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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Willow and Wild&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)" href="https://willowandwildbox.co.uk" target="_blank">Willow and Wild</a></h2>



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<p>With the weather on the turn, sticking the kids out in the garden is no longer a surefire distraction. However, these clever <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Willow and Wild (opens in a new tab)" href="https://willowandwildbox.co.uk" target="_blank">Willow and Wild</a> subscription boxes&nbsp;are packed with activities for keeping&nbsp;3-8 year&nbsp;olds&nbsp;entertained that make the most of the season, from seeds to craft projects. For example, the October box currently available includes a grow-your-own grass head, instructions on how to make an autumn leaf bowl, egg-carton spiders and bats and a spotter’s guide to British fungi.</p>



<p>From £8.50 per box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://curiosity-box.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The&nbsp;Curiosity Box&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)">The&nbsp;Curiosity Box&nbsp;</a></h2>



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<p>Our first choice for sprogs aged 7-11 who love a little science and road tested for several years by my youngest charge (now aged 11) who made this fun electric circuit back in the day.</p>



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<p>&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="The Curiosity Box (opens in a new tab)" href="https://curiosity-box.net" target="_blank">The Curiosity Box</a>&nbsp;is a monthly subscription filled with&nbsp;2-4 STEM activities that link to the curriculum – a godsend for parents who want to fill any gaps lockdown might have left.&nbsp;Have younger kids?&nbsp;The Curiosity Box also offers&nbsp;Curiositots&nbsp;Box for&nbsp;little’uns&nbsp;aged 3-6.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>From £10.95 per&nbsp;box</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://rainydaybox.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Rainy Day Box (opens in a new tab)">Rainy Day Box</a>&nbsp;</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="750" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Rainy-Day-Box.jpg" alt="Rainy Day Box " class="wp-image-28338" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Rainy-Day-Box.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Rainy-Day-Box-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Rainy-Day-Box-667x500.jpg 667w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Rainy-Day-Box-700x525.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>When in doubt, throw everything at them &#8211; that&#8217;s the beauty of the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Rainy Day Box (opens in a new tab)" href="https://rainydaybox.co.uk" target="_blank">Rainy Day Box</a>, which includes everything from craft projects to baking supplies&nbsp;and toys&nbsp;and games&nbsp;based on the seasons. Best of all, these boxes either come&nbsp;once a month or you can craft your own box as and when you need it.&nbsp;</p>



<p>From £6.99 per box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.makerlycrafts.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Makerly Crafts (opens in a new tab)">Makerly Crafts</a></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="757" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Makerly.jpg" alt="Makerly Crafts" class="wp-image-28339" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Makerly.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Makerly-300x227.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Makerly-661x500.jpg 661w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Makerly-694x525.jpg 694w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>If you have tween or teen girls at home, this stylish craft subscription box might offer an alternative to days spent glued to Instagram. Each month you&#8217;ll be sent a one-off craft project with detailed instructions, generally with a fashion or home flavour (think knitted beanies, terrazzo clocks and rattan crochet bags). In need of a project now? Order one of the past boxes as a one-off. </p>



<p>From £13.33 per box. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.littlecooksco.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Little Cooks Co (opens in a new tab)">Little Cooks Co</a>&nbsp;</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-Little-Cooks-box.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-24237" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-Little-Cooks-box.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-Little-Cooks-box-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-Little-Cooks-box-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-Little-Cooks-box-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/May-Little-Cooks-box-200x200.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Pick up a monthly subscription from <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Little Cooks Co (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.littlecooksco.co.uk" target="_blank">Little Cooks Co</a> and you’ll get all the dry ingredients&nbsp;for easy to follow, healthy bakes popped right through your letterbox – ideal&nbsp;for getting the kids stuck into a bit of entry-level baking.&nbsp;Keeping their sticky fingers busy&nbsp;<em>and</em>&nbsp;getting snacks out of the deal? Sign us up.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>From £8.33 per box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="http://www.bookabees.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Bookabees (opens in a new tab)">Bookabees</a></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bookabees.jpg" alt="Bookabees subscription box" class="wp-image-23608" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bookabees.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bookabees-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bookabees-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bookabees-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Bookabees-200x200.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>Juggling working from home, childcare and keeping the house in check can mean that&nbsp;updating the bookshelf is somewhere down the bottom of priority list. Luckily,&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Bookabees (opens in a new tab)" href="http://www.bookabees.com" target="_blank">Bookabees</a>&nbsp;can handle that for you. Just let them know how old your kids are&nbsp;(the libraries work best for ages 0 to 11)&nbsp;and what kind of books they like,&nbsp;and one of their experts will pick out&nbsp;a monthly selection and send it in a&nbsp;personalised&nbsp;box once a month, along with fun stickers&nbsp;and bookmarks. That’s the bedtime story ticked off the list then.</p>



<p>From £9.99 per box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Geo Journey&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)" href="https://geojourney.co.uk" target="_blank">Geo Journey</a></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><a href="https://geojourney.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Geo-Journey-subscription-box.jpg" alt="Geo Journey subscription box" class="wp-image-24239" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Geo-Journey-subscription-box.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Geo-Journey-subscription-box-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Geo-Journey-subscription-box-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Geo-Journey-subscription-box-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Geo-Journey-subscription-box-200x200.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a></figure>



<p>Overseas holidays might be on hold&nbsp;until 2021, but&nbsp;that doesn’t mean&nbsp;your geo-genii can’t learn about the world in the meantime. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Geo Journey (opens in a new tab)" href="https://geojourney.co.uk" target="_blank">Geo Journey</a> sends your explorers a&nbsp;subscription&nbsp;box with&nbsp;postcards, activity booklets and souvenirs from a different country each month, and there’s even a mega-cute suitcase, map and passport for them to update. By the time we’re flying again, they’ll be able to tell you where they want to visit next before you ignore them and book for Ibiza (oh, just me?).</p>



<p>From £12 per box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.mysteriesintime.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Mysteries in Time&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)">Mysteries in Time&nbsp;</a></h2>



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<p>Make history fun (or at least slightly more tolerable) with this monthly subscription for&nbsp;7-11 year&nbsp;olds. Your kids will be able to follow characters Max and Katie as they hop about in their time machine learning about different historical periods&nbsp;&#8211; think Ancient Greece, the Victorian Era or the Wild West. Each <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Mysteries in Time (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.mysteriesintime.co.uk" target="_blank">Mysteries in Time</a> box&nbsp;comes&nbsp;with a new part of the story, an activity booklet, puzzles and stickers, and if you&nbsp;shell out for the Bumper Box&nbsp;you’ll&nbsp;get a&nbsp;history-inspired&nbsp;craft&nbsp;kit&nbsp;too.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>From £6.45 per box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a href="https://www.makeandwonder.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Make + Wonder (opens in a new tab)">Make + Wonder</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1000" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Make-and-Wonder.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-23615" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Make-and-Wonder.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Make-and-Wonder-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Make-and-Wonder-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Make-and-Wonder-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Make-and-Wonder-200x200.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>I am woman, hear me roar! Each monthly <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Make + Wonder (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.makeandwonder.com" target="_blank">Make + Wonder</a> box focuses on a fantastic female artist, and comes with four fun art activities designed by primary school teachers to help your budding Picassos explore their creativity. There’s even a Sibling Box option for those with larger families to&nbsp;entertain.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>From £14.50 per&nbsp;box&nbsp;</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Zaza’s Storybox&nbsp; (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.zazastorybox.com" target="_blank">Zaza’s Storybox</a></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1000" height="1001" src="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Zazas-Storybox.jpg" alt="Zaza's Storybox subscription" class="wp-image-23613" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Zazas-Storybox.jpg 1000w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Zazas-Storybox-300x300.jpg 300w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Zazas-Storybox-500x500.jpg 500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Zazas-Storybox-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Zazas-Storybox-200x200.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></figure>



<p>This monthly book and toy box&nbsp;is fantastic for little bookworms under two. Every month <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="Zaza's Storybox (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.zazastorybox.com" target="_blank">Zaza&#8217;s Storybox</a> will send two board or cloth books, a toy to match, and some little goodies (including a teabag for mum), starting at&nbsp;£18.99. There are themed one-off boxes too, including a newborn box, a 1<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;birthday box and a new sibling box – which also make ideal quarantine-safe gifts to send to friends.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>



<p>From £18.99 per box&nbsp;</p>


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