20+ Technology Projects for Kids They’ll Love

You can search the internet for some of the best technology projects for kids, but we have done the hard work for you! This list is sure to get those creative juices flowing! Use this set of 28 Days of STEM Activities and STEAM Activities for Kids  (and a few more, too!) posts to excite the kids all year long. Learn using STEM and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, & math) concepts while you explore forces of motion, chemistry, sound, and so much more!

Your STEAM kids are going to love these technology projects for kids! These fun STEM projects like circuit cards, bots, coding, and more are perfect for problem solving or science fair activities.

Your STEAM kids are going to love these technology projects for kids! These fun STEM projects like circuit cards, bots, coding, and more are perfect for problem solving or science fair activities.

20+ Technology Projects for Kids

Kids love all things tech! Help your creative kids with coding, robots, and more! You’ll find all kinds of great science, technology, engineering, art, and math ideas woven into this set of technology projects for kids. Bookmark this page for great problem-solving ideas you can try this year!

Plus, to get you started, we pulled together a super-helpful Introduction to Circuits printable. It makes a great worksheet companion to all of these fun builds! Just fill out the form below and it will be emailed to you.

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Circuits Cards and More Circuit Activities for Kids

These circuit projects are sure to teach kids all about electric circuits!

  • How to Make a Lighting Bug Circuit Paper Card || Left Brain Craft Brain – This little bug is so much fun! It’s sure to bring a little light to your next circuit activity!
  • How to Make a Coin Battery || Teach Beside Me – Who knew? Learn how to stack coins to make a battery. You want to be sure to try this with adult supervision.
  • Light Up Circuit Valentines || Left Brain Craft Brain – Show your love for your friends and family with a sweet light up Valentine!
  • Make a Light Up Paper Circuit Thaumatrope || One Time Through – We are fascinated with thaumatropes! This time your STEAM kids can make a light up thaumatrope with just a couple simple materials.
  • Fruit Stand Circuits || Left Brain Craft Brain – Who knew? Your favorite fruit has an electrical charge! This is a really awesome science fair project too!

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  • Solar-Powered House || Left Brain Craft Brain – The kids will learn about alternative energy with this DIY paper house complete with a solar panel!

solar powered paper house

  • Paper Circuit Cards || Science Kiddo – I love this one! You’ll want to grab some copper tape for this easy circuit card. Make your own creations in a couple minutes!
  • Circuit Flowers || STEAM Powered Family – These circuits are gorgeous enough to give as a gift!!
  • Light Up May the Fourth Be With You Cards || Left Brain Craft Brain – You know we are HUGE Star Wars fans and we make these every year.
  • Electric Circuit Kids Valentine || JDaniel4’s Mom – Your Valentine is going to be so surprised with this light up reminder of how much you care!
  • Light Up & Pop Up Circuit Flower Card || Left Brain Craft Brain – Who wouldn’t love a light up flower card? This is perfect to add to your technology projects for kids this spring!

 

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Check out the May the Fourth Be With You Circuit Card in action!

Bots and More

You’re going to love this set of STEM ideas for busy kids because bots are so fun to make with kids! And bots are totally our thing over here… Want to make bot-building easy, fun, and successful? Start with The Bot Book we designed with Babble Dabble Do. Check out some of the fun builds in this video…

The Bot Book is loaded with hands-on learning for kids, including:

  • 14 amazing bots to build, for beginners to expert engineer kids
  • 5 fun ways to play with bots
  • Bot basics to help you get started
  • Helpful teacher guide to building bots with groups
  • Introduction to electric circuits activity

Here are a few more fun bot ideas to try!

  • Minion Brush Bot || Left Brain Craft Brain – Aren’t Minions awesome? If you have a little Minion fan at home, make your own Minion bot is just a couple minutes!
  • Code Your Own Art Bot || Kids STEAM Lab – Art bots are the wave of the future! Grab this simple
  • Build a Hexbug Maze with Straws || Buggy and Buddy – Add this one to your list of technology projects for kids! Kids will find new life with their old bot with a DIY maze!
  • How to Make a Modern Art Steady Hand Game || Left Brain Craft Brain – We are all about amazing STEAM ideas here! This is one of my favorite learning activities for creative kids with an open ended result.

brush bots and more electricity activities for kids

Computers

We have had a lot of fun with computers and computer parts over the years. Here are some of our favorite projects!

  • Computer Destruction || Left Brain Craft Brain – You know you want to give this a try! Don’t throw out that old computer. Instead us it to explore!
  • 8 Ways to Play with an Old Keyboard || Left Brain Craft Brain – For some reason, old keyboards seem to find their way to our house. We had so many! So we left our preschooler explore and learn.
  • Play Dough Robots || Left Brain Craft Brain – This is sure to be a favorite for your kids! Grab your favorite play dough recipe and old computer parts for this open ended play idea.
  • Computer Part Mandalas || Left Brain Craft Brain – Teach kids about the inner workings of computers while creating a quirky (or should I say QWIRTY?) mandala.

activities that teach kids about computers

Coding Activities for Kids

Coding is the language of the future! Here are some unique ways to help them learn.

coding activities for kids

Even More! Fun Technology Projects for Kids

Not sure where to start with coding? I wasn’t either until I started collecting ideas! Here’s the very best Coding for Kids activities for you to get started with today.

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Looking for some more STEAM inspiration that you can use right now? Instant gratification style? Check out STEAM Explorers!! The coolest creative experience for kids is here! It's a digital book of the month club filled with tons of fun stuff for the kids to do and learn. All engineer, teacher, and mom-approved. And most definitely KID APPROVED!⁣

What’s included?⁣

  • A monthly digital magazine with cool themes that are fun to read
  • Hands-on, exciting projects the kids will love.⁣
  • Science, tech, engineering, art, and math learning YOU’LL love.⁣
  • Delicious recipes the kids can make.⁣
  • Fun printables and games⁣

Join us as we make some music in March!! All in the name of having fun with STEAM, of course. We’re exploring sound waves and animal ears and of course, music through hands-on projects the kids will love. The kids will love creating their own rhythms, testing sound with spoons, seeing sound waves with salt, amping up their ear power with paper, and so much more! You’ll love the helpful standards-based learning, printables, and tools that make STEAM exploration easy! 

We’ve split the issue into four weekly themes:

  • This issue has four weekly themes to inspire your kiddos:
  • WEEK 1: MAKING NOISE
  • WEEK 2: SEEING SOUND
  • WEEK 3: HEARING NATURE
  • WEEK 4: CREATING MUSIC

28 Days of STEM Activities and STEAM Activities for Kids

These projects are part of an amazing, month-long series of hands on STEM and STEAM projects for kids. Click on over to 28 Days of STEM Activities and STEAM Activities for Kids for 60+ FREE science, tech, engineering, art, and math projects from 30+ education writers. All ready to get your kids excited to learn.

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