April My Imagination Mail Playcademy Review

My Imagination Mail is a new subscription for preschoolers that sends games, toys, and other enrichment activities to encourage imagination and learning! Their Playcademy box is one of three subscription options and I have their April box to share with you.

*Dislcaimer: This box was sent to See, Shop, Love! in exchange for an honest review.

My Imagination Mail has three different types of subscriptions with four package options. This is a review for the Playcademy box. Here are all of the options:

• My Fairy Tale Weekly Postcards: $9.99 per month for once weekly personalized postcards from a character like the Easter Bunny, Mother Earth, etc.
• Fairy Tale Preschool Playcademy Mini: $24.99 per month for a mini version of the box
• Fairy Tale Preschool Playcademy: $27.99 for the full box
• Fairy Tale Preschool Playcademy PLUS: $32.99 for the Playcademy box and My Fairy Tale Weekly Postcards

The Playcademy box features a personalized letter, seasonal toys, crafts, stickers, a character activity calendar, and more!

The April box is centered around Earth Day (which will take place April 22nd) and has a letter to your child from Mother Earth.

There are a few paper inserts that come with the box. One is the Character Calendar for April and May, which has fun notes for most days of the month (e.g., April 18th is Animal Crackers Day).

There are also inserts for parents/guardians, including a list with the box's contents and suggestions on how to use them. There's also a skills assessment checklist that can be used to follow your child's progress with different learning skills.

There are lots of adorable Earth-themed items in this box!

• Love the Earth Cutout - This has a hole in the top that can be used to display from the ceiling or in a window of your child's room, or wherever else they may want to hang it.
• Faber-Castell Grow a Little Star Kit - This is so cute! This has everything you need to grow little chia sprouts in a star container, just add water. It helps with scientific interest, responsibility, nature and nurture lessons, cause and effect, and observational skills.
• Pick Up Snakes Game - This game helps with hand-eye coordination, visual motor skills, pincer grasp, and problem-solving.
• Globe Super Bounce Ball - This is another toy that's fun, but also helps develop hand-eye coordination, motor control, and gross motor skills.

• Sands Alive! Sand Box - This has reusable sand that helps with muscle development, pre-writing, creativity, and imagination. 
• Sands Alive! Jungle Friends Mold Set - Use these molds with the Sand Box to help with muscle development and give your child a sense of confidence when the molds are successfully used to create shapes.

•  Spring Garden Sticker Book - I loved stickers as a kid, so this would have been my favorite item in the box for sure! They help with fine motor skills, visual perception, pincer grasp, handedness, hand strength, and muscle development.
• I Love Rainy Days! Book - Reading this with your child will help bolster pre-reading skills, print motivation, print awareness, vocabulary, letter understanding, and pre-phonics.

Here are close-ups of some of the stickers and a page from the book.

• Blank Cards and Envelopes - There are five blank cards and envelopes to make and give. These can be used in unlimited ways and definitely encourage creativity!
• My Fairy Tale Conversation Cards - These cards have one question on each side that can be used as conversation starters at the dinner table. They help with verbalization, curiosity, confidence, group dynamics, listening, taking turns, explanations, and clarifications.
• Markers and Collectible Pin - The markers can be used to decorate the blank cards or other coloring activities. The pin is a little white rabbit for Easter/spring time.
• Earth Mosaics Craft Kit - This kit helps with matching, assembly, patience, manual dexterity, visual organization, colors, and hand-eye coordination. 

A closer look at the pin and one of the conversation cards.

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Bottom Line: The My Imagination Mail Playcademy box is a great way to engage your preschool-age child in fun activities that also help develop important skills. I think kids will have a blast opening the box each month and discovering the goodies, plus you'll be able to bond with them as you complete the activities together!

March My Imagination Mail Review and Giveaways

My Imagination Mail is a new subscription box catered towards young children and their families. Boxes are packed with holiday-themed toys, crafts, and activities to engage your child's imagination and create lasting memories.

*Disclaimer: This box was sent to See, Shop, Love! in exchange for an honest review.

My Imagination Mail was created by Holly and Mike Roper. Holly is a former preschool teacher, and she and Mike both were all too aware of the struggle between balancing work and making memories with their children. They were inspired to create this box to help children all over make fond memories with their families centered around imaginative play and creative thinking!

My Imagination Mail has three subscription options:

• Weekly Holiday Magic Postcards - $9.99 per month for a customized postcard with a personalized message delivered to your door each week.
• Monthly Holiday Magic Box - $34.99 per month for a box with a personalized letter, seasonal toys, crafts, stickers, character activity calendar, collector's pin, and other holiday items
• Complete Holiday Magic Experience - $39.98 per month (save $5/month) for the Monthly Holiday Magic Box AND the Weekly Holiday Magic Postcards

All prices include shipping to the continental U.S. They currently do not ship to P.O. boxes.

This is a review for the Holiday Magic Box.

I love the design of this box! The outer packaging is full of cute and colorful seasonal images. All of the items are carefully and snugly packaged inside. At the top of the box is an insert for a grown-up helper, along with the character calendar. This month's box features fun holidays for March and April.

This box is full of fun items! As I was unpackaging it I kept thinking, "wow, there's more!" There were so many items that I couldn't even fit them all back in the box when I was done, but that's mostly because I didn't pay attention to how they all fit in in the first place.

See what I mean? Lots of toys, treats, and games in the box. I would have absolutely loved unboxing something like this when I was a kid! The box is also pretty gender neutral, which is great for all kids.

Each month your child will receive a letter from a holiday character. This month's box features a lot of Easter themed items, so of course the letter is from Eddie the Easter Bunny! Click here to view the full-sized version of the letter.

I think this is such a cute and creative addition to the box. I'm sure kids will be excited to get their very own letter from the Easter Bunny, and if your kid is a little older it's something they can practice reading with you.

There are a lot of different characters and brands represented in the box. I love all of the bunny items, since rabbits are my favorite animal, but there's also things for St. Patrick's Day and general spring-themed items as well. You can see in the photo directly above that the Collector's Pin for this month is a white rabbit with a red bow tie (center of the photo).

I like the range of items here. There are simple games like the mini Dominoes, plus fun crafts like the felt poster and styrofoam planes and rabbit to put together. I also loved stickers when I was younger (and honestly, still do now) so the St. Patrick's Day and Easter/Spring stickers would have also been a huge hit with younger me!

One of the two main games is the Hatchimals CollEGGtibles Jumbo Card Game. I know Hatchimals are huge right now, and this comes with an exclusive figure and a simple card game.

The biggest item in the box is the Egg Head Game. It has a small die and 12 plastic eggs. The rules are simple, as you can see above. It seems a little bit messy and definitely to be played outdoors, but my brothers and I would have loved something like this when we were kids!

The Grown-Up Helper insert lists all of the items in the box along with ideas on how to use them, such as using the Hatchimals game for family game night or using the foam stickers for cards and arts and crafts. There's also a reminder that some of the items have small pieces and everything is intended for ages 3+, and to have adult supervision during all activities.

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Bottom Line: I think My Imagination Mail is wonderful! I would have loved receiving this box each month as a kid. It's full of colorful, fun activities with lovely personal touches like the character letter. I think this box is a great way to spend time with your kids and create memories.

My Imagination Mail has generously offered TWO giveaways for my readers!

The first one is simple: The first 100 people to leave their shipping information in the Rafflecopter widget below will be mailed a personalized postcard from the Easter Bunny! Postcards will be printed mid-March and mailed in time for Easter (April 1st). Enter your information in the Rafflecopter below and the first 100 addresses will be sent to My Imagination Mail. The postcard image is below:

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The second giveaway is for the April Complete Holiday Magic Experience: one Holiday Magic Box plus one month of postcards (four total). Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below. This sweepstakes is open to continental U.S. residents aged 18+ and ends at 12:00 AM EST on February 25, 2018. My Imagination Mail will be sending the prize directly.

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