One animal · a full month of it
The complete monthly adventure
A connected month of stories, games, art, dramatic play, and beginner zoology, all built around the same animal.
A new animal friend every month
Real zoology, made for kids
Hands-on animal adventures that spark discovery, creativity, and compassion in kids ages 3 to 12. Delivered to your door, screen free.
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Which explorer are you shopping for?
Two clubs, built around how children actually learn at each age. Both arrive monthly with a new animal to fall in love with.
Ages 3 to 5
Play-based animal adventures for little explorers, built to do together.
- Guided crafts made for preschool attention spans
- Builds fine motor, early math, and early literacy
- Open and go, almost no prep for grown-ups
From $34.00 a box on the annual plan · free U.S. shipping
Ages 5 to 12
Real zoology and hands-on STEM for big thinkers who love to build and discover.
- Anatomy, adaptations, and geography they can touch
- STEM projects that build real critical thinking
- Great for independent readers who ask why
From $34.00 a box on the annual plan · free U.S. shipping
Every single month
A new animal. A whole new adventure.
Every month brings a new animal to meet, learn about, investigate, and collect.
Meet your animal
A new Animal Ambassador arrives each month, ready to lead the adventure.
Learn the real science
Age-matched reading brings anatomy, behavior, habitats, and conservation to life.
Become the zoologist
Build, experiment, create, and investigate through hands-on animal science.
Build their collection
Posters, stickers, cards, and keepsakes make every animal an adventure they can keep.
Why families stay
Learning they beg for, not a chore
Built by educators, tested on real kids, and designed so you can hand it over and watch them go.
Real science, not fluff
Written with zoologists and educators so the facts hold up to a curious eight-year-old.
Zero prep for you
Every material, instruction, and cut-out is in the box. No shopping list, no printer.
Compassion built in
Each animal comes with its real story, so kids learn to care about the world they are exploring.
Not just another animal box
There is a lot more inside My ZOO Box
Some animal kits give kids something to make. My ZOO Box gives them an animal to understand.
200,000+ boxes delivered
A typical animal kit
Inside My ZOO Box
Simplified words that talk down to kids
Real zoology and science vocabulary
An activity sheet or two
Science-rich books, not just activity sheets
A craft with an animal printed on it
Projects tied directly to real animal science
One theme, and then it is finished
A new animal to explore deeply each month
What the animal looks like, and not much else
Animal anatomy built into the learning
No link to the real animal or its future
Conservation and real-world animal connections
Nothing worth keeping afterward
A collectible Animal Ambassador included
Built to fill an afternoon
Designed to build knowledge, not fill an hour
Science content reviewed by working zoologists.
They will not just know what an animal looks like. They will know how it lives, how its body works, why it matters, and what makes it extraordinary.
Real families
Parents keep telling us the same thing
Over 200,000 boxes delivered, and the notes we love most are about the moment the box opens.
"Our first box came! She loved it and asked to sleep with it tonight. We read the book and looked at all the cool activities we can do."
"We just got our first zoo box and my kiddos loved learning about pandas! I did too!! So excited to get more!!"
"This is the perfect thing to get my son excited about learning again. This lit up his joy for learning and creating!"
"The pangolin box was our first ZooBox and I was highly impressed. My daughter would tell everyone about the pangolin's tongue and that it eats bugs. We had an awesome day of learning!"
"My husband and I love doing the activities with our daughter. It helps her with her creativity."
"We joined for her 4th birthday. It's been an incredible journey, and she's loved every box over 60 months."
"We are loving our first zoo box. We even checked out more books from the library about pangolins!"
"My daughter has kept all of the animal posters in a notebook. The stuffed animals are still well-played with. I will continue to recommend Zoo Boxes – an excellent program."
Simple as that
How the adventure works
Pick their club once. A new animal arrives every month, ready to open and dig into together.
Cub Club · 3 to 5
Zoologist · 5 to 12
Sibling packs for a full house
1Find their club
Cub Club for ages 3 to 5, Zoologist Club for ages 5 to 12. Sibling packs cover a full house.
2Open it together
Inside: a new animal to study, hands-on projects, a science-rich book, and a collectible Animal Ambassador for the shelf.
Vocabulary
Anatomy
Habitat
Conservation
3Watch them talk like a zoologist
Real vocabulary, real anatomy, real conservation. Every month builds on the last.
No subscription needed
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Not ready to commit?
Try a single animal EDventure or a themed bundle. Same box, same hands-on projects, one-time purchase.
Every box comes with our promise
Four reasons you can order without second-guessing it.
Zoologist Approved
Every theme is reviewed by zoologists, so your child is learning accurate animal science from the start.
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
Try it risk free. Not a fit? We'll refund you within 30 days.
Dedicated Team of Educators
Created with certified teachers to be age appropriate, easy to use, and genuinely fun for kids.
Quality PAW-sured
If anything arrives damaged or missing, we'll replace it or make it right.
Good to know
Questions parents ask us
The four we get asked most.
Which club is right for my child?
If your child is not reading yet or is still working on letters, start with Cub Club, built for ages 3 to 5. If they are reading, Zoologist Club goes deeper into science and anatomy for ages 5 to 12. Newer reader in that range? Add the Easy Reader to any Zoologist plan.
How do I cancel or pause?
Monthly plans can be skipped or canceled anytime. Commitment Clubs, meaning our quarterly and annual plans, run their full term, but you can turn off auto-renewal whenever you like and the club simply ends after its last box.
To cancel:
- Log in to your account
- Click Manage Subscriptions
- Open the Subscriptions tab
- Select the subscription you want to manage
- Scroll to the bottom and click Cancel Subscription
- Go through the confirmation process
To pause, or to switch to every other month, email support@myzoobox.com and the team will set it up.
What if I have more than one child?
Add a Sibling Pack to any plan. It ships inside the same box with an extra stuffed animal friend, craft, sticker, and surprise, so nobody has to share and you are not paying for a second subscription.
How much is shipping?
Free on every club box within the United States. Always.
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A new animal every month
Ready to meet this month's animal?
Join thousands of families turning ordinary afternoons into real animal science.
- Free U.S. shipping, always
- Skip or cancel monthly plans anytime
- Designed with real zoologists
What's inside Cub Club?
Ages 3–5 · Everything that lands on your doorstep, every month.
Read + discover
Exclusive Book + Anatomy Poster
Animal facts become a story kids can hold, color, and retell.
Count + sound it out
Math + Literacy Games
Early skills woven into movement, matching, and play instead of worksheets.
Meet + imagine
Animal Ambassador + Dramatic Play
A cuddly companion to care for, plus open-ended prompts to build its world.
Connect + explore
Continent Map + SEL Postcard
Place each new animal in the world, and practice big-hearted skills.
Keep going
Process Art, STEM + Recipe
Build, observe, create, and taste one final adventure together.
One animal · a full month of it
The complete monthly EDventure
Real zoology, hands-on STEM, art, and collectibles, all built around one featured animal.
Read + discover
Science Book + Anatomy Poster
Proper animal science, written to be devoured by a curious reader.
Collect + track
The Zoo Passport
Every animal earns a stamp, so the collection grows month after month.
Meet + keep
Animal Ambassador
The month's animal, in plush form, to keep on the shelf as the collection builds.
Make + create
Art Project + Nature Idea
Every supply included, plus a bonus idea for taking it outdoors.
Keep going
STEM Project, Recipe + Printables
An engineering challenge, a themed recipe, and extra printables behind a QR code.
Real Zoology,Made for Kids
Hands-on animal adventures that spark discovery, creativity, and compassion in kids ages 3-12.
Shop by Age
Find the perfect science adventure for your child.
Ages 3–5
Play-based animal learning for little explorers, built to do together.
- Guided activities built for preschool attention spans
- Builds early skills like fine motor, early math, and early literacy
- Open-and-go learning with minimal prep
Ages 5–12
Real zoology + hands-on STEM for big thinkers who love to build and discover.
- Deeper animal science with anatomy, adaptations, and geography connections
- STEM projects and activities that build critical thinking
- Great for independent learners who ask "why?"
Not sure which to pick?
If your child is not reading yet or needs letter reinforcement, start with Cub Club.
If your child is reading, choose Zoologist Club for deeper science and anatomy. Newer reader? Add the Early Reader option to Zoologist Club.
What's inside Cub Club?
Ages 3–5 · Tap a dot to discover everything inside each box!
Animal Ambassador
A cuddly companion that builds comfort, confidence, and empathy. Perfect for play, stories, and cozy learning moments.
Exclusive Book
A preschool-friendly, fact-filled animal story written by My ZOO Box—featuring three different kids in each book, with inclusive characters that reflect special needs or physical differences.
Anatomy Poster & Coloring Sheet
Big-kid science made little-kid simple: learn the animal's body parts while coloring, tracing, and talking through what each part does.
Math + Literacy Games
Play-based learning that sneaks in early math and language skills. Counting, sorting, sounds, and simple word play—without feeling like "school".
Dramatic Play Surprise
An imaginative add-on that turns your living room into an animal habitat—roleplay, storytelling, and creative confidence included.
Continent Map
A dual-sided map that grows with your Cub: one side focuses on land vs. water for younger learners, and the other introduces continents for older Cubs—plus stickers to add with each box.
Brochure
A friendly "start here" guide that walks you through the box step-by-step, with easy ways to adapt for your Cub's age and attention span.
Social Emotional Learning Postcard
A sweet animal message that helps kids practice big feelings and kind choices. Short, memorable, and made for real life.
Collectible Sticker
A special sticker for each animal that Cub Club kids add to their continent map, building geography awareness one adventure at a time.
Process Art & STEM Extension
Open-ended art ideas and simple STEM that invites experimenting, creating, and trying again—because the process is the learning.
Snack & Sensory Recipe
Two kid-friendly recipes designed for hands-on skills: measuring, mixing, sequencing, and sensory play with an animal twist.
QR Printables
Bonus activities you can print anytime. Perfect for extra practice, siblings, homeschool days, or "we need something easy right now."
The Zoo Passport
Your first box will include the Zoo Passport which will turn into a memory book of all the EDventures that the little Zoologist has explored throughout their journey!
Exclusive Science Book
Provides the perfect blend of non-fiction knowledge and fun. Written by the founding team at My ZOO Box, and approved by real-life Zoologists.
Surprise Item
A Zoologist Club special that remains a surprise for all members. We like to keep this one a secret so that we don't spoil the fun for our treasured community.
Animal Ambassador
Each Zoologist Club EDventure brings an Animal Ambassador that will promote emotional development, social interaction and provide a sense of security to your little Zoologist.
Themed Art Project with Supplies
To add to the fun learning, each EDventure comes with a themed art project that adds the right amount of creativity to this learning experience.
Postcard from the Animal
The postcard, written from the perspective of animal, is a great way to help kids build a connection to the animal, as well as to wildlife in general.
Anatomy Poster & Worksheet
Writing, art, biology are all subjects infused within the Anatomy poster & worksheet - it's one of the most-popular items of the Zoologist Club EDventure.
Themed or Authentic Recipe
We believe the kitchen is the ultimate classroom for life skills and practical math. That's why we include a delectable snack recipe in every box.
STEM Project
Science is an integral part of learning for children of this age group. Each box comes with a hands-on STEM project that revolves around the animal of the month.
QR Printables
To add-on to the learning, each EDventure comes with additional activities to extend the learning for the curious little Zoologists.
Collectible Sticker
The collectible sticker complements the Zoo Passport and makes learning about the animal kingdom an immersive experience. Each EDventure will feature a unique sticker.
Bonus Nature Idea
This active outdoor game encourages physical movement and sharp listening skills as children explore how animals interact with their environment through play.
Bonus Sensory Activity
This hands-on project provides a calming tool for emotional regulation while introducing early science concepts like buoyancy and density.
What's Inside Every My ZOO Box?
Both clubs include the core essentials below. Then we tailor the rest to your child's age.
Animal Ambassador
A high-quality plush that helps kids feel connected to their animal and builds empathy.
Educational Book
A storybook for preschoolers or a science reader for older kids—chosen to match their age.
Anatomy Poster
A brightly illustrated diagram that shows how the animal's body works in a kid-friendly way.
Shop Our Most Loved Animal Themes
Shop themed sets anytime, no subscription required.
Over 165,000 My ZOO Boxes Delivered
Hear how families use My ZOO Box to make animal learning fun, meaningful, and easy at home.
"Our first box came!!!! She loved it and asked to sleep with it tonight. We read the book and looked at all the cool activities we can do."
Verified Cub Club Member
"My 2.5 year old is obsessed with Lions. She took her zoo box lion with us today and was so excited to see all the lions sleeping!"
Verified Cub Club Member
"This is the perfect thing to get my son excited about learning again. This lit up his joy for learning and creating!"
Verified Zoologist Club Member
"The pangolin box was our first ZooBox and I was highly impressed. My daughter would tell everyone about the pangolin's tongue and that it eats bugs. We had an awesome day of learning!"
Verified Cub Club Member
"My husband and I love doing the activities with our daughter. It helps her with her creativity."
Verified Cub Club Member
"We joined in July 2020 for Amelia's 4th birthday. It has been an incredible journey and she loved every box over the past 60 months!"
Verified Zoologist Club Member
"We are loving our first zoo box. We even checked out more books from the library about pangolins!"
Verified Cub Club Member
"My daughter has kept all of the animal posters in a notebook. The stuffed animals are still well-played with. I will continue to recommend Zoo Boxes – an excellent program."
Verified Zoologist Club Member
The My ZOO Box Promise
Trusted by grown-ups. Loved by kids.
Zoologist
Approved
Every theme is reviewed by zoologists, so your child is learning accurate animal science from the start.
30 Day Money
Back Guarantee
Try it risk free. Not a fit? We'll refund you within 30 days.
Dedicated Team
of Educators
Created with certified teachers to be age appropriate, easy to use, and genuinely fun for kids.
Quality
PAW-sured
If anything arrives damaged or missing, we'll replace it or make it right.
FAQ
What is My ZOO Box?
My ZOO Box is a monthly animal-science subscription for kids ages 3–12. Each box features a new animal and mixes real zoology, hands-on projects, and playful extras so kids can explore the wild from home.
Can I order My ZOO Box as a gift or try one box before committing to a subscription?
Yes! You can start with a monthly plan and change it anytime—pause, skip, or cancel to fit your family's season. Prefer to try things first? We also offer one-time boxes and digital unit studies, so you can jump into a single animal adventure without committing to a subscription.
What will my child learn from My ZOO Box?
Cub Club (Ages 3–5)
Cub Club blends animal science with early childhood learning so preschoolers build real skills through play. Each month, children explore how animals live, move, eat, and stay safe while discovering habitats, seasons, and simple survival concepts. Through stories, guided play, and hands-on sensory projects, they strengthen early literacy skills like vocabulary, storytelling, sequencing, and listening comprehension. Math concepts are woven in naturally as kids practice counting, patterns, comparing sizes, sorting animals and habitats, and solving simple problems with materials they can touch and explore. Projects often involve building small structures like nests or tunnels, which grow spatial reasoning, fine motor strength, and early engineering skills. Everything is designed to nurture curiosity while supporting preschool readiness, confidence, imagination, and empathy for animals.
Zoologist Club (Ages 5–12)
Zoologist Club transforms kids into young scientists, using each month's featured animal to teach authentic zoology, anatomy, ecology, and conservation. Children learn how creatures survive, adapt, and thrive by examining body structures, behaviors, food webs, habitats, and climate. STEM builds and experiments let them model real animal features—like wings, claws, burrows, and blubber—while practicing prediction, testing, observation, and critical thinking. Rich fact cards, maps, and diagrams help kids develop research skills and a deeper understanding of global geography and biodiversity. Conservation missions connect learning to real-world impact, encouraging responsibility and empathy for wildlife. The experience is designed to help kids think scientifically, explore creatively, and understand their place in the natural world.
Can siblings share a box?
Many families do! One box can be shared, but if your kids prefer their own projects and animal ambassador, you may want to add a sibling pack to your subscription. Keep the entire family engaged in the EDventures for just $24 per sibling pack. Each sibling pack includes an extra stuffed animal friend, dramatic play surprise, and sticker. The perfect addition for families with 2 little cubs!
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