Young Engineer

We know how much children love to experiment and play, and our science & engineering kits for kids are full of interesting and exciting things, perfect for creative and questioning minds!

Traditional woodwork set with functional tools with sharp edges and points.  Use under adult supervision.  Set includes wood, hacksaw, hammer, glue, pencil, nails, safety hand to hold nails, mitre box and safety wedges.

£39.00

Little Carpenter's Tool Set in wood, with lovely details, including a fun drill, supplied in a plain, natural wood box. 

Or why not personalise this item with our unique design, featuring tools and any name up to 9 characters for an additional £10?

If adding personalisation allow 10 days for delivery. See our Terms & Conditions for personalised items.

£32.00

Terrific introduction to DIY imitative role play with a handy tool belt with storage pockets for wooden tool set.

£17.99

First woodwork set for budding carpenters, create and make vehicles, furniture, complete with safe nails and rubber handled hammer!

£27.00

Build an amazing moving jungle set with this ingenious gear construction kit and watch the mischievous monkeys hang, spin and swing!

£55.00

Gears Activity Set - fantastic construction set for youg engineers!

£30.00

Imagine, design and build multiple different moving machines, including cranes and cars using this Gears, Gears, Gears Building Set. 116 colourful interlocking pieces for endless combinations and see the other sets on our website!

£47.00

Build an adorable smart friend!  Tobbie the Robot has 6 legs, IR sensor and a dual gearbox, when he is assembled, he has two interactive modes – follow Me and Explore, with fun sounds and light effects.  Tobbie develops and reacts with his own emotions and gestures, just like a pet!  

£30.00

Build and programme a real robot.  A unique scientific kit that allows you to assemble an actual robot with lots of electronic components and a free app. 

£29.00

Build a fully working model of a petrol car 4-cylinder engine with ignition sound!

£49.00

Assemble an amazing robotic crab which detects the edge of any platform or table and makes a quick turn to avoid the edge!

£17.99

Transform a metal drinks can into a bizarre walking, wobbling, boggle-eyed robot with this cool scientific recycling project.

£17.99

Construct a robot that jumps like a frog, using elastic force generation.  Develop your manual skills by assembling the robot, study the principles of engineering and watch your robot come to life!  

£14.99

Create awesome 3D models using flexible plastic tubes, connectors, wheels and more!  This STEAM set encourages critical thinking and dexterity to assemble over 200 pieces by following the templates or inventing your own designs.

£16.99
Build a motorised marble run and learn some basic laws of motion.
£21.99

Build an amazing model car from over 100 interchangeable components, or design your own with this STEM model building set.

£14.99 £11.99

With over 200 interchangeable components you can construct 3 models following the enclosed instructions, a further 7 via the free app.  The components can also be used to design and invent your own models, experimenting and testing as you go.

£21.99

Build your own hydraulic cyborg hand with no need for a motor or batteries! Incredible STEM set for older children with 203 pieces.

£35.00

Creative kit to make a moveable robotic hand.

£12.99

Build an out of this world model planetarium, paint it and add glow effects too!

£12.99

Create this multi-function weather station from this inspirational kit and never need the forecast again!

£13.99

Awesome science set bursting with loads of components to complete seven amazing, gravity defying projects! With the Anti Gravitation Magnetic Levitation set you can make a pencil float in mid-air and so much more!

£21.99

Great kit to build your own door alarm to deter intruders!

£12.99

Build an electrical circuit buzzwire and test your steady hand skills.

£12.99

Drill a design with an award winning creative activity kit with a realistic sounding power drill!

£45.00

Complete an amazing 88 electrical experiments, involving motors, switches, lights and sounds with this absorbing educational kit.

£42.00

A traditional metal construction kit for building three different models, a plane, helicopter or vehicle, complete with instructions and tools, supplied in a gift tin.

£13.99

Ignite your child’s curiosity with this engrossing Fire Truck with extendable rotating ladder, two brave fire-fighters and 13 drilling spots to add wheels, bolts, water, flames and more!  Use the drill to add and remove pieces from the truck.  Turn the sturdy packaging inside out and it turns into a brilliant play scene, add the stickers to personalise the fire engine.  

£49.00

Find some cardboard and create awesome structures using this inventive 50 piece tool and fixings set.  Follow the instructions or cut, fold and connect cardboard with ease and independence again and again.  The box becomes a handy toolbox to carry anywhere.

£19.99
Build a Wooden Firing Cannon that fires paper mache cannon balls!
£19.99

Amazing perpetual motion marble run, to build yourself, using 54 precision laser-cut plywood parts that slot together, electric motor, 8 zirconium marbles, screws and screwdriver.  

£29.00

Classic building toy, consisting of 48 translucent pieces that interlock.

£9.99

Children will love building this brilliant tree-house set over and over again developing critical thinking and problem solving skills with this fantastic STEM engineering set.

£16.99 £15.29

The 12 in 1 Solar Hydraulic Robot can be transformed into 12 different mechanical animals or machine robots using this 230-piece kit!

£24.99

Assemble 10 different models with levers and gears, take them apart and build another, each with growing levels of difficulty.  

£17.99

Discover the secrets of mechanics, experiment with levers, cogs and pulleys and assemble different models with increasing difficulty levels.

£32.00

A brilliant concept and fascinating STEM toy.  Inside each logibloc is a printed circuit board and every block is colour coded for the function it performs.  Plug them together in different combinations to create circuits and build unlimited projects.

£29.00

Build the spider robot and watch him scuttle up and down his silk thread like a real spider, he cleverly changes direction at the top and bottom – scary!  Requires 2 x AAA batteries – not included.

 

£16.99

Make a moving robot or recycle everyday materials to change it into a fierce dinosaur or monster robot that will walk on a sunny day!

£21.99
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A fun carpentry playset.  Assemble pre-drilled wooden components with plastic pegs, knocked in with a hammer, to create wooden models.  Approx 45 wooden components, 30 plastic pegs and a wooden hammer.

£22.99
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Create all types of vehicles by fixing pieces of pre-drilled wood together with plastic dowels and rivets, adding plastic panels and wheels. to finesse your designs.  Over 80 pieces, wooden mallet and instructions to make your designs.

£24.99
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Brilliant first tool set for woodwork and carpentry, with scaled down working versions of real tools, some blunted for safety.

£33.00
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Build a robot that slithers like a real snake, with a zig-zag movement and articulated tail.  

£14.99
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An informative first engineering kit.

£29.00
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A brilliant science set to build and discover the power and science behind hydraulics.

£23.99
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Durable wooden pull-along DIY tool truck from Janod is not only a super vehicle but also can be taken apart and reassembled.

 

Personalise this item with any name up to 9 characters for an additional £8.00

 

If adding personalisation allow 10 days for delivery. See our Terms & Conditions for personalised items.

£30.00
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Create a marvellous marble run using this comprehensive kit with over 90 pieces.  Build fantastic marble suspension tracks over 4m long to race marbles of different dimensions and materials.

£18.99

Young Engineer

Our young engineer range is all about finding a fascinating gift for children who love to build, experiment and create! From carpentry to science, from building to engineering, our kits are all high quality, colourful and fun to play with. Whether you are looking for a kids woodworking bench, or perhaps a mechanical kit, or even something more specific - like how to make your own robot, we are sure you’ll find the perfect gift for your child, relative or friends in here.  Inquisitive children are sure to be stimulated by this fantastic range.

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