Create something awesome with these DIY activities for 3-6 year olds. From hands-on crafts to science experiments, we have hundreds of easy-to-follow ideas!

DIY Activities for 3-6 Year Olds | KiwiCo

DIYs for ages 3-6

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Ice Skating Rink

Learn to tinker with gears and rig up a motor, then decorate a unique winter wonderland scene complete with festive characters. Turn the motor on to make the gears rotate, then watch your snowman, penguin, and gingerbread man spin around and "skate" on the ice!

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Pendulum Art Machine

Discover the science of swing — with a pendulum-powered art machine you build yourself! Swing the platform, release the pen, and watch amazing automatic art unfold before your eyes. Experiment with switching up the speed of your pendulum’s swing, adding weight to the platform, adjusting the positions of the ropes, and more — and make bold new geometric designs every time! Then learn how to transform your finished spiral art into a variety of giftable (or keepable!) creations — from greeting cards to shrink-plastic keychains. Ready to get into the swing of things?

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Chain Reaction Workshop

Engineer your own awesome moving machines! Sturdy materials, moving mechanisms, and your imagination combine to create epic chain reactions.

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Valentine's Day Cards

Make a set of Valentine's Day cards that really pop — with this pop-up card-making kit! Comes complete with everything you need to make 27 craftastic cards.

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Science of Cooking: Ice Cream

Dig into kid-friendly recipes for ice cream and sorbet — made using just the tools in this DIY ice cream kit and some ingredients from home!

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Build & Play Chess Set

Construct a mechanical chessboard with hidden drawers and advance your game! Built-in geared drawers swing out to store your customizable all-wood pieces.

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Remote-Controlled Snake Robot

Slither into the world of robotics by building a remote-controlled snake robot! Assemble and wire the electronics that drive the robot, and customize it by adding a decorative skin.

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Kinetic Light-Up Speaker

Make some noise with this light-up speaker — complete with foam balls that bounce to the beat! Assemble the base, then build the speaker’s circuit from scratch in order to connect the lights with the sounds. Get hands on with transistors, resistors, capacitors, and other key components — all while learning about the role each piece plays.

Pixel Art Lightbox

Poke pegs into the screen and watch them glow with luminous color! Make brilliant patterns using 12 durable design templates, or create your own one-of-a-kind art.

Marble Roller Coaster

Become a thrill engineer and build twisty, turny roller coasters. Construct a mechanical Ferris wheel that lifts marbles to the top. Ready to build a rad ride of your own?

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Light Play Lab

Explore light and color with a super shadow show! Set up a canvas creen and use the projector to make shadows with your hands, body, and solid shapes.

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Astronaut Starter Kit

Build and launch a pair of model orbiter spaceships using the power of pumps. Paint a set of model planets, then construct a miniature solar system that really spins. Explore the ins-and-outs of space travel — from the history of space exploration, to the challenges of astronaut training, to amazing facts about life on the International Space Station.

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Nature Kaleidoscope Set

Explore nature and create dizzying, dazzling patterns with a customizable kaleidoscope!

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Walking Robot

Build a walking robot and experiment with mechanical motion!

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Lots of Bots! Robotics Bundle (3-Pack)

Get ready to rock out with robotics — with this bundle pack of our most beloved ’bots! Play with mechanical motion as you engineer a walking robot, get hands-on with switches as you create and customize a slithering snake robot, and discover domino design with a domino robot you build yourself.

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Marble Run + Art Easel

Explore engineering with a marble run gameboard, complete with 35 track pieces and spinners to build all sorts of marble-ous machines. Then turn your gameboard into an artist's studio with a reversible chalkboard / whiteboard panel and built-in paint cups and art tray to help your imagination soar. 
Dimensions: 21" L x 25" W x 38" H 
Delivery note: This item will ship separately from any other items in your order. Your entire order only qualifies for Standard Shipping (delivered within 3-10 business days). 
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Water and Sand Sensory Table

Scoop and spray and learn and play! This sensory play table comes ready for all kinds of splashy, sandy, creative fun.

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Peek-a-Zoo Puzzle Box

Match shapes to unlock a memory-building game of peek-a-zoo!

Wind Play Lab

See how wind makes things spin, fly, and boogie with hands-on sensory play!

Flex & Fly Plane Launcher

Bend, launch, and glide into the physics of flight! Build a launch lever that will send planes soaring, then put together a spring-powered runway for high-speed takeoff.

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Veterinarian Starter Kit

Check up on a favorite stuffed animal with a stethoscope, syringe, and other handy vet tools. Explore animal anatomy by assembling organ and muscle systems. Play a "find the fracture" game using an x-ray lightbox and a set of animal cards. Learn to read cat and dog body language, and how vets understand animals when they can't talk.

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Pinball Machine

Design the board, launch, and play, all while discovering pinball game physics! 
 
Everything needed, from materials to illustrated directions, is included, along with imagine!, a bonus play & learn magazine for kids.

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Animal Bath Bombs

Learn about acid-base reactions and the science of molecules while mixing up a colorful chemical concoction, then press the mixture into bath-bomb shape. Drop your finished bath bombs into water to see fizzy chemical reactions — in action! 
One project can make 3-6 unique bath bombs.

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Motorized Spin Art

Power up your own spin art studio and get creative!

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