The Classic World optical experiments – a kaleidoscope, a prism and illusions that surprise every time.

This optical experiments set introduces children to the magic of optical illusions. It has 16 different wooden pieces, and each one is a surprise. Through the kaleidoscope the world looks completely different. Three lenses change the colour, shape and size of what's around. With the prism, a child places a shape in a picture and seems to see a whole fruit (4 fruit pictures). There is also an optical spinning top with 3 attachments, an illusion grid with a moving part and an “image animator”: insert a picture, move it and the butterfly flaps its wings (6 pictures). From 3 years.

What your child develops

• Curiosity. How does the eye work?
• Observation. Spotting differences.
• Creativity. Their own illusions.
• Logical thinking. Why does it happen?

How to play

Look around the room through each lens and say what changes – colour, shape or size.

Spin the optical top with different attachments and compare the colours that appear.

A great gift

An exciting gift for a young scientist.

What's in the box

• Kaleidoscope
• 3 lenses (colour, shape, size)
• Prism and 4 fruit pictures
• Optical spinning top with 3 attachments
• Illusion grid with moving part
• Image animator and 6 pictures

Find more STEAM toys in our STEAM and science toys collection, or more ideas for this age in toys for 3–5 year olds.