News & Blog - Letterbox Lab

Posted 09/06/2017

When you search for science kits one phrase tends to appear over and over again regardless of the theme of the kits you look at: “for ages 8+”...

Posted 26/05/2017

Our first Explore Box, Hidden Rainbows, reveals secret colours in everyday items such as felt tip pens and ceiling lights. But how are rainbows...

Posted 19/05/2017

It’s that time of year again. The Sun has poked out from behind its usual wall of cloud for a few days, and we’ve prepped wonderful outdoor...

Posted 05/05/2017

Even a fairly small cloud can weigh as much as 100 elephants! So, on the average day in the UK there is thousands, even millions of elephants...

Posted 28/04/2017

Our kids’ science questions blog series is getting a science fiction flavour again as we consider is it possible to travel faster than light. In...

Posted 14/04/2017

When we began crafting our Letterbox Lab science kits, we realised that these days you can get almost anything as a subscription. Snacks, recipes...

Posted 07/04/2017

The sky is made of air, which is obviously not blue. So, why is the sky blue? This seems like a tricky question which children ask a lot. But in...

Posted 31/03/2017

Our regular blog series providing answers to the science questions kids ask is getting a little sci-fi flavour. First in this mini-series we ask...

Posted 24/03/2017

We tackle 10 of the most common misconceptions in science and false facts. We only use 10% of our brain If only we could unlock that other 90%...

Posted 17/03/2017

The obvious response to your child asking “why do we laugh when tickled?” is to say, “I don’t know, let’s do an experiment”. Give them...

Posted 10/03/2017

British Science Week starts today with events celebrating science across the UK. At Letterbox Lab will be celebrating science week by launching...

Posted 03/03/2017

Farts are definitely funny. We think we’re pretty clever and sophisticated beings with art and science and civilisation and then all of a sudden...