If you give your child a science kit,
It really should be a Thames and Kosmos.
And if you have a teenage daughter,
She’ll really enjoy Creative Cosmetics.
She’ll learn a bit of biology and some chemistry too.
While she mixes some bases to make a batch of goo.
Including a book full of recipes to make the lotions,
Mix this and that to create incredible potions.
Not only for fun but also educational,
This kit has our vote because it’s sensational!
Okay, laugh at my attempt at poetry… I’m no Shakespeare. But I really do love the Thames and Kosmos science kits for older kids. When my children were younger, I loved purchasing fun little science kits. We’ve had our share of flowering rocks, sun print paper, magic ink and erupting volcanoes but as my children got older, it became harder to find a kit that I didn’t feel was really incredibly simplistic. Then I read an ad about the Thames and Kosmos science kits that intrigued me, but the kits were expensive! Imagine my surprise when one day while I was shopping I found the exact kit I was looking for, Power House a kit about alternative energy, on clearance at Hobby Lobby for half the normal price! Since this kit was one we had planned to buy, I snatched it up hoping that it delivered what it had promised. Though my kids have not completed the kit yet, I am impressed. It is certainly worth the investment and it’s been educational and fun for the entire family.
This week, while shopping with my just turned 13 year old daughter, we ran across another deal at Hobby Lobby, Creative Cosmetics. Also a Thames and Kosmos kit and also on clearance, normally priced at $59 the kit was on sale for $17! What a deal! My daughter was so intrigued that she bought it with her own money and began creating as soon as we returned home. Not one to enjoy the science kits like the boys always have, I’m impressed to see that she has grabbed this kit on several occasions just for fun. At least that’s all I thought until she began throwing out little tidbits here and there. Do you know your lips are red because the skin in that area is very thin allowing the blood vessels to show through? That the skin of an average adult can cover the area of 16 to 21 ½ square feet? Or that dandruff is a combination of fat glands and dead skin cells?
Not only does Creative Cosmetics teach your child how to care for their hair, skin and nails, they also learn how to mix, use and apply their own cosmetics. There are also recipes interspersed throughout the experiment book describing how to create your own beauty products using all natural ingredients that can be purchased at your local grocery store.
With a number of science kits available from chemistry kits, physics kits, solar kits to kits to complement the Dangerous Book for Boys. Chances are if you’re looking to add a little bit of science fun in your school program, Thames and Kosmos may have just the thing.
© 2009 Tonya Prater/Live the Adventure
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