We received the 'green fingers' box along with the 'Bug hunting' one, and as the boxes are absolutely bursting with activities, we've taken our time to get through them.
If you haven't had a chance, do read the review on the 'Bug hunting' box, to get a better idea about the fantastic Yippee adventures!
First impressions for both boxes have been complete amazement. There is so much when you open the box, it really does take you by surprise with the amount of contents.
What is the 'Greenfingers' box?
As the name implies, this box is all about sowing, planting and flowers. Yippee adventures are STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and maths) boxes, so it's not surprising to find activities covering all those aspects.
There are several activities included, enough to work through during a week (I can't imagine anyone completing those in less time).
What's included?
- Seeds for basil, broad bean, runners beans, sunflowers, cress and Nasturtium seeds. They're not all simple sowing activities, for the cress we've had such giggles sticking a face on a pot, turning the pot upside down and using the bottom of the pot with cotton pads to grow the cress (so our face will have lovely hair!). Three pots plus compost is provided to sow the basil, Nasturtium and sunflower. The runner bean activity was also very different and thus so much fun. Runner bean seeds were placed in a grow bag with roll of cotton and the suction hook to stick that on a window. The broad bean will be an excellent science project write up, once the seed sprouts, we will watch it intertwine through our cardboard maze reaching for light.
- Chromatography activity was a great art work activity. Little person was so shocked to learn how many colours made up each felt pen. The most surprising was brown (have a look at our photo and see if you can spot the colours).
- Putting the leaf and flower press together has been great. Little person is excited to see what his pressed flower will look and feel like. I think I'm more happy to find this activity, as the flowers in the vase are coming to the end, it means I can press a few and keep!
Why we love this box?!
Not only has this box enabled us to get sowing more, which is so important to teach children. Being able to show children this is how things grow is the beginning of very important conversations regarding food. As I said in my previous Yippee adventures box review, an activity that enables the beginning of important conversations as such is worth every penny!
I've loved the cress pot, I found it hilarious and I learnt that I don't always need heaps of compost for all seeds. An interesting lesson for me too! The runner beans have also been placed in a grow bag without any compost, again teaching us so much more about sowing/planting and seeds!
The green bean maze is a great science experiment. It's so important for children to see science, rather than just learn from the textbook. This experiment will show little person how plants move towards light, and work their way towards it!
Chromatography was super exciting, not only for the kids but for me too. I remember somewhere briefly in school learning all about primary, secondary and tertiary colours, and this experiment was excellent in enabling the kids to see how many colours are used for the ink in felt tips.
There are lots of sub activities included such as measuring plants (excellent for maths, have the child estimate and then measure!), discovering an edible flower (another great discussion point - why aren't all flowers edible or are they?). Lot's of lovely experiments to get your child to start practising writing up scientific experiments, and with the younger ones, allowing them to draw the experiments out.
We have thoroughly enjoyed our 'Greenfingers' box, and I cannot fault the content or activities at all.
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