"Design explorers" -
A unique family program
with design thinking at its heart.
Want to turn your family time from challenging to truly magical?
"Design Explorers" for 4-10 year olds is here!
What's new in May?
Monthly theme: "On the calm side of the river"- 🌳 7 new mini-missions - with design thinking instrument, cool games and energizers, for the seek of knowing better the others and ourselves, of course :)
- 🌷 Mission: Gardener - nature is the best tool for mindfulness, concentration and pations. This mission will help you infuse the spring sensations and colours at home (and mind).
- 🌸 Diary "The magnificent Six" - check you creativity level with our beautiful challenge to surprise the others (and yourselves) in six unique ways.
- 🌗 Calm diary - eight days in a row full with contemplations, check outs, deep realizations for the ways our days go by, highlighting the most important, difficult, funny, bizarre things on the road (and how to understand them).
- 🎴 Cards "Two on the stage, please!" - 36 animals for characters of your super story. Let say that storytelling and storyplayng have never been so funny.
- 🌼 Monthly calendar "Calm day, every day" - check the daily temperature and try to measure our calmness and tranquility.
Are you up for the challenge (s)? Let's go!
Our monthly subscription costs $12 or €10 per month (with automatic renewal). For annual subscription you will get 20% off. We use Stripe for payment service (e.g. we accept all kind of credit and debit cards).COMING SOON
"Design Explorers"
Family program
Discover a better, more fulfilling and intriguing timefor 4-10 year olds together with you, their parents.
With each monthly mission we discover a new real life topic to think about, play with and create - like happiness, success, mistakes, adventures, dreams and aspirations.
We grow and develop, while taking on challenges together. To help us along the way, each mission challenge is presented with many engaging tools from the design thinking method.
We look at each topic from three different viewpoints - ourselves, people close to us and the wider world. This will help us discover what is similar and what is different about other people's ideas.
We transform and rearrange our family time with smart and engaging activities for everyone at home - from the youngest explores to the grown-ups.
We address all key aspects of modern childhood development - emotions, character, competences and key life skills, relevant in the 21st century.
We actively work on parenting skills - each mission is accompanied by additional tips for your personal development. If you would like to grow together with your kids, this is the program to have.
We work like designers - to get started, we only need a piece of paper, some pencils and the desire to try out something new.
The program comes digitally via email, ready to implement from the get-go with clear steps and explanations.
We get friendly with the digital world and use it in a smart way to discover more about the topic. Screen time provides great opportunities, if we know how to make the most of it - especially in the context of a real challenge.
We constantly enrich the program, because this is just the beginning. We follow all relevant research on child development and adapt the newest topics, so expect lots of updates in the coming months.
Why "Design Explorers"?
21st century skills and design thinking -
a powerful combination for learning and change.
21st century skills (World Economic Forum)
Design thinking (UX Collective)
We all want to spend quality time with our children. This means having fun and enjoying our moments together, but also learning new things, building good habits and nurturing important life skills. At the end of the day, when everyone is finally asleep, we start thinking about the big issues — raising successful children and preparing them for all kinds of challenges in life, especially in their formative years when we are closest to them.
And it turns out that it’s not so easy. First, our time with the kids is a complicated affair — it's never enough, it's not always perfectly organised, sometimes we lack inspiration, other times we have to somehow squeeze it in with everything else going on in our lives. Second, the things we do together are often one-off activities not exactly working towards the habits and skills we hope to nurture (although it's written on the packaging).
We believe that with our missions we have found a way to help our children develop those key skills - especially between 4-10 years of age, when their creative capacity is at its greatest. And design thinking, as the leading method for innovation worldwide, is at the heart of it.
30-day money back guarantee, no questions asked
If you decide for any reason that the program is not for you, we refund the amount for the first month for up to 30 days after your initial subscription.
- Parents on a mission.Find out how the program becomes part of the everyday life of all kinds of families,who value their time together and search for new ways to make it even better.
Tsveti Kamova
Program creator
I'm Tsveti - mother of two amazing children, Annie and Sonny. In 2015 I created Red Paper Plane with a clear goal - to enable kids to show their full potential.
Each mission, activity and tool from the program is part of our life, too - they all begin in our family of beta testers, big and small :)
From our amazing parents:
The program is living and breathing the experience of the parents that created it. Pleasant, lightweight, easy and close to us. The tools are even more interesting than the topic :) and they immediately spark ideas and all kinds of different directions in which I can apply them. By using the program, it's much easier for me to create meaningful time together, without putting pressure on everyone in the family. — Jenny
This program is active and proactive! All family members take part and it's full of cool activities. Congratulations for choosing these monthly topics - they are fully in sync with everything that happens in child development at this age! Nowadays we spend a lot of time at home, but I started thinking that we actually have less time for the things we usually do with the kids. So the program is a big help! — Marina
Everything comes together in a really great way at home - the program is amazing! I would only change one thing - in the description of the program features, "We actively work on parenting skills" should definitely be put higher. Actually, at the very top! :) — Renée
What a great program! Arrives digitally, accessible from anywhere, no need for additional materials or preparation, easy to follow and engaging for everyone at home. The missions come in stages - that's really useful and helps me plan my time with the kids during the week. I'm sure that this also works for other families, since everyone has a different idea on when and how to go about all the activities and techniques. — Sylvia
Parents on a mission.
Вижте как програмата става част от живота на най-различни семейства, които осъзнават колко е ценно да развиваме пълноценно време у дома.
'I аm fostering key skills for the future'
— Ventsi, Mother of two
Red Paper Plane came to us in a very important moment. We were looking for a method to foster important skills in our child — skills that will help her be in sync to the world she will live in. The missions enable us to teach Yoni to be balanced, patient and focused, to express her thoughts and present her ideas. Together we develop empathy, discipline and creativity. Thank you, Red Paper Plane!
'I аm embarking on an adventure'
— Marina, Mother of two
The Red Paper Plane missions landed in our home a couple of years ago, when I was looking for a meaningful way to spend time with my children. We hopped on board and since then, carried on its wings, we (re)discover new worlds, opportunities, skills, games... And all of this comes with lots of surprises and smiles, (as well as huge anticipation for the next mission). This is what a trip to the future should look like and how we should prepare our kids for it, even though we don't exactly know what it will hold. This is a journey in which parents and children learn from each other, create memories and dream together. Because it's not the end goal that matters, but the journey itself. Bon voyage to all families!
'I аm growing together with my children'
— Elena, Mother of two
The Red Paper Plane missions are a special part of my family time. We've been part of the program for three years now, so Theo has been playing them for the better part of his first seven years of age. Both me and the kids learned a lot and went through many challenging stages in the process of growing up. No matter how stressful or busy my day is, Theo is the person to follow our progress in a mission and what is our task for today. Thank you for the valuable skills that you nurture in my sons and for all the shared moments together!
'I аm organising my family time'
— Veronica, Mother of two
We are Veronica and Vitya and we love the Red Paper Plane missions. We started when he was 3 — it was a bit difficult and I tested his patience, but with a little help things went well. I'm definitely not the super organised and consistent kind of person, which made making the missions in consecutive days a bit of a challenge. But, thanks to Red Paper Plane I'm learning too, and my child as well. Now he's waiting impatiently for each mission — he knows we go through several stages until 'the best part comes', as he says. We have lots of fun, I get to spend time with him and the missions provide me with ready-made activities in my busy life.
'I аm spending a different kind of seasonal family time'
— Diana, Mother of four
Who’s ready for winter?! We’ve got a couple of weeks of holiday, four kids and a new puppy and have opted not to enroll in winter camp! 😅 Growth and development are so important to me and knowing that kids learn best when they’re having fun means that winter is a blank canvas of opportunities for growth. This year I wanted a structured, fun and creative approach to the kids winter fun. So I chose Red Paper Plane.
Meet Design Explorers!
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A program with missions — real-life design challenges. Made for parents and 4–10 y.o. kids to shape lifelong habits and skills. Created with design thinking.
Discover the world in many different ways
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Children like to immerse themselves in different areas of life all the time. Car designer? Astronaut? Storyteller? Traveller? No problem — each of our missions is based on a profession or human activity, helping kids to explore and understand the world from a new perspective.
Nurture a whole range of skills together
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Behind each mission lies a powerful process, helping you actually nurture key 21st century skills — from creativity and problem solving to perseverance and being open to new experiences. Having a whole program allows you to turn them into habits for life.
Plan and structure your family time
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Instead of thinking how to juggle all kinds of activities, our missions help you set up your family time in no time — without hassle. Just print out the mission and you are ready to go! We also include great additional materials to immerse you in the mission topic.
Use a proven innovation method
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All our missions are based on design thinking — the leading method for innovation and creativity. It helps children explore and discover, come up with unique solutions, work in a team, prototype and present their ideas. Your child will make use of the whole design thinking toolkit in a very accessible way.
Engage the whole family in the process
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So many of the activities for 4-10 year olds are made for them and not for us, parents. Instead of feeling bored or letting your child to play alone all the time, the program is designed to be exciting for all family members . You will learn many new things together with your child — if you are up for the challenge 😉
Turn screen time into smart time
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We know that it's one of the major worries in this day and age. But instead of limiting screen time, we turn it into something useful. Our missions provide great opportunities for research — from videos with marine life to apps about the night sky and the planets. Let's get inspired and informed!
