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20+ Simple Lego Engineering Challenges Kids Can Do Alone!

As kids, most of us spent hours building easy LEGO creations. You may have been using them to build sets from a boxed set, or perhaps you had a ton of different colored LEGO that you used to create whatever your mind could think up.

If you are looking for fun ways to get your kids to build more with LEGO, these LEGO engineering challenges can be a great place to start.

While they can certainly use these to get started, these are fun engineering activities that will get them excited about building.

Here are 20 LEGO engineering activities for your kids to do with LEGO bricks. Kids will want to try these LEGO projects again and again!

Here are 20 LEGO engineering activities for your kids to do with LEGO bricks. Kids will want to try these LEGO projects again and again!

Simple Lego Engineering Challenges Kids Can Do Alone

While I like working with LEGO alongside my kids, I don’t like things that are beyond their personal skill level. I want my kids to explore and build using their own imagination, so we usually keep our LEGO creations a bit simplier than some.

I love using LEGO bricks as the basis for engineering projects, and LEGO really leans into this with their education line.

The Best LEGO Engineering Kits

If you want to start trying more LEGO engineering activities, these are our favorite LEGO sets to use:

LEGO STEM Kits

Here are some LEGO STEM products you can use in your classroom!

All of these LEGO STEM sets have working, moving parts and are a great way to introduce complete STEM builds and activities to your students.

lego amusement park ride working set

LEGO Amusement Park Ride

lego pinball set

LEGO Pinball Table

lego fairground set

LEGO Expert Fairgrounds Set

lego tecnic mars rover

LEGO Mars Rover

lego amusement park game brick loot

LEGO Carnival Game

simple lego engineering kit

LEGO Simple Engineering Kit

lego space rollar coaster set

LEGO Space Roller Coaster

lego classics lots of bricks

LEGO Classic Lots of Bricks

lego pacman building game

LEGO Pac-Man Game

lego friends technical carnival lego set

LEGO Friends Beach Amusement Park

lego gear bots klutz

Klutz LEGO Gear Bots

klutz lego race cars

LEGO Klutz Race Cars

simple machines lego kit

Simple Building Machines

lego ferris wheel kit

LEGO Ferris Wheel

lego drones

Flying Drones Building Kit

lego solar powered robot

Solar Robot Building Kit

lego ultimate stunt riders challenge

LEGO Ultimate Stunt Riders Challenge

lego challenge cards

LEGO Engineering Activities for Kids

20+ fun LEGO STEM activities that will let kids explore STEM (technology, engineering, and math) in a fun, hands-on way!

Learn about colors and learn How to Make a LEGO Rainbow in this fun activity.

Construct a LEGO heart– it’s harder than you think!

While this project was created for Mother’s Day, the tutorial for the LEGO Mothers Day card can be used to make a card for any occasion!

Explore the flow of water with this handmade LEGO Dam.

Your kids will have so much fun creating Houses for the Three Pigs with LEGO.

Use your favorite stories to build challenges for your kids with these Storytime LEGO Building Challenges.

Use rubber bands and LEGO bricks, your kids can make some pretty cool Rubber Band Powered Lego Cars!

Can You Design the Best LEGO Boat? See who can design the best LEGO boat with this fun challenge activity.

Let Star Wars and LEGOs inspire your kids to make some new creations out of LEGO with these Lego Star Wars Printable Game Cards.

LEGO engineering challenges provide a fun way for kids to explore STEM in the classroom or home. 20+ simple building ideas to try!

Learn How to Build a Catapult with LEGO Bricks in this cool activity.

How to Build a Lego Wall with Mayka Tape. Build a LEGO wall that your kids can play with for hours in this cool building activity.

Use LEGOs to build a pulley system in this cool LEGO Pulleys STEM Building Challenge.

Here you can learn how to build a LEGO heart the easy way!

Teach your little ones how to make a duck with this cool LEGO Engineering Preschool Challenge.

How to Build an EPIC LEGO Marble Run. Create your own marble run out of LEGOs with this fun activity.

Make a box out of LEGOs for candy hearts with this Lego Candy Box Building Challenge for Candy Hearts tutorial.

Your kids will love this hands-on activity that focuses on rebuilding landmarks (like a LEGO eiffle tower) in this cool set of Lego Famous Landmarks Challenge Cards.

Make a Balloon-Powered LEGO Boat powered by balloons in this cool activity.

Make a Solar Powered LEGO Car that actually works! A LEGO pull-back car is also a fun engineering challenge to try!

Use your LEGOs to make a simple marble maze that you can recreate again and again following this tutorial for How to Make a DIY LEGO Marble Maze.

Use LEGOs to Build a LEGO Water Wheel right in your own home or backyard.

More Fun LEGO Projects

Grab this set of FREE LEGO STEM challenge cards to take your STEM learning further!

lego challenge cards

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Sunday 19th of February 2023

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Sunday 19th of February 2023

some are hard so yea