Hasn't it been a positively WET December?
Our Advent activities kept us busy in the run-up to Christmas, but the combination of the rain and Naomi falling ill meant that we spent a lot of time at home. Time to break out the Lollibox, I say!
The other Lollibox we were given to review was the Blow Wind Blow Box. With this box, kids are introduced to the concept of "Wind", with the activities designed to allow them to experiment with the effect of wind. (If you're unfamiliar with Lollibox, do refer to my previous review of the Moon & Stars Box for some background.)
We started on the first activity, which was to create your own sailboat. The kit came with a wooden boat base into which a mast could be inserted, and some thick paper for making a sail. The kids hardly need any prompting. They quickly got down to work!
All the equipment emptied out and we're ready to start!
Designing their own sails.
Boat base painted and dried, ready for assembly.
I didn't think it was a good idea to have my hands fully while I had two kids messing about with paint so there are no pics of the painting process!
Mast up, and sail ready!
Noey was very excited to get the boat on the water, but before I allowed him to fill the tub to sail it, I made him test it out in the sink. it was a good thing we did cos, for some reason, the boat kept toppling over when we tried to blow at it to get it to move. That was a bit disappointing. Especially since the sail was made of paper. The first time it fell over, the sail got pretty wet and Noey's drawings on the sail started to smudge. That said, it never stopped Noey from trying. He popped it into Nomi's shallow basin and had a good go puffing at it.
Huffing and puffing and blowing the boat down!
The boy gets points for effort.
We did the other activity on a separate day, which was to design your own windsock and use it to discover how windsocks are able to "catch" the wind. Included in the pack is an observation card on which the child can record his observations on the strength of the wind as measure with his windsock.
First up, we used the paints provided to draw a picture on the cloth which was to become our windsock. It was very near Christmas at the time we did this, so Noey insisted on a Christmas design. He was able to work on his own, with some guidance from me. (I wrote the words of course!)
A Christmas tree and presents! I took out my own alphabet stencil thinking that he could use it to spell out the words but it proved too difficult to use with paint.
There were some stencils provided with the pack too. It was a good idea but I wish the designs were a bit more inspiring.
Using the stencil provided in the kit.
We had to let the paint dry first before we could assemble the windsock, so it was yet another day before we could finally finish this activity.
The windsock is done!
The recording of wind observations is a bit beyond my kids at the moment so we didn't do that part of the activity. Instead, the wind sock has been added to their toy collection!
If you would like to try out the Blow Wind Blow Box for yourself, do check out Lollibox's website. You might also wish to hop on over to Princess Dana Diaries and join their Blow Wind Blow Box giveaway. Do hurry though because entries close on 31 December 2012.
Looking forward to sunny skies again!
* I received a complimentary Blow Wind Blow Lollibox for the purposes of this review. All opinions expressed herein are strictly my own.
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