Insect Lore Live Butterfly Pavillion
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Toys and Games Reviews of Insect Lore Live Butterfly Pavillion
Customer Review: I enjoyed this as much as my son!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Both of us being 'nature buffs', my 6 year old son and I had a wonderful time with this.We sent away for our catarpillars (every day he would say, 'have they come in yet'?) and when they arrived, put them in the habitat.
When I was a little girl, I caught a bunch of catarpillars, put them in a shoebox, with grass, leaves and whatever else I thought they might eat. I punched holes in the shoe box lid and then covered the box, and basically forgot about it until a few days or so, opened it and saw my catarpillars had made cocoons. Before long, they were moths and I remember how excited I was to see them!
With this habitat, you get to WATCH the whole process of metamorphosis and it is truly amazing AND educational!! When they finally transformed into butterflies, my son was so thrilled, altho a little saddened when we had to set them free.
I'm thinking about purchasing this again, one for my son and myself, and also one for his second grade teacher so his whole class can enjoy the experience.
If your child enjoys the wonders of natures and would love to witness the miracle of transformation of catarpillars into butterflies, this is DEFINATELY well worth the money!
Customer Review: Age Appropriate? Not sure
Summary: 2 Stars
Product was purchased for my three year old's birthday. She was all excited by the commercials -- who am I to deny her an opportunity to be in touch with mother nature. I was disappointed to learn that my purchase was little more than a nylon cage and an additional six dollar bill for caterpillars. The free caterpillar gift certificate is coupled with a six dollar shipping fee -- the fine print on the box gets me every time! I received the caterpillars and all four have gone through metamorphosis, three still in their cocoon and one has emerged as a butterfly. The one butterfly is excreting a blood like substance and my daughter is freaking out. I am all about exposing my child to nature, but this is too graphic. There is no documentation/warning and therefore no opportunity for me to protect my child. She is traumatized. Folly of me to think that she would be dancing around my front yard chasing her newly released butterflies. Stay away unless your child is able to stomach what actuality is more like a butterfly morgue. Disappointed.Customer Review: Worth every penny
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this for my 7-year-old daughter and was very impressed by what we got. The caterpillars arrived the first day of the week we requested delivery. Watching the metamorphis from caterpillar to butterfly was amazing... not just for my daughter, but also for me and a visitor to our home. We all learned a lot. We released the butterflies the morning after we saw them mating; we felt unprepared to deal with more caterpillars at that time. Fortunately, they don't seem to have laid eggs over night. Like many other reviewers here, most of our caterpillars became butterflies (9 out of 10). I have only one complaint (not enough to lower the rating): The literature that came with the butterfly house and with the caterpillars does not tell the best way to clean up the meconium (a blood-like substance that gets all over the cage after the butterflies emerge). I'm going to try spraying it with a garden hose and see how much comes off that way. Regardless, I highly recommend this as a gift for children OR adults.Customer Review: What a fantastic experience!
Summary: 5 Stars
Raising butterflies with the Butterfly Pavilion was an experience that my kids and I will never forget. I'm a single parent trying to raise two young kids on my own. I'm busy and don't have much time to take them outside to experience nature. I wanted to give them something that would nurture their respect of nature. Boy did I pick the right item. We mailed our free certificate and about 10 days later, we received our caterpillars. Within about 7 days, they changed into chrysalides. We waited about a week, then suddenly, the butterflies started hatching. In fact, we got to see 4 of them come out within about 30 minutes of each other. It was the most fantastic experience. We kept the butterflies inside the netted habitat for about 5 days, then released them outside. My little 4-year-old girl cried as she had to free her "butterfries", but understood why it was important to do so. We'll never forget this experience and highly recommend the Butterfly Pavilion to everyone.Customer Review: FUN, EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINING
Summary: 5 Stars
I AM VERY HAPPY TO SAY THE LEAST. WE GOT THE CATERPILLARS A WEEK AFTER MAILING OUT THE CERTIFICATE. THEY TURNED INTO CHYSALIDES ABOUT 10 DAYS LATER AND IN A WEEK AND A HALF OUR 1ST BUTTERFLY "PENNY" EMERGED. MY 5 YR OLD WAS EXCITED AND ANXIOUS TO SEE HER OTHER BUTTERFLIES. BY THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE ALL OUT. MY 1 YR OLD GOES CRAZY SEEING THEM FLY. WE JUST REALEASED THEM TODAY AND ONE FLEW ON KAELA'S SHOULDER AND SHE WAS DELIGHTED THAT "PENNY" AS SHE SAYS KISSED HER GOODBYE. WE WERE SAD TO HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE BUT LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THEM AROUND. WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE ORDERING MORE CATERPILLARS. I MUST SAY THAT IT IS SUPER EDUCATIONAL. MY DAUGHTER LEARNED ALOT FROM THE STAGES THEY GO THROUGH TO THE AMOUNT OF EYES THEY HAVE, HOW LONG THEY LIVE,HOW THEY BREATHE...ETC. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS TO EVERYONE. ESPECIALLY SINCE NOT ONLY DO YOU EXPOSE YOUR KIDS TO NATURE BUT YOU CAN REUSE THE HABITAT OVER & OVER AGAIN. MY CHILDREN LOVED IT AND SO WILL YOURS.