Insect Lore Raise and Release Butterfly Garden Kit – Caterpillar Habitat with redeemable Voucher – STEM-accredited Butterfly Growing Kit for Kids, Classrooms, and Homeschool Learning
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- Experience Metamorphosis Firsthand! Watch real live caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies with our original butterfly garden kit for kids.
- Perfect STEM Learning Activity This educational butterfly kit supports hands-on learning about the butterfly life cyclegreat for homeschool, classrooms, or science learning at home.
- Ideal Gift for Curious Kids Encourage scientific curiosity and wonder with this butterfly growing kitthe perfect gift for birthdays, classroom projects, or springtime fun!
- Trusted by Families & Educators for 50+ Years Insect Lore quality butterfly kits are a favorite for parents, teachers, and nature-loving kids.
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Discover the Magic of Metamorphosis with The Original Butterfly Garden Kit for kids. Inspire curiosity and a love of nature with the Insect Lore Original Butterfly Garden Kit, the trusted hands-on learning experience that has delighted families and educators for over 50 years. Known for providing Insect Lore quality butterflies, this STEM-accredited butterfly growing kit gives kids a front-row seat to the full butterfly life cycle—from live caterpillars to beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. Designed to make science fun, interactive, and unforgettable, the kit comes with everything needed to raise butterflies at home or in the classroom. The kit includes a durable, reusable pop-up habitat for safe butterfly observation, a STEM activity journal to guide the learning experience, and Insect Lore’s exclusive Chrys-A-Lid log to support chrysalides during metamorphosis. A voucher is included that is redeemable for 5 live caterpillars, which are shipped directly from Insect Lore’s own California butterfly farm and arrive with food included, ensuring the highest quality care from start to finish. Note: Live caterpillars can only be shipped to the continental U.S. For best results, redeem your voucher when temperatures are between 50–90°F.
Product Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 12 inches
Item Weight: 0.96 ounces
Item model number: 10416
Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 15 years
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Release date: March 19, 2018
Language: English, English
Manufacturer: Insect Lore
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This was such a fun project. Great gift idea. Best for ages 5+ better understanding at that age.
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2026 by Tracey Cummings
This was such a fun project! My kids loved setting up the habitat and watching the caterpillars turn into butterflies. Its well made and a good size for keeping out in the house for children to observe. Having the voucher for the caterpillars makes it worth the price and rice it can be reused, we thought it was a great investment in our children's education and entertainment.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2025 by Jaclyn Summers Jaclyn Summers
I bought this for my 5 year old. Along the way he had lots of fun and he learnt a whole lot about the butterfly lifecycle. Though the lot doesn’t come with Caterpillars, they give you a coupon to order it. The Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is a great way for kids to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. The kit comes with everything you need, including a habitat, food, and caterpillars. The instructions are clear and easy to follow, and kids will love watching the caterpillars grow and change into butterflies. One of the best things about the Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is that it's a hands-on experience. Kids get to feed the caterpillars, water them, and watch them grow. They also get to learn about the different stages of metamorphosis. This is a great way for kids to learn about nature and science. The Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is also a great way to get kids interested in gardening. The caterpillars need milkweed leaves to eat, so kids will need to plant milkweed in their garden. This is a great way for kids to learn about gardening and the importance of pollinators. Overall, the Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is a great educational toy for kids. It's fun, educational, and a great way to get kids interested in nature. Here are some pros and cons of the Insect Lore Butterfly Garden: Pros: - Fun and educational - Easy to use - Comes with everything you need - Kids get to see the butterfly life cycle up close - Encourages kids to learn about nature and gardening Cons: - Can be a bit messy - Caterpillars can be fragile - Shipping can be expensive Overall, the Insect Lore Butterfly Garden is a great educational toy for kids. It's fun, educational, and a great way to get kids interested in nature.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2023 by Jay K.
This was such a fun and educational experiment. I bought it as a present for my child, and she loved watching her caterpillars transform into butterflies. Ordering the caterpillars was easy, and we had a 100% success rate with them completing the transformation. It turned into a wonderful learning experience — she not only got to observe the life cycle firsthand, but also enjoyed releasing the butterflies into her garden when it was time. A perfect mix of fun and education. TL;DR: Easy to use, educational, and fun. 100% success rate with caterpillars turning into butterflies.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2025 by Blake
After being barraged by the commercials on television, I ordered this Live Butterfly Garden for my son's birthday. First, buyers should understand exactly WHAT you will get in the initial "Live Butterfly Garden" pack: 1. A butterfly habitat "pop-up" tent, which is made of a mesh material on the sides, a plastic lid with a zipper to open on top, and a solid material bottom. 2. A butterfly food "feeder". This is a little plastic dropper. Once your butterflies emerge from their cocoons, you will need to make a mixture of water and sugar to feed them. This kit does not bring food for the butterflies once they have transformed. You will have to make it yourself, which is easy enough. 3. A post-card (mail-in) coupon and an instruction pamphlet. It is important to realize that you will need to mail-in a redemption coupon in order to actually receive the caterpillars. When THIS kit is delivered to your house, it does not have the caterpillars inside the box. You can also call the company (with out waiting to mail in your postcard), or you can go to their online website and place your order. That's what I did - the online ordering system asks you to enter a unique code that comes with your initial kit. There was an additional processing and handling fee of $3.00 that I had to pay for them to ship the actual caterpillars to my house (I live in Florida). One thing that I think ALL people who are thinking about ordering this set should keep in mind is... these are REAL LIVE animals. It makes sense that they would not be able to keep them in a box in some warehouse somewhere until the kit sells. By that time... well, let's just say that the animals inside probably wouldn't make it. So, you get this kit, and then you send away (or call or go online) to request your caterpillars. We did all that. A few weeks later, a TINY little box came. Now, here is where I personally had a little problem. I live in a gated community, and every house has a little metal mail box with a lock & key. Packages that are too big to fit in these boxes are delivered directly to our doors. However, if a package will fit into the little metal mailbox, the postal carrier will leave it there. Well, being a busy Mom, I sometimes do not check my mail EVERY day. It must have been 4 days before it dawned on me... OH! I ordered that butterfly - caterpillar thing! I RAN out to my metal "community" mailbox, and sure enough... there was a tiny box inside. Upon opening the tiny box, I found a little clear plastic container. Inside the container was a bunch of brown stuff (which turned out to be the caterpillar food), tons of brownish looking spider webby stuff, 3 crispy things (cocoons, or chrysalides) and 2 REALLY BIG caterpillars. Shocked and mortified, I called the customer service phone number immediately. I spoke to a nice man who explained that due to the extremely hot summer, the entire life cycle was sped up (during shipping, and no doubt sitting in my mailbox). It turns out that 3 of the caterpillars had already spun themselves into cocoons, and the other two had already eaten and grown to their maximum size. The customer service guy was really nice and he arranged to have another set sent out to me, FREE of charge. He recommended that we schedule it for another time of the year, so we settled on October. This man was so kind; he took the time to answer all of my questions and didn't make me feel like a dope for asking. I'm sure he's had SEVERAL calls like mine... but he was extremely apologetic and sincere. He made me feel better about the whole thing. Well, here I had already called my son to come and look at his new "pets" BEFORE opening the little box. There was no going back. He looked inside, and said "EWE!" He also told me that it did NOT look like it did on the commercials. The food was supposed to be sand - ours was a brown, jelly like goop. There were webs (it was actually silk) all inside and the cocoons were NOT attached to the top (like they were supposed to be). What was I going to do? I decided to keep the little container and follow the instructions. I pretended like nothing was wrong! Maybe we could save the two big caterpillars and still have the experience, I thought to myself. I will not go into any more detail about the wonder of it all - you will just have to get your own kit! I will, however, tell you that ALL of our butterflies hatched! Once they were inside our cool house... nature took its course (we keep the a/c cranked to about 70 all day, and about 65 at night). Maybe the cooler air helped them to survive. It has been in the high 90's here in Florida... probably about 120 degrees in that mailbox! DESPITE the weird start to these little creatures' lives... they really turned out to be an amazing experience. They all came out perfect. Once they had transformed into butterflies, we actually kept them for a few weeks, feeding them a sugar and water "nectar" that we made. The whole thing was messier than I had anticipated. The "pop up" tent definitely needs to be washed out BEFORE the other replacement caterpillars get shipped to us in October. The butterflies secret this red stuff from their bottoms (the instructions stress that this stuff is NOT blood) and it dripped all down the sides of the habitat. The home-made nectar was sticky after a few days and got all over the bottom and the sides of the tent. (I used brown sugar because that was all I had on hand, so I'm sure that didn't help the cleanliness issue.) Depending on the age of the recipient, it can and will make an impact upon young minds. My son is 9... so he was old enough to stick his arm in the tent and feed them (while they fluttered around his hands!) Anyway, that brings me back to my point that these ARE live creatures, little animals. They require CARE and you DO have to feed them. Then there is the issue of feeding them without letting them free in your house. This kit DOES live up to the hype. You just need to be ready for what ever nature throws in your direction! Also, in the event you DO get a "dud", the customer service for this product is top notch. It's well worth the price, and Amazon DOES have the best price around.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2010 by designerflower
One of the best ways to learn about the butterfly process!!! Great value, easy to use and learn, and very effective in explaining the process!!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2025 by Cynthia Bragg-Desselle
I have gifted this item for children before and they’ve loved it. This is Sage who is now eight and her little sister Revel who is three. I have been there nanny since their their brother who is now 15 and sister who is 13 we all born. I bought kits for the girls and they opened them and were so excited. I reminded them to hold onto the cards for the caterpillars so I didn’t have to buy more. Well, that didn’t turn out. They accidentally threw the cards away and never got their caterpillars. I wish there was someway that Amazon could see that I bought the kids and paid for them and go ahead and send me new cards so I can order the price that comes with the kit. If not, I’ll go ahead and pay full price for two sets of caterpillars. That’s my only complaint. Kids love this set.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2025 by Sandra Hardin Sandra Hardin