Imaginative University {Review}

Imaginative University {Review}

So my readers know that we love subscription box services in this house! Anything from beauty products, fishing gear (oh yeah), healthy snack foods and more! It shouldn’t be a surprise that the monthly boxes from Imaginative University, crafts/activities for kids 4-10, are also pre-claimed for certain kids and grandkids when they are delivered.

IMAGINE…If all the supplies you needed to conduct those activities you pinned/saved/heard of just showed up in the mail every month. Sound nice? Well it can happen when you subscribe your child(ren) to Imaginative “U”!

Imaginative “U”niversity is a subscription service for boys and girls who are 4 to 10 years old 

Children receive packages by mail once every month that contain all of the materials and instructions needed to complete three to six fun and educational activities or projects with the assistance of an adult.

The activities are a combination of arts and crafts, engineering, science, math, literacy, and history and will vary from month to month. They are designed to assist parents with meeting specific milestones for their children and have been kid-approved by our panel of activity testers (kiddos who just happen to be 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 years old)!

This is a great service, whether you homeschool your kids like I do or whether you are looking for extra learning opportunities with the kids! I even have a few friends who keep these on hand for when they have the babysitter over!

Essentially each month has a different themed box, which includes the materials you need to complete all the activities. I’ve found that we touch in several subjects from reading, math, history and more, all while having a bunch of hands-on fun.

We received two boxes to try, one being called Art and the other, Snow. Here are a few of the items for each box.

ART

• Book called Beautiful Oops – about taking “mistakes” and turning them into art
• Making colored salt with chalk, then how to layer it
• Kandisky Art – Learning about abstract art and items to make art with
• Experimenting with different paint brushes, such as car wheels, fork, bubble wrap, etc.
• Painting with shaving cream

Snow

• Book called Snowy Day – discusses different tracks and snow day activities
• Ingredients to make, then melt, snowmen
• Coffee filter snowflakes – helps with cutting practice and learning about symmetry
• Insta-Snow – Just add water to watch the “snow” suck it up and let the kids play and build
• Crystals – Learning about different type of crystals, as well as making their own with borax and epsom salt

We enjoyed reading the books, usually more than once, and did our crafts and projects gathered around the kitchen table. I can see us using them outside on the porch in warm weather too! None of the supplies were expensive, so even if you want to create them again in the future, you can for a very low cost.

There is a new theme every month, and plenty of clearly written instructions for the parents to follow. Plus, I like looking ahead so I can incorporate new vocabulary words and topics into our lessons before we get to that particular activity.

You can learn more about Imaginative University on their website, as well as connecting with them on Facebook and Twitter!

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