Where do you find actual chemistry sets with actual chemicals in them that can actually make interesting things?
This wasn't the classic chemistry set with a bunch of things in it.
This was a really cool one by a company I don't remember for younger kids. It came with safety glasses, plastic beakers and measuring cups and a few things for mixing and measuring ... and a cool little book which gave them some really basic chemistry (like baking soda and vinegar volcanoes) which could be done at home by young kids.
We weren't looking for explosions and the like. :-P
But, nonetheless, it wasn't some "make cookies play set", it was an actual bit of hands on demonstrations of everyday science.
We thought it was pretty awesome, and she seemed to agree.