What is Letterbox Lab?
Letterbox Lab is the kids’ science kit reinvented to be more fun, more colourful, more convenient and more educational than ever before.
Developed by two passionate science fans who have dedicated a decade to engaging the public with science, our science kits inspire children to play with scientific ideas and make hundreds of discoveries in their living rooms.
For parents, we’ve made a science kit that arrives through your letterbox containing everything you need to perform incredible experiments with your children – no prep time or extra materials required, and with instructions so clear you can get started with ease.
For children, it’s much more than that. It’s the beginning of an adventure that will take them over the rainbow, across space and into the inner workings of the natural world.
At Letterbox Lab we are not trying to make science fun. We are celebrating the fact that science is fun. As Albert Einstein said, “Play is the highest form of research”.
Children’s science kits with a difference
There are two different versions of Letterbox Lab: the Explore box (for age 6-12+) or the Investigate box (for age 8-12+). The boxes fit through most letterboxes and contain everything but the kitchen sink, so you can spend less time picking up parcels and dashing to the chemist, and more time playing with science.
(Note our lack of committment to an upper age limit – this is because of all the lovely parents and grandparents who tell us they have just as much fun as the kids they purchase the kits for…)
What makes our science kits truly unique is the way they work in series. Both series are accompanied by fully illustrated colourful instruction booklets featuring Meg and Pico the lab assistants. They guide children through their experiments and lead them on a story through science that spans the twelve-box series.
The Investigate Box comes with collectable lab equipment that is used again and again throughout the series, leaving room in later boxes for fun gadgets and new science toys. Who needs twenty test tubes when you can have four test tubes, a set of buzz magnets, a magnifying glass and a tub of colour-changing slime?
This is more than a chemistry set, Letterbox Lab covers a range of science and engineering topics. It doesn’t matter if your child prefers slippery slime, fizzing reactions or sparkling stars – they will love every box.
A science subscription box with a difference
Letterbox Lab make the World’s only series of science kits. We think a series of science kits makes a lot of sense. So, we thought we should make it easy to purchase them in series. By joining our science box club you receive everything you need to do exciting science experiments every month.
We’re not in the business of tying people into horrible contracts they can’t escape from though! Our subscriptions are completely free of commitment, and you can cancel or pause at any time.
If you’d rather not sign up for a subscription you can buy these innovative kids’ science kits as individual purchases or pre-pay for as many months as you want. Pre-pay subscriptions don’t have any renewal payments. If you’ve had a one-off box or a pre-pay subscription before and want to continue the series just let us know at the checkout.
It’s our mission to make it easy and convenient for your family to play with science, so feel free to challenge us with requests! Do you want the boxes bi-monthly instead of monthly? Do you want the first box to come to your house and the rest to go straight to your niece? Drop us a line and we’ll endeavour to make it happen.
You don’t need to buy any extra materials to use with Letterbox Lab. We provide everything but the kitchen sink. Over time your collection of cool lab equipment grows and grows.
What’s in the Boxes?
Click below to find out which experiments are in each box of the series
Click here to find out which experiments are in each box of the series
Investigate Box
Box 1: Marvellous Mixtures
Incredible Inks
Rainbow Glasses
Rainbow Spinners
Liquid Rainbow
Brilliant Breathless Balloon
Squirmy Worms
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Box 2: Science Up Your Sleeve
Magic Wand
Floating on Air
Write with Light
Magic Milk
Disappearing Water
Vanishing Flame
Pico in a Cage
Blooming Flower
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Box 3: Magnetoslime
Slippery Slime
Cloud in a Bottle
Marble Mystery
Buzz Magnets
Pico’s Magnetic Hair
Magnetoslime
Slime Drop
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Box 4: Rocket Fuel
Colourful Chemistry
Vinegar Power
Chemical Connections
Meddle with Metal
Rocket Balloons
Fizz Rocket
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Box 5: Let it Glow
Secret Messages
Glow with the Flow
Photon Beam of Destruction
Ultra Colours
Solar Photography
A Warm Reaction
The Fast and the Luminous
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Box 6: Inner Space
Break it Down
Dark as Starch
Root to Success
It’s a Corker
Pop goes the Potential Energy
Robo Hand
Reach for It
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Box 7: Over the Top
Pico Pult
Para-Pico
Under Pressure
Gloveophone
Spring into Action
Elasti Copter
Pico Pult II: Pico Flies Again
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Box 8: Bubbles Ahoy
Bubbleology
Cububble
Double Bubble
Catchabubble
The Unburstabubble
Fizzfoamer
Sail the Soapy Sea
Paddle Boat
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Box 9: Letterbox Rox
Creating Crystals Part I: Crystal dishes
Creating Crystals Part II: Crystal wand
Creating Crystals Part III: Crystal rock
Making Metal
Let’s Get Ready to Rock
Dino Droppings
Crystal Balls
Box 10: Waste of Space
Anti Gravity
Magnetic Earth
Orbital
Starry Skies
It’s Alive
Where No One Has Bean Before
Dino Breath
You Are Here
Box 11: Top Secret
Tea Light My Fire
See Heat
Reactive Writing
Forensic Fingers
The Third Dimension
Picoscope
Box 12: Go Forth and Science
Stained Glass
Hand on Heat
Shake On It
Life Atomic
Moulded For Greatness
Explore Box
Box 1: Hidden Rainbows
Incredible Inks
Rainbow Glasses
Rainbow Spinners
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Box 2: Science Sorcery
Magic Wand
Shadow Box
Pico in a Cage
Blooming Flower
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Box 3: Slimes and Swirls
Slippery Slime
Cloud in a Bottle
Bouncing Slime
Slime Drop
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Box 4: Gas Powered
Painting By Cabbage
Rocket Balloons
Bubbling Volcano
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Box 5: Go With The Glow
Secret Messages
Glow With The Flow
Ultra Colours
The Fast and the Luminous
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Box 6: Get Moving
Pop Goes the Potential Energy
Root to Success
Robo Hand
Reach For It
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Box 7: Up In The Air
Pico-Pult
Elasti Copter
Gloveophone
Under Pressure
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Box 8: Bubbles and Boats
Bubbleology
Cububble
Double Bubble
The Unburstabubble
Sail the Soapy Sea
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Box 9: Chain Reactions
Make it Snow
Disappearing Water
Crystal Balls
Squirmy Worms
Box 10: Your Place In Space
Orbital
It’s Alive
Where No One Has Been Before
You Are Here
Box 11: Keep It Secret
Disappearing Messages
Forensic Fingers
See Heat
Picoscope
Box 12: Engineer The Future
Solar Photography
The Third Dimension
Moulded For Greatness