Cold weather’s coming, which means I’ll soon be hearing my cooped-up kid crying, “Mom, we’re bored!” Unfortunately, I’ve yet to succeed in convincing her that cleaning her room and giving mommy a foot massage are fun ways to pass the time. But in true supermom style, I do have a Plan B—crafting kits from Darby Smart.
This DIY delivery service—which delivers monthly or on demand boxes, each containing a complete crafting project, straight to your front door—just expanded its collection to include projects perfect for little hands. Naturally, I jumped at the chance to let my 7-year-old, Casey, take a couple of them for a test run.
After perusing all the options (14 and counting!), she decided to get her feet wet with the Mason Jar Aquarium kit and play around with the Kinetic Sand kit (completely ignoring mommy’s very convincing argument to sink her teeth into the DIY Bubble Gum project).
Within a week, the boxes arrived, filled with all the fixins for a “crafter-noon” of fun. After printing out the easy-to-follow online instructions, Casey was quickly on her way to making her first terrarium, which came out great! The Kinetic Sand project was a little more “think outside the box,” allowing Casey to use her imagination and mold the colorful granules into whatever she wanted. After killing an hour or two (and a quick sweep of the table with the Dustbuster), it was time to call it a day. Casey was left with a really pretty project she was proud of and I was left with what every parent wants most—a smiling kid.
Darby Smart, you’re a genius!
Darby Smart (projects starting at $12)
