Nick Bakers Ladybird World Review
Nick Baker’s
Ladybird World
Reviewed by Katie-Louise Lander
and Logan (age 4)
My 4 year old (5 in June) son as recently become very interested in ladybirds and he goes around our rear garden collecting them, putting them in an open container with leaves in, he will have a good nosey then pick them up and hold them high and shouts at them to fly away.
On the day I received Nick Baker’s Ladybird World I told my son I had bought him a present, I only lifted the box up and with big bright eyes and a beaming smile he said “ladybird box, what’s in it?” The presentation of the box is very eye catching with numerous ladybirds on it, big red writing with black spots and a picture of the Ladybird world once set up. My son immediately wanted to set it up, even though the age says 5+ I allowed him to help me and he did it mostly by himself with a little help from myself. The setup is simple and the instructions are very straightforward and easy to follow.
The ladybird world contains a clear tank with lid, specimen tubes, paintbrush, tweezers, field lens, tube holder and the amazing informative guide, all of which were perfectly packed into the box. The informative guide you must read before starting the set up, it has every little detail in that you need to know about ladybirds from the different species, how they live, what they look like, there popularity and even information on ladybirds making baby ladybirds. Everything is written in terms which are easily explained to children so they understand also, each of the contents is explained thoroughly with what to do’s and how to do’s. The only negative thing I have to say about it, is that it recommends catching the ladybirds with a net, yet it is not included in the product, but we managed fine without one.
Once our little world was set up and looking like a perfect ladybird home, we stepped out into our rear garden, on a special ladybird hunt. Logan (my son) was the first to find a ladybird, we placed it in the ladybird world and started to count its spots. Looking through the informative guide, we found out that it was a seven-spotted ladybird, we continued to search and found more seven-spotted ladybirds and some two-spotted ladybirds. Once we had about 7-8 ladybirds, we popped the lid on which had little air holes in and we bought the ladybird world into the house and placed it on the table where Logan sat watching them for about an hour before we set them free again. Numerous questions were asked by Logan and the booklet was fantastic in helping me to answer them, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to answer.
My overall opinion of Nick Baker’s Ladybird world is… that it’s a fantastic product that is also educational, I would highly recommend it to mums and dads which have curious about bugs children.
Logan’s overall opinion is it’s good because I can have bug pets and its fun but it’s not fair because I can’t keep them forever until they get old.
Rating: 4.5/5
RRP: £9.99
Available to buy from Interplay UK here.
