Once my daughter was up from her nap, we pulled out all the goodies the box had to offer. We found color sheets, a color cube, a coloring pad, crayons, paints, paper banners, cotton cord, and an activity pamphlet. That’s a ton of stuff!
The parent booklet had all the pre-planned activities spelled out so there was no guess work. However, since my daughter isn’t in the 3-4 year old range, we had to make up some of our own activities. This month’s box was all about colors, something that she is learning. One of the activities involved rolling the color cube on the color sheets and then finding another item in the room that matched the color. Instead, we rolled the cube and then matched the color sheet to the cube. Even at not quite 2 years old, she could do it! As you can see, she also enjoyed smashing her face on the color sheets!
The second activity in the pamphlet used the coloring and painting the paper banner. We completely bypassed this activity because I wasn’t in the mood to deal with non-washable paint, which I’m assuming was what we received. Plus, I have nowhere to hang a banner and didn’t want to open that can of worms if we couldn’t put it up anywhere!
The last activity involved the coloring pad. The instructions were to draw on the blank side and then paint the front of the sheets with the picture. I dare you to tell you kids NOT to color on the drawings. Not gonna happen. Since we weren’t breaking open the paints, we decided to color with the matching crayon for each sheet. Green crayon on the green sheet, etc. She’s still getting the hang on all colors that aren’t blue so it was still a great activity, even without the paint.
And there you have it! I have to say my number one critique of the box is that the crayons and paints should be washable. I know the crayons weren’t because I had to scrub them off my floor, whereas washable come right off. Even when my daughter is 3-4, the age noted for this box, I still plan on having washable art supplies. It just makes sense. I had to hide the crayons away for fear she would get her cute little hands on them!
I would also say it would be nice to have boxes for ages younger than 3-4. There is still quite a big developmental difference from 2 to 3 years of age, but we can still have fun too! The activity book was still too advanced for her, but if there were a more age appropriate box I’m sure she would have loved it. In the meantime, I’ll just save it for a year!
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