About Pastime Enclosed
Pastime Enclosed makes gift boxes for readers, gardeners, and anyone who likes a project they can settle into.
How Pastime Enclosed started
In a previous life, I was a librarian. One of my favorite parts of the job was helping someone find their next book. I’ve always loved growing plants and sharing them with other people, too.
I was out hiking one day when I started thinking about the book and plant boxes I’d seen. What if you could open one box and find a wrapped book, a plant, and maybe a mug to use while you read? It sounded like a box I’d want to open myself. That’s how Pastime Enclosed started.
I personally pick the books that go into our kits, and I grow the live plants we plan to offer alongside our kits. If you’d rather grow something yourself, our seed-growing kits come with seeds and the supplies to get started. The books arrive wrapped, with a one-sentence synopsis on the card if you want a clue before you open yours.
Thanks for reading. I hope you find something here you’d like to spend a little time with.
How the kits are put together
- Ready to start
- Activities come with their tools. The seed-growing kits include the scoop and a measured portion of seed-starting mix, and the coloring kits include the pencils and a sharpener.
- Exact quantities
- Each kit page lists every item with its count, down to the tea portions.
- Books stay wrapped
- You can suggest a genre. The title is the recipient’s to discover.
- Separate audiences
- Adult, Young Adult and Kids books are kept in separate categories.
Who the kits are for
The opening plans include 9 kits for adults and 3 for kids and families. They cover reading, growing, drawing and writing, puzzles, and tea and cocoa, often two or three of those in one box.
Still being settled
The opening kits and their prices are set. We’re photographing the finished boxes and setting up the Square shop.