The Bottom Line
Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is a beautiful and imaginative science project that your kids will definitely love. The Butterfly Garden is such a simple and easy concept which introduces the cycle of life to your kids. They learn to appreciate nature and its wonders with this awesome Butterfly Garden kit from Insect Lore. The feeling when the beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies are born cannot be described.
Pros
- The Butterfly Garden is very educational for your kids
- The Butterfly Garden helps your kids develop a healthy respect for nature
- It is relatively inexpensive
Cons
- Larvae may take a while to arrive
- Not all larva turns into butterflies
Description
- You have to buy the Butterfly Habitat from a store
- Mail the certificate in and wait for the caterpillars to arrive
- When the caterpillars turn into cocoons in their sterile environment, transfer them into the habitat
- Wait until they hatch into butterflies
- Set them free and watch them fly around in the open!
Guide Review - Insect Lore Butterfly Garden
The Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore is a do it yourself at home kind of kit. The concept is pretty simple. You have to buy the Butterfly Garden kit which consists of a netted housing for the butterflies and the intermediate stages. The kit comes with a mail in certificate which you have to send out to the company.Approximately 3 weeks later, you will recieve 5 caterpillars in the mail in a sterile environment provided with food and air holes. Keep them away from excessive heat and light, and they will develop into chrysalids. Then you have to transfer these cocoons into the netting of the Butterly Habitat, and wait for the Painted Ladies to arrive! Its a beautiful feeling when they do. You have to set them free after a day.
Sometimes, one or more of the larvae may not develop fully into butterflies, but according to the Insect Lore website, at least 3 are guaranteed to do so. Kids can be involved in this project with adult supervision. The Butterfly Garden is a lovely way to introduce the concept about the cycle of life to them.