Get your own Vortx® Mini-Wishing Well
If you have had fun tossing coins into our large Spiral Wishing Wells, you will love the fun you can have with your own Mini-Well. Coins spin just as fast when you drop and watch them, or you can play coin-spinning games and make the coins climb BACK UP THE FUNNEL!
- Great for show-and-tell and science projects!
- Learn all about the physics!
- Encourages saving money!
- Makes a great gift!
 Click here to see a 15-second YouTube movie clip of coins racing around the Vortx! |
Coins are dropped onto the launching ramps and then spin around the Vortx in a spiraling motion, gaining speed until they finally disappear into the base, which holds approximately $40 worth of assorted coins. The coins put on an exciting show as they bob and weave and race each other around the smooth trackless surface.
Because of the physics of the Vortx, the coins do not fall over until they're deep into the nearly vertical walls at the bottom. It's a great educational device, and we have a lot more information about the physics in our Student's Guide.
Made of tough polypropylene.
No moving parts to break.
For ages 3 through adult.
No batteries needed.
Click here to see a YouTube movie clip about how to play "Coin Limbo". |
There are several games and experiments you can perform with the Vortx®, but the most popular is called "coin-limbo" where you let the coin descend down the throat of the funnel, and then make it climb back up by moving the Vortx® in a circular motion as demonstrated in the movie clip.
With this game, you are actually creating centrifugal force that makes the coin climb. The lower you let the coin descend down the throat, the more challenging it is to make it climb back up again without allowing it to fall over. No matter what your skill level is, you can challenge yourself.
Coin Spinning Record: You can keep a coin spinning as long as your coordination lasts using the same circular motion as with the Coin Limbo game. During a high school "Spin-a-thon" the coin spinning world record was set by Rick Swartz at 33 hours and 16 minutes! The students got pledges of $1 per hour and raised several thousand dollars for their school project.
Get a movie clip of YOU on our website!
If you are really skilled, you can try to keep two coins spinning at a time. In opposite directions! Or turn the funnel upside down while the coin is spinning! Only the most coordinated athletes can accomplish that. If you can keep two coins spinning at a time, even if in the same direction, please send us a movie clip and we'll put it on our website. If you can spin two coins in opposite directions, even better. Or, if you can keep a coin spinning with the funnel upside down, we'll put that on the site too. In other words, send us a digital movie of your tricks! Contact us if you have something to send.
Great Birthday Party Ideas
Teach your children that it is better to give than to receive! Michael will never forget his 5th birthday. His mom planned a party theme like a travel adventure to Thailand complete with captain hats, security checks, a boarding area, tower chatter, customs and immigration processing, and surrounding props that would make Hollywood proud. In lieu of gifts, his friends brought coins to put into two Vortx toy banks to raise money for, "Pennies for Peace" to help build schools and buy supplies for kids in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mom Jennifer writes, "Thank you for the spiral wishing well toys. They were a big hit at the party. We ended up collecting $115.05 for the "Pennies for Peace" organization. A friend of mine is borrowing the toys this next weekend for her son's party for a different charity." After the party, Michael said, "I liked flying and having fun with my friends. I felt good donating all my pennies to help the kids build their schools." We think this is a wonderful trend. You might not create a masterpiece theme like Jen did, but you can teach your child a great lesson by making his or her birthday party a time to give to those less fortunate in lieu of normal gifts. We would love to feature your story and pictures too. Click here to go to the top of the page and read more about Vortx Mini-Wells.
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BIG BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEA Consider getting a large floor model Well, use it for your birthday event, and then donate it to a local charity! Your son or daughter can then "track the income" and have a sense of participation in the ongoing income and charity for many years to come. You could even put a brass engraved plate on the rim that says, "This Well is sponsored by (your son or daughter's name)." This could become the focus of a project throughout their youth and into adulthood. If you are interested in this idea, we will provide a significant discount or grant for you. Please contact us for more information, or call 1-937-384-0003 (Eastern USA). |
Birthday Facts:
Every week in the USA there are:
- 5,890,775 birthdays
- 41,154 weddings
- Birthdays are the number 1 reason peole celebrate
- $832 is the AVERAGE amount spent annually on holiday gifts
Source: Matthew Emerzian and Kelly Bozza, Dayton Daily News
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