Well, it's not really a toy...it's a Live Butterfly Garden.
We had seen a commercial for it on tv a little while ago and it looked so neat. Well, it totally is! It was on sale at Amazon so we ordered it. It comes with this expandable butterfly house and a certificate which we mailed back in. Two days later, we got a plastic jar with five little teeny tiny caterpillars in it. The jar already has the food in it and everything.
Every morning when we get up and every afternoon after school, we rush in to see how much our caterpillars have grown. They've gotten like 10 times bigger in just five days. They're already attaching themselves to the top of the jar to build their chrysalis (sic?) When they become cocoons, you transfer them to the butterfly house and wait for them to turn into butterflies. It's really a lot more fun than playing with Polly Pockets, let me tell you, and more educational!
Emma had a sleepover at her friend Emme's house last night and she had to call me before she went to sleep to see how the caterpillars were doing (me, she didn't care so much about!)
Anyway, here's a photo of Emma watching over her caterpillars, which she has named Fluffy, Muffy, Buffy, Scruffy and Tuffy.
4 comments:
This is awesome - thanks for posting about it (and for providing the Amazon link). My Ava is a little too small yet but my nieces will LOVE it!
How fun....
What a great way to get Emma's to understand where butterflies come from....
Can't wait to see them turn into butterflies..
Have a Great Weekend..
What creative names!!
How cool! I am going to get my girls one!
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