Butterfly Garden Home School Edition

SKU: 11-035c SKU: 11-035

Give every child the Gift of Metamorphosis with added learning opportunities with the Butterfly Garden Home School Edition!

Our Butterfly Garden Home School Edition is a special four-sided Habitat with Ultra-Clear™ front viewing section. A fold out learning panel also has interesting facts about each stage of the metamorphosis process.

Choose to receive the kit with either a voucher, where you or the recipient have the flexibility to start raising butterflies when ready, or with LIVE caterpillars immediately (by selecting a send out date). Caterpillars are available from March to mid-September only.

Watch the Miracle of Metamorphosis Up Close.

This educational kit gives children, students and families an unforgettable opportunity to watch caterpillars change into chrysalides and then emerge as beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies. Raise and feed your very own butterflies and then release them into the wild! The entire transformation from caterpillar to adult butterfly takes about three to five weeks.

See An Amazing Transformation

3-5 caterpillars and food will arrive in a clear plastic cup with all of the nutritious food they need. Place the cup in a safe place away from direct sunlight. The caterpillars will remain in the cup and will eat, spin silk and grow to TEN times their original size! After seven to ten days they will hang upside down and harden into chrysalides (chrysalides are also known as pupae).

Raise Your Very Own Butterflies

Once the chrysalides have hardened, then, gently move them to the habitat using the Chrys-A-Lid™ Holding Log. It will take about seven to ten more days for them to complete the transformation to adult butterflies.

The Butterfly Garden Habitat is reusable and perfect for up close butterfly viewing! When not in use it folds flat for easy storage. Then when you wish to raise more butterflies, just order a refill Cup of Caterpillars here.

The Butterfly Garden Home School Edition includes:

Special four-sided 30cm tall Habitat with Ultra-Clear™ front viewing section (28cm x 28cm)
Cup of 3-5 LIVE caterpillars with food or voucher to redeem for caterpillars (caterpillars available March to mid-September)
STEM Butterfly Diary
Chrys-A-Lid™ Holding Log
Flower Butterfly Feeder
Feeding Pipette
Instruction booklet
Insect Lore sugar packet to make your very own butterfly nectar (arrives with the caterpillars)

Ages 4+

Price: £32.99 incl VAT (£27.49 ex VAT)

Next Day DHL Delivery (UK addresses only) – If your order includes a LIVE kit, it will be dispatched on your selected send-out date. Please note that this service does not include weekend deliveries.

Need help with your Caterpillar to Butterfly Process? - Watch these informative videos

Click here to watch how to set up your Chrysalis Station

Click here for hints and tips on how to care for your Chrysalis

Click here for hints and tips on feeding your Butterflies

Click here for hints and tips on releasing your Butterflies

All non-live orders leave our offices within 1-3 working days unless the item(s) are out of stock, or if your order includes a Live product with a chosen send-out date of 3 weeks or less away (in which case we will dispatch all goods, live and non-live, on the requested send out date).

Once your order is dispatched, standard delivery time for the UK is approximately 1- 4 working days, depending on your location. Please allow 10 days for orders outside of the UK. A Next Working Day option is available for UK delivery only (excludes weekends).

Overall rating: 4.870968 / 5 from 62 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

The Butterfly Garden Home School Edition offers a delightful experience for students and children, featuring beautiful and tame butterflies that customers love. The activity is highly praised for its educational value and the satisfaction of watching caterpillars transform into painted lady butterflies.

Summary topics

Caterpillar Transformation: 10%
Butterfly Beauty: 18%
Customer Experience: 24%
Educational Activity: 12%

Review topics: [fun, experience, butterflies, activity, caterpillars, buy, kids, set, habitat, children, instructions, kit, pack, emails, information, project, insect lore, gift, book, watching, service, stages, transformation, communication].

Review highlights

"Healthy little caterpillars, great new pack with lots of information inside" — Susan J.
"My 7 year old grandson is amazed and really enjoyed every step of the caterpillars growing into butterflies." — Ann G.
"All the butterflies were healthy and spent time flying around our garden." — Gemma M.

Reviews

We loved it at home

"We loved it at home and are looking forward to get the ladybirds kit :)"

— Rodrigo M. (5/5)

Fantastic experience

"My 5 and 3 year old and myself all loved the whole experience. It was amazing seeing how fast the caterpillars grew. The chrysalis process was fascinating. We even managed to see four of our five butterflies coming out of their chrysalides right before our eyes (one popped out earlier than the rest while we were out!) which was just amazing. The clear window on the butterfly net made it so much easier to see the tiny details. Really recommend the whole thing!"

— Katie F. (5/5)

Beautiful experience

"I received 5 caterpillars and they were so tiny at first and barely moved. We were worried they might die but I’m happy to say all five became active within a couple days. All five went into chrysalis and all 5 hatched. It was a lovely experience to let them go and was amazing to see the cycle. My kids loved it. We will definitely do it again."

— Abigail M. (5/5)

Fantastic

"Fantastic activity to do with my little boy. He loved the additional information and email updates to follow. Would also make a great gift"

— Sarah P. (5/5)

We absolutely loved this set

"We absolutely loved this set and watching our butterflies bloom the book that comes with it is a brilliant way of documenting everything"

— Gemma B. (5/5)

Butterflies

"It is amazing for my grandson to see the development from caterpillar through to butterfly, (my daughter is enjoying watching them as well ) and then their release sending butterflies in to nature."

— Loraine C. (5/5)

Fantastic!

"So much information - we've learnt so much about caterpillars and butterflies! Lovely having the clear side to see the chrysalises turn into butterflies. A brilliant purchase."

— Jo R. (5/5)

Definitely worth getting.

"Absolutely fantastic kit! The children loved the whole process and they were very interested at each stage, all of the caterpillars turned into beautiful butterflies and we're released into nature. Fab kit for home or school environment, my children are aged 10-11 and they enjoyed seeing every stage of development."

— Candice S. (5/5)

Workbooks

"Last year I was able to order several copies of the work booklet - this year there was no option and the Home Ed addition only comes with one booklet… I have 5 Home Educated kids, so next year I would like there to be an option to order more workbooks along with our caterpillars."

— Brody M. (4/5)

Great would purchase again

"Loved the clear window to see into the enclosure, was super easy to clean when the butterflies had flown the nest, very cute and easy kit while still being very educational my daughter is only 2 but did enjoy and get a lot out of this experience, the pictures on the enclosure did help, I also felt like I learnt a lot and it was very cool to watch it all happen up close, ours took about 3 weeks to turn into butterflies, we can't wait to do it again next year ☺️"

— Sinead K. (5/5)

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