{"id":819,"date":"2021-06-03T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T07:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pack-blog.packola.com\/blog\/?p=819"},"modified":"2026-11-11T01:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T01:16:53","slug":"learn-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/learn-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Subscription Boxes To Make Learning Fun for Your Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id='bde-main'><section class=\"bde-section-819-102 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-103 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>Make up for limited social interaction by finding ways to stimulate your child's interest to learn even when at home.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>Parents, the challenge is on \u2013 how can you make learning from home fun and engaging?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-101 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy.jpg\" alt=\"PAINTLoose founder Amy VanHoy\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy.jpg 1672w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PAINTLoose-founder-Amy-VanHoy-840x473.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1672px) 100vw, 1672px\"><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-117 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-118 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><em>PAINTLoose founder, Amy VanHoy produces DIY painting video tutorials for young learners.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-104 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-819-105 bde-heading\">\nLearn From Home, Learn Through Play\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-106 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>The pivot to online classes and virtual learning has subsequently pushed unique subscription kits from mere concepts into viable businesses.<br \/><br \/>From our Packola community, here are 3 amazing small businesses whose imaginative ideas, in beautifully-designed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/products\/mailer-box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">custom boxes<\/a>, deliver a perfect mix of education and recreation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-119 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-819-120 bde-heading\">\nI'm The Chef Too!\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-121 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><strong>I'm The Chef Too!<\/strong> blends food, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and the arts into educational fun.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cWe offer edible adventure kits that infuse educational concepts into our recipes making learning fun, engaging, and tasty,\u201d shares owner Lisa Wallace.<\/p>\n<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-122 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/galaxy_donut_1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Galaxy Donut by Im The Chef Too subscription box\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/galaxy_donut_1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/galaxy_donut_1024x1024-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/galaxy_donut_1024x1024-768x326.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-123 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><em>Blast off into outer space and journey through a cosmic adventure of galaxies galore.<\/em><\/p><p>The team is composed of educators, mothers, and designers whose goal is to create meaningful learning experiences through cooking. Each box or adventure kit is infused with STEM concepts that enable children to invent, engineer, and create through inquiry-based techniques and open-ended problem-solving. One of which is the exciting Galaxy Donuts Adventure Kit.<\/p><p>According to Lisa, their inspiration for the Galaxy Donuts box design is to create a feeling of being blasted off into the galaxy. They chose eye-catching art and bright, bold colors that will excite kids to open the box right away and start their edible adventure.<\/p><p>The Galaxy Donuts Adventure Kit includes the adventure recipe, pre-measured dry ingredients, specialty supplies, themed STEM-related activities, an apron patch, and an activity guide.<\/p>\n<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-124 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Inside_1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"im the chef too STEM subscription box\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Inside_1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Inside_1024x1024-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Inside_1024x1024-768x636.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-139 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn more about I\u2019m The Chef Too on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imthecheftoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.imthecheftoo.com<\/a>.\u00a0<br \/>Follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/imthecheftoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lisawallace8601\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-125 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-819-126 bde-heading\">\nPLACES, PLEASE!\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-127 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>Take advantage of sheltering in place to stage a show casting your friends and family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>PLACES, PLEASE!<\/strong> theatre boxes make a great addition to your kids\u2019 home-school curriculum. The company delivers bi-monthly subscription boxes for children ages 9-14 to experience and discover a love for the performing arts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-128 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/placesplease_1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"places please theater subscription box\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/placesplease_1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/placesplease_1024x1024-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/placesplease_1024x1024-768x530.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-129 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><em>Places, Please! is a bi-monthly subscription box that provides a step-by-step acting curriculum for children ages 9-14.<\/em><\/p><p>Each box is a gateway to hours of imaginative play while stimulating STEAM (that\u2019s STEM plus the arts \u2013 dance, drama, music, and more) learning.<br \/><br \/>The boxes contain scripts and ideas for producing the show, essential costumes and props, and a curriculum notebook with tabs to hold lessons on acting skills, warm-up games, improv, vocabulary, and the history of theatre. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-130 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Places-Please.jpg\" alt=\"places please custom box\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Places-Please.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Places-Please-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Places-Please-768x582.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-131 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>Founder Lisa Closner recalls how they wanted a fun and playful design for their custom boxes. One that would catch the attention of the kids and their parents immediately. With the help of designer <a href=\"https:\/\/karliingersoll.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karli Ingersoll<\/a>, their custom boxes design is a vision come to life!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn more about PLACES, PLEASE! on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.placespleasebox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.placespleasebox.com<\/a>.<br \/>Follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/placespleasebox\/?modal=admin_todo_tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/placespleasebox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-132 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-819-133 bde-heading\">\nPAINTLoose\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-134 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>With school closures and the stay at home order, in-person art classes are out of the question. Keep your kids up to date with their art lessons through virtual classes and their paint materials delivered right to your doorstep.<br \/><br \/>Meet the small business that combines the best of both!<\/p>\n<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-135 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amy_with_box.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amy_with_box.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amy_with_box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Amy_with_box-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-136 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><em>Amy VanHoy created PAINTLoose to combine her two passions: painting and teaching.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>Founded by Houston artist Amy VanHoy, <strong>PAINTLoose<\/strong> was created to combine her passions for painting and teaching. Amy produces DIY painting tutorials that cater primarily to kids, and help viewers source their painting supplies.<br \/><br \/>In addition to their selection of acrylic paint kits for kids, the \u201cI Love You Fridge Magnets\u201d set (aka the love note that never ends) includes an acrylic frame, a fine tip magnetic dry-erase marker, and an abstract print with 3 color options.<br \/><br \/>Sly, silly, or sweet, these writable magnets are a great way to spread the love around your home. You can even treat these kits as a tool to teach your kids to write, draw, and most importantly, encourage them to express themselves through words.<\/p>\n<\/div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-137 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paintloose.jpg\" alt=\"PaintLoose custom box and contents\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paintloose.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paintloose-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Paintloose-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\"><div class=\"bde-rich-text-819-138 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>With an artist for a founder, it\u2019s no surprise that PAINTLoose wants their custom boxes to be unique and artistic. \u201cWe designed the lines to look like brush strokes and tried to play off our tagline by making the lines wrap around the page (a love note that never ends).\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn more about PAINTLoose.<br \/>Follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amy.vanhoy\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC7_Py-tkEVwV6jV2IfkuuHw?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have your own #PackolaStory to tell? Share it with our growing number of creative packaging enthusiasts at community@packola.com.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-819-107 bde-section packola-post-cta\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-819-108 bde-div\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n  <div class=\"section-background-overlay bde-section-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-819-109 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-110 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/cta-badge.png\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 88px) 100vw, 88px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-819-111 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Logo.svg\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-819-112 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"bde-heading-819-113 bde-heading toc-ignore\">\nCustom boxes that bring your brand <span>to life!<\/span>\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-text-819-114 bde-text\">\nPremium qualiy. Endless possibilities.\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-button-819-115 bde-button\">\n        \n    \n    \n    \n    \n            \n                    \n            \n            \n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <a class=\"breakdance-link button-atom button-atom--custom bde-button__button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/products\/mailer-box\" target=\"_self\" data-type=\"url\">\n\n    \n        <span class=\"button-atom__text\">GET YOUR CUSTOM BOXES<\/span>\n\n        \n        \n                <\/a>\n\n    \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><\/main>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make up for limited social interaction by finding ways to stimulate your child&#8217;s interest to learn even when at home.<br \/>\nParents, the challenge is on \u2013 how can you make learning from home fun and engaging?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packola.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}