new creations in our house. Its our way of recycling.
I enjoy making things. I’ve just done a batch of rag quilts for Christmas presents
I like ve to do crochet and cross stitch
I love craft and get up to all sorts with my daughter. We are always making something or doing some cooking etc.
i’m not very arty or crafty and always looking for help/ideas for my children
im not a very crafty person but i do like to do baking and making things with my little granddaughter
We enjoy painting
allsorts, we like to use up our empty plastic bottles and packaging in general in some crafty way, from making our own money boxes, bowling pins etc. My kids also love a cardboard box, they make them into cars,trains,houses and dolly beds.
My 6 year old would LOVE this – she’s very in to arts and crafts (I’m like you – totally artistically challenged!) I’ve entered 🙂 x
Oh if you are like me you will find this boxes super useful! And they are so easy to follow their instructions! 🙂 xx
i love crafts we enjoy making clay models
we love all making a doing from baking to painting and beading to making miniature gardens
Fab giveaway! I love crafting and we have also used Toucan in the past which E loved. It’s great to see that they have now introduced different sized boxes as when we did it it was a monthly box only. x
my son likes painting, but its so messy – so we only do that just before bath time! Otherwise we make shapes and glue feathers on and things like that
I love anything crafty I have a A level in fine art so try to do as much craft with my son as possible. Mostly painting and making mosaic pictures.
I’m very crafty, at the moment we like to draw and make paper cuttings and colour them in 🙂