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Up and Away Adventures is a family-friendly subscription that lets the whole family experience travel to a different country.
Boxes are $49.99/BiMonthly and come with a box full of items and experiences. You’ll receive a carefully curated and researched box filled to the brim with informative and entertaining items surrounding a variety of different countries. Packed full of sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and things to touch, each suitcase is guaranteed to stimulate your senses.
You will experience the culture, festivals, agriculture, cuisine, people, music, dance, inventions, games, and crafts from a different country.
Up & Away Adventures ships in a cute suitcase box.
First Look. There is a map inside the lid of the box with locations of all the activities and experiences in the box.
This box was all about Spain!
The back of the card has a long list of all the items and expeiences in the box.
There was a welcome card that had a password to access the online information and videos.
Your box will contain a passport, where you can put your stickers from each country you “visit”.
Flag Your children can learn about Spain's flag. The box shared that it's a popular myth that the red and yellow represent bull fighting.
Candy The M&M's represent the candy-coated chocolate that soldiers were given during the Spanish Civil War in 1932. The slogan “melts in your mouth, not in your hand” dates back to this time period.
The Chupa Chups were a big hit and one of the first things to disappear from the box. This candy dates back to 1958 from Pilona, Spain and the company is now in 150 countries.
Orange Citrus Smell The box had a wonderful orange scent. This scented packet got placed near the the cat's litter box.
Postcard This postcard is of Park Guell which is outside of Barcelona, Spain. This is in the Catalan Modernism style and was created by Antoni Gaudi.
Spanish Rice and Postcards The spanish rice was included to make cast iron paella. Paella means “frying pan” and comes from Lake Albufera in the 19th century. There were recipes to make a complete dinner!
Dinner:
- Healthy Homemade Gazpacho
- Cast Iron Paella
- Baked Churro Bites
- Mixed Berry Sangeria
We haven't been able to make this dinner yet, but my kids love homemade churros.
Tile/Cork (Coasters) These coasters are all hand-painted Spanish Mediterranean tiles from Talavera de la Reina. The back is made of cork. Portugal is the largest producer of cork in the world.
Tile Coaster Craft Your family can make their own hand painted Talavera Tile. This project takes awhile to complete. First you have to make the dough and let it cook for 2.5 hours, then you paint them and add the cork.
Our tiles didn't look the best, but they turned out okay in the end.
Once the dough is baked, you use the stencil to make your design. Both of my boys made one!
The finished coatsters turned out great! Ours were more of a rectangle, so we trimmed the cork a bit. The top of the coaster is coated with clear fingernail polish, to protect the paint.
Pablo Picasso Art Stickers This book contains four pages of Picasso stickers. Each sticker is labeled with the name of the work of art. My kids enjoyed looking of information about several of these.
Tomato This is a squishy tomato that represents the La Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain. This festival takes place in August. This is fun to throw against the wall.
Word Find This two-sided card with two-word finds, using many Spanish words.
Memory Card Game I loved playing memory as a child. Each picture card has a coordinating description. You match the picture with the description and try to get the most matches to win the game.
The matching game was a great evening activity. We played it twice in a row and only stopped because it was bedtime.
Final Thought: I loved how this box was organized. This was a fun experience for the whole family. My kids got to learn about Spain, while also having fun. Use the code CRATE10 to save 10% on your 1st box.