WHAT $67 ACTUALLY BUYS
A box and an inbox.
Nothing else to buy.
In the box
- 12 guided clay animal projects
- Modelling clay in project colours
- Sculpting tools sized for small hands
- Visual step-by-step cards — no reading required to build
Digital — sent to your inbox
- 24 Social-Emotional Learning story adventures
- Read on a phone, tablet or print them at home
- Early Reader collection, ages 3–5
- Growing Reader collection, ages 6–8
- Yours to keep and re-read, no expiry
WHY IT COSTS WHAT IT COSTS
A craft kit ends.
This one keeps going.
Three ways to buy a screen-free afternoon, and what each one actually leaves behind once the building stops.
A craft kit from the shop aisle
$5–$15
One-off
- Clay, a couple of tools, an instruction sheet
- Seven or eight things to make
- One set of instructions, one age band
- Instructions to follow, but no stories
Finished when the object is finished.
A monthly activity box
From $35
Every month
- A new box arrives each month
- Charged again next month, and the month after
- Stop paying and the boxes stop
- Fixed age band — a younger sibling needs their own
The cost keeps arriving too.
The 12 Animal Adventures Kit
$67
Once, then never again
- 12 guided builds and 24 story adventures — 36 activities
- Both reading levels included — emailed the moment you order
- Every story teaches a named skill — confidence, kindness, patience, resilience
- Visual build cards, so they can start without you
The story keeps going after the clay dries.
The 12 Animal Adventures Kit, in three numbers
The difference is not the clay. Clay is the cheap part. It is twenty-four stories written twice over — one version for a three-year-old, one for a seven-year-old — each carrying a skill worth talking about at dinner. That is the part a shop-aisle kit cannot put in the box, and the part you stop receiving the month you cancel a subscription.
BUILD · READ · GROW
Twelve builds. Twenty-four stories.
Every story builds a skill.
Each animal carries its own Social-Emotional Learning theme — Leo's stories are about confidence — and comes with two different stories, one written for ages 3–5 and another for ages 6–8. Twenty-four stories in all, building confidence, kindness, patience, resilience and creativity while they play.
01
BUILDFollow the visual guide. No reading needed.02
READDiscover the matching SEL story.03
GROWLearn confidence, kindness and resilience.04
PLAYCarry the adventure into imaginative play.WHY SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING MATTERS
Skills they carry beyond playtime.
Social-Emotional Learning helps children build confidence, resilience and emotional skills they use every day — making friends, solving problems, trying something new.
THE 4PM PROBLEM
You already know how this goes.
Another activity box
- Opened, built in nine minutes, abandoned
- You end up doing most of it
- Nothing left once the building stops
- One age band — outgrown by next birthday
- Back to the tablet by half past four
The 12 Animal Adventures Kit
- Build it, read its story, then play it out
- Visual cards mean they can start without you
- The story keeps going after the clay dries
- It grows with them instead of being outgrown
- 30+ minutes, and you get dinner cooked
BEFORE YOU BUY
The questions parents actually ask.
Will it really hold their attention, or is it another nine-minute toy?
The build is only the first third. Each animal is paired with a story, and the story sets up imaginative play afterwards. That is the design: 12 builds, 24 story adventures, 36 activities in total, and roughly 6+ hours of play across them. Most children get 30+ minutes out of a single sitting.
My child can't read yet. Is this still for them?
Yes. Every order includes both collections. The Early Reader collection (ages 3–5) is written to be read together with you. The Growing Reader collection (ages 6–8) is written for independent reading. These are different stories, not the same story printed twice — each animal has a theme, and a separate story written for each age, which is how 12 animals become 24 story adventures. The build cards themselves are visual, so a three-year-old can start without reading a word.
Are the storybooks printed books, or digital?
Digital. All 24 story adventures are emailed to you right after checkout, so you can read them on a phone or tablet, or print them at home. Only the clay kit is posted. Nothing about the stories is waiting on the courier.
Is the clay safe?
The clay is non-toxic and chosen for small hands aged 3 and up. As with any craft material, supervise the youngest children.
What if it doesn't work for my child?
Email hello@kidarakits.com within 30 days and we refund you under the 30-Day Focused Play Guarantee. Keep the storybooks. Full terms in our refund policy.
READY TO BUILD, READ & GROW?
More focused play.
More meaningful stories.
A clay kit in the post, the storybooks in your inbox, and afternoons that do not end in a screen.