Backyard Safari Outfitters

Meghan Says

Getting Dylan to spend time outside amongst nature and three dimensional people instead of inside with his beloved Wii and his “friends” Mario and Luigi can be a bit of a challenge. It’s so bad I’ve even considered getting him Vitamin D supplements.

Okay, so that’s not entirely true. Yet.

BUT, it does take some cajoling, and sometimes some downright threatening to get him to put down the Wiimote and head into the great outdoors.

So I’m happy to come across anything that might make this job easier for me.

Apparently, the lovely people at Team Mom must have known about my predicament, because they were kind enough to send us a few samples of some Backyard Safari Outfitters gear to try out!

The boys, including my 3, 6 and 9 year old nephews, were excited to rip open the packaging and head outside to see what they could discover.

Being boys, their favorite thing to do was use the Bug Vacuum to suck up any and all tiny creatures that would fit in it.  It worked great for smaller bugs and flying instecy things, but to their dismay (but not mine) it wasn’t powerful or big enough to suck up any of the many lizards that inhabit our backyard.

We actually used to have the Day and Night Bug Habitat which we LOVED and was big enough to hold the lizards that Daddy was quick enough to catch. Unfortunately, it was ruined when the dog managed to knock it off a ledge. Thankfully, there were no inhabitants in it at the time.  But if we still had it, it would have been a perfect home for the  creatures the boys caught with the vacuum.

The periscope (yes, like on a submarine) was a close second, as it allowed them to gain a few extra feet to check out the world around them.  Their grandparents backyard has a few tiers, so the boys were able to use it to check out the plants and bugs that would normally have been out of their line of sight, which they thought was pretty cool It apparently works underwater, but we haven’t been able to try it out yet.

We’re not big into dress up, so the Safari Vest was kind of a flop, even though Dylan thought it was neat that it “looked like that guys on TV.” I’m thinking he meant Steve Irwin, but I’m not 100% sure!  That aside, there are a ton of other products offered within the Backyard Safari Outfitters line and I can honestly say that I’m pretty sure the boys would love most of them.  Heck, they even look like they’d be fun for ME!

Hopefully having access to cool toys that encourage outdoor activity will be my ticket to getting Dylan away from Super Mario and into the great outdoors!

Only time will tell, but I’m pretty hopeful!

*Disclosure: These products were received free of charge for review.  However, the thoughts and opinions expressed are my own.

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