Out Today - "Build Your Own Mars Colony" illustrated by Jana Glatt (Laurence King Publishing)

We spend a lot of our time daydreaming about space. What would it be like to blast off into the inky blackness? What would it be like to travel in a spaceship?

Indeed, what would it be like to live on another planet?

Now you can find out in this perfect activity for lockdown, "Build Your Own Mars Colony" illustrated by Jana Glatt.

In this small but well packed box you'll find an entire mission ready to be built with lots of sturdy cardboard, perfectly laser-cut and brilliantly illustrated, so kids can dive straight in and get making! Simple plans are included, and soon you'll be building your own mars mission with everything you need to survive on the red planet.

Don't leave bunny at home, she has her own spacesuit!

We had a lot of fun with this set, and there's tons of play value here with lots of different characters, science experiments and of course habitat domes so you can shelter from the huge storms that sweep the planet.

A red rocket and a communications rig, ready to phone home. 

All the pieces pop out from their cardboard backing really easily, and the card is sturdy and not too bendy, which means this set will last for ages.

Lots of vehicles to choose from, for roving the red planet far and wide

This is a perfect present for space-obsessed kids (like us!) and a brilliant way to introduce younger children to the concepts of space exploration, encouraging them to use their imaginations to think about what it would be like to conquer mars.

Sum this set up in a sentence: Lots of colourful sturdy play pieces, fun characters and lots of amazing spacey things to begin setting up your own play mars colony, fabulous stuff!

"Build your own Mars Colony" by Jana Glatt is out today, published by Laurence King (kindly supplied for review).