The Curious Blog

From interesting facts science & nature to life as a toy shop owner! Read our thoughts here


Never Grow Up: Our Philosophy For Life

Stay young in mind and heart, nurture your curious mind, always learning always questioning, never grow up!

We Have A Bricks & Mortar Shop Too

When you place an online order with us, the gifts & kits you choose are picked from the shelves, in our rather beautiful shop, by one of the enthusiastic and knowledgeable...

Give Us A Blue Print

Our cyanotype sun print paper is a simple form of photographic paper that is great fun and can be used to make some stunning 'sun art' using hands, feet, leaves,...

Crooke's Solar Radiometers, The Perfect Summer Time Gift

Crooke's Solar Radiometers were used to demonstrate how solar radiation is converted to kinetic energy. Invented by Sir William Crooke in the 1700's, they're now make popular gifts for science...

Meet Maleeka Abbas

We first met Maleeka after she won a Microsoft sponsored science competition. Conversations about science and the purchases Maleeka had made from our website revealed Maleeka is in fact visually impaired,...

Science Experiments From Home: Why Is Bread Soft & Full of Little Holes?

Here's an easy experiment to do from home to understand how some microbes are super important to us. The microbe we use to make bread is called yeast.

Science Experiments From Home: Make Learning Fun With Invisible Ink

Kids love writing secret messages to each other and we think it's a lot of fun to make your own invisible ink using lemon juice. It's also a great way...

Home Education: What Do I Know About it?

As a child I was home educated and as a parent I home educated my children, it's all worked out just fine and if you're new to home schooling (home educating, we...

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