The Traveling Sisterhood: New Year, New Subscription Box Adventures: Girls Can Crate! A Pioneering Nurses Giveaway

New Year, New Subscription Box Adventures: Girls Can Crate! A Pioneering Nurses Giveaway



After discovering my own favorite subscription box for 2016, I began the hunt to find something perfect for my girls.  Girls Can Crate is a unique subscription box company inspiring girls to believe they can be and do anything by celebrating fearless women who made the world better.
We had the opportunity to review 2 of their crates, both of which were awesome as you shall soon see! 

First up was the Persevering Painters Crate, complete with every supply we'd need right down to the markers, paints, scissors, pallet, apron, and brushes... everything you see here.  Even a canvas was included.  The value was definitely there!

After reading about famous artists Frida Kahlo, we learned about color mixing and made our own creations.  I happened to have 3 extra canvases I was saving so that was perfect!  I loved teaching my kids about Frida Kahlo because she is a supreme example of a woman who overcame great hardships.  Bed ridden for months at a time, she used the time on bedrest to explore with art and became one of the most famous woman painters.

Frida Kahlo was known for painting both monkeys and flowers in her works of art.  The instructions in the kit were for a flower headband, but my daughters decided they wanted to display their flowers in a vase on the kitchen alcove.  They look beautiful!

One of my daughter's works of art painted with her Girls Can Crate supplies--an ocean meets the sky. So pretty!

Next up was the Pioneering Nurse Crate featuring Florence Nightingale, one of my very favorite women in  history.  Miss Nightingale was a wealthy, society woman who didn't find pleasure in the Jane Austen life of endless parties and dances.  Instead, she felt God calling her to be a nurse.  Before Miss Nightingale revolutionized nursing, more people died in the hospital than on the battlefield.  She was an incredible woman! If you want to know more about her, I encourage you to see the BBC movie Florence Nightingale.  As you can see, our kit came with so much great stuff!

 
Our nurse is giving her doll a bandage after she sprained her elbow.  As you can see here, one of the activities was to make a working stethoscope.  Pretty cool!

All bandaged up, the happy girl received a sticker for being a brave patient.
Ut oh, she needs a flu shot!  Her sister got lucky, as you can see in the video below, and was old enough to receive the flu mist instead!


The nurse imaginative activity was only one of many in this kit.  We also grew bacteria (gross!!), make a stethoscope, and created a life size map of the human body.  The kids definitely loved playing nurse best, though, and still get out everything to play and imagine days later.
Giveaway

One of my readers will receive the Pioneering Nurse Crate!  Enter below by Feb. 10th at 11 pm anyone's time.

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My parents were wonderful at teaching me that I could do or be anything. I definitely want to teach my kids the same and Girls Can Crates are incredible towards that end.   

 What did you want to be when you grew up? What does your daughter want to be? I've always wanted to be a writer and have almost finished my first historical fiction novel!
 
Special thanks to the wonderful people at Artisana Organics for this review and giveaway opportunity. All opinions are honest and my own.

26 comments:

  1. my grandaughters would love this,im a retired nurse ,it would be so much fun for them

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  2. My two little granddaughters love to play nurse and they would love this.

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  3. My daughter loves playing nurse to her baby dolls with a play stethoscope she got for christmas.

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  4. My daughter would love this. Thank you!

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    1. Congrats! You're the winner. E-mailing you now. :)

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  5. My daughter would totally love this

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  6. My daughter wants to teach creative writing. When I was a child, I wanted to be a baseball player. That didn't last long when I discovered I was no good at it.

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  7. This looks great! I love the pretend play it inspired too!

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  8. I wanted to be a doctor for a long time.

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  9. How cute!! My girls would love this!!!

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    1. Subscribed via facebook as was recommended and I guess I'll stick around til the winner is announced but I can't say I agree with what this company stands for.

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  10. Sunnie10:59 AM

    Great giveaway! Id love to win it for my girls!
    sunniewoodyplus2 atmsn.com

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  11. I'd love to win this giveaway for my pre-school class, they are almost all girls. ;)

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  12. This looks like so much fun :)

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  13. My daughter would love this, she's always asking to do "projects"

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  14. Tamalyn L.2:09 PM

    My daughter would absolutely love this - and it looks like fun for Mom, too!

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  15. This looks like something my daughter would love!

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  16. Anonymous6:38 PM

    I would love to win. Thanks for the chance.

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  17. Allison Bahr follows on pinterest.

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  18. lisylis3 follows on twitter.

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  19. My daughter would love to have one

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  20. Nicole Lancaster5:32 PM

    I wanted to be an Actress when I was a child and my daughter wants to be a Nurse when she grows up.

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  21. This looks like so much fun!!! My niece would love this!

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  22. I wanted to be president when I grew up. One of my daughters wants to be a fry cook (like McDonalds) and the other wants to be a garbage truck driver.

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  23. Shared on FB and follow on Twitter https://www.facebook.com/clair.freebie/posts/1118738801500394

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  24. Congrats to Beth S., the winner of this giveaway!

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