Two years ago Isaac raised Butterfly’s at home and adored watching the caterpillar’s grown and change before his very eyes.
Eliza was too young to understand what was going on so this I year we decided we were going to do it again.
I have been sent Nick Baker’s Butterfly World to review.
Butterfly World is a hands-on nature study kit that contains all the equipment required to observe and study the fascinating life cycle of butterflies.
The main difference between this kit and it’s rivals is that it includes a colour illustrated activity guide which helps you to find caterpillar’s in the wild as well as including interesting facts about butterflies. The kit does not include caterpillar’s, although it does give details of a website should you wish to buy them.
I was very determined to find caterpillar’s in the wild and read the instructions carefully.
We decided against looking for Cabbage White’s as don’t have a vegetable patch, so turned our attention to stinging nettles where we hoped to find some Peacock Butterfly caterpillar’s.
We found the silvery tracks they left, but sadly there no caterpillar’s in sight. After a particularly vicious sting to my arm we gave up and I have ordered some Painted Lady caterpillar’s for £9.95 which should arrive any day.
The kit contains:
Pop-Up Butterfly
Rearing Cage
Jar Cover
Small Plastic Pot & lid
Paint Brush
Informative Guide written by Nick Baker
Caterpillar Order Form
I plan on tracking our journey on the blog – please do come back to see how we are getting on!
I think this looks like such a great idea and I’m sure your kids will love it x
Anything that gets children outdoors and interested in nature is a winner in my book. Looks great!
Great idea, my daughter loves butterflies ,did the same sort of thing at school and she loved the watching the whole process
We have always wanted to try one of these kits, you would really think after four kids we would have managed it at least once!! Good review 🙂
Sounds a great kit. This is something I keep meaning to do with the boys.
ive seen these advertised and my kids would love it although they love to catch them and hold them x
we’ve had caterpillars the last couple of years – great fun!
Elle did this at her nursery a few years ago and i have been thinking about getting a kit for at home! We would love one x
This is a fab idea – my little boy would love this!