Your Complete Guide to Craft Subscription Boxes: Unleash Creativity Monthly
What Are Craft Subscription Boxes?
Few things are as exciting as a package in the mail, but your excitement will spark into overdrive when it’s a craft box. Craft subscription boxes provide just that: a monthly subscription box that includes (almost) everything you need to make a beautiful craft. Each subscription box includes components, products, and tutorials to create a unique craft.
Craft subscription boxes offer an easy, approachable way to bring more creativity into your life. They are also a community builder—you and your friends can each subscribe and have a craft night together, or you can give a subscription to a grandkid who lives far away and do the craft “together” using video chat. Craft subscription boxes bring ease, fun, and creativity straight to your doorstep every single month.
How Craft Subscription Boxes Work
The process for getting and using your craft subscription box is fairly straightforward, no matter where you purchase your box. First, find a box that meets all your criteria for your craft subscription box—you’ll want to consider the products you get in the box, the shipping schedule, the pricing, and whether or not the box comes with instructions for the craft.
Once you have a subscription in mind, sign up for the box. Then it’s just a matter of waiting for your box to arrive. Depending on the source of your box, you might get it on a certain day of the month or a certain number of days after ordering. Once you get your box, it should have everything you need, including easy-to-follow instructions on how to complete the craft, any specialized tools, and the supplies you’ll need. Find a few hours for crafting fun, and then get started on your project!
The Paper Pumpkin Subscription from Stampin’ Up!
We created the Paper Pumpkin Craft Subscription box to share the joy of crafting and community with everyone. We saw that so many people wanted to craft but had no idea where to start, what to do, or what to use. This monthly subscription includes crafts that will bring a dose of creativity to your life and make your loved ones smile. Each month, you’ll enjoy the anticipation of discovering what type of craft is in your Paper Pumpkin kit. Your craft kit includes an exclusive stamp, ink pad, and embellishments to create the predesigned craft. The Paper Pumpkin Craft Subscription box could include cards, decor, gift tags, banners, giftables, boxes, and more! Every month will bring a new surprise for you to create!
Plus, we’ve gone out of our way to make Paper Pumpkin as accessible as possible. Shipping is included in the monthly fee, and you can pause your subscription at any time and easily resume it when you’re ready. You can also choose to pre-pay or pay-as-you-go (month-to-month) options.
Five Benefits of a Craft Subscription
1. Autoships for Ease
One of the biggest barriers to crafting can be simply remembering to buy, gather, and then use your craft supplies. Craft subscription boxes take all the extra thinking out of the process. Sign up for your box and enjoy the ease and convenience of your next craft showing up on your doorstep. We love knowing that so many people get a little sparkle of joy when they see their subscription box arrive!
2. New and Exclusive Products
Many craft subscription boxes offer exclusive or new products as part of their monthly subscription. This means you have paper, ink, stamps, and embellishments exclusive to that box, as well as new techniques and tutorials included in the subscription. These exclusive products are fun to collect and use in new ways for other projects!
3. Tutorials and Techniques
Because a craft subscription box is meant for every level of crafter, techniques, tips, and tricks should be included in your box. This ensures that everyone who gets the box, whether they are an expert crafter or a beginner, can complete the craft and add their own creative spin. Not only can beginners build confidence by trying new techniques, but advanced crafters can build on the techniques in the project using inspiration from other projects.
4. Build Your Stamp Collection
A craft subscription box offers an inexpensive, consistent, convenient way to add to your craft collection. The Paper Pumpkin monthly craft kit includes a reusable stamp, so when you’ve created your craft, you’ll have a new stamp to use again and again. Remember, these are exclusive products for Paper Pumpkin boxes, which means your collection grows with unique stamps every month.
5. Connection and Community
When you create a craft using the Paper Pumpkin Subscription Box, you are creating the same craft as other craft enthusiasts across the country. There’s something magical about knowing that a crafter in Florida enjoys the same experience as an Oregon crafter every month. We’ve seen this craft subscription box used as a Christmas gift between friends and family who live far apart, and they set up a monthly craft night to complete their craft over video chat or a phone call. At the heart of everything we do, we seek to create meaningful connections through crafting, and the Paper Pumpkin Subscription does just that.
Why We Love Paper Pumpkin
Every detail of Paper Pumpkin is designed to make it easy to start a craft, learn a new skill or technique, and add to your craft supplies. The Paper Pumpkin Subscription Box features the easiest-to-follow instructions (both printed and video versions) that result in a high-quality, beautiful product. We love that the exclusive products in the Paper Pumpkin Subscription Box are yours to keep forever, adding even more craft supplies to your collection.
Seasoned crafters love Paper Pumpkin because they can use this subscription box as a starting point and often put their own spin on the project, even if it’s as simple as using a different color of ink or placing embellishments in a unique pattern.
We love that Paper Pumpkin is the sort of crafting kit crafters of all skills can enjoy and share!
Getting the Most Out of Your Subscription
There are so many ways to get the most out of your Paper Pumpkin subscription.
1. Make the Kit as Designed
Follow the easy step-by-step instructions and video to create the craft exactly as outlined. You’ll have something wonderful to enjoy and share in no time!
2. Put Your Own Spin on the Kit
You can add more elements to the craft from your supplies, and adding your unique vision to the project is one of the best ways to showcase your skills as a crafter and helps create the joyful feeling of crafting.
3. Get Creative with Your New Supplies
One of our favorite ways to get the most out of your subscription is to use (and re-use) the products in the box. Once you’ve completed the craft, you can easily repurpose the stamps and ink in future projects.
4. The Perks of a Paper Pumpkin Subscription
As a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, you can also access certain product “perks.” Subscribers have access to past kits and refills (the craft elements of the box, without the tools, such as stamps and ink). Each quarter, exclusive subscriber add-on tools and/or products are also designed and available to enhance the kit and your crafting experience.
Because our craft kits have detailed instructions, you can try new projects and expand your crafting know-how. As you get more boxes, you’ll add new skills and experiences to your crafting—a huge bonus of the Paper Pumpkin subscription.
5. Craft Together
Crafting was meant to create community. Sharing your most recent Paper Pumpkin creation with friends and family (in real life and online!) and sending a box to a loved one are great ways to use crafting to build community and connections.
Sparking Joy and Creativity with a Crafting Subscription
We love that the joy of crafting is available to more people through craft subscription boxes. At the core of Stampin’ Up! is our dedication to bringing connection and joy to all through crafts. For some of our customers, that means a dedicated room full of all the tools, supplies, and space you need to make any crafting dream a reality. For others, a craft subscription box is all they need in order to reap the benefits of crafting.
When we created Paper Pumpkin Subscription Boxes, our goal was to give all levels of crafters a way to express their creativity, connect with the crafting community, and feel the cheerful spark of satisfaction that comes from crafting. We hope that you find the Paper Pumpkin Subscription box sparks joy for you, and we can’t wait to see your creativity blossom with the projects we send each month.
Do you want to know more about Paper Pumpkin? Connect with a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator today!
*Disclaimer: Paper Pumpkin craft subscription boxes are only available in North America (excluding Quebec) and in English.