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Create the Droid You’re Looking For with #littleBits Droid Inventor Kit #inventorswanted

droid inventor kit built

On October 9 – 11 I attended a Disney Press Event for THOR: RAGNAROK. My hotel and airfare and meals were taken care of while I was in L.A. Opinions and observations as well as recaps and such are all my own. This post will also contain some affiliate links to Amazon.com.

One of the things that we did during this trip was a luncheon with littleBits. While at this lunch we were able to try out the Droid Inventor Kit. While I played with it as R2-D2 I then decided that I wanted to see what else I could create using the littleBits that were available to me.

I made my own Droid with littleBits

With the kit you can create R2-D2 and make him do a whole bunch of things. You can drive him, make him color using a marker, use the force to move him and even use R2-D2 as a proximity sensor. Your creativity does not have to stop at simply using the kit. You can design your own droid using other materials like a milk carton. I had a bunch of fun ideas on how to make our own droids. That is a good idea because there is a major contest happening which I will tell you about later in the post.

littleBits Droid Inventor Kit bits

After having spent some time with the littleBits Droid Inventor Kit I can say that it is a great toy for the holidays. This is a toy that kids will be able to experiment with and use their imaginations to create fun Droids. This is a great STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Toy. The bits are so easy to snap together because they connect with magnets and only connect in specific ways that work. This cuts down on frustration with the kids. Kids can learn and explore with the kit and the app. They will have hours of fun learning and exploring. Continue reading Create the Droid You’re Looking For with #littleBits Droid Inventor Kit #inventorswanted

Andrew Finally Got His Fishing Game

Andrew Got His Fishing Game
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PBS Kids sent me a package of fun stuff to promote the new show Splash and Bubbles. I got a chance to see part of the show back in May at the PBS Annual Meeting. I was able to meet the cast and creators of the show and it was great. The show looks amazing and I am looking forward to watching it with Andrew. He loves the ocean. In our video today we played with the items that were sent to us to promote the show. Andrew finally got to get his hands on a Fishing Game. He asked for one last Christmas and Santa did not bring him one. Instead he got a different kind of fishing game. So a year later he still wanted one. His reaction in the video is captured and genuine. I knew he was going to be thrilled. Check out the video and then more information on Splash and Bubbles plus a new Wild Kratts movie.

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