Apples to Pears ‘Gift in a tin’ T-Rex model review

The National History Museum in London, if you’ve never been, is a true wonder to see. I was able to visit there a few years ago while I was in London for a blogging conference and then I was lucky enough to go again when I was visiting with my eldest daughter. Her eyes when she walked in and saw the Stegosaurus skeleton in the foyer just blew her mind! Dinosaurs hold a place in all of my children’s hearts here at home {and I’d be lying if I wasn’t a fan, myself!}. So we were very excited to be sent a Tyrannosaurus Rex model kit from Apples to Pears Gift in a tin range. 

National History Museum Gift in a Tin Review

The model kit comes in a handy tin with a hinged lid {I do love a hinged lid!} – it contains 40 wooden pieces that need to be popped out {my daughter loved doing this part}, glue, and easy to follow instruction manual and some dinosaur fact cards.  

Annabelle was such a good girl following the instructions {with a little Mummy’s help!} and popping out the pieces that we needed at each step to make our T-Rex model. And with her loving any arts & craft projects she was the Chief glue applicator too. 

This set is aimed at children aged 6yrs+ but my daughter is almost 5 and with Mummy’s help we were able to work as a team to complete our very impressive looking Tyrannosaurus Rex model. Sorting out the pieces of the T-rex’s ribcage and bones of his tail was fun for Annabelle because they vary in size – so she enjoyed putting those in order of height, and helping me place them in the right order on the model. 

All in all, this was a lot of fun and it looks great on my daughter’s bedroom shelf. Pride of place! You can purchase the Tyrannosaurus Rex Gift in a Tin kit from the National History Online store, they RRP for £18 each. Sales of these products help to support the National History Museum and help to keep its doors open to the public. 

If you’d like to see some real dinosaurs {sort of} then you should check out the time we went to visit the National History Museum in London! 

Disclosure: We were kindly sent this product for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, photos & opinions are entirely my own.