Potion kit?

[Onebabyandamadcat]

DD (coming up for 5) loves making "potions" in the garden in her mud kitchen. They mainly consist of mud, flowers, sand and whatever else she can find. She can spend hours happily making them. For Christmas I fancied getting her a "potion kit". Not really a science one just something more than the bucket and spade set she's currently using. I was thinking of interesting bottles, a pestle and mortar (can you get a kids version?), Safety scissors, maybe a funnel? Can anyone recommend anything else or better yet know if this is such a thing I could buy?

Watching for ideas! My DD would also love this.

There's this on Etsy. Maybe you could add other bits to it

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1057998304/childrens-potion-kit?gaorder=mosttrelevant&gasearchhtype=all&gaviewwtype=gallery&gasearchhquery=kid+potion+kit&ref=sc_gallery-1-1&plkey=1eec2fd29759934d721ba3a917dc0a1d5e63041b%3A1057998304

I have my eye on this
https://thedenkitco.com/products/potion-making-kit

I am going to make a set myself of potion bottles and accessories. I found these bottles which look amazing but so expensive so hoping to find something similar but cheaper for what is essentially colourful plastic bottles https://www.tts-group.co.uk/giant-potion-bottles-3pk/EY07350.html?vat=yes&gclid=CjwKCAjwxaanBhBQEiwA84TVXFIl4G35tk2kt0vqok79cds6p8-uSYM_QixCeC73FGfo9uc1RxRxTBoC9gUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

@Problesolving those kits look great! Thanks for sharing

Last Christmas I made a potion kit for the kids to use in the bath. It consisted of some plastic beakers and pipettes from amazon/ali express and some Crayola colour tablets that you add to water (I use half a tablet - it's plenty!). They just enjoy mixing the colours together.
You can add baking soda / bicarb and vinegar to make them fizz and possibly even include things like butterfly pea flowers that change the colour of liquids with things like lemon juice etc (again on amazon).
Plenty of fun to be had!!

I bought DS a dino potion kit from Pack and Play Trays for his 5th birthday and it was a massive hit. Literal hours of fun.

For anyone thinking of getting a science one, PLEASE get your child a PROPER pair of safety glasses.

It. Would get you child used to protecting themselves and may save their eyesight.

My DDs (5) favourite thing in the world is potion making! I made her a kit for her birthday last year - I shopped around in charity shops, Facebook etc, also kept things like yogurt pots and jam jars. I bought a big mixing bowl (handy for storing everything else in too), measuring spoons and cups, pestle and mortar, pipettes, bottles, wooden spoons, small sieve and safety goggles

and I keep a list of all the things that she’s used that have worked well - have copied and pasted for you below for some ideas if it’s useful?

Salt
Corn flour
Vinegar
Fizzy water
Herbs
Cardamom seeds
Bicarbonate soda
Dish soap
Tea bags/herbal tea
Pine needles/petals/leaves
Feathers
Glitter
Sequins
Shampoo
Colour changing bubble bath
Bath bombs
Bath noodles
Glitter
Bath pearls
Bath dust unicorn / Dino
Bath crackle

You could also add in some sparkly gel pens and craft labels with proper string if they want to label up the potions at all.

I tried to make ours have slightly more interesting potions with dried petals. I’d give them a different type every couple of months to keep it interesting. This sort of thing

https://amzn.to/3OWs5GW

We have a wooden mortar and pestle,I think just a pestle (is that the squashing bit?) with a normal bowl is probably the most child proof.

What about rose water too?
Or edible glitter?

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm not buying ingredients (I'm a primary science teacher - my work bag generally has all the ingredients she could need 🙈) but today I bought:

Large pipettes
A funnel
A tea strainer
Small sieve
Wooden mortar and pestle - just a small one for mincing garlic etc
I also found these: www.hobbycraft.co.uk/potion-bottle-7-pack-bundle/6680791000.html

but they look glass so I've emailed to ask if they are (feel quite cheap for glass though)

Now on the hunt for a magic wand, something to store it all in and some sort of mixing bowl - debating whether I want a cauldron or if the metal bowl that is her mud kitchen sink will do. Also debating some hessian drawstring bags for her to keep whatever leaves and stuff she finds but also thinking that's just a rotten soggy mess waiting to happen.

They look glass to me too. My kids like fresh pots of herb you get in the supermarket as I let them cut as much of these plants as they like for their potions.

Following - my 4 year old loves making potions.

I obsessively played potions when I was a kid and the thing I loved the most were the innards of old felt too pens - when you run them under water they release all the remaining colour. I imagine if you snipped them into pieces they would work too, so that might be worth doing and a very economical addition. Test tubes and tongs for holding them were the best ever present I got.

Hobbycraft got back to me - they are glass. £14.50 for 7 fancy glass bottles is a good buy though not any use for my clumsy DD. Oh well back to the drawing board on that one

I would try and collect some different shapes bottles with lids that would other wise end up in the recycle eg innocent smoothies and method has some interesting shaped bottles.

Learning resources test tubes are good.

We were on a Forest Holiday last week and bought this kit. Kids were playing with it yesterday and loved it. All natural ingredients too and you can buy additional ingredients packs.

We were not a fan of the bought den building co potion kit as the colouring used is turmeric and beetroot. Both of which stain badly and the tops were extremely difficult to get off. I struggled!
nicely packaged but I think a home made version would be better.

https://www.hoodedowls.co.uk/collections/potion-kits

I have bought these for my two this Christmas.

Just thought I'd update what I've put together:

Wooden mortar and pestle
Four different sized funnels (came as a pack)
Colourful pipettes
Four plastic bottles with cork stoppers
A tea strainer
Safety scissors
Magic wand

Planning on getting some sort of crate or box for it all

I saw these and thought of you

https://www.marksandspencer.com/harry-potter-bath-foam-potion-collection/p/hbp60618057?prevPage=srp#intid=pid_pg1pip48g2r9c2|prodflag_New