{"id":4196,"date":"2012-06-26T14:43:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T18:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/?p=4196"},"modified":"2012-07-17T20:37:12","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T00:37:12","slug":"solar-panel-kit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahsthreads.com\/journal\/2012\/06\/solar-panel-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panel Kit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today wasn’t quite so hands on for the girls, unfortunately. \u00a0I bought a solar panel kit on sale, despite the mixed reviews, figuring if it didn’t work well we could still find something fun to do with the bits.<\/p>\n

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What came in the box.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The box says 8+, but the pieces are *tiny*. It’s hard to wire things up, so I did all of the assembly while the kids looked on.<\/p>\n

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All the pieces ready to build.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We built a puppy:<\/p>\n

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The puppy "wags" its tail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We built a car (this was by far one of the most fun – it zooooomed across the deck!)<\/p>\n

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Quarter thrown in for scale. Tiny!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We built an air boat. This pretty much didn’t do anything besides look pretty.<\/p>\n

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We didn't try it in water, we were afraid it would sink!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We built an airplane. At this point the sun went behind the clouds for a bit. So we tried a flashlight. The mini mag light did not make the panel work. But…the giant one did. A little.<\/p>\n

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Mini mag-lite...no. Giant mag-lite...eh...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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...but it works much better in the sun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We built a windmill:<\/p>\n

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A solar powered windmill. Er...why?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, we built a rotating airplane. This was another fun one to watch!<\/p>\n

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It was like a mini amusement park ride!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We definitely got our money’s worth out of this kit, and I’m sure we’ll dig it out later this summer too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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