The weather is finally starting to warm up for us and my kids have been enjoying their time playing outdoors. They love to explore our backyard and hunt for bugs and other creepy crawly things so you can just imagine the excitement in my home when Team Mom sent us some of the items from the Backyard Safari Outfitters line. We were sent the Bug Vacuum, the Mega View Periscope, and the Cargo Vest. I had to laugh a little bit because my nine year old immediately had me remove the packaging from the Bug Vacuum and then she proceeded to run outside and started sucking up the ants by the swingset… guess she didn’t like them there.
Maddison has been searching for “new” and “undiscovered” insects in our yard since receiving the Backyard Safari items. I love kids! My son, almost four, loves to join her in her buggy finding adventures and also likes to steal her very cute Cargo Vest and claim it as his own. Aside from their bug explorations they’ve also used their cool new gear to play “spies” and peak around the corners of our home with their new Mega View Periscope.
If your kids are like mine and enjoy exploring and finding insects and wildlife, you’ll find that Backyard Outfitters has a variety of cool tools and gear available that make it easy for kids to use on their many adventures. Each Backyard Safari Outfitters kit includes a detailed pop-up Field Guide that includes information for lots of different subjects such as the Solar System, Beetles, Butterflies, Fossils, and Field Communication.
My Likes: I love that the Backyard Safari Outfitters items encourage my children to play outside more and not only that but it also encourages a love of the outdoors and my daughter is becoming more interested in learning about the bugs she’s finding so it’s not just a toy, it’s really a learning tool. The Backyard Safari Outfitters tools and gear are sturdy (an important quality to me when it comes to buying toys for my children) and they’ve have held up to some pretty intense play time with my two kids and the periscope has been dropped plenty of times over the past week but it’s still in great condition. I think these are perfect outdoor toys and can’t wait to bring them with us the next time we go on a camping trip.
My Dislikes: The prices may seem a little spendy if you were to see these in the store and you’ve never owned a Backyard Safari Outfitters item before.. BUT these are really nice items, sturdy, and they hold up to rough kids which is important when you’re buying outdoor items for your children and I really do believe you get what you pay for. The periscope is also a little heavy but my nine year old does just fine, for younger kids you may need to help them a little bit though.
If your kids are future outdoor enthusiasts you’ll be happy to know that Backyard Safari Outfitters items can be found at Toys R Us, Walmart, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, and Target. Visit www.summittoy.com for a complete list of all Backyard Safari essential field gear. You can follow Backyard Safari Outfitters on Twitter (http://twitter.com/BYSOutfitters) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/BackyardSafari).
Disclosure: I was sent items from Backyard Safari Outfitters by Team Mom for review purposes. All opinions expressed here are based on my own experiences.
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