Product description
The Engineering Creation Kit by STEM Inventions.
The video showcases the product in use.The video guides you through product setup.The video compares multiple products.The video shows the product being unpacked.
High-res video instructions
It’s the 21st century, so all project plans are shown in snappy videos. Each video explains the main science and engineering principles that are behind the project
STEM Kit for Kids: Includes 25 engaging projects that spark creativity and teach real-world science, engineering, and motion principles using hands-on materials.
Tons of Supplies: This invention kit contains a variety of fun and versatile supplies, including plastic wheels, propellers, wood crafts, plastic syringes for hydraulics, hot glue, and masking tape. Build propeller powered vehicles, wood glider cars, robotic hands, bridges, catapults, and more!
High-res video and picture instructions – All project plans are on a snappy, kid-safe site. To serve different learning styles, each project plan includes both step-by-step picture instructions and video instructions. No paywall or passcode, all project plans are freely available to anyone with an internet connection.
Make it STEAM: Turn this STEM kit into a STEAM kit by adding your own creative touch. Decorate your designs and personalize them to blend science and engineering with art.
Kid stem kits: Ideal for homeschoolers, classrooms, or at-home play—these kits keep young minds active and entertained with immersive challenges.
In addition, a free curriculum download is available for teachers, educators, and homeschool families who want to facilitate STEM activities with their classes and kids. This resource focuses on explaining the main science and engineering principles that are behind the project through experiential learning.
Allsporty –
Very creative STEM projects
This kit came packed in a box that keeps everything organized. I teach middle and high schoolers about STEM and use small DC motors I have built and various robots. This kit is mainly for grades 1-6 where you construct various projects to make them move and explain how and why they move. We built the helicopter and the Fan car first and had races with the car. Eventually, I found that Lance had created another STEM project kit that used electric motors so the grandkids liked building those the best. I highly recommend any of Lance’s kits because they are so creative, fun to build, and they really work.
Susan A. –
Painless project-based learning in a box
This kit, along withthe free website it accompanies, has been a great way to add some project-based learning to our homeschool studies. The kit comes well-packed with everything you need to build several different projects, right down to a glue gun and glue sticks. It saved me the trouble of buying all the supplies separately. There are only two things I would change: a slightly larger box (it’s just about impossible to fit the supplies all back in once you start taking things out) and more glue sticks (you use up the pack included pretty).Overall, I highly recommend.
Mike P –
Good kit for educational purposes but feels a bit flimsy
I’ve been putting this 4-in-1 STEM kit through its paces with my niece over the last few afternoons and I wanted to share what I thought. It has all the stuff to build a rubber-band helicopter, a scribble bot you motorize, a craft-stick catapult, and a little propeller car. Right off the bat I liked that nothing needed gluing or soldering – all the parts more or less snap or fit together, so you don’t need a big tool kit. Makes set-up much less of a headache.Working through the builds is fun and curious. The helicopter model teaches lift & drag ideas in a way my niece could see by trying different bands or changing angles. The scribble bot is messy but in a good way — you can see wires and motors do their thing and then get immediate feedback on how stiff or loose things are. The car and catapult felt solid, though with the catapult you kind of need a flat surface to get consistent results. Some builds are trickier than others, which is good because it keeps it interesting.There are things that bug me though. Not all of the pieces feel super rugged — after a few uses the propeller or some small plastic parts start to flex more than I’d like. The instructions are decent, illustrated, but sometimes vague about tiny adjustments, so you do a bit of trial and error. Also the performance isn’t going to blow away anything expensive; power and precision are basic. If you try pushing it too hard (like trying super long flights with the helicopter or launching heavy loads with the catapult) it kind of shows its limits. The mat or surface you build on makes a big difference: rough/carpety floors = less satisfying results.Still, for what it is, I’ve had a lot more fun than I expected. It’s educational without feeling like school work, and has enough variety that we’re not stuck doing the same thing over and over. If you want something to get kids curious about physics, energy, motion, simple circuits etc., this delivers. It’s not perfect, but it gives enough to explore, mess up, try again—and those are the best parts.
Sharlene Martin –
Fabulous box of materials for STEM interested youth
What a wonderful gift for our 7 year old grandson. He was mesmerized by the opportunity to choose which projects to build and thrilled when each and every one worked as it should. It did take some adult supervision but was a joyful day and looking forward to building more!
Pepe –
Nice concept
Love the concept of selling all the parts we need to build stuff for kids.
Julia –
Disappointing STEM Kit – Scribble Bot Didn’t Work
I got this for my 6-year-old because he’s really into STEM and loves building things. We started with the scribble bot project. The instructions were fairly clear and straightforward, but the included cup was bent and cracked, so I tried substituting a similar one. After following all the steps, it didn’t work. I swapped in a new battery—same result. It buzzed but didn’t move. I eventually went back to the original broken cup and adjusted the motor position, and it kind of worked—it drew a bit but wouldn’t move on its own without a nudge. Then it just stopped completely and sat there buzzing.My son was disappointed, and to be honest, so was I. While the kit does include a variety of other projects, this first one wasn’t encouraging. It also didn’t explain how or why the mechanism should work, so there wasn’t much educational value. We’ll probably try some of the other builds, but after this one, I’m not very hopeful. Overall, it was a letdown.
Robert –
Awesome
Definitely worth buying if you have little ones. Tons of fun and learning …learning patience with my kids that is. Lol
Elizabeth M –
Very engaging toy
I brought this kit to a reunion with children attending, and an exceptional 5-year-old boy had a blast working on all the projects. I didn’t bring in a battery for the robot, but he built 3 of the items just by looking at the box cover – not even reading the directions. He thought the catapult was an airplane, though, and refused to try to put the catapult together, of course not knowing what a catapult is, even though I tried explaining it. His parents were thrilled with his engrossment in his projects, and I let him take the whole kit home.As far as I know, he didn’t get any of the projects to actually “work,” but he had a ton of fun building them.
Lee –
This is a fun kit to get kids interested in STEM. It saves time shopping around for individual components.