It’s been another month, so we’ve now received and completed our third KiwiCo Tinker Crate. Following on from the Spin Art Machine and Walking Robot boxes was a Crane and Crank machine to build, and an accompanying booklet titled Pulley Power. As with the previous two, there’s always a scientific element to these, and this one is grounded in the transferal of energy and physics.
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[Ad- gifted product] It’s no secret that we play a lot of board games at our home. Dann and I have a regular board game night, with all of our friends, every other week. The children, seeing and being surrounded by our board game collection, have taken an interest in board games, finding family favorites like the Minecraft Board Game and Flip Out, a game about flipping pancakes. So, when we went to Smyth’s to find Kid’s Against Maturity, they were delighted, and eager to point out all of the board games from Smyth’s that we have already played.
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We received and completed our second KiwiCo Tinker Crate. This time it was a fun little walking robot. Much like previous boxes, it is designed to help kids think about building things, and science, differently. This specific project works towards making an electrical robot that was able to move on its own.
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[Ad- gifted experience] Dann and I have participated in digital, immersive experiences before, primarily with our table top group, to help us come together during Lockdown or when we are apart from each other. Knot felt like it fit into this sort of category – some sort of digital, audio game that only needed one player. It’s an experience, that you can do on your own terms, really, and requires very little set up. Knot: A Trilogy is spread out into three different chapters, that each are best experienced in different locations, at a set time. To participate in these experiences, you need to download an app and activate your ticket, then wait for the time to come.
In the first chapter of Knot is titled you are meant to be on a park bench in public for this experience. Sadly, it was sprinkling the day that I went to experience Knot, so I opted to sit in my back yard, on a bench, in the rain, to compromise. They do advise that you could have created some sort of bench in your own home if it was raining, but I wanted to stay outside at the very least and didn’t think a bunch of rain would make too much of a difference. I laid out a towel, plugged in my earbuds, and waiting for the timer to tick on.
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The Artbox Cafe & Boutique has changed their theme again, for the first time since lockdown, so we all really just had to go back! This cafe, if you don’t know, changes the theme of the characters, the menu, and all of the merch inside the boutique every few months, providing a new experience. These themes all based around Japanese characters and shows, showcasing cute and colorful creatures that bring a fantastic feeling to the place. Previously, we’ve seen the Pusheen theme, the Gudetama theme, and the spooky Gudetama theme, however, BT21 and Line Friends were new characters for me! Let’s get into what was on the menu. As always, we went with Claire who also write up the cafe on her blog, and this time she brought along her partner David!
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