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Sneak peek of how our NEW Mini Builds Stag Beetle

Sneak peek of how our NEW Mini Builds Stag Beetle 🪲 went from initial sketch through to final product! Pretty cool, eh? ⁠
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With its vibrant purple body and metallic bronze jaws, this magnificent pinching bug has an awesome pull-tab snapping pincer action. Snap! 🪲 And once built, stands at an impressive 31cm long! ⁠
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Our clever team of paper engineers and designers develop all our kits at Build Your Own HQ in Hampshire. And we’re super proud of that! The creative process is really fascinating and involves the whole team (and lots of cups of tea!) 😊. ⁠
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Head to our website to check out our new Mini Builds – there are four mighty minibeasts to collect! ⁠
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Which will you choose? ⁠
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We’re super excited to share that our shiny NEW

We’re super excited to share that our shiny NEW website will be live on Monday! Woo hoo! ⁠
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Fab new design, easy site navigation, fast checkout, and lots more… We can’t wait to show you 😊 ⁠
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See you Monday for the big reveal! ⭐️

Science is cool! Did you know that energy cannot b

Science is cool! Did you know that energy cannot be lost or gained, it can only be transformed from one form to another? ⁠
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When a marble whizzes down our BYO Marble Run Kit , the marble starts with Potential Energy. When it is released, this energy is transferred to Kinetic Energy, sound, and lost to friction. Fascinating stuff! ⁠
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You can find out more science-tastic facts in the Marble Run instruction booklet (comes with the kit) – also available on our website ‘Support’ page. ⁠
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Let’s get learning together! Science is totally awesome - we love to inspire curious young minds! 😊⁠
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Stay tuned for more learning through play fun… ⁠
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Music: Bensound.com

We’re delighted to share that @joshandnellytoys

We’re delighted to share that @joshandnellytoys are now a Build Your Own stockist! ⭐️⁠
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This fantastic independent store in Sale, Manchester sells the most beautiful children’s homewares, accessories, toys, and gifts. ⁠
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We LOVE that their mission is to reduce plastic waste (and protect our children’s future world) by stocking toys made predominantly from wood, metal, cardboard, and organic cottons. Awesome! ♻️⁠
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If you’re local to Sale, be sure to pop in 😊. Or you can shop with @joshandnellytoys online.

Have you seen our awesome NEW personalised Mini Bu

Have you seen our awesome NEW personalised Mini Builds? 👀 ⁠
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Exclusive to @notonthehighstreet, each Mini Build comes complete with a unique personalised card display stand to create an extra special gift ⭐️ Perfect for displaying your completed Mini Build in your bedroom with pride! 😊 ⁠
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There are 4 mighty minibeasts to collect – Stag Beetle, Ladybird, Honey Bee and Dragonfly 🪲🐞🐝 ⁠
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Which will you choose? ⁠
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Head on over to @notonthehighstreet to shop our personalised Mini Builds range. ⁠
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Music: www.bensound.com

We LOVE this super cool microscope build @jolenesc

We LOVE this super cool microscope build @jolenescrazyfamilyof6! Great work Stanley – fantastic engineering skills! 👍. ⁠
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We hope you have lots of fun exploring with your microscope – it’s a great time of year to go on outdoor adventures 🍂 Don’t forget to tag us #byokits if you find something cool – we would love to see! ⁠
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With 30x magnification, the detail you can see through our award-winning microscope 🔬 is incredible! ⭐️.⁠
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Head to our website to find full product details, instruction videos and more!

Have you seen our giveaway in The Wildlife Trust’s super cool membership magazine - Wildlife Watch? 👀⁠
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We’re giving away THREE of our NEW Mini Builds Stag Beetle ! 🪲 With its vibrant purple body and metallic bronze jaws, this mighty minibeast stands at 31cm long – awesome! ⁠
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If you’re a member of The Wildlife Trust, be sure to check out the Autumn issue of Wildlife Watch magazine for your chance to win. ⁠
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Competition closes 30th November. Good luck!

Up, up and away! ✈️⁠ ⁠ Our award-winning B

Up, up and away! ✈️⁠
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Our award-winning BYO Plane Launcher Kit comes with 10 different, super cool fold ‘n’ fly planes! Which will fly the furthest? Which will loop the loop? ⁠
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Don’t forget you can check out our easy-to-follow instruction videos over on YouTube to help you make your paper planes. Then it’s time to put your flying skills to the test! Awesome fun 😊. ⁠
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Don’t forget to tag us (#byokits) in your paper plane flying adventures - we’d love to see! ⁠
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Music: www.bensound.com ⁠
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Aren’t these super cool dragonfly facts and this

Aren’t these super cool dragonfly facts and this colourful drawing just amazing? ⭐️ ⁠
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We’d love to say a BIG thank you to @poppy_cpmodel for giving us kind permission to share some of her brilliant home-schooling work! Thank you so much Poppy – you discovered some really interesting facts and we think that your dragonfly drawing is ace 😊. ⁠
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Inspired by building our new Mini Builds dragonfly, Poppy had a home-schooling lesson on these water-residing minibeasts. Sounds like great fun! ⁠
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We love to inspire curious young minds and are absolutely delighted that Poppy is such a brilliant BYO STEM-gineer! Great work Poppy – you rock 😊. ⁠
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Have you been inspired by one of our kits? Don’t forget to tag us #byokits or drop us a line – we’d love to see what you’ve been up to! ⁠
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We’re thrilled to share that our NEW Mini Builds

We’re thrilled to share that our NEW Mini Builds Honey Bee has won GOLD in the Independent Toy Awards 2021! 🏅 ⁠
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We are absolutely delighted to have won this fantastic award – it really is awesome news! 🌟 ⁠
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Our brilliant Studio & Innovation Director, Keith says: “We’ve seen an incredible response to the Mini Builds during our launch campaign, and to win gold in the Eco category of the Independent Toy Awards during launch month is just fantastic!” ⁠
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Head on over to our website to check out our award-winning buzzy bee and the rest of the Mini Builds gang! Honey Bee 🐝 There are four mighty minibeasts for you to collect! ⁠
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How did you get on with our paper hats Summer Make

How did you get on with our paper hats Summer Make? 🧢⁠
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Did you try our classic newspaper hat? Or maybe you went military and made our smaller army style one? We’d love to see your Makes! – don’t forget to tag us #byomakes ⁠
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Not had a go yet? There’s still time – just head to the Makes! page of our website to find our easy-to-follow instruction videos. ⁠
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We hope you’ve enjoyed our Summer Makes! Sailing boats, pinwheels, bunting and paper hats – we’ve had lots of paper-tastic fun this summer 😊. ⁠
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But now it’s time to head back to school for new learning adventures! We’ll be back with more paper fantastic Makes in the autumn, so be sure to stay tuned 🍂. ⁠
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We’ve teamed up with our friends at @whizzpopban

We’ve teamed up with our friends at @whizzpopbangmag to give you the chance to WIN one of our NEW Mini Builds Dragonflies! 🌟 ⁠
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With a brightly coloured blue body and pull-tab flapping wing action, this water-residing minibeast is simply spectacular. And with a 37cm wingspan, is sure to impress! ⁠
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For your chance to win a super cool Mini Builds Dragonfly, head on over to @whizzpopbangmag to enter. There are 10 prizes up for grabs. Good luck! ⁠
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Competition closes 30th September.

Good luck to everyone heading back to school this

Good luck to everyone heading back to school this week! 😊 ⁠
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Whether you’re moving up into a new class or starting at a new school, we hope you have a brilliant and fun-filled first day! ⭐️

**Competition has now ended. Thank you for all you

We’ve loved seeing more of our NEW Mini Builds o

We’ve loved seeing more of our NEW Mini Builds out in the wild this week! 🐝🐞🪲⁠
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Did you spot them? 👀 ⁠
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Thank you to our brilliant builders for doing such an awesome job! Your mighty minibeasts look magnificent 🙌🏻. ⁠
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We’re so pleased you’ve had lots of fun and enjoyed learning more about your minibeast 🐞🪲🐝⁠
Big smiles all round 😊 ⁠
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Music: https://www.bensound.com

Our cool NEW Summer Makes are now live 😊. ⁠
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We’ve TWO awesome paper hats for you this week – super simple to make, heaps of fun to wear! 🧢⁠
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Will you choose our classic newspaper hat? Or go military with our smaller army style hat? ⁠
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Head to the Makes! page on our website to find our step-by-step videos for both Makes. You could even personalise your hat by getting creative with your colouring pens, pencils or adding stickers (creative emoji?). ⁠
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We’d love to see your paper hats, so don’t forget to tag us #byomakes ⁠
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Happy creating! 😊 ⁠
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