Learning Resources Beaker Creatures Liquid Reactor Super Lab - STEM Toys, Ages 5+

I haven't used it yet. I bought it as a gift for my niece. She likes experiments. I believe this is a unique toy that helps kids to stay engaged in an educational thing that is also fun and also help them grow their insights. I also bought another toy from learning resources and I did not see anything like it. They are my no. 1 choice when it comes to toys from now on along with Montessori.

What a great Easter surprise for my active 7 yr old Science loving grandson! He absolutely loves it, and I can send more "critters" to create! It is colorful,safe,fun, and price was very reasonable. Thanks Learning Resources!! A happy Grandmom

Our grandson was so excited when he opened this present. He could not wait to use this item

I used the Beaker Creatures Super Lab with my 3 and 6 year old granddaughters today. They really enjoyed the process. It was easy enough for the 6 year old to do independently and the reaction was fascinating and fun for both of them. Having the little creature to identify and play with was an added bonus! I can't wait to try some of the other experiments with them and get them some more creatures!

My kids had fun finding out what they "hatched." The set is easy to use ( we did have to fiddle with the hose lengths to prevent kinks, otherwise my kids could have put it all together on their own). Any water overflow is contained with the clear plastic base, which caught all the extra foam/water. My 8 year old continued to play with the syringes and pretended to be a science on tv talking about their discoveries. Good for some scientific inquiry, observation, and imaginative play.

Highly recommended to buy this. Great for kids.

all items came packaged very nicely and works great, the reading material is very fun, mu son loved it over all.

My kids loved this. The way the set up works is easy enough for a 5 and 3 year old to work. They loved to see the reaction start and compressing the plungers time make it work. The only problem is that the casing the creatures are in is too big. The container isn't large enough to allow the water to dissolve all the casing. I had to remove it and rinse the rest off in order for the creature to escape. Thankfully my kids weren't too upset by this. But if it was just a bit smaller the “experiment” would be perfect.

We were really excited about doing this experiment together. However, at the moment of pushing down the two towers, it seemed like there was too much air somewhere. And so the towers never went down even after much pushing down. We eventually had to throw water on the bomb to achieve the same effect as the water coming through the tubes would.

I have mixed feelings about this Learning Resources Liquid Reactor Super Lab. On the one side it was fun, and my son liked it. On the other side it took less than one hour to him to assemble the lab and get two creatures from the two reactor pods provided in the kit. There was an instruction on how to make slime, "cosmic colors", "deep blue sea", but colorings needed for those experiments were not included. It would be great if everything needed for described experiments were included in the kit. The quality is pretty good, but I would be more excited if my son could play with the set longer without buying additional items.