Planet Smarty Pants was the inspiration behind this week’s Share It Saturday theme – engineering activities for kids! I looooooved her daughter’s design and construction of a roller coaster! Here on Fun-A-Day, I often refer to my son as Engineer. He loves planning and building all kinds of creations, so I know he’d get a kick out of these engineering activities!
engineering activities for kids to get into
Design and build a roller coaster | Planet Smarty Pants
Play and learn with Rube Goldberg machines | Brain Power Boy
Create a flag using LEGO pieces | Shield of Faith Homeschooling
Use a “Book of Structures” to inspire block building | Fun-A-Day!
Construct a LEGO camping lantern | LalyMom
Engineer and explore very unique forts | TinkerLab
Design one of these 14 catapults | Fun-A-Day!
Make a snack pulley | Left Brain Craft Brain
Create mazes for hexbugs | Buggy & Buddy
Experiment with a homemade marble run made from recyclables | Fun-A-Day!
Challenge the kids with mystery engineering bags | Childhood 101
Build a painting machine | My Nearest and Dearest
Experiment with PVC pipe creations at school | Rubberboots and Elf Shoes
Or add those PVC pipes to a water table | Fun-A-Day!
Do you have any engineering activities for kids to try? If so, I’d love for you to leave them in the comments below. My son will thank you! 😉 Which of the above activities would interest your children the most?
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Check out what my co-hosts are sharing this week – Sugar Aunts, Chestnut Grove Academy, Still Playing School, and special guest co-host Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails!
Thanks for including our PVC pipe construction activity in your engineering round up. Building a catapult is on our to do list this year.
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So many awesome ideas! Thanks for covering our activities for the next few weeks! PVC pipe is one of our absolute favorite materials to play with. Thanks for including our snack pulleys, too!
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