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Same idea as the mentioned above, however, smaller-scale (currently only available in BC & Alberta, Canada) and with a focus on sustainability including recyclable, reusable, and/or compostable materials.
Fresh Prep is a Canadian-based meal delivery kit that helps busy people create world-class dinners in minutes with prepared recipe ingredients, delivered weekly to your door within select areas in Canada – British Columbia (Greater Vancouver, Greater Victoria, Nanaimo, and the Okanagan) and now available in Alberta (Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer). Eating well made easy!
What’s in a Fresh Prep box: Inside your reusable insulated cooler bag you will find all ingredients prepped and portioned for however many meals you’d like along with easy-to-follow recipe cards for you to cook incredible meals in under 30 minutes.
Fresh Prep Frequency: Weekly (or skip a week) – Saturday through Wednesday deliveries
Fresh Prep Choice: Yes, you will always choose your own recipes from the menu each week.
Fresh Prep Cost: Range from $10 to $12.25 depending on how many servings and meal plan.
Everyone needs to eat… so why not save $30 (for a limited time, regularly $20) with SPUD.ca and my referral code!
If you’ve never heard of SPUD.ca, it’s an online grocery store delivering in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.
SPUD.ca has the best local, organic, and sustainable groceries delivered to your door at great prices. When you order through SPUD.ca you know where your food is coming from.
Good Luck Sock is a Canadian monthly sock subscription for men and women. Each month you will receive a brand new pair of funky socks delivered to your door anywhere in the world. All the socks are a high quality blend of cotton, polyester, and spandex and they fit a wide range of shoe sizes. Choose from the standard crew socks or active fit socks.
Cost:
Crew Sock of the Month Club
$72 – 6 month membership ($12 per pair)
$132 – 12 month membership ($11 per pair)
$138 – bakers dozen membership ($10.62 per pair)
Active Fit Sock of the Month Club
$102 – 6 month membership ($17 per pair)
$192 – 12 month membership ($16 per pair)
$198 – bakers dozen membership ($15.23 per pair)
Shipping: FREE
Coupon: Use code BOX10 to save 10% off sock of the month club
(This box was sent to SubscriptionBoxes.ca for review purposes, please contactus if you’d like us to review your box)
Each monthly sock club comes with one pair of socks; either active fit or crew socks. Good Luck Sock sent me samples of one of each so I can review both types of socks they have.
Each sock of the month club box comes with an informational card. They ship around the world and offer 6 or 12 month memberships.
Flamingo Party – Sock of the Month Club (Crew Socks)
$13
These socks are super fun dress socks for a man or a women. The quality is amazing! They are very soft, stretchy, and they fit a wide range of sizes 7-12. I was very impressed that ‘Good Luck Sock’ was printed on the bottom of their socks.
My husband modeling Flamingo Party. And yes, they still fit great on a size 12 foot! He said they were very soft and felt quite comfortable.
Giraffe – Sock of the Month Club (Active Fit)
$18
I love these socks so much! The second I saw them, I couldn’t wait to put them on! The giraffe is adorable and I love the turquoise striped pattern. These will be amazing in winter…they are a thicker sock and will keep my feel warm during our cold Canadian winter.
Who knew I’d ever become a sock foot model?! Aren’t they super cute and so comfortable!
Verdict: I was very impressed with the high quality of these socks and their super creative designs by Good Luck Sock. I love knowing that these socks are specifically made for Good Luck Sock and each pair is personalized on the bottom. The crew socks are great for under a dress shoe or boot, I love how a little patterned sock can add so much fun to your day and others around you. The active fit socks are probably my favorite, they just are so comfortable and will keep my feet warm all day even when its freezing outside. I cannot wait to wear them and hopefully they will become my Good Luck Sock!
What did you think ofGood Luck Sock – Sock of the Month Club, which pair of socks did you get?
Creation Crateis a monthly “tech education-in-a-box” subscription box filled with awesome engineering, technology and programming themed projects for kids! It contains challenging, entertaining, and educational stuff for older kids and teens! With Creation Crate, your child gets to explore a new world that will blow the minds of Mom and Dad!
The box works best with kids ages 12-16 years old, unless you have a child that is a whiz with electronics!
With Creation Crate, your child will learn about circuit boards, electronics parts, programming, and of course problem solving.
There are different subscription types available: Monthly and Auto-renewing subscriptions (pay every 3, 6 or 12 months). Like most subscription boxes there are bigger discounts for longer subscriptions.
Every project comes with an instruction booklet. This booklet gives you a detailed, step-by-step guide to building the project. Pages examples include:
– Parts (individually wrapped and packaged)
– Instruction Book with Common Errors, Exercises, and Sneak Peek
– Hardware
– Program link
(This box was sent to SubscriptionBoxes.ca for review purposes, please contact us if you’d like us to review your box)
The box came in a neat and clean looking white box. Upon opening the Creation Crate, the items are neatly packed and wrapped in tissue paper. The parts are all individually packaged and the instruction book was placed on top to be the first thing you read. The instruction book was heavy paper, and full color – which really helps when parts are color coded! This box was making a Mood Lamp!
Reading the instructions over, the project looked pretty straight forward. I’ve created a website, how hard can this be, I thought to myself. Like I said above, the full color instructions were a big help. I’m not an electronics guy, so I had no idea why the parts had to go in certain spots, but I followed along and within about 30 mins I had the hardware done!
Next step was programming the mood lamp. The instructions told me to go to a website and download some free software to be used to program the mood light. I clicked and installed. For some reason, such a simple program required over 85Mb of space, plus numerous drivers to be installed. It took a little while but all was installed and I began to code. I think a little more explanation of what your coding would be helpful as the lines of code may make sense to someone knowledgeable in this field, but a child might not be able to make the connection to what the end result will be. I thought I was done, then I hit upload and realized just how many mistakes I had made… oops. Copying the code EXACT is the key. 🙂
Once all mistake were corrected, next came time to upload the program. I found that I received an error code so I emailed Creation Crate. Within a few hours I received a reply with a common fix, and sure enough that worked! I really liked the quick response from them. The program was uploaded to the mood lamp and i was about to test it out. Unfortunately, only the green led was working and the red and blue leds did not light up. I will re-check again to make sure everything is correct, but I might have received a couple duds. 🙁
Update: I contacted Creation Crate and explained the problem. A few days later Chris at Creation Crate sent out a full pack of replacements! I inserted the new LEDs into the board and everything worked great! Thanks Chris!
In the end, I did create a mood light, though it won’t win any awards for its looks hahaha. However, that is the point of this box, to create the raw components and learn along the way. Once the mood light is completed, you can then complete the activities at the end of the book; playing with the code to see the changes it makes. This part I found quite useful as your child can use their imagination, and see first hand the cause and effect of code changes.
Verdict: I originally thought this would be a great subscription box for your children who are showing an interest in electronics and robotics. I even thought that my 4 year old could help me out and build it together, but after building the mood light, I agree with Creation Crate that this is a box for kids 12+. There were challenges along the way, and overcoming those challenges is all part of the learning process that the box aims to provide. The first box is a crash course into electronics and programing and kids/teens who are very excited about this niche will love this box and the projects coming month after month! Other kids who are not too tech savvy may have difficulties and become frustrated. I had to email to get help with the problem I was having, and kids may not be willing to do that, and be stuck with a 1/2 done project. I would also like it if the item was more useable. My mood light only works when connected to the computer via USB, however, something the kids can take away and place on their bedroom shelf would be more useful (a battery pack would have solved this). And, in the case of the mood light, a simple housing around the components would have been a good idea too; this way kids can display it on a shelf, without risk to the delicate components (re-use the box in some way?). Overall, its a great box for tech savvy kids who want a challenge, but not so much as an introductory electronics box. It is nice to know that if you run into trouble, the customer service at Creation Crate is awesome!
What are your thoughts on Creation Crate? Leave a comment!
