i have never seen a happier child!the safety glasses were a definite plus!
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The geodes were cool but my son couldn't break them open himself. It took special tools and my husbands effort to break them open which took a way from the experience of doing it himself.
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Both of my Grandchildren really enjoyed these geodes. Great educational oportunity - The Geode is our state rock. Like to rate it a 10 for AWESOME.
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Enjoyed watching grandkids work together on the kit.
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Good product. The only problem is all of the geode looked the same inside.
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Grandson has opened one of the geods as was in the directions and loved the result. His parents are holding to 1 every 2-3 weeks to spread out the pleasure and so he can do research regarding the geodes to continue the learning process. Great learning tools
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The grandkids love kits like these so they were thrilled to get them. Unfortunately, neither the 8 year old or the 6 year old (who is the bigger and stronger child) could break open the rocks. Their dad had to put them on a concrete step and wallop them with a hammer. The kids still had fun with them so they were a good present.
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My Daughter loved this. She is very into collecting rocks of different shapes sizes and colors. This is a greata idea...Do suggest parental assistance with breaking these open as it can get messy. I do wish the geodes were a bit bigger but still a great idea!!!
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Geodes were all the same clear color and very disappointing for my kids. Avoid purchasing these things, they're not worth the money.
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These are excellent. Our local museum sells a variety of sizes for outrageous prices by the lb. As a general rule, the larger the Geode, the more impressive and colorful the contents...these are small but the effect is still there. Great family fun
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My son loved these! They broke open to beautiful, sparkly geodes. We had fun breaking them open and he loves looking at them now. He asked for more kits!
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My 9 year old had a blast smashing these open with his grandma!!
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Great Dad and Son project. Worth the money and enjoyed by an 8 year old into exploring the earth.
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me and my sister cracked one geode right now and it split perfectly in half.we love it!we will always remember the day we split it in half.
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Many crystals in the geodes. A big hit with our grandson!
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11 year old disappointed that none of the geodes in her box were of any color. Only two had anything in them and they were clear.
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child has hard time breaking them open. They finally broke in many pieces.waste of time and money
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The geodes were tiny (robin's eggs are bigger), typically not hollow, and generally undeveloped. The crystals most commonly looked like sparkly sand. Despite that, my niece enjoyed cracking them open and the formations, such as they were, were pretty. Because the geodes were not hollow, she really had to hit them hard to get them open. That spattered little shards everywhere. A lot of the geode got crushed too. Fortunately, we made sure she used the goggles. I was unimpressed, but she was happy.
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Not what I was looking for excatly
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Christmas present to my nephew. He thinks it's the best thing he ever received.
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They were all the same. My 10 yr old was disappointed.
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Very neat idea in theory but we have yet to break ome open without crushing it to pieces. 2 more to go.
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The geodes were VERY small, my grandson was disappointed
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To break the geodes open so that they were specimens worth keeping, I had to use a hammer and chisel. The 'sock' method in the description results in 'rubble.'
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This was wonderful. The kids really were fasinated at the outcomes. They were just alittle upset because the Geodes were all the same color, clear crystals.They were hopeing for purple and other colors like on the cover!
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I bought this for my 6 year old son. It was a good kit, but the only way we could crack open the geodes was with a hammer and the geode inside a sock which breaks the geodes into small pieces. If you are hoping to crack the geodes in half you are going to need some special tools and a lot of patience. If you take the hammer and sock approach, don't expect to wear the sock again. Overall my son was happy with his geode pieces and we were able to crack through all of them in about 15 mins.
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a pw=erfect gift for an 8year-old with an interest in science. also perfect for her science teacher father and her geologist grandmother.
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