Weekend Box – Crafting fun

Ah weekends…. to be honest, they’re not that different to any day for us… Papa works shifts so often isn’t home at the weekend, I work from home and fit it in whenever I can, and the kiddos don’t go to school… PLUS Saturdays are usually full of various groups so we’re rushing around like nutters.

Still, I like to try and keep Sunday’s free… no plans, no where we have to be or things to do. It’s nice to have a day to just do as we please. Somedays we’ll go out for Sunday lunch, or take a long walk before coming home to an afternoon movie. Others, especially rainy days, we’ll cover the table in the entire contents of our craft cupboards and see what we can make {asides from a mess}.

girls crafting

Whilst it’s fun to start crafting with no plans in mind, or just create something spur of the moment, other times it’s nice to have an actual activity. The other wet Sunday we spent the day crafting with our Weekend Box. It was just before Chinese New Year so all of the activities were themed around that.

The box comes with four different activites, and everything you need to complete them {asides from food if it’s needed}. There are only enough items for one child to do each activity {though you can purchase extra boxes at a discount for siblings} but as we have a craft cupboard full of things, we dug out the extra bits so we could all join in.

weekend box

We got to make chinese dragons, a paper plate drum, paper lanterns and fortune cookies. It kept Kiki and Baya amused for a couple of hours, cutting and painting and glueing and thinking up fun fortunes. The fortune cookies were a big hit – all that crafting makes you hungry don’t you know?

If you’re looking for something that gives your child a fun afternoon crafting, then the Weekend Box is really worth a try. If you sign up through my link HERE, your first box is even free!

fortune cookies

baya crafting

kiki crafting

We were sent a free Weekend Box for the purpose of this review, but all thoughts are our own :)

10 Comments

  1. helloitsgemma

    February 26, 2015 at 10:29

    My partner works shifts and I am often at a loss at weekends for activities, I am rubbish at craft, so a box like this would really appeal – a bit of direction. I will investigate further. thank you.

  2. Keri-Anne

    February 26, 2015 at 12:33

    Those fortune cookies! Elle has been learning about chinese new year at school and been making dragons and came home with her own fortune cookie and i would love to be able to help her make her own! Thank you for the inspiration x

  3. Eleanor (The Bristol Parent)

    February 27, 2015 at 06:54

    What a solid idea – agree with Gemma, I use blogs like yours for inspiration so this is great – entertainment in a box!

  4. Kathryn

    February 27, 2015 at 11:03

    We spent a few days like that over half term, just turning all our craft cupboard out, as it was a bit of a rainy one. I think we need a weekend box!!

  5. Jess @ Along Came Cherry

    February 27, 2015 at 16:04

    These look great! Craft activities are a lifesaver on rainy days. Those fortune cookies look like fun too! x

  6. Fiona

    February 27, 2015 at 19:25

    Ah making your own fortune cookies sounds so fun! We got the Aztecs one :) ebony loved it, happily amused for hours x

  7. abigail

    March 1, 2015 at 13:38

    Something like this would be great for us, sometimes we really need to have the inspiration to get making!

  8. Gill Crawshaw

    March 1, 2015 at 23:17

    I know these boxes are really popular for things like make-up so a craft one for kids really makes sense, doesn’t it? I like the idea of the different themes and ideas too. I would have loved this at their age x

  9. Lori

    March 2, 2015 at 20:42

    This looks like so much and I love the idea of making your own fortune cookies! I’ve never tried a craft box but I think F would love it x

  10. Fritha

    March 3, 2015 at 14:57

    one of Wilf’s favourite things is crafting which is good as I love it too. I like how we are able to do more and more as he’s got older x

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