Browsing in Building Kits

This spring, get your kids to play with — but not necessarily in — dirt. Just in time for the growing season, this Princess Garden Greenhouse Kit is the perfect start in teaching your kids the art of growing a garden. It comes with a collection of easy-to-grow Candy Impatience, such as Appleblossom, Lavender and much more.  It even comes with decorations to personalize the outside of your child’s mini-greenhouse. However, if that’s just too much pink for the boys to bear, Arsa Toys also offers the Fly Trap Fiends Greenhouse Kit. The Venus Fly Trap is the easiest carnivorous plant to grow, and it adds some extra excitement to the growing process because it actually eats insects. Now that’s a science the kids won’t mind experimenting with. And who knows: Maybe by month’s end, you’ll move on to tomatoes and squash! 
Oh, and did I mention how inexpensive they are? Only $10.95! If you’ve already started a garden with your kids, please comment below about your experience.

Just when you thought every children’s toy was powered exclusively by batteries, along comes one that is powered by a child’s imagination.

A single Crazy Forts kit contains 25 geometrically precise balls and 44 sticks that connect to create a multitude of possible play structures. Simply throw a bed sheet over top and watch their creativity flourish. A rocket today, an undiscovered cave tomorrow, a princess castle one day and a wild horse in a corral next week are all possible with Crazy Forts. 

Best of all, there’s blueprints for multiple designs to download from their website, www.crazyforts.com. And toys that promote collaborative play between boys and girls are few and far between. The more you have, the better it gets as multiple kit structures are even more impressive. Children learn through play and this toy allows them to mentally visualize a structure and easily create it. It also allows them to grasp rudimentary engineering and physics concepts in a fun way. It’s perfect for outdoor and indoor play and best of all, there’s no couches or chairs to put back in place when play is over.

Crazy Forts will be available at amazon.com later this week.