My little brother is obsessed with bugs, what's a cool gift for him?

Question

He is 6 years old and is absolutely obsessed with bugs. When he comes home from school, he immediately goes outside to play in the dirt. Are there any playsets or toys that will assist him while he does this. Maybe some kind of science kit. It is his birthday coming up and I want to get him something relatory to bugs, something like an ant farm or one of those sea monkey kits...

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

An ant farm or any other kind of bug habbitat project would be excellant, you you might even consider another creature pet, not a bug, but something more animated and bright, like a pac man frog, a turtle, lizard, ect... Bug are not very long llived.

Answer 2

i saw a commercial with butterfly you can keep.. like you but a butterfly set that comes with food, plastic container for housing, and catipiller.. idk ..

Answer 3

A magnifying glass so he can observe them closer. Also some basic insect books.

Answer 4

I got my boyfriend sea monkies and they have been alive for months! But he will need help taking care of them. I also got him Triops at Hobby Lobby, which are awesome =] but you might want to get more then one package, they don't live as long as sea monkies either but are bigger and swim around doing back flips! Or you could try a butterfly kit like where you get the catterpillars and raise them into butterflies lol good luck =]

http://www.triops.com/

Answer 5

if there is a paul bunyan resturaunt near u the have necklaces and littile paper weghts that have real bugs in glass its really kool

Answer 6

How about one of those bug catcher kits? It comes with a little net, and a little plastic container to put them in. Sometimes they come with a little book about bugs too.

http://www.realcooltoys.com/insect.html

Answer 7

you could get him a net and a lil lightning bug cage, they are cheap and perfect for the summer and i think thats so cute.

Answer 8

get him a bug costume so he can pretend to be a bug

Answer 9

OMG!!!! GET HIM A BUG!!!!!!   i would say get him a bug....

Answer 10

i loved bugs when i was a kid too!! sea monkeys are great, and very easy to raise.( they are actually brine shrimp) ant farms are great also. when i was a kid they also sold a plastic bug catcher that looked like a lantern. if you could catch enough lightning bugs it could light a room! now i want to catch some bugs!!! lol.

Answer 11

a microscope, preferably one that comes with slides ready to look at.

Answer 12

Get him a bug vacuum. It sucks them up into a container to hold them but does not hurt them.

Answer 13

Hi,

Littleaussieproductsshop.com offers stuff similar to Sea Monkeys, but also "Tankmates" like real cute snails and such which can live in the same tank along with the Sea-Dragons.

Check out the pictures there and on the forum

Answer 14

how about a bugs life, thats a good kids movie

Answer 15

the Discovery Channel store has lots of cool stuff...here's a cool ant farm:

http://shopping.discovery.com/product-66...

and this isn't educational...it's just cool:

http://shopping.discovery.com/product-65...

Answer 16

haha, i loved bugs to and i loved these bug farms, where you can open a lid and pop in whatever bugs u feel like. It has a netting around the side for air and you can actually see them very well.