Art Kit
HOW IT WORKS
JOIN
It’s easy! Sign up for our monthly membership or choose from our gift options. All KidArtLit members have unlimited access to an exclusive library of creative & bookish resources and expert support. Engage with our lively online community through weekly art and reading challenges, live video workshops, and more.
CURATED CREATIVITY
Each month, we handpick a high-quality, hardcover picture book and create a related, open-ended art project for your family. We box up the book, all the art supplies you’ll need, and our inspiring mini-magazine. Then, we ship it all right to your door.
UNBOX CONNECTION
Joy and curiosity arrive at your home in a delightful custom package. We always include a “Ready-Set-Go” activity so your family can engage with the delivery right away. These activities are designed as fun pre-reading and creating experiences that set you up for success.
BUILD A RITUAL
Make reading and art part of your family’s culture. KidArtLit is a subscription, so new books, art materials, and ideas arrive for you every month, and your family’s experience deepens over time. There is no commitment; cancel anytime. You can also easily skip shipments with just a few clicks.
What's Included?
A Thoughtfully-Curated Hardback Picture Book
“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is a bad children’s story.” — C.S. Lewis
We curate artful and complex picture books from a range of publishers. Expect a new-release or boutique title that your family can savor.
An Open-Ended Art Project (Including All the Supplies You'll Need to Do the Project Twice)
You'll always get a book-inspired art experience that is engaging and fun. Our packages might focus on painting, printmaking, textiles, or sculpture, for example, and they are different each month. While we do build some helpful structure into our projects, there is no “right” or “wrong” way to enjoy them.
Our Mini Magazine
KidArtLit was founded by experts in literacy and creative development, and our magazine gives that expertise a place at your family table. We guide you through each step of your project and help you dive deeply into each book.
A Ready-Set-Go Pack
Each box includes a bonus item or activity that your family can enjoy as soon as you receive your box. Think of it as a pre-reading and creating warm up to engage your kids and get them thinking.
A Supportive Online Community
When you sign up, you get access to our exclusive resource library—where we store clickable guides, themed project inspiration, and other downloadable resources—and to our engaged and supportive online community, where we host photo challenges, live workshops, and share news for creative families.
NOW ACCEPTING august ORDERS
Do you believe that everyone can change?
Then you are going to love sharing the August picture book and art delivery with your children. This month's book teaches that, while frustration and failure are inevitable parts of life, they are also chances to let sweetness and joy blossom. The open-ended art experiences introduce traditional Japanese art forms and materials, reinforce scissor skills, and result in both realistic and abstract sculptures.
Meet the Co-Founders
Some things are meant to be together—like chips and guac, rainbows and pots of gold, or picture books and kids process art!
We’re Julia and Megan—two longtime educators in the San Francisco Bay Area. We met in a local mom’s group when we were both struggling to reconnect with our passions while raise awesome kids that live by the values we care about most.
We believe that everyone is born an artist and that a good story can be powerfully transformational, and our goal is to make is easy and fun for you to ignite creativity and and a love of reading in your young children.
Even though one of us drinks coffee and one drinks tea, we work together like a sweater vest and a tweed jacket. Find out more about our KidArtLit journey here.
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