Robotic Jellyfish Nightlight Kit

£19.99

The best gifts for kids are ones that are both fun and provide an educational opportunity. Therefore, I was excited to review the Robotic Jellyfish Nightlight Kit from Thames and Kosmos, which aims to combine these two elements so well, providing kids with everything they will need to build their very own mechanical jellyfish nightlight.

The Robotic Jellyfish Nightlight Kit from Thames and Kosmos is a great gift for the festive season, offering a fun STEM-focused activity and leaving you with a beautiful and mesmerising decorative lamp. The kit comes with everything you will need to put the lamp together, including a planetary gear system, which allows kids to learn about the mechanics in a fun and practical way. Once put together, the jellyfish can move up and down, with the tentacles moving in multiple patterns and even spinning to mimic the undulating movement of a jellyfish in water.

One of the best parts is that the jellyfish lights up with three primary colour RGB lights, and these then combine to produce six different colour combinations. This helps kids to understand how primary colours mix to create different colours, and in the process, produce a colourful night lamp that looks great in your room.

Overall, the Robotic Jellyfish Nightlight Kit from Thames & Kosmos makes the perfect gift this festive season for a creative kid who loves to build things and understand how things work. The kit provides a great insight into mechanics and physics, ensuring parents know it’s an educational gift as well as a fun one. Plus, I love that once built, you get to keep the nightlight as a trophy of your accomplishment, which, if nothing else, looks incredible in your room as s nightlight.

Pros:

• STEM-focused gift that promotes education in a fun, crafty kit
• Colourful and moving jellyfish nightlight
• Easy guide to help with assembly

Cons:

• Lots of small components, which can be a little fiddly to put together – so may need some help from parents for younger kids