Best Subscription Boxes for Kids

KiwiCo tops our list thanks to the vast offering of thoughtful, age-appropriate themed plans. From plush toys to rad experiments, kids of all ages will happily trade tech time for these monthly crates.

KiwiCo has consistently been featured in many of our subscription roundups due to the vast number of top-notch subscription options that cater to children of all ages. Every month (bimonthly for baby subscriptions), KiwiCo ships high-quality, fun, and engaging age-appropriate toys and activities to your doorstep. Each themed box is filled with plush toys, exciting activities, and cool experiments kids will love.

Past boxes focused on geography, engineering, art, science experiments, travel, and nature. Choose between the Panda Crate (0-24 months), Koala Crate (ages 2-4), Kiwi Crate (ages 5-8), Atlas Crate (ages 6-11), Yummy Crate, (ages 6-14), Tinker Crate (ages 9-14), Doodle Crate (ages 9-16), Eureka Crate (ages 12+), and Maker Crate (ages 14+).

Pricing starts at $23.95/month with free shipping in the U.S.; international shipping is available as well though it is not free. Discounts are available for three-, six-, or 12-month commitments.

Little Passports' budget-friendly subscription boxes allow you to show your kiddos the world without having to pack your bags.

Little Passports let kids explore the world without the hefty price of airfare. It’s a fun and affordable way to take them on various adventures and expose them to global benefits. 

From their Early Explorers plan for kids ages 3-5 to plans for older kids, there are options for everyone. Upon sign-up, you receive an introductory package the first month; then there are monthly packages that follow, including everything from books to experiments and more.

You can choose to pay monthly or sign up for a 6- or 12-month subscription to save more. Plus, most packages offer free shipping, and parents say these boxes are a great overall value.

Each Lovevery play kit box is dedicated to your baby’s development. The toys are well made, thoughtful, minimalist, and focused on every new stage your baby reaches.

Lovevery’s Play Kit subscription offers open-ended toys that encourage skills fitting for your baby’s age and growth stage. The toys are based on the Montessori theory of child development, so they foster independence, exploration, and practical life skills.

All toys are made with sustainably harvested wood, organic cotton, non-toxic paint, and baby-safe plastics. The subscription offers access to expert advice and activity ideas to help you appropriately facilitate your child’s learning and development. 

Play kits start at infancy and continue to serve children through age 3. For ages 0 to 12 months, boxes are delivered every two months for about $80 per box. From years 1 to 3, boxes are delivered every three months for roughly $120 per play kit. There’s no commitment and you can cancel at any time.

Curated by an occupational therapist, these sensory boxes are filled with a wide variety of sensory toys and tools that have been successful in therapy sessions as well as highly requested by kids and caregivers. A pamphlet helps caregivers understand how each specific item will support growth and development.

Sensory Theraplay was founded specifically for autistic kids. Each new subscription box attempts to provide activities and sensory toys designed to stimulate multiple senses to help kids develop motor skills, self-regulate, improve focus, and calm their anxiety. Each box includes five to six occupational therapist-approved sensory toys including high-quality fidget toys, sensory games, and activities. 

For the parents and caregivers, the monthly package includes a pamphlet that explains each item’s use, and how it benefits the child. While children beginning around four years old will love these boxes, Sensory Theraplay also offers subscription plans for teens and adults. Although it's not possible to customize orders, you can buy single boxes without a subscription first to ensure the items fit the child's needs and abilities.

Subscriptions are delivered monthly and cost $42 up to $79 per month plus shipping. This is definitely on the pricier side, but with five to six high-quality, well-sourced items included in each box, the cost is well justified.

LEGO lovers will go wild over the Brick Loot subscription, and not just for the fun and specially designed projects. Each monthly delivery also contains LEGO swag like hats, pencil cases, and candy molds.

Brick Loot was initially created in 2013 by then 9-year-old Parker Krex, who loved LEGO and subscription boxes and wanted to merge the two together. Three cheers for Parker because children (and adults) across the country enjoy a new Brick Loot box every month.

Every Brick Loot shipment contains LEGO or LEGO-compatible building kits, some even created by popular LEGO designers. The monthly box also comes with some cool LEGO swag like LED brick lights, hats, candy molds, pencil cases, and mini-figures.

A 12-month subscription costs about $25 per month. If you opt to order month-to-month, it runs around $28 per month. Three- and six-month subscriptions are also available. Shipping is a flat rate of $6.

Groovy Lab in a Box delivers some of the coolest STEM projects we've ever seen. Each box taps into a child’s natural ability to solve problems, explore ideas, learn about science, and how things work from an engineering perspective.

Groovy Lab in a Box delivers hands-on STEM activities even parents will enjoy (and maybe even learn something too). Each box comes with the supplies needed to complete the fun activities and super cool experiments. There's also an official lab notebook to record hypotheses and experiment notes.

Both caregivers and children can keep the fun going on the members-only area of the Groovy Lab website. There are more challenges, fun activities, and learning opportunities to keep kids busy in between deliveries.

Groovy Lab offers two subscription plans: The Young Creator Series designed for ages 4 to 7 years old and The STEMist series designed for ages 8 and up.  

Buffalo Game allows the entire family to get in on the fun thanks to the highly-customizable nature of the subscription service.

Buffalo Games has been providing fun and unique puzzles to jigsaw lovers since the late eighties. Besides offering hundreds of puzzles to choose from, the company caters to beginners and advanced puzzle people thanks to the highly customizable subscriptions.

There are three different Buffalo Games subscription plans: 300- to 500-piece puzzles, 750- to 1,000-piece puzzles, and 2,000-piece puzzles. We recommend newbies start off with 300-500 and work their way up from there. It's also important to note as the number of pieces to a puzzle increases, the size of the individual pieces decreases, so take that into consideration when ordering for young children.

Unlike most other monthly subscription services, you have to commit to either a six- or 12-month plan upfront. The least expensive option includes 300- to 500-piece puzzles, and costs $78 for a six-month subscription. The 2,000-piece six-month subscription costs about $96. That said, the puzzles end up running between $13 and $16 each, which is not bad considering the quality and cost of similar puzzles when bought off the shelf in a store. Plus, shipping is included.

If you have an outdoors-y kiddo, or are desperate to get your kids to ditch the tech-time madness, look no further than the Think Outside subscription. This monthly box will entice the kids to put down the controller and learn to love nature and all of its mysteries and beauty.

The Think Outside monthly delivery box encourages kids to go outdoors and explore the wonderful world around them. The first delivery comes with a high-quality waterproof backpack to hold the gear that comes in each month's box. The welcome box also contains a poster showing the future monthly themes with a checklist, so the little explorers check off and keep track of all they have learned each month.

Since every month is focused on a different theme, kids will continue to build on the things they learn and most of all, never get bored with nature. Past themes have included learning about star gazing, navigation tools, shelter building, and even nutrition.

There are four different subscription plans available starting at about $40 a month. Discounts are available for quarterly, semi-annual, and annual commitments.

Literati Kids wins best for book lovers because it’s a try before you buy experience— for books! Your little one (with your help) will get a week to decide which books to keep.

Literati Kids is one of the most unique book subscriptions out there. Each month, you’ll receive five handpicked books, tailored to your tastes and goals selected in your profile. Take the week after receiving your package to choose which books you want to buy, then send the rest back. And if you keep all five, you’ll get a 5% discount. It’s as easy as that.

You can use your account to review the books you receive, and these reviews will inform your future deliveries. The information in your profile will help the company select books to aid your child in reaching educational milestones based on your child's age, interests, and reading level. 

Literati Kids caters to newborns up to age 13 and above. The boxes ship monthly, but you can customize your schedule within your account.

Eat2explore teaches so much more than fun in the kitchen. Kids will be introduced to foods from different countries each month and complete activities and lessons on the country as well.

Eat2explore goes above and beyond by introducing your family to the cuisine of a different country each month and introduces activities and lessons on the theme country as well.

Each month, subscribers will receive three recipes from the country of the month, plus educational activity sheets, a shopping list, and essential mixes of spices, sauces, and/or grains that may be difficult to find at your local grocery store. They'll also get a kid-friendly cooking tool, collectibles like stickers and flag pins, and country explorer brochures that educate about the nation’s food traditions.

Eat2explore also offers gifts and one-time boxes. Subscriptions are available for month-to-month payment of about $25 per month, a 3-month prepaid subscription of roughly $24 per month, a 6-month subscription of about $23 per month, or a 12-month subscription of approximately $22 per month. Plus, if you refer a friend, you’re eligible for a discount of $10. 

The eat2explore team recommends their products for kids aged 5 and up.

Kids’ Art Box offers unique art projects monthly, curated for your child’s age range. Two of the subscription items focus on involving mom and dad, so the projects will foster quality time and bonding as well.

Kids’ Art Box offers all the supplies needed for three new, unique art projects every month, plus additional activities that vary by subscription. The projects will keep kids busy and creating, without parents having to come up with the ideas or materials for new projects continuously.

The company offers three different subscription boxes: 

• Mommy and Me Art Box: For ages 3 to 6, this box comes with three art projects, one science project, and one visual recipe each month. It’s meant for kids and moms to work on together.
• Daddy and Me Art Box: Made for kids aged 4 to 7 and their dads, this box comes with three art projects, one science project, and one origami tutorial each month.
• My Artist Box: This box is made for kids ages 6 to 12, and is intended to be done largely independently. The monthly subscription comes with three art activities inspired by the artist of the month and one diorama. 

Each monthly box has a theme, with each project fostering creativity. Kids will be making crafts like a finger-painted family tree, performing activities like nature journaling, and creating new recipes in the kitchen including making and baking “pizza people.”

Boxes cost around $30 to $45 per month and shipping is always free.

We chose Pipsticks Kid’s Club for the best sticker collection for kids because of the sheer variety each pack comes with, as well as their child-friendly design.

The Pipsticks Kids Club offers kid-friendly stickers that are easy for even little fingers to grasp. The stickers are suitable for ages 3 and up. Sticker themes in each monthly pack are designed to encourage creativity. 

Each sticker pack comes with 15 sheets of stickers, including a collectible giant puffy sticker, scratch n’ sniff stickers, and interactive sticker projects. Your mini sticker lover will also get an activity book, a holographic sticker storage pouch, and a coloring postcard each month.

The subscription costs about $17.95 per box and delivers monthly.

KidPik is the best overall subscription box for kids clothing because of its affordability and flexibility. There are no fees for styling, shipping, or returns.

KidPik is both affordable and flexible. Subscribers pay for what they keep and won’t have to pay styling fees, shipping fees, or returns. You can pick the frequency of delivery, which allows a great amount of control. 

Subscribers begin by taking an online quiz so that the company can send you clothing that suits your child’s style. The subscription carries sizes two through 16 and shoes in sizes 7 toddlers to 6 youth.

Each box includes three coordinated outfits (seven pieces, including shoes) and a pre-paid return envelope.

Users have seven days to try on the clothes and decide what to keep or return. And if you keep the whole box, you’ll receive a 30% discount on the purchase. The entire box averages around $98 once the discount is applied, with each piece costing about $15. However, if you don’t keep the whole box, each piece is an average of $22.

Amwell provides 24/7 access to board-certified pediatricians via an app or computer-based platform. The wait time is usually minimal as well making it a great option if you need care before the pediatrician can fit you in.

What could be better than having a pediatrician on-call 24/7? We're looking at you parents of preschool kids building their immunity one illness at a time. Amwell for Pediatrics offers around-the-clock care from board-certified pediatricians in all 50 states. It's easy to schedule an appointment and connect with a provider the same day, and in some cases, within the hour you are connected with a specialist.

Amwell is available via the Amwell app or website. It's as simple as filling in a questionnaire about your child's symptoms and entering any insurance information you have. From there, choose from a list of providers and schedule the appointment.

A few of the major insurance companies that work with Amwell included Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of varying states, and United Healthcare. However, you can opt to pay using a debit or credit card, flexible spending, or health savings account to cover the $79 visit.