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We want every child who opens a KiwiCo crate to light up with excitement for the new adventures and activities ahead. That’s why each of our products undergoes a unique design journey and are tested by kid experts before they’re delivered to your door. We know we’ve created something really exciting when we hear the words, “whoa, awesome!” echo across our office. This reaction has become a litmus test for everything we do, and it’s our goal to spark the same excitement in your home. The KiwiCo community plays a huge role in the success of our products, so we want to give you an inside look at how each crate is designed to deliver “whoa, awesome!” moments.

Behind the Design: How We Deliver “Whoa, Awesome!” Moments

Behind the design

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We want every child who opens a KiwiCo crate to light up with excitement for the new adventures and activities ahead. That’s why each of our products undergoes a unique design journey and are tested by kid experts before they’re delivered to your door. We know we’ve created something really exciting when we hear the words, “whoa, awesome!” echo across our office. This reaction has become a litmus test for everything we do, and it’s our goal to spark the same excitement in your home. The KiwiCo community plays a huge role in the success of our products, so we want to give you an inside look at how each crate is designed to deliver “whoa, awesome!” moments.

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KiwiCo product designer, Marisa, took on the challenge of cracking shells in the name of science. She quickly learned that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kiwico.com/us/store/dp/eggsperiments-project-kit/2979" target="_self">designing a product</a>&nbsp;based around eggs leads to a lot of uneggspected outcomes!The <a href="https://www.kiwico.com/us/store/dp/eggsperiments-project-kit/2979" target="_self">Eggsperiments</a> crate is available in the <a href="https://www.kiwico.com/store" target="_self">KiwiCo Store</a>, and includes materials and instructions for 5 hands-on egg activities like making a bouncy egg and growing a crystal eggshell!

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KiwiCo product designer, Marisa, took on the challenge of cracking shells in the name of science. She quickly learned that&nbsp;designing a product&nbsp;based around eggs leads to a lot of uneggspected outcomes!

Behind the Design: Eggsperiments

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Watch our team answer important questions from kids like: “What’s the best thing you’ve ever built?” Plus, get an exclusive look at where the creative magic happens in the KiwiCo maker space.

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Kids Ask. KiwiCo Engineers Answer. 

Kids are often asked what they want to be when they grow up, so we created a hands-on experience to explore cool careers in STEM! The goal of KiwiCo’s Professions Starter Kits is to connect kids to real-life jobs and people using STEM skills to solve real problems and make new discoveries.<img data-image="gxiqj61441a9" src="https://csicdn.kiwico.com/v3/assets/blt5d966d0d1776691c/blt6e988ac15d3b1c2f/60d1017cb085be4819b88f69/SPAL_Paleontologist_Starter_Kit_0569_R_PDP.png" data-sys-asset-uid="blt6e988ac15d3b1c2f" alt="SPAL_Paleontologist_Starter_Kit_0569_R_PDP.png">
Each starter kit comes with a profession’s guide, materials for two projects, a poster with fun facts and a certificate of achievement. Keep reading to learn more about the Professions Starter Kits available in the <a href="https://www.kiwico.com/us/store">KiwiCo Store</a>!

Behind the Design: KiwiCo’s Professions Starter Kits

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Kids are often asked what they want to be when they grow up, so we created a hands-on experience to explore cool careers in STEM! The goal of KiwiCo’s Professions Starter Kits is to connect kids to real-life jobs and people using STEM skills to solve real problems and make new discoveries.

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As we know, summer is shaping up to be quite a bit different than we all imagined. When the team at KiwiCo realized that many of the summer plans we had made to fill our kids’ days were cancelled, the team rallied to put together an&nbsp;in-depth&nbsp;at-home summer camp–filled with awesome activities and projects to spark innovation, creativity, and joy.&nbsp;

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As we know, summer is shaping up to be quite a bit different than we all imagined. When the team at KiwiCo realized that many of the summer plans we had made to fill our kids’ days were cancelled, the team rallied to put together an&nbsp;in-depth&nbsp;at-home summer camp–filled with awesome activities and projects to spark innovation, creativity, and joy.&nbsp;

Peek Inside Camp KiwiCo!

<h4>What do your kids want to do when they grow up?</h4>
When we interviewed kids to find out what they dreamed of becoming when they grew up, being an&nbsp;astronaut&nbsp;was high on nearly everyone’s list. (Honestly, a lot of us want to be astronauts too!) To help give kids a jumpstart on this dream we created the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kiwico.com/astronaut-starter-kit.html">Astronaut Starter Kit</a>&nbsp;(part of our new Professions series in the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kiwico.com/store">KiwiCo Store</a>, which also include a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.kiwico.com/store/new-arrivals/vet-starter-kit.html">Vet Starter Kit,</a>&nbsp;for all the animal lovers out there.) The Astronaut Starter Kit is complete with hands-on projects and fun facts designed to spark wonder and “whoa, awesome!” reactions.

Blast off into Space with KiwiCos Awesome Astronaut Starter Kit

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What do your kids want to do when they grow up?

KiwiCo is nine years old! The company has come a long way since the humble beginnings in our founder and CEO’s garage. Today, KiwiCo is delivered to doorsteps around the world! And each dropoff is jam-packed with hands-on projects, activities, and content so kids can learn as they do. That’s in part thanks to our brilliant team of product designers. Collectively, they’ve helped design more than 1,500 KiwiCo projects. To mark this milestone, we want to introduce you to some of our product designers and give you an inside look at how they deliver a sense of wonder in everything they create!

How KiwiCo Product Designers Deliver Wonder with Every Crate

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KiwiCo is nine years old! The company has come a long way since the humble beginnings in our founder and CEO’s garage. Today, KiwiCo is delivered to doorsteps around the world! And each dropoff is jam-packed with hands-on projects, activities, and content so kids can learn as they do. That’s in part thanks to our brilliant team of product designers. Collectively, they’ve helped design more than 1,500 KiwiCo projects. To mark this milestone, we want to introduce you to some of our product designers and give you an inside look at how they deliver a sense of wonder in everything they create!

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Spooky STEM Halloween Bundle (3-Pack)

Get ready for Halloween with three wickedly fun projects! Make a cauldron boil and bubble with a colorful chemical reaction. Explore the science of static electricity with three spooky experiments, and even engineer a battery-powered haunted house that has a ghoulish glow. You’re sure to have a spook-tacular time!

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Science of Cooking Bundle (3-Pack)

Grab your apron and gather your ingredients — we're about to get cooking! While cooking up some delicious bakes, you'll learn the science behind ice crystals, yeast, and more. 

Science of Cooking Bundle includes Science of Cooking: Ice Cream, Science of Cooking: Bread & Butter, and Science of Cooking: Mini Cakes — at a special bundled discount price. All crates are delivered together, so you can get cooking right away!

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Puking Pumpkin

Mix up a creepy concoction that makes barf a blast! Combine hydrogen peroxide, foaming gel, and liquid colors before pouring the mixture into a carved pumpkin from home. Add water and yeast to make your pumpkin “puke” oozy, colorful foam for a spooky twist on science!

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Discover hands-on Halloween fun with four fa-boo-lous luminaries you craft yourself! Ready for a spook-tacular time?

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Get your rawr on — with a big green mechanical dinosaur costume, you build yourself! This costume crate contains everything you need to craft a spiky T. rex head, engineer a fierce felt jaw that snaps shut with the pull of a string, then add a set of matching dino claws to complete the look.

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Poke pegs into the screen and watch them glow with luminous color! Make brilliant patterns using 12 durable design templates, or create your own one-of-a-kind art.

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Become a thrill engineer and build twisty, turny roller coasters. Construct a mechanical Ferris wheel that lifts marbles to the top. Ready to build a rad ride of your own?

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Explore UV light and mix up 3 solutions that glow in the dark. Explore the chemistry of fluorescence, phosphorescence, and chemiluminescence. 
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Funnel toddler energy into flexible tunnel fun! This three-piece tunnel set can be configured in multiple ways to fit your play space.

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Discover the delicious chemistry of cake! Kid bakers gain confidence in the kitchen with a set of real kitchen tools and a full-color Mini Cakes recipe book.

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Get ready to rock out with robotics — with this bundle pack of our most beloved ’bots! Play with mechanical motion as you engineer a walking robot, get hands-on with switches as you create and customize a slithering snake robot, and discover domino design with a domino robot you build yourself.

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Monster Mix & Match Art Pack

Trace pairs of stencils to customize a monster body, then rub colored pencils over texture cards to color in your monsters. Top it all off by adding stickers, or drawing your own finishing touches, to bring your monster friends to life. 
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Check up on a favorite stuffed animal with a stethoscope, syringe, and other handy vet tools. Explore animal anatomy by assembling organ and muscle systems. Play a "find the fracture" game using an x-ray lightbox and a set of animal cards. Learn to read cat and dog body language, and how vets understand animals when they can't talk.

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Catch yourself a big one with this fishing game! Build your own fully-functional DIY fishing rod, complete with a ratchet-controlled reel. Then store your stuff in a tackle box that you decorate yourself (with cool stickers)! Ready to cast off?

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Learn about acid-base reactions and the science of molecules while mixing up a colorful chemical concoction, then press the mixture into bath-bomb shape. Drop your finished bath bombs into water to see fizzy chemical reactions — in action! 
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Have a blast — with two piston-powered splash blasters you build yourself! Construct a pump tube to suck up water, then press the plunger to spray your friends. Water you waiting for?

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