Sciencey Gifts ♡

Know someone who's tired of throwing paper planes with their hands? This is the perfect gift for them!Launch paper planes with this paper plane launcher.This is a fun way to cultivate an interest in tinkering/building things, aerodynamics and elastic potential energy. Also, that feeling after you ...

This is one for the hardcore model builders!This plywood Steam Locomotive with Tender and Rails model combines all of the technical and artistic innovations that builders have come to appreciate in our other models and takes them a step beyond. Richly detailed with an eye toward realism and romance,...

This would be a great gift of a mechanical nut! The an exquisite wooden mechanical device that can count down to zero starting from 1 to 20 minutes. After assembling this beauty, just set the Clock's rubber band-powered counter hand, wind up the alarm, and watch the relaxing and elegant clockwork ...

This would be a great gift for budding engineers!This Pneumatic a small but fully functional example of a steam engine, except it uses air pressure instead of steam to set it in motion. Use an ordinary inflated balloon and watch the pistons and gears chug along just like the locomotive engines of ye...

This would be a great gift for your farmer friend!This assemble-it-yourself a rattling greeting from centuries past. No electronics, just a rubber band motor (with moving pistons!), and tons of fun! You can shift your tractor’s real transmission from ‘park’ to ‘low’ to plow ...

Build your own mini combination safe, and learn how combination locks work.Inspired by the Cryptex in “The Da Vinci Code”,  this Combination Lock consists of two parts. It opens when the right 3-digit combination is selected. You get to create your own 3-digit combination too! You can hid...

This would be a great gift to foster interests in mechanical mechanisms.The gift-ee will be taken through the process of putting together carefully designed mechanisms, and seeing an awesome mechanism emerge on the other end.The Strandbeest is made up of intricate mechanisms, allowing to move like a...