Today wasn’t quite so hands on for the girls, unfortunately. I bought a solar panel kit on sale, despite the mixed reviews, figuring if it didn’t work well we could still find something fun to do with the bits.
The box says 8+, but the pieces are *tiny*. It’s hard to wire things up, so I did all of the assembly while the kids looked on.
We built a puppy:
We built a car (this was by far one of the most fun – it zooooomed across the deck!)
We built an air boat. This pretty much didn’t do anything besides look pretty.
We built an airplane. At this point the sun went behind the clouds for a bit. So we tried a flashlight. The mini mag light did not make the panel work. But…the giant one did. A little.
We built a windmill:
Finally, we built a rotating airplane. This was another fun one to watch!
We definitely got our money’s worth out of this kit, and I’m sure we’ll dig it out later this summer too!