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May 6, 2017 05/06/17 By Subscription Box Mom 0 Comments 0

Amazon STEM Club Toy Subscription April 2017 Review – 5 to 7 Years

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Amazon STEM Club Toy Subscription April 2017 Review

Amazon has a new subscription, the STEM Club.  This subscription has three age ranges: 3-4, 5-7 and 8-13.  Boxes are $19.99/month and we subscribed to the 5-7 group.

From Amazon: STEM Club is a monthly program that delivers handpicked, high-quality Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math toys to your door at a great price. Each month you will receive a different, age-appropriate STEM toy that will encourage your child to learn through play. From robotics to natural sciences, there’s always a new discovery on the way.

A STEM Club Toy Subscription costs $19.99/month plus applicable taxes. You can cancel your subscription at any time. Subscription and shipping is only available in the United States.

The Details:

Cost: $19.99/month

What’s in the box? Amazon editors work closely with smart and trusted brands we love to handpick the best STEM toys. From programmable robots to rockin’ crystal kits and chemistry sets to cool arithmetic toys, STEM Club will challenge and inspire while expanding young minds through play. Your first STEM Club toy will ship for free within 2 days of signing up and will arrive at your shipping destination in about a week.

Manage your subscription Subscription begins upon sign-up and will renew each month automatically on the same day of the month as you signed up. For each month of your subscription, you will be billed on the date your STEM Club toy ships. You can cancel your STEM Club Toy Subscription anytime in “Your Memberships & Subscriptions”.

Everything shipped in a plain Amazon box. Note, if you order other items from Amazon, they may ship with your club order.

Learning Resources Gears! Gears! Gears! Gizmos Building Set $34.99 This set comes with 82 pieces, including two spirals. Children can assemble various designs using problem solving skills.

Gears! Gears! Gears! Gizmos is fun and learning in motion! Build your own whirling creations with these easy-to assemble gears, bases, and connectors, to create a visual display of movement, color, and craziness! Follow the included pictorial directions or use your own imagination to build. Every gear placement is a decision based on design and function. Building without parameters allows children to explore their own creativity and experience how design interconnects with function to create a unified, spinning masterpiece. This advanced set has different sized gears to bring an added element of problem solving to ensure the gears connect with one another and spin successfully.

The building activity keeps kids’ hands busy picking up, feeling, stabilizing, and connecting the gears, bases and extra springing, twirling components. While the bright, bold colors of the gears and the mesmerizing swirly stickers grasp kids’ full visual attention for a fun, engaging good time. There are enough pieces for children to play together, building one structure, or divvy out the bases and kids can each build their own smaller structures using shared accessories.

Any way you play, this wacky gears set whirls and twirls beyond any kids’ wildest dreams!

All the pieces came in a large bag.

There was a sheet of stickers to put on various gears, and an instruction guide. My one issue with the stickers is some of them didn't have cut outs in the middle, so you could attach anything to the center if you put one one.  We ended up using two of the stickers for this reason.

This is a look at all the pieces.

My kids got right to playing with the sets.

First first project was one large gear.

Then they added a spring and more accessories.  We did have one issue with the kit.  One of the blue springs broke.  We had only played with it a couple of times, so it was pretty disappointing. Since this is an Amazon subscription, it was very easy to arrange a refund or exchange.

Final Thought: On a value standpoint, this box succeed. I paid $19.99 and received a $35.00 toy. The toy was a huge hit with my kids and they continue to play with it daily.  I was disappointed the spring broke, but Amazon fixed the issue easily. Amazon has three different STEM subscriptions for kids 3-13, so you can find the one perfect for your child.  Subscribe and choose one of these three plans.