Kid-Sized Construction Kit, Additions

Several year’s ago I submitted an Instructable, the “Kid-Size Construction Kit from PVC Pipe”, a very educational toy and fun for kiddos -- far better than using smart phones and social media all day long. (My grand daughter at 3 can do the simpler projects with some help -- but she’s exceptional.) The original Instructable has been very popular. Here I go a step further with it -- I’ve added some more pieces and a manual with many new structures to build. If you have already assembled “The Kid-Sized Construction Kit”, you are in for an easy ride. If you haven’t done that one yet, do it first; this one is only an addendum to that first one. Here is the link: https://www.instructables.com/id/Kid-Size-Construction-Kit-from-PVC-Pipe/

These minor additions will allow for many more construction projects:
10X 45° Angle slip-joints (“Vs”)

2X Additional slip-T-joints (“Ts”)

12X Tubing pieces (5 ½” lengths of ½” PVC pipe; the PVC pipe is available at any good hardware store; one 10’ piece will be plenty)

14X 1 ¾” “Pegs” (½” PVC pipe)

Miscellaneous sizes of breathable covers (e.g. sheets, blankets, blankies, dish towels)

~4X Plastic clamps (big enough for the ½“ tubing pieces plus cover; e.g. large clamps for potato chip bags)

You cut these as you did for the original Kid Sized Construction Kid. Refer to those instructions.

Here are some addition projects for you to try. The 24-page manual is provided in both in Word and PDF format. Several pages are shown. The Manual is in pictorial form, so even non-readers can use it. … Or make your own creations. If you object to guns, simply discard the last three pages of the manual. My son’s first “gun” was a dolphin squirting device. (I was trying to shield him from guns.) The second was a broken, realistic-looking dart gun. (I had given him 25 cents to spend however he wanted at a neighborhood garage sale.) The guns here don’t look anything like real weapons, and they are fun and easy to make.

The additional plans include several new boxes/houses, tents, a church, some “teddy bear playground equipment” (not for kids to climb on), various vehicles (including some Star Wars® jets), … and guns. These new projects have been enabled by using the new pieces included in this Instructable. Warning: some of these are pretty difficult!