Santarella

festive kids book and activity kit inspired by the picture book Santarella. Making reindeer food, your own wrapping paper, build a snowy small world and decorate a map

Welcome to December’s Explorer kit!

This carefully designed December kit is full of festive wonder and magic.

Our Santarella kit is the perfect way to celebrate and spread the warmth of the festive season throughout December or in those lazy days between Christmas and New Year!

Packed with fun and educational activities and enchanting surprises, this kit is guaranteed to bring joy, laughter, and unforgettable memories this festive season!

Subscribe today from £22 to receive this box!

This box will be posted from 1st December.

child making reindeer food

Included in this box:

A copy of the book, step-by-step instructions, our words of the month card and four activities designed by teachers.

  • Create a snowy small world

  • Make your reindeer food

  • Design and craft wrapping paper

  • Record your travel adventures on a map of the world

Our sibling box will contain enough resources for two children to complete all the activities.

You will receive:

  • Hardback copy of the book

  • Activity cards

  • Words of the Month poster

  • Wooden tree

  • Snow

  • Green paint

  • White paint

  • Paintbrush

  • Map of the world

  • Dotty stickers

  • Brown craft paper

  • Ingredients to make reindeer food

about the book:

Santa meets Cinderella in this funny, fractured fairy tale by bestselling author Suzy Senior (Octopants, Unicorn Club, The Hotel for Bugs).

Oh no! It’s a chilly, frosty Christmas Eve and Santa’s hurt his back. He cannot fly the sleigh or even lift his sack! Is Christmas ruined? Not if Cinderella has anything to do with it! Leaving her mean step-sisters behind, she offers to give Santa a hand, and – along the way – travels the world. But Santa has one more gift in his sleigh. Could it be the chance for Cinderella to write her own happily-ever-after?

Packed with a rollicking rhyme and hilarious illustrations from Lucy Semple this fab retelling of a classic fairy tale challenges stereotypes and is a joy to read aloud.

This is a truly joyous story full of festive magic and wonder.

Please Note:

  • This activity box is not suitable for children under 36 months and contains small parts that may be a choking hazard.

  • All our kits are UKCA tested.

  • We recommend supervising your children while they play with the resources in this box.

  • The reindeer food ingredients may contain nuts and are not for human consumption.

  • The paint may stain.

  • Although we have taken every precaution possible, we cannot guarantee that there are no traces of nuts or other allergens in our products. Our boxes are made in an environment in which nuts and other allergens are used.