Willow & Wild December Sibling Box | Review

Another month has come and gone, and we’ve done another Willow & Wild box! These boxes are so much fun to do. I wasn’t sure how they’d fare in the winter months, as many of them encourage going out and about to find items, but even in the wintertime they have come up with some great crafts and activities. This month, as you can imagine, many of the activities were themed around Christmas! We took our time going through our box and, once again, I’m here to talk about the highlights.

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One of the easier tasks, which have done really well, is growing our own willow trees. At first, I don’t think any of us were sure if this was going to work. The box had provided a bunch of budded sticks, which we had to put into a glass with some water. Over time, the buds have actually bloomed and the ones submerged in water had become roots which are perfect for planting! Willow trees are lovely, so we are really hoping to get these sticks planted in a pot and then put out as a whole tree in the springtime.

Along with our trees, the Willow and Wild December Sibling Box had us making Christmas Cards with a twist. Inside each of these cards, Robin and Amelia were able to paste in instructions and tabs that have seeds attached to them. These are basically like the seed bombs that you can find in the springtime – and the people who get these cards can then plant the flowers as a gift. It’s a really lovely idea. The box suggested painting these with the included paint, but Robin and Amelia opted to drawing them instead, as they both love to draw so much.

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They did, however, paint some egg cartons for Caterpillar-themed cress growing. The cress was actually grown inside cotton buds instead of dirt, which was pretty interesting, and we found it took much longer for them to grow initially. Painting and decorating the caterpillar, however, was easy and fun – and both of the girls liked painting them to be Christmas colours, so that they fit in with the theme.

The last stand-out craft from this month’s box was of course Christmas ornaments. After collecting a few sticks from outside, we were instructed to tie little bits of twine to them to make trees. This was a bit more complex then it looks – as the twine needs to stay straight across for the full effect, but it was a fun time either way. Creating ornaments for our tree is something that we only started doing this year, with these stick ornaments, and Amelia seemed to really enjoy getting creative and then seeing her creation on display on the tree!

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The recipe for this month was for snowflake biscuits – but as we were already making mince pies and gingerbread we decided to skip out on that. There was also a craft for Christmas ice lanterns, which seem like a really nice idea, but the children didn’t seem that interested in them this time! As ever, Willow & Wild is a great nature box and we are excited for the next one.

This post is a part of our Blogmas series, with each and every post being about Christmas or Winter.