Thirty were ordered, but it was hot and well, they were not amused in that little tube. We already had an ant farm container with this new fun blue stuff. I did the pouring, and Abby took the pictures.
They began running to and fro...it was obvious, that a few of the 30 was dead. But the live ones were very lively. We gave them some time to adjust.
They are very fun to watch!
Now a full day went and no tunnels, I was bummed and Eric read the directions. Ants need directions? We then push 4 holes into the blue stuff and the ants went wild! I had seen this cool light that went with the ant farm, but it was like $15 and it wasn't happening. Last week, I ordered Christian Kids do Biology program and the light was on clearance for $3! I ordered it and I am so glad I did!! It is beyond cool watching the ants now:
Now with the lights off and the blue on:
Can you see the cool little ant? Tony is so mesmerized. The kids come in and look and move on. Last night Tony stood and watched them connect a tunnel for a good 10-15 minutes, I was lucky enough to get the blow by blow play call of the ants accomplishments!
4 comments:
My daughter got that same ant farm for Christmas last year. It was beyond cool to watch them dig all their tunnels!
We ordered our ants and only 3 were alive.!!! I couldn't believe it. We got our kit at a yard sale and the gel was kind of dried out so we will have to retry the whole thing. I agree that the light looks SO cool.
Way cool ant farm! That sure beats the sand-filled one we had when my older two (now 17 and 15) were little. I'm thinking dd10 might have to get one of those... I came over from a link on WTM :) I've been looking for more blogs featuring older kids---those learning-to-read ones are really cute, but I've done all that!
Way cool ant farm! That sure beats the sand-filled one we had when my older two (now 17 and 15) were little. I'm thinking dd10 might have to get one of those... I came over from a link on WTM :) I've been looking for more blogs featuring older kids---those learning-to-read ones are really cute, but I've done all that!
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