Construction / Mechanical Kits

Snap Circuits™ has added Brics, their name for little plastic building blocks that are, luckily, compatible with Lego, those other little, inerlocking plastic building blocks you have. This award-winning 225-piece Bric Essentials set has sheets and...

Start your children on the path to learning the basic concepts of solar tech. This multi-bot STEM education solar kit includes a 1.5V solar cell, a small DC motor and gearbox and a boatload of parts that will let you make (14) different comical and...

Make a whole bunch of fun and instructive Lego® machines/chain reaction models like marble runs and mousetraps involving ramps, buckets, funnels balances and much more. Comes with (33) Lego® elements, (6) Lego® balls, a dozen paper props, and...

From Elenco®, than whom nobody is cleverer, this MECH5 kit--a STEM kit--will make (5) robots, all of which use a mechanical coding wheel instead of software. They perform tasks, including forward, back 45 or 90 degrees, left or right turns, and...

This amazing STEM kit from Thames & Kosmos explores physics in a fun, visual way that’s like a day in the park—the amusement park. Kids design and build working roller coaster models, and conduct hands-on physics experiments to learn about...

This Lego® set from Klutz has (58) pieces, including gear wheels, bricks, axles and connectors to build (11) gadgets, including a claw, catapult, assorted vehicles, robots, a fan and a hand-held blender thingy. Includes a 78-page manual with...

It’s every kid’s dream, ain’t it, to build their own robot? Or gator, helicopter or owl? Whatever the tykes in your life dream of building, Engino® Qboidz™ has them covered. Each of these multi-award-winning 8-in-1 kits uses...

What do submarine commanders and kids spying on their parents have in common? That's right—periscopes!—like the one your kid will make with this excellent kit from Smartivity™. Made with sustainable materials, including wood and...

If so, and you're over 14, UGEARS®, the mad mechanical model maker, invites you to assemble this 400-piece chain-hoist marble run kit. If (okay, when) you succeed, the result will measure approx 10-1/2” x 12” x 10-1/2”. Box says it...

OK, it comes with gumballs, but they're food no matter what your mother says. You'll need them to fill this 17” tall gumball machine that you build from a (55)-piece kit. A Parents' Choice Silver Award winner, this kit teaches you physics while...

Leave the glue in the drawer because these UGears® STEM laser-cut plywood mechanical model kits don’t need any. They’re fun to build, and they’ll teach you something when you’re done. You pick: the...

The UGears Hurdy Gurdy is an instrument quite unlike any other. It comes as a kit with everything needed for assembly. Since the parts fully interlock, no glue is required, so simply follow the instruction manual to remove the pre-cut pieces from their...

This 79-piece Roller Coaster construction kit features (40) challenges with (4) degrees of difficulty, and has, the manufacturer says, “more than 100,000 unique building possibilities,” which ought to tie up the little buggers for a while...

Who’s Metal Model From Metal Earth®, the people who make shiny metal 3D models, now comes the Doctor Who® T.A.R.D.I.S.™, Star Wars® Imperial Star Destroyer™, an Ghost Busters® Ecto I™ metal models. All punch-outs...

Build yourself a kid with a career in electronics. Start with this Snap Circuits® Motion kit with over (50) parts and instructions for (165) projects, including a mini-car, crawler, motion detector, tilt sensor and others. You add (4) "AA"...

Right after you build your own working medieval catapult or trebuchet. All you’ll need is glue, scissors and a steady hand (plus a small bag of marbles or rocks or something as a counterweight for the trebuchet) to construct...