Create something awesome with these DIY activities for 9-11 year olds. From hands-on crafts to science experiments, we have hundreds of easy-to-follow ideas!

DIY Activities for 9-11 Year Olds | KiwiCo

DIYs for ages 9-11

Quick & easy experiments

Crazy chemistry

Electronics & Robotics

Engineering & Building

Motion & Mechanics

Anatomy & Biology

Toy & game design

Math made fun

STEM

Quick & easy crafts

Recycled creations

Fun & functional projects

Jewelry & Fashion design

Handmade cards & gifts

Art & Creativity

Fun & Games

Hands-on learning

Sound & Music

Pretend play

Play & Learn

Kitchen science

Fun with food

Sweet & salty snacks

Treats & Dessert

Cooking for kids

Cooking & Baking

Animals & Bugs

Plants & Rocks

Seasons & Weather

Radical rainbows

Outdoor adventures

Space exploration

Nature & Adventure

Birthday fun

Earth Day

Easter

Mother's Day

Holiday & Events

Animals & Nature

Pretend Play

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Bestsellers

Schools and Groups

Outdoor

Science

Sensory Toys

Outdoor toys for kids 

Professions 

Unusual Gifts For Kids

STEM Toys For 5 Year Olds 

STEM Toys For 6 Year Olds 

STEM Toys for 7 Year Olds 

STEM Toys for 8 Year Olds 

Geeky Gifts

Imaginative Toys 

Gifts For Smart Kids

Award Winning Toys 

Life Sciences

Canada

Environmental Science: Oil Cleanup

Learn how oil affects oceans and the critters that live in them, and explore different ways to clean up spilled oil.

Electronics

Tinker

Mix and Match 25

9-12

Robotics

Domino Machine

What could be cooler than a domino run? Well, how about a robot that sets up the dominoes for you! With this crate you can build your own robot, then use it to help lay out amazing domino runs!

Building Toy Kit Gifts 

Corporate Gifting

Educational Dinosaur Toys 

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.

Art & Design

Back to School

Space & Astronaut Toys for Kids

Astronomy

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.

Racing

Record Racer

Zoom through turns, dodge obstacles, and put the pedal to the metal with a mechanical toy racing game you engineer yourself! Ready to discover a need for speed — and a love of STEM?

Montessori Toys for Babies

Montessori Toys for Kids

Wooden Toys

Montessori Toys for 1 Year Olds

Montessori Toys for 2 Year Olds 

Music

Rainbow Ball Run

Sharpen your little one’s looking and listening skills with this colorful ball run, complete with a set of towers that sound melodies when the ball bounces on them. Challenge your baby to find new ways to play!

Featured

Crawling Robot

Take the next step in your engineering adventures with a crawling robot you build yourself! Then learn about the incredible engineering behind other real-life robots that walk just like yours. Ready? Legs get to it!

For Your Room

Holiday Gifts

Levitating Lantern

Chemistry

Cooking

Science Gifts for Boys and Girls 

Summer Camp

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!

Color and Light

Kiwi

Engineering

Solar System

Create your own solar system mobile, complete with a light-up sun in the center.

Jumping Robot

Take a leap into engineering with this jumping robot! Along the way, learn how the physics of potential and kinetic energy puts the spring in the robot’s step. Ready to hop to it?

STEAM Gifts

Hydraulic Claw

Construct your own lifting claw and learn how hydraulic systems work. Continue the experimentation with bonus design challenges.

Eureka

Technology

Electric Pencil Sharpener

Sharpen some pencils — and your engineering knowhow — with a pencil sharpener you built yourself!

En Español

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.

DIY Gifts

Craft Kits for Kids

Arts

Light-Up Wire Art

Build two custom electronic art pieces with EL wire. Choose from five existing templates, or create your own from scratch.

Basketball Catapult

Aim, shoot, and score with this physics-friendly crate! Engineer an adjustable catapult and play a spirited game of basketball. Learn about the science of sports, and experiment with different angles and arcs until you're a hoop superstar.

Pre-K

Math

Toddler

Baking and Fractions

Dig into pretend play — with a hearty helping of math on the side! All you need to cook up some creativity is this solid wood baking set for kids, complete with baking ingredients, spoons, and more!

Science Experiment Kits

Chemistry Play Lab

Set up your own science lab with this kit for kids! Try some experiments, and learn about science! You get all the gear you need, plus a guide with step-by-step instructions for 11 fun experiments to explore!

Educational Dinosaur Toys for Kids

Paleontologist Starter Kit

Discover the ins-and-outs of a career in prehistoric exploration with this excavation toy for kids! Use tools to dig up bones, then assemble them into a dinosaur skeleton display!

Valentine's

Headphones

Build the headphone headband, rig up the speaker drivers, and experiment with stereo sound. Explore how speakers and other electroacoustic transducers turn electricity into sound, then learn about the historical technologies that made modern headsets possible.

Fort Builder Kit

Build a cave, a clubhouse, a castle, or anything else you can dream up with this endless fort building kit — perfect for architects-in-the-making.

Robots and Coding

Build and decorate your own friendly robot buddy. Create a robot rabbit with a customizable track to run along. Write programs to solve puzzles and send your robot along a path.

Colorful Chemistry

Learn about the scientific method, then put together a bubbly chemical reaction in your own fab chemistry lab. Try other color mixing experiments, make some colorful art, and learn about everyday chemical reactions. 

Crates can be purchased individually or you can buy a whole pack for the whole session.

Walking Robot

Build a walking robot and experiment with mechanical motion!

Backyard Play

Gift Guide

Bottle Rocket

Get ready to blast off into the air with your very own bottle rocket. Assemble your launcher, rocket, funnel, and launch mixture to experience some extremely fizzy fun.

Cannonball Launcher

Build a launcher that uses elastic power to shoot foam cannonballs. Contains everything you need to build a working launcher and matching mount.

KiwiCo Packs

Electronics (4-Pack)

Shop for advanced electronics favorites and save when purchased as a pack. Qualifies for free shipping!

Slime

Color Changing Slime

Explore the science of thermochromism — with squishy slime that shifts color when it changes temperature!

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.

Crystal Chemistry Garden

Craft a colorful chemis-tree and garden using felt shapes and liquid watercolors. Then concoct a chemical solution that'll make your garden grow fun and funky crystals over two days, and learn the science behind them!

Social Emotional Learning

Crystal Ombre Soap Making

Craft and customize two kinds of colorful, crystal-inspired soaps. Explore mineral science, colorful ombre geodes, and chemical reactions.
 
Requires microwave. One project can make 3 unique soaps.

Enrichment for Grades K-2 (5-Pack)

Young Chemist (3-Pack)

Ignite a passion for science at an early age and save when purchased as a pack. Recommended for Ages 5+.

Enrichment for Grades 9-12 (3-Pack)

Geography

Professions Starter Kit (3-Pack)

Discover three of the coolest careers around with this crate bundle packed with hands-on learning!

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