The Forest Box for Kids is designed for ages 5-8 with the help from an adult. Ages 9-12 can successfully complete activities independently.

Great question. Yes! Our boxes are appropriate for all bio-regions, and their themes and skills are universal to people all over the world. You may need to find a local farm, park or natural area to do some of the activities if you live in a more urban area, but the crafts and journals and the rest of the box will 'work' anywhere.

Yes! Each box will contain a nature journal with a specific area of focus, eg. Tracking, weather, birds, wild edible plants, and will include details on the topic, a crossword puzzle or other kind of fun game and a place for your child to write down their observations. Your box, each month, will also contain a skill with a link to a how-to video as well as written instructions. Examples of skill activities are fire-making, shelter-building, cooking over a fire. Also included, with a detailed how-to video is your monthly craft. This may be making a stone tool, sanding and oiling a wooden pendant, casting an animal track or making a willow tray to name just a few. All the materials your child needs to complete the craft will be included in the box. Each month, your box will contain a "postcard" with a link to a recorded story that pertains to the nature focus. These are meant to inspire and stimulate your child's imagination wihen it comes to connecting to nature. Your box will also include a gear each month. A compass, bug balm, magnifying glass, and identification cards are a few of the gear items you'll receive.

We are nature educators and have worked with a wide-range of people with varying degrees of experience. We've designed each box to work at a beginner level in terms of skills needed to complete the activities. We include detailed instructions, both written, illustrated and a 'how-to' video, to insure your success. We also have a private Facebook Group where you can post your questions, get support from our staff and educators as well as share your photos and completed crafts and adventures. We provide a link to this group once you subscribe.

Our boxes are not bright and shiny with lots of artificially made sparkly things. Most of our materials are nature-made and harvested from our own land or wild places nearby, and will be similar to what you would find if you were out in the wild. (We make sure they are clean and free of invasive species.) The sparkle of sunlight off of a rain drop on a flower, or the flash of fireflies provides all of the glittery beauty we need!

Your first box will be determined by the month you subscribe. For example, if you subscribe in November, then your first box will be our Tracking Box. If you subscribe in December, then your first box will be our Winter Craft Box.

Our boxes ship on or about the 15th of each month. Free shipping to the domestic United States is included in our subscriptions. Please note: We have no control of the time of delivery once we hand off the boxes to the mailing service, so please allow a few days for your box to arrive! Thank you! We do not currently ship internationally yet, but plan to add this option in 2022.

Your Activity Guide and Story Card includes a QR code that you can scan with your phone to get to that month's web page. This page includes the videos and the Audio Story links for that box. We also include a written link in that page in case you are unable to make the QR code work.