14 Best Subscription Boxes for Kids (2025): STEM, Books, Snacks

This is coming with a big disclaimer: CrunchLabs, the company founded by former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober, says that its Hack Pack is for people over 14 years old. However, my 7-year-old put it together with minimal help in an afternoon, although it did take him much longer than the 60-minute estimated time for a teenager. ("Why are you so worried, Mama?" he admonished me when I showed skepticism. "The drawings show you exactly what to do.") Each box has a robot to assemble that illustrates a STEM principle, complete with a battery and an Arduino microcontroller. You can also unlock a video, but the drawings in the included manual were clear and big enough that we could put it together without the help of the internet. Our box had the infrared turret to illustrate the principle of infrared communication. My 6-year-old was thrilled, hiding it and using the infrared remote to ambush his sister with a barrage of foam darts. You can also unlock a web-based coding console to ha ... Read full article.