GeoSafari Ant Factory
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Web ID: 20298378Excellent for Older Children
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Educational Insights GeoSafari Ant Factory provided an excellent summer science experiment for my children. I don't believe this should be left within reach of younger children as my kindergartner nearly knocked this over several times in his excitement while supervised. Overall my children were extremely happy with the ant factory and had fun watching the colony grow.
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Awesome educational toy
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My kids love this ant farm.
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Awesome!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This was an awesome experience for my 5 and 7 year old boys! Even their dad and I were sucked into watching the ants hard at work! You can easily see all their tunnels. The only downsides to this were 2 things. First, it took about a month for ants to arrive from antsalive and that was frustrating, although they eventually made it right. And second, instructions say to leave 2 inches of open space at the top, I wish I would've left 3 or 4 inches. When they start building more, the sand keeps getting lifted all the way up and I keep having to gently tap it down so I can take the little cover off to feed them. I also love that it's clear on both sides, because you can see a lot more without a picture on one side!
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Very neat to watch
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My daughter is all about insects and animals so she has loved having her own ants to watch. This kit is very durable and easy to use, watching your ants is very neat. Actually getting the ants from the suggested site took a while and they were all dead on arrival the first go around so had to reorder. The kit itself is very nice, would definitely recommend.
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Fun to watch
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My child loves bugs. I really thought it would hold his attention much more than it actually has. The ants were active, but they didn't actually make as many tunnels as I thought they would. Overall, it was fun to watch, but really we just watched them eat. We did share with my child's teacher and we should have bought more ants. Which we are willing to try in the coming weeks. We did enjoy this product, but it definitely was not what we were expecting. I think we were expecting to watch the ants work more or dig more. Rather than watch them eat.
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We appreciate you sharing your experience and we are always looking for ways to improve our products and cannot do that without your feedback. I will be sure to pass this information along to our team.
Fun and Educational ant factory
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This ant factory is fun and sturdy! It was cool watching the ants move around in it. The only complaint I had was the company that you can purchase the live ants from. I ordered them and they took FOREVER to get to me and when they finally did they were dead. I just caught some of my own ants and put them in the factory.
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Wobbly base.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Our base for the ant factory was very wobbly. I was always so nervous it would fall and ants would get everywhere. So far it hasn't and we've had it a few weeks. It is very cool to watch how ants act and my 6 year old is very entrigued and shows me new things everyday.
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We are so happy to hear you are enjoying your ant farm and learning new things everyday! So sorry about the wobbly base- please exchange next time! :)
Entertaining Ant Factory!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Educational Insights GeoSafari Ant Factory was sent to me complementary for testing and review purposes however this is still my honest review. It's engaging for most age ranges. The children love it. They will count the ants they see, they will try to predict what direction their tunnel may go next, and so much more! I definitely recommend this over other ant farms I've seen or used. Would be great in a science class!
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