Maker & DIY Design
for kids
Explore 10 trusted maker & diy design resources selected for curious kids, with clear ages, access details, and parent context.
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Smithsonian STEM²D Activities
The Smithsonian Science Education Center’s STEM²D collection provides interactive, standards-aligned science, technology, engineering, math, manufacturing, and design activities for ages 5–18.
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Spaghetti Structures
A Science Museum Group engineering challenge where learners build a tall, strong tower from spaghetti and marshmallows while exploring structure and design.
The New Children’s Museum Creative Resources
The New Children’s Museum’s Creative Resources page offers hands-on design challenges, printable coloring, lesson plans, virtual art experiences, and museum-inspired ideas for making at home.
Cooper Hewitt Design Field Trips
Cooper Hewitt’s design field-trip information introduces students to design thinking and museum-based learning through guided visits and activities.
Cooper Hewitt Learning Resources
Cooper Hewitt’s learning-resources hub brings together design activities, educator materials, and ways to explore creative problem solving through objects and making.
Chicago Children’s Museum Skyline
A hands-on Chicago Children’s Museum exhibit inviting children to explore construction, design, and the built environment through play.
Museum of Science Design Challenges
Hands-on design-and-build challenges from Boston’s Museum of Science, encouraging children to prototype, test, and improve solutions.
Museum of Solutions
Mumbai’s Museum of Solutions is a large hands-on learning space where children explore STEAM, sustainability, design, systems thinking, and real-world challenges through exhibits and programmes.
KID Museum Sunday Workshops
Project-based maker workshops where families explore tools and materials with KID Museum educators through activities such as wooden board games, Makey Makey controllers, and laser-etched designs.
Kids Invent Stuff
Kids Invent Stuff is an engineering and invention video channel where children’s ideas become real builds and design challenges.
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