Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden

You can now gift your young children with the wonder of watching the magical transformation of a larvae to a beautiful butterfly with the Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden.

Talk about hands on! Nothing beats learning something about science and your environment first-hand, and your children will surely treasure the memory of you bonding with them, as you work together and take care of caterpillars and butterflies.

The standard product comes with two jars where you'll find 9 cute caterpillars, a butterfly habitat, plus easy to follow instructions. The cost is around $30, and who knows? You might even be able to get Insect Lore coupons at their main website! :-)

Anyway, your children will be amazed, because they will everything in action. Everything is easy, of course, because the food is already in the jar.

Simply put the caterpillars in a safe place (e.g., away from direct sunlight), and you and your kids can watch them grow. In just 1 week, the caterpillars will make their way to the top of the jar so that they can attach themselves in preparation for the cool metamorphosis.

The jar is then placed in the butterfly habitat. And if you guessed that those are called cocoons, your kids will learn that the correct word is "chrysalis." :-)

(I thought the term was cocoons, but that word goes with "moths" and not with "butterflies.")

Anyway, after what feels like forever (actually, it's just 10 days later), your children will shriek with joy when they see a butterfly habitat with 9 Painted Lady Butterflies.

Now isn't that a fun and educational way for your kids to better understand our world and care for its creatures? Speaking of responsibility, part of the instructions involves releasing the butterflies after about 2 days.

You can, of course, re-use the habitat and get additional cups of caterpillars for around $15 per cup (prices subject to change, of course).

Now that would make a great gift for children! So get your Insect Lore Live Butterfly Garden today! :-)

Source: http://youtube.com/watch?v=_il0K4wEPyk

[ First posted on 06/18/2011 by Manuel Viloria ]