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Home / Early Learning / You Need to Try These Amazing Robot Activities Today

You Need to Try These Amazing Robot Activities Today

Shared by Mary Catherine 5 Comments

Super fun robot activities to try with the kids today. They’d be great for a preschool robot theme, summer camp, or just because.

It’s always fun for me to find out my students (or my son) are interested in a theme I’ve never taught before. This was the case the first time I realized my preschool kiddos were fascinated by all things robots. So of course I went looking for engaging, fun ideas to integrate into the units.

In addition to creating my own robot-themed activities, I found some wonderful ideas online. If you’re planning your own robot theme, these ideas are surely for you.

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We've got to try these robot activities for kids

Table of Contents

  • Our Favorite Robot Activities for Kids
  • Even More Ideas for a Robot Theme
  • More Robot-Themed Fun
  • Materials for Robot Activities
  • Robot-Themed Preschool Lesson Plans

Our Favorite Robot Activities for Kids

Use tin cans and craft supplies to make magnetic robots.
My preschoolers had a blast making (and unmaking) these robots!

magnetic robot art is one of the fun robot activities kids will love

Help kids create their own robot dress up “clothes”. 
My students had fun creating robot vests, then acting out how they were as robots! Danya Banya has a different take on robot dress up here, and Learn with Play at Home made an awesome robot helmet here.

Letting kids make their own dress up clothes is just one of the fun robot activities they'll love to try

Read lots of books all about robots.
I collected ideas for 10 books here on Fun-A-Day!  All Done Monkey also has a few more to share.

robot books are fun to read before trying one of these robot activities

Let the children manipulate robot hardware (nuts and bolts).
We had nuts and bolts out for over a week, and the kiddos never tired of them.

this nuts and bolts fine motor fun is just one of the robot activities kids will love

Create a sparkly robot craft with metallic shapes.
The preschoolers let their creativity shine with this shiny robot craft. No Time for Flashcards has a sparkly, magnetic robot craft here.

this sparkly robot craft is just one of the robot activities kids will love

Let the children paint with gears.
Process art with a robotic twist. We had way too much fun with this one!

painting with gears is just one of the fun robot activities for kids over at Fun-A-Day!

Make an alphabet sensory jar robot.
Explore matching uppercase and lowercase letters with this hands-on, weighted discovery bottle.

Robot activities with a sensory jar

Set up a robot sensory tray for writing numbers
Grab the free printable number cards while you’re reading about the sensory tray!

Robot activities number sensory tray

Even More Ideas for a Robot Theme

Explore simple circuits while discussing the inner workings of robots.
Making Boys Men shows how electricity works with hands-on fun.

Learn how to balance a paper robot on your finger (or a stick . . . or your nose!).
I love how Buggy and Buddy integrates a science experiment with her colorful robots.

exploring circuits and balancing robots are 2 robot activities kids are sure to love

Make a tiny, working robot with spare parts.
Red Ted Art explains how to turn the head of a toothbrush into a real, working robot.

Make a paper robot and teach him to “climb” a string.
Housing a Forest combines science and art in one fell swoop!

spare parts robot and climbing robot are 2 robot activities kids are sure to love

Delve into gears and create a movable robot craft.
Teach Preschool links a fun robot book to movable gears, then lets her students make their own movable robot art.

Help children learn their numbers with robot stickers.
I like how I Can Teach My Child integrates fine motor skills with math in this simple, but very meaningful, activity.

movable robot craft and counting with robots are 2 robot activities kids are sure to love

Use recyclables to make a life-size magnetic robot.
This kid-size magnetic robot from Fun at Home with Kids looks like so much fun. I’m going to have to try this with Engineer sometime over the summer!

Create a movable Shrinky Dink robot.
What an awesome robot art idea from Lalymom!

robot activities 4

Make some robot marshmallows as a treat.
Robot lovers with a sweet tooth will enjoying making (and eating) this creation from The Celebration Shoppe.

Have some math fun with this roll-a-robot activity.
My students have always loved a good dice game, and Seven Thirty Three’s addition of a robot makes it even better!

Create a robot activity board for the young kiddos to manipulate.
What  kiddo doesn’t enjoy latching bolts and playing with light switches?!  Learning at Home is onto something here!

I hope these robot activities have inspired you to host a robot summer camp!  If you try any of the ideas here, I would love to hear about it in the comments below.  Feel free to share any of your favorite robot activities here, too!

More Robot-Themed Fun

  • Tuesday – Bug Themed Activities for Kids from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
  • Wednesday – Around the World from All Done Monkey
  • Thursday – Animal Activities and Snacks from Inspired By Family
  • Friday – Ocean and Beach Themed Activities for Kids from Mamas Like Me
  • Saturday – Nature Themed Activities for Kids from House of Burke
  • Sunday is a Circus Themed Activities from Sugar Aunts

Materials for Robot Activities

Now that you’ve got so many ideas for robot activities in your classroom, you will need to stock up on supplies. So, I created a list of some really amazing materials that will be super useful when doing a robot theme. Check it out below.

I may get commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

  • Large nuts and bolts
  • Magnets
  • Aluminum foil
  • Slinkies or springs
  • Recycled cans
  • Recycled boxes
  • Other recycled materials
  • Circuitry set
  • Googly eyes
  • Buttons
  • Screws with flat ends
  • Children’s gears

This list is a great starting point for all your robot-themed activities. And if has my all-time favorite thing to use in any preschool activity – recycled materials!

What are your favorite supplies to use in preschool? Let me know in the comments below.

Robot-Themed Preschool Lesson Plans

If you have some robot-lovin’ preschoolers, take a look at these plans for the preschool classroom and home preschool families. Each set has a week’s worth of lesson plans, full of hands-on learning activities about robots. There’s science, literacy, math, and more planned for the week, with ideas that kids can do in various grouping sizes. The plans also come with a book list, activity explanations, and printables that correspond with the hands-on plans.

If you loved the robot writing tray check out these robot preschool lesson plans

Get yours here: Preschool Classroom | Home Preschool

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  1. Leanna @ Alldonemonkey says

    June 11, 2014 at 11:50 am

    I love love love this post! My son is really into robots, so we will be working our way down this list!

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  2. katepickle says

    June 13, 2014 at 12:11 am

    Oh so glad I found this as my smallest boy is in love with robots right now! These ideas will keep him going for a while!

    Reply
  3. sarah says

    January 15, 2015 at 11:25 am

    So many great ideas for getting all ages involved and interested in robots. Pinning and will definitely have to try a couple of these, thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  4. Olivia Rose says

    July 17, 2021 at 7:23 am

    These are awesome! Thanks so much for sharing, they are all fabulous ideas for robot lovers. And my daughter is in love with robots. we will definitely try these soon. Have pinned!

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      July 28, 2021 at 5:10 pm

      So happy to hear that you like these ideas! I hope your daughter has a blast with them. 🙂

      Reply
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