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  • Teaches children about fascinating egyptian times
  • Manufacturer's recommended age 8 yrs+

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  • Item Weight: 799 g
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  • Manufacturer recommended age: 8 years and up
  • ASIN: B000ET7FBE
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
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A journey of discovery, adventure and egyptian treasures. Kit comes complete with full instruction manual for hours of discovery!

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Go on a journey of discovery, adventure and Egyptian treasures! Children can create, learn and have fun as they explore the wonders of ancient Egypt. This kit comes with a colourful manual offering fascinating information about the Egyptians and pull-out instructions for making interesting items, such as a Pharaoh's mask, bracelet, shabti, amulet and scarab! 8 Years +

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Can We Do All Of It NOW, 29 Oct 2008
By A Lover of Alessi "CAD" (Staffordshire UK) - See all my reviews
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Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 
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We tried this kit out over the holidays, and we were both impressed with it!

The booklet that comes along with this kit is so informative, with well produced pictures and lots of interesting topics from fashion, animals to leisure time.

On opening the kit Hugo decided to do the bookmark (well door hanger to be precise) but has taken it upon himself to call it his bookmark and I for one am not arguing the point. He stencilled it (these can be reused on other items) and coloured it in (colours are not supplied with the kit) but no hardship as I think that most homes have colours of some sort. We even did our names in the Egyptian alphabet, including the dog's! There is a lovely coloured alphabet sheet which comes with it, you can cut the squares up and use them to stick onto the scroll or bookmark, but personally I think it would be a shame to do that.

I think we were both surprised as to how much was in the box to do! Plus you don't have to do everything in one go, well we didn't anyway. Spaced the activities out over a few days.

A highly educational kit which I think would help any child at school doing the Egyptians as a school topic in history. Hugo is only seven but I think he will keep the knowledge from what he has gained from this kit until next year, and probably have a head start. Also a treat to get him doing something creative without moaning about not playing on the Wii.

Also a bracelet is to be made, well little fingers found it a little difficult to do, so I stepped in and helped, so am now the proud owner of an egyptian style bracelet. (Beads and quite good quality ones along with thread are included).

The mask well that hasn't been made as of yet, but Hugo has already decided what colour it is going to be and on what wall it will hang. (Paints, brush etc included for this).

The scroll was duly decorated and we had quite an indepth discussion as to how the egyptians lived and the way in which we live today.

This is a kit that gets the creative juices flowing and young ones learning without them actually realizing it!

Also is a set of plaster moulds, display steps and a latex mould to make a mummy statue.

The outside of the box does tell you what is included in the kit and what isn't, but basically the extra little things you tend to have in your home anyway. I think putting this on the outside of the box is a plus, as how many times do you purchase something only to find xxx and x needs to be bought separately, but only after opening it and looking at the leaflet inside.

Yes, this is a well made and well thought out kit. Only wish that this kit was out when I was younger then maybe I would have been more interested in the Egyptians.

One I think that any grandparents or other could safely buy as a present for a child aged 7/8 knowing that it would be of great benefit when it comes to their school work but also fun to do!

There is also a customer services telephone number given if there are any problems which is reassuring.

Well worth the money, would make an ideal present and easy instructions to follow.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars 2 stars., 18 Dec 2008
By debbie8355 "*" (Devon, UK) - See all my reviews
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Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 
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To be honest I wasn't overly impressed with this and even at half rrp it is not a purchase I would make. I am not inspired to buy the other ranges of National Geographic kits either.
The main problems are the plaster of paris while plentiful for making the statue, display stands and 3 other small items to paint is slightly crumbly and leaves residue. It is the 'old fashioned' way of making plaster of paris sculptures with air bubbles etc. The 'shaker maker' series by comparison is fantastic at creating extremely detailed moulded shapes. We were left thinking what is that shapeless blob we've created? Most of the parts are not reusable which for this price they should be.
The paint was also not plentiful enough. My 8 year old daughter got frustrated there was not enough yellow paint to complete the mask as illustrated on the cover. It was also very fiddly having to glue everything. For example on the door hanger you have to cut out the alphabet which is on a simple printed sheet. I would have hoped that they were stickers instead. For the mask you have to cut gold sheets of gold corrugated paper (the white shows up inside), glue one side down to the mask then glue another layer of gold paper on top. It's cheap corrugated paper and very fiddly and annoying.
Maybe this adds to the 'craft' value of the set but it just all seemd a little cheap and cheerful.
The beads for the bracelet set were also not great quality. We get more fun and better quality from the much cheaper Klutz activity books.
Overall you'd be better off buying a shaker maker for plaster of paris activities and a klutz activity book for fun stenciling, beads etc. For knowledge about Egypt buy a more detailed, illustrated book like the 'eyewitness' ones.
I don't think it really succeeds as a fun activity pack (the shaker makers are a lot quicker to set, this takes 8 hours/overnight). We didn't find it an inspiring set about Egypt.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Good but mainly one use..., 23 Oct 2008
By Clare "clare030182" (Plymouth, Devon, UK) - See all my reviews
  
Durability:2.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 
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I saw the picture on the box and thought this looked quite good. This set will make:

1) a bracelet with blue stones and gold beads, it was easy to make up but seems more appropriate for a younger girl (pre-teen)

2) a Pharaoh's mask ... this was made from cardboard rather than plaster of paris as I assumed from seeing the box meaning you only get one and don't have a mould for a second one. Also it was slightly tricky to make as the gold inlay was made from corrogated card which you had to cut to the right sizes to fit...it would have been easier to just buy gold paint.

3)plaster of paris scarab, cow god hathor and Quebehsenuef with display steps- the plaster of paris was easy to make and pour in but the mould was actually the plastic inlay tray everything came in which made it slightly hard to get out and not very versatile for keeping for re-usage. Paints were included for painting these afterwards.

4)Cartouche door hanger - this comes as a piece of card with a stencil for putting Egyptian pictures on the back (the stencil was a little flimsy and bent easily.) It also comes with a sheet of heiroglyphs for you to cut out so you can stick your name on the front. This was my favourite activity from the set.

5)Shabti figure - this comes as a plastic mould that you fill with plaster of paris (only proper reuseable part of the kit) it was a little tricky to highlight the hieroglyphs with paint, I'd recommend using a fibre tip pen instead.

6)Stencilled scroll - This is just a piece of paper that you can use the stencil from earlier to decorate

The instruction booklet that comes with this is very comprehensive and also contains a lovely introduction to the time period. I was really impressed with this.

If you have an interest in Egypt this is definately a fun and interesting pack but don't buy it if you're looking for something to keep and reuse.
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