KiwiCo Tinker Crate – Color-Mixing LED Crystal | Review

[Ad- gifted product] It’s been more than a minute since we last wrote up one of the KiwiCo Tinker Crates, with the last one being the super-cool Glowing Pendulum from last September. However, we had a couple of the boxes around still, mixed in with other science boxes, and so Kai and I decided to open one up during a recent long weekend. This one, box five for us, was the no-nonsense named Color-Mixing LED Crystal kit.

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A Guide to Buying Gemstones for Your Wedding Ring Based on What They Symbolize

Throughout history, people have attributed different charms, powers, or meanings to different gemstones. Many of these associations came from ancient Greek or Egyptian mythologies. Some came from religious beliefs and books like the Bible. 

People buy gemstones for their wedding rings when the stones look pretty and appealing. However, many of you prefer buying them based on what they symbolize. So, to help you out, we’ll look at a few beautiful gemstones and what they symbolize. You can then decide which one/s you want for your wedding ring.

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Earth Day UK Blogger Giveaway

This time of year, the big focus is often Easter, however, Earth Day always happens around now too! This year for Earth Day, we went to Robin’s school and planted different fruit trees in her school’s yard, which was a very fun way to give back to the Earth itself. There are tons of little ways that you can celebrate Earth Day, either from swapping out some of your every day items for things that are more sustainable or just from planting some area-appropriate flowers that can help bees have food.  When entering this giveaway, you should think about what you are doing for Earth Day and see if there is anything you can do to help the world, even if just in a little way.

We are delighted to be able to offer you an amazing prize in our Earth Day 2022 giveaway. Prizes have a total value of over £500, and are brought to you by five wonderful sponsors and many other bloggers. There are eleven prizes in total up for grabs: one main prize plus ten runner-up prizes. More prizes means that you have more chances of winning!

Earth Day is all about caring for the planet, being more environmentally aware, being more mindful about your consumption, and living sustainably. What better time to consider how you can look after the planet, while taking care of yourself and others? The prizes in this giveaway have been generously donated by brands who support this ethos. Read on to see how you can win an Earth Day bundle worth over £500.
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KLIKBOT Zanimation Studio allows kids to make stop motion movies!

[Ad- gifted product] Stop motion animation is something that seems to get easier and easier as technology evolves. The KLIKBOT Zanimation Studio is a good example of this, providing a background box that you can build up, a few characters, a phone stand and an app to create your own smooth and wonderful animations. Kai is always interested in creating digital content, so he was very excited to try out this toy – starting with building the larger, car-like robot that he could play with in his scene.

KLIKBOT Zanimation Studio

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A Day Out at the San Francisco Botanical Garden

While visiting San Francisco, we decided to spend a few days exploring the sites and seeing whatever we could. One of the places that Dann was most excited for was the San Francisco Botanical Gardens, which is a huge gardens and green space with plants from all over the world! California has really good weather at this time of year, so walking around the gardens was a really fun time.

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