D.I.Y. Toys

Build your own fun with intricate construction kits, snap-together automata, and educational experiments.

17 products

FlipBooKit

This hand-cranked flip-movie machine displays your very own motion art.

$35

Build a swimming shark with this brilliant flat-pack sculpture kit.

$25

Turn the crank and watch this jury rigged junk ship flap through the air.

$80

Turn the crank and watch this vibrant parrot squawks and flaps through a tropical forest.

$70

A hand-powered drawing-kit inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century “Robot Knight."

$70

Turn the crank and watch the family take flight.

$95

Build a kicking scuba diver with this brilliant flat-pack sculpture kit.

$25

This kit assembles into a transparent safe with a fully functional combination lock.

Beginner

$100

Turn human skin, water, or flowers into a musical instrument with TouchMe. Play alone or with...

$130

Use the contents of your fruit bowl as a piano keyboard with Playtron!

$130

Creating a new precedent for architecture with its spiraling organic form, the Solomon R. Gug...

$98

The "Usonian Homes" are small, single-story dwellings designed by American architect Frank Ll...

$228

Recreate the famous home designed and constructed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with this archi...

$228

Unity Temple was constructed between 1905 and 1908 and dedicated in September 1909. Unity Tem...

$228

A masterpiece of planning, engineering and material use by Frank Lloyd Wright. Probably one o...

$228