Listen, I’m not saying that my girls are wild beasties [out loud], but I am saying that sometimes they need to have their energies- ahem- focused a tad.
And they love getting messy. And they love “creating.” And they love anything that looks like something they oughtn’t be playing with.
To that end, the three of us were thrilled to once again review Babbabox– the terrific subscription activity box for kiddos ages 3 to 7- and this one was Kitchen Science! (I mean, really. My children are already in the kitchen and they’re already mixing all sorts of things together…this one was a no-brainer for me.)
Babbabox projects include all the necessary materials for each experiment- and some are simple [yet quite cool] enough for big kids to do on their own! (However, my 3.5 and 1.5 year olds needed a tad bit o’ help. Even though there was a bunch of “I’ve got this” going on.)
We started by making the “magic mud.” Both Nora and Zuzu spent a goodly half an hour getting their equipment together; lining up the vials and dropper, and showing each other how they looked in the protective goggles. It was so easy to mix the cornstarch, food coloring, and painfully-slowly-dropped-droppers-of-water into the bowl (on a pan, on a towel), and unbelievably amusing to watch their looks of “Are you sure this is okay?!”
They played with this for an hour, feeling the powder become liquid in their hands, and then crumble back to powder. AN HOUR. Nicely. Together. Sharing each and every part. I was ready to sign up for a gazillion year subscription.
The other experiment we’ve done so far is making our own bouncy balls. They did such a good job stirring glue and food coloring together, then adding painfully-slowly-dropped-droppers-of-water (because, apparently, that’s their favorite part forever and ever, amen). As we added the sodium tetraborate, the mix became gooey and rubbery, causing squeals of glee from the children who wanted to poke it with a stick/shove it up her nose, respectively.
They molded the goo into balls with their hands and then spent another hour sending them careening. Hi-larious.
These kits are simply awesome for those mornings when it’s rainy/your kid woke up at 5:30am to talk to you about “feelings.” And since there’s a variety of subscription plans, I know you’ll find a good one for your own little beasties.
And since I can offer y’all a ten dollar off code (BABBACO10) for new monthly or annual subscriptions, it’s kinda becoming more affordable than ever to raise some terrifically creative kiddos.
Or at least ones who are really, really precise with eyedroppers.
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Although I wasn’t compensated for my Babbabox post, I did receive a free kit to try out. Which should tell you how much I love these projects. All opinions are my own, unless they’re Nora’s or Zuzu’s.
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