Introduce your child to the fascinating world of PNEUMATICS!

Our Pneumatic mini-beast activity classroom kit makes 30 beasts whose mouths open using the power of pneumatics.

Are you ready to ignite your child’s curiosity and imagination? Introducing our innovative Pneumatics Science Kit – the perfect blend of fun and education for budding young scientists and engineers!

Discover the power of air pressure!

With our interactive kit, children embark on a hands-on journey exploring the wonders of pneumatics. They’ll dive into the science behind air pressure, learning how it’s harnessed to create a simple pneumatic toy. Using air to produce movement whilst exploring forces and energy in an easy and fun way.

Build, Experiment and Learn!

Is this a friendly spider?

Watch as your child’s eyes light up while they assemble their very own pneumatic models. This kit allows them to build, experiment, and understand the principles of compressed air in action.

Engaging and Educational!

Our kit isn’t just about building – it’s about learning through play! Each of our Science iT! activities are designed to challenge young minds, fostering problem-solving skills and encouraging creative thinking in a fun and engaging way.

This creative activity also helps to develop children’s understanding of control through investigating simple pneumatic systems and designing and making a simple model of a toy that has moving parts (in this case a mouth) controlled by moving air – pneumatics.

Perfect for Budding Scientists!

Whether at home or in the classroom, our Pneumatics Science Kit is ideal for children aged 5 and above. It’s an excellent hands-on tool to complement science lessons and spark a lifelong interest in STEM subjects. Want a more complicated system using piping with syringes? We also have that covered!

Witness the Magic of Adaptation!

Is this Pneumatic Monster Camouflaged?

Through this playful creation, children not only build their monster creepy crawlies but they’ll also learn about the clever mechanism animals use to blend into their surroundings.

Encourage your children to experiment with different materials and colours, observing how alterations affect their monster’s visibility. It’s an engaging hands-on opportunity to understand how camouflage works and its significance in the animal kingdom.

Once the children’s creations have been built, send them out into the garden or playground to see if the colouring they have chosen will allow their creature to be hidden using camouflage.

Mediterranean Octopus

Red Glider Butterfly, Screech Owl, Vietnamese Mossy Frog & Goldenrod Crab Spider

Why Choose Our Kits?

Educational Fun: Combines play with learning, making science enjoyable!
Comprehensive Guide: Easy-to-follow instructions for hassle-free assembly.
Perfect For Home and School: Promotes interactive family time and learning together.

Give the Gift of Exploration and Discovery!

Surprise your young scientist with our Pneumatics Science Kit. It’s a fantastic gift that unlocks a world of scientific exploration and creativity!

Want to make a birthday a little more creative? Then this activity will not only engage the children but it can be their ‘go home’ party gift.

Order Now and Unleash Your Child’s Inner Scientist!

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to inspire and educate through the marvels of pneumatics. Order your kit today and watch as your child’s imagination takes flight!

Activity Kit – Making 4 Pneumatic Monsters

Classroom Kit – Making 30 Pneumatic Monsters

Teaching notes included

This creative activity can also be used to investigate camouflage as an adaptation and why it helps organisms to survive. The activity can reinforce the usefulness of being able to ‘hide’ in an environment in a fun way – and which child doesn’t like playing hide-and-seek?!

Engage your children in an exciting hands-on activity by introducing them to a simple pneumatic toy project. This delightful creation, powered by the inflation of a balloon, offers an excellent opportunity for students to explore basic principles of air pressure while unleashing their creativity.

In this project, children construct a charming creepy crawly toy with a unique twist—the toy’s mouth is animated by the inflation of a balloon. This dynamic feature adds an element of surprise and fosters curiosity among students. Not only does it serve as an entertaining toy, but it also provides an interactive platform for learning about pneumatic systems.

Encourage students to personalise their creepy crawlies by decorating them with vibrant colours and patterns. This creative aspect opens the door to discussions about camouflage in the animal kingdom, making the project an interdisciplinary learning experience.

Through this hands-on activity, students will not only grasp the fundamentals of pneumatic systems but also gain insight into the fascinating world of adaptation and survival strategies. This project not only enhances their understanding of science and engineering but also cultivates artistic expression and critical thinking skills.

Note: The balloon can be inflated by the children directly blowing down the tube or with the aid of a balloon pump.

The Mini-Beast Art Kit will allow your children to:

🟩 Activity 1: Creature Design Sheet

🎨 Objective: Children will sketch and decorate their own creepy crawly creature.
🔍 Focus: Shape, colour, pattern, camouflage techniques, body structure (legs, wings, antennae).
💡 Top Tip: Encourage them to think about how their creature hides in its habitat—leaf patterns? Muddy textures? Bark-like colours?

✏️ Add-on: Give their creature a name and write one “super power” or adaptation that helps it survive.

🟦 Activity 2: Creature Fact Bookmark

🔖 Objective: Children will choose a real-life insect, bug, or small animal that inspired their pneumatic toy and create an information bookmark.
📚 Focus: Name, habitat, adaptations, diet, and a fun fact.

💡 Challenge: Can they link their design to something real? (e.g., “My creepy crawly is based on the stick insect—it’s almost invisible in the woods!”)

🟨 Activity 3: Monster Profile Card

💌 Objective: Create a “Meet My Monster” profile card.
📖 Focus: Drawing of the final creature, a short story, character traits, habitat description, and what makes it unique.

💬 Optional Prompt:

My monster’s name is…
It lives in…
It eats…
It hides by…
When it feels threatened, it…

📸 Extension Idea: Use the envelope to create a habitat pocket! Decorate it and tuck the creature design or profile inside.

🌟 Bonus Idea: Display Wall

Create a class gallery of monsters! Use string and pegs or a wall board to hang:

The Monster Profile Cards
The Bookmarks
Photos of the finished pneumatic creations

Science2Life’s Science iT! activities and programmes

Children love to be engaged in learning, especially through interactive projects that they can really get involved and be hands on with.

Science2Life’s Science iT! activities and programmes are part of our STEAM Academy. The activities use everyday life objects, toys and knick-knacks and turns them into fun, innovative, hands-on experiences designed to encourage children to:

discover the amazing world of science and engineering
to perform engaging activities that show how science and engineering is at work in their everyday lives
to foster a lifelong love of science and engineering
to give a basic grounding in scientific concepts and scientific thinking
to increase children’s motivation to learn and
enhance their perception, creativity and logic.

Hands-on learning is learning by doing.

Children involved in our ‘Science iT!’ activities and programmes are introduced to various STEAM learning methods and activities. Our creative programmes involve learning activities that require active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work. We all know how curious children are about the world around them and how they love using the word ‘why?’

The aim of our activities is to provide optimal learning opportunities that strategically help children grasp mathematics, engineering and science concepts.

The inclusion of the arts component into STEM makes it more fun to learn, and more approachable to children.

Art education allows children to learn things in a more open-ended way and make them applicable to real life.

Links to the curriculum

All of Science2Life activities can be used to entertain children – however they have been created with the curriculum in mind, so are perfect activities to generate mesmerizing examples of the topics they can be used to explore.

Plus our Science iT! activities can up scaled-up to be used in workshops within the classroom, for festival and birthday celebrations, which provide opportunities for children to collaborate on initiatives, explorations and creations.

The idea behind our Science iT! activities is to ignite children’s natural innate curiosity about the world around them (and the items in it) and to channel their enthusiasm for scientific discovery as early as possible.