Prehistoric Adventure

product image of a kid's dinosaur picture book surrounded by resources to create four different activities.

Welcome to February’s Explorer box!

This year’s February book and activity box is inspired by the stylish and poetic picture book ‘Beasts Beneath Our Feet' written by James Carter and illustrated by Alisa Kosareva.

Subscribe today from £21 to receive this box!

This box is a must for any budding palaeontologists!

This box will be posted from Friday 3rd February.

Double page spread of the picture book The Beasts Behind our Feet

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.

  • A dinosaur dig

  • Sand art

  • Create and design your own prehistoric bug

  • A Woolly Mammoth inspired artwork

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

A prehistoric bug made out of clay and natural resources

You will receive:

  • A paperback copy of the book

  • Activity cards

  • Words of the month poster

  • 2 Collecta Dinosaurs

  • Green, yellow and blue play sand

  • Tin of Watercolour paint

  • Paintbrush

  • Tin of air dry clay

  • 2 Woolly Mammoth silhouettes

  • Watercolour paper

  • PVA glue

  • Lolly stick

Together with this children’s picture book, this box will unearth some of nature’s best-kept secrets.

Dig down through the layers of the Earth and travel back in time with this poetic introduction to natural history.  Meet the trilobites that scuttled and crawled; the munching, crunching dinosaurs; and a herd of roaming woolly mammoths. 

This rhyming read will take your children on a prehistoric adventure!

Together with this book, this box will engage and inspire the minds of young readers to learn more about the fantastic creatures that came before us.

Please Note:

  • This activity box is not suitable for children under 36 months and contains small parts that may be choking hazards. Children must be supervised.

  • Please note the dinosaurs you receive may vary from the image shown.

  • Please ensure you and your child are wearing old clothes and that any surfaces are covered as the watercolour paints 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.