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Praying Mantis Kit Now Available at Sillyasstoys.com

seoscribe — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:37:52 +0000

New Product is an Addition to Unusual Science and Nature Toys Offered This Christmas

RICHMOND, VA, November 15, 2006 (PRWEB) – Sillyasstoys.com, online retailer of unusual and unique toys, recently added the Praying Mantis kit to its line of science and nature toys. The new kit is an addition to the company’s line of educational toys designed to teach children about different insect habitats. For the complete catalog of toys, visit: http://www.sillyasstoys.com.

The Praying Mantis kit includes a collapsible net habitat, full care instructions, and an order form for the praying mantis larvae. Learning about this unusual insect has never been easier or more fun!

And the selection of toys for bug enthusiasts does not end with the praying mantis. As winter approaches, bring a little bit of the outdoors inside with one of the other science and nature toys available at Sillyasstoys.com.

Create spring in your own living room by growing a family of Painted Lady Butterflies in either the Butterfly Garden or Butterfly Pavilion. Adults and children will both be entertained and educated as they watch larvae develop into full-grown butterflies. The Butterfly Garden is a 12-inch tall collapsible butterfly house and the Butterfly Pavilion is an 18-inch tall collapsible butterfly home. Both come with information about the developmental stages of butterflies and full care and feeding instructions for these aerial pets. A mail-in coupon is also included for the butterfly larvae so you can start your own butterfly farm.

Ladybug Land is another great fun and educational way to enjoy a little bit of nature indoors. Each kit is complete with a ladybug home, instructions and information about the life cycle of the ladybugs, and a mail-in coupon for the ladybug larvae.

Antworks Ant Farm is probably the most popular of the science and nature toys available at Sillyasstoys.com. Described as an ant habitat for the space age, this is not your father’s ant farm! NASA actually uses this ant habitat on the Space Shuttle! Instead of dirt, Antworks uses a unique and patented gel that the ants eat and burrow through, so no feeding is necessary. This amazing gel is housed in a clear plastic container so every tunnel and action of the ants is visible from all sides.

The Antworks set comes with the ant habitat, full instructions, and a mail-in coupon for your first family of ants. And to add to the experience, there is the Antworks Illuminator. This is a special light that perfectly fits on the bottom of the Antworks ant habitat, making it the most unusual night-light ever!

For the more traditional ant habitat, Sillyasstoys.com also has the Anthill. This is like the ant farms of old and comes with special ant burrowing sand, instructions, and an activity book.

All of the science and nature toys will both entertain and educate young and old alike, and all are perfect as educational toys for school projects or just bringing a little bit of spring indoors in these cold winter months. Visit Sillyasstoys.com for an extraordinary selection of unusual and unique toys and gifts – a one-stop shop, you’ll find something for everyone on your Christmas list this holiday season!

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Butterfly Garden Review: Reviews of the Butterfly Garden

Admin — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:36:00 +0000

Butterfly Garden - a butterfly habitat
Raise 5 Painted Lady butterflies in the Butterfly Garden while learning all about metamorphosis with this Oppenheim Best Toy Award-winning butterfly raising kit! Watch them grow then let them go! See each caterpillar's transition as it matures, changes into a chrysalis, and finally emerges as a Painted Lady butterfly! After observing your butterflies, experience the joy of releasing them into your backyard! Absolutely safe to release into the environment.

Includes colorful pop-up habitat suitable for hanging or free-standing on a countertop, pre-paid certificate for 5 butterfly larvae with special food, feeding kit and complete instructions.

Please Note: This kit doesn't contain any live insects; it includes a mail-in certificate for the live critters.

Three butterflies are guaranteed to be perfect specimens. Please allow approximately 3 weeks for your larvae to develop. During extremely hot or cold weather, delivery of live larvae may be delayed. Available only in the Continental U.S. and Alaska.

Butterfly Garden is recommended for kids ages 4 and up.

butterfly Garden Review #1
i gave this kit to two of my friends' children (two different families) for christmas and both girls (5 year olds) absolutely loved it! each of them took it to school so that their classes could enjoy it too, and the girls couldn't wait to call me when the butterflies finally came out of the cocoons. one of their teachers even ordered a kit herself so that the class could see the entire developmental process. one thing that i would suggest though... if you get this as a gift and you are organized enough to get it ahead of time, go ahead and send in the catepiller coupon for the child. that way, they only wait a few days for their catepillers, rather than two weeks.

Butterfly Garden Review #2
As a child, I caught caterpillars, fed them milkweed and watched as they turned into Monarch butterflies. I wanted my child to experience the same magic, however, it has been difficult to find caterpillars. I found three Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillars, only to find they had been eaten by a praying matis a few days later. At first, I had a hard time spending $20.00 for "a few bugs", however, this turned into more than 2 weeks of entertainment for the entire family and a few neighbors - pretty cost-effective, and educational, too! The kit gives you everything you need. Fool-proof if you follow the simple directions. You can plan the timing of the caterpillar's arrival, so your butterflies won't need to be released in a blizzard. The caterpillars are well-contained - not to worry if anybody is squeemish. The butterflies in the kit are found in so many locations around the world, you don't need to worry about un-balancing your ecosystem. We are planning to give a butterfly garden to every birthday child for the coming year!

Butterfly Garden Review #3
My son received the butterfly garden as a birthday gift. We were going out of town, so asked to have the caterpillars delivered at a later date. They came on the exact date requested! The caterpillars were very small the first day, but grew so quickly that I wondered if we could actually watch them grow before our eyes (it certainly seemed that way)! It took only one week for the chrysalides to form, and only one more week for the butterflies to hatch. There is no feeding required for the caterpillars (they arrive in a container with their entire food supply)--all the kids need to do is watch them! My son and daughter both woke up each morning and would come running to tell me how big the caterpillars were. Then they watched them form into chrysalides, and still watched them each day until they hatched. The day we released the butterflies, my son looked at me and said "I sure am going to miss my beautiful butterflies!...Mom, can we get some more?"You can buy your butterfly garden at http://www.sillyasstoys.com

Antworks Ant Farm Review

Admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 08:15:00 +0000

5 of 5 Stars! 03/01/2006
Reviewer: Lori Stephens
I bought Antworks Ant Farm for Christmas for my children. BOY are we glad we did. After the first day, the ants had burrowed down to floor of the antworks. Less than a week since placing the ants in the habitat, they have created a system of tunnels and chambers that have 4 ground entrances and a mound with several tunnels on the surface. My hubby and I have spent as much time ant-gazing as the kids have. It is SO neat to watch these ants work. I recommend buying it!

3 of 5 Stars!
Reviewer: Ray De Bruijn
I got this product as a Christmas present. I waited until the Spring came to collect the Ants, so my gift was on the shelfdesk for 3 months. OK then I got 10 ants from my garden and followed the instruction in the manual. After about 3 hours, 1 ant was missing, I thought 'hey, were is he gone'. Then later another one went missing! This was a mystery: then I found out that they were escaping through the air-holes! little buggers! Then most of them cuddled up in the corner and other tried to litterally lift the lid off. I also think that some just wanted to get through the white foam that seals the container. I had made the holes required but they didnt do much for the first week. I then thought ok, I'll leave them alone for another week, so I came back after the week and alittle more goo was gone, but the holes became wider, not deeper and I had lost 4 ants, I had only had 4 left. So I aired the container, but I only found 3. I was quite disappointed with this product as maybe the ants from the garden are not suitable for this experimental container. I now got some more ants, but it turns out, the same situation has occurred, escaping ants. I think its cruel to seal the airholes, they need to breath right? or if I open it once a week, that should be enough!

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Antworks Illuminator
Review for Antworks Illuminator
Posted 12/19/2005 by F. Hochberg

In my opinion, Antworks is incomplete without the Antworks Illuminator. The Illuminator turns Antworks into a nightlight and makes the gel glow a cool neon blue.

Review of Antworks Illuminator
Posted 12/11/2005 by Susan Claseman

We purchased this for a gift, but it looked way to cool to wrap without having a closer look. I loved the little booklet inside that tells about the different ants. I know my nephew will stare at night into this and watch a world moving.

A very cool addition
Posted 10/20/2005 by Celeste Crotts

This is one of the coolest items ever!!! It allows you to see your ants clearly day or night, Plus it seems as if the ants are digging toward the lights. It is a lot of fun and is very helpful. Highly recommended!!!

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