Build a rocket launcher and create a set of your own flying rockets. Play with flight and learn about flight, thrust, and air resistance through rocket building! Learn how to tinker with your launcher to make your rockets fly through the sky. Make a kite and run around to watch it fly.
 
Everything needed, from materials to illustrated directions, is included, along with explore!, a bonus play & learn magazine with extra projects and activities!

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Fun with Flight

The stomp rocket launcher works really well, but a few out of box modifications are necessary.  First of all, the fins are needed to improve the flight of the rockets -- however, the stickers don't hold the fins to the rocket at all.  One really needs to use a stronger tape to hold the fins on, and while scotch tape is a better solution than the included stickers, its still not perfect.  Secondly, the lime green foam toppers don't always sit and stay within the straws, so that the rockets launcher becomes a "cannon" instead, with the foam top as a projectile.  Its still super fun, but not really ideal for the purpose of the "experiments."  Thirdly, I've had the straw portion of one of the rockets break (slitted, like when a drinking straw accidentally gets bent and splits) after a couple of launches.  When everything works, however, its super amazing and super fun, and I considered it a win that my kid understood the concept that the higher one aims, the less far out it goes, etc.  And the kites are a lovely component as well!  

Super duper exciting rocket blast off! I am impressed by the project and by the fun that our kids have! 3 months passed but the rocket still works great! Highly recommend subcriptions!

Fun with Flight | KiwiCo

Have a whale of a time building your own mechanical sweeper! Create colorful watercolor whales with a salt experiment, then construct a vacuum cleaner-like sweeper with multiple moving parts you engineer yourself to collect pom-poms, small toys, and more. Attach your whales to either side, and that’s a project whale done!

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This was my son’s first Kiwi Crate and he enjoyed building it and loves using it to pick up smalls toys and things off the floor!

My daughter got this one over a year ago and still enjoys playing with it. 

Engineer a mechanical sweeper with a whale of a twist! Build a vacuum-like sweeper with multiple moving parts that can pick up pom-poms, small toys, and more.

Mechanical Sweeper | KiwiCo

Explore biology and plant science! Use liquid color to create vibrant flowers and see capillary action work firsthand. Discover how trees use capillary action to get their nutrients and build a tree balancing game! 
 
Everything needed, from materials to illustrated directions, is included, along with explore!, a bonus play & learn magazine with extra projects and activities!

Capillary Action

Create flowers to learn about capillary action and build a tree balancing game!

Capillary Action | KiwiCo

Explore how we can solve problems by taking inspiration from nature and animals. 

Capillary Action - Explore biology and plant science! Use liquid color to create vibrant flowers and see capillary action work firsthand. Discover how trees use capillary action to get their nutrients and build a tree-balancing game! 

Sweeper - Have a whale of a time building your own mechanical sweeper! Create colorful watercolor whales with a salt experiment, then construct a vacuum cleaner-like sweeper with multiple moving parts you engineer yourself to collect pom-poms, small toys, and more. Attach your whales to either side, and that’s a project whale done! 

Fun with Flight - Build a rocket launcher and create a set of your own flying rockets. Play with flight and learn about flight, thrust, and air resistance through rocket building! Learn how to tinker with your launcher to make your rockets fly through the sky. Make a kite and run around to watch it fly.

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