Look Inside a Discovery Box
Each month we send three fun and engaging craft activity kits related to a new nature-related theme and made from a wide variety of sustainable materials. Each Box also comes with free games, coloring sheets, and a Discover More booklet that includes extension activities using household items and reading suggestions related to that month’s theme.
Here’s a look at some of our recent Discovery Boxes
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Food Adventures
Craft 1: Fishing Game
Use the included template to cut fish out of recycled felt, then string up your pencil pole with string, a washer and velcro and go fishing!
Craft 2: Mosaic Tile Coaster
Look at all of the different colored tiles -- sort and count each color. Then, glue the tiles onto your recycled board to make a beautiful coaster.
Craft 3: Grow Organic Basil
Using the included seeds, biodegradable cup and soil, plant your very own basil plant. Watch it grow, then taste it with different foods.
Craft 4: Sprout Organic Alfalfa
Use the included seeds, biodegradable cup and cheesecloth to sprout your own Alfalfa. Watch it grow, then taste it with different foods.
Extra Bonus: Cheddar Bunnies from Annie's Homegrown, and coupons from our favorite natural food companies like Honest Tea, Stonyfield, and more!
Discover More Guide: Find delicious, fun and healthy recipes for kids (and their parents) from our friends at Purple Asparagus.
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Around the World
{Africa, India and Japan}
Craft 1: African Mask
Learn about the role of celebratory masks in Africa, and create your own using recycled cardboard, a stretchy cord, wooden clothespins, beads, pipe cleaners, eco beeswax crayons and non-toxic stickers.
Craft 2: Diwali Candles
Using paper pulp clay, tea light candles and foil glitter we'll make our own decorative candle holders as we learn about the "Festival of Lights."
Craft 3: Japanese Paper Lanterns
Let's turn recycled origami paper, recycled ribbon and non-toxic stickers into a string of festive and colorful lanterns.
Craft 4: Origami Cat
Create your own Origami Cat using the included Origami paper and instructions.
Discover More Guide: Learn about each of these three amazing countries and find more activity ideas using things from around the house!
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Craft 1: Dinosaur Tail
Create a Dinosaur Tail for imaginative play using recycled felt, recycled ribbon, non-toxic stickers and a natural fiber ribbon made by artisans in remote villages.
Craft 2: 3-D Prehistoric Puzzle Pet
Design a prehistoric pet with a 3-D wood puzzle, ink pad and recycled cork stamps then have a dinosaur dig! Taking turns with a friend, hide, find and assemble your dinosaur "bones!"
Craft 3: Dinosaur Fossil
Learn about fossils by making your own out of paper pulp clay, wood matchsticks and noodles.
Craft 4: Dino Sculpture
Create your own Dinosaur Sculpture using paper pulp clay and noodles.
Discover More Guide: Fun facts about dinosaurs, more dinosaur crafts made from household recycling, and reading suggestions to learn more about dinos.
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Craft Kit #1: Wooden Birdhouse
Decorate a snap-together wooden birdhouse with eco-paint, a wooden paintbrush and twine. Then hang and watch for new neighbors!
Craft Kit #2: Spotting Scope
Learn about birdwatching by creating your own spotting scope from a recycled craft roll, recycled paper, recycled felt and recycled ribbon.
Craft Kit #3: Bird Puppets
Learn about endangered species while designing Mexican Spotted Owl and Whooping Crane puppets from recycled paper bags, recycled sticky felt and craft sticks.
Discover More Guide: Learn more about feathered friends with fun facts from Audubon, craft ideas using household recycling and suggested reading about birds. |
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Nature
Craft 1: Naturalist Kit
Explore the outdoors and collect specimens from nature to review under your magnifying glass and use to decorate a field bag and cover for a Nature Journal. Finish assembling the journal and then use it to record your thoughts about nature, tell a story or draw.
Craft 2: Pinecone Birdfeeder
Use peanut butter and birdseed to decorate your pinecone, then string it up near a window and watch for birds!
Craft 3: Sun Print
Pick out your favorite specimen from nature and create a special sun print using "magic" paper and a sunny window. Frame it and hang in your room!
Discover More Guide: Learn more about the wonders of nature, find more fun activities to do using materials around the house, and see our reading suggestions to learn more!
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