About them: MindWare is the award-winning creator, manufacturer and distributor of Brainy Toys for Kids of All Ages. Founded in 1990, the company started out with a small retail store in Minneapolis, evolving into a direct-to-consumer catalog and website business, as well as a wholesale business. We deliver our unique collection of brainy toys and games to customers’ doorsteps, diverse classrooms, neighborhood toy stores and the world’s largest retailers. To make the world smarter through playful learning. MindWare is passionate about filling the world with fun, high-quality products that foster lifelong learning, growth and success.
My kids and I have always been huge fans of MindWare and all they have to offer. We were all pretty stoked when we received some products for our Spring Gift Guide. The first of these was a Science Academy Eco Forensic Lab. It came with a field microscope, two test jars, 2 measuring cylinders, a pipette, a split petri dish, filter paper, tweezers, scale stickers, foil sheets, mesh, rubber bands, a funnel, universal indicator paper, a lab station and a guide book. It is for ages 8 and up and perfect for your budding scientist! Your child uses all this science lab stuff to learn about the hidden dangers on the earth and water. My 8 year old loved this! She even came up with her own labs after she was done studying our soil and water. It is pretty cool and really sparked her interest in preserving our ecosystem. The second one was a personal favorite of mine and both of my daughters. It was the Dig It Up! kit with minerals and fossils. This one teaches all about real life paleontology. Your kids get to work on 12 stones to uncover real life fossils, petrified wood and more and how to properly identify them in the field guide. This set is for ages 4 and up and perfect for kids! We had a blast with it! The Geode Ring Science Lab was awesome too! It is for ages 8 and up. You kiddo uses science to make their own Geode Ring through crystallization. My daughter Dakota absolutely loved the Paint Your Own Stone Mosaic Bunny. It is for ages 8 and up and came with a stone mosaic bunny, instructions, a set of 12 paints and a paint brush. You kids just paint the bunny how they desire so they can create their own art masterpiece. We put ours in our garden to enjoy all spring and summer long! The last set from MindWare was the Aqua Maze Water Marble Run. This is for ages 4 and up and has provided hours of entertainment for all three of my kids. It has 92 building pieces, 20 floating marbles, an inflatable plastic mat, a large scoop and a dropper. Your kid can build up their aqua maze using as many of the pieces they want and then drop the marbles from the top to the bottom either with or without using water. They can put water in and have fun that way or just on its own. We have been doing it indoors because of the wet rainy weather outdoors so haven’t used water very often but it is fun both ways. My kids love re configuring it over and over to make different paths for the marbles. It is fun and entertaining. These are all great sets for kids and I highly recommend them!
Disclosure: I received these products for free, in exchange for my honest review, which may differ from yours. Regardless, I only recommend products and services I used personally, and believe will be a good fit for consumers.
