3D printing Ideas for kids, something gaining ground! If you thought, 3D printing is super fun, but only for adults, not for kids, you might want to re-think! A simple way to bring fun in your kid’s life is by 3D printing toys. One thing that kids love the most is customizability and that being the inherent nature of this technology, you are all set. Even in terms of budget, 3D printed toys cost lower than the standard toys available in the market.
From scary monsters that kids typically love to scare their friends and other people with, to extremely fast-spinning tops, there are plenty of choices when thinking about 3D printing toys. By creating a toy using 3D printing techniques, you also expose your kid to creativity, which is a major part of growing up. And if you are wondering where to get the design file of these amazing 3D printed toys from? Well, there are thousands of those available on websites such as Thingiverse, MyMiniFactory, Cults and even more. Pick3Dprinter made a list for the best Online 3D Printing services if you’d like more options.
By browsing those sites, we have brought some of the most amazing 3D design files of toys that you can 3D print. Most of these files are created by 3D enthusiasts, professionals in the field of 3D printing and toy making. They are reliable in terms of design, and fun in terms of playing. Downloading them does not take much time, and once downloaded, they are all set to be printed.
List of the most amazing 3D printed toys to make right now
Each one of them can be a part of the collection add-on in your kid’s wardrobe. Their shapes, their colors, their unique designs, their stability and what not! Makes them the perfect choice for kids of various ages. Ready to choose, download and print?
1) Open Toys
Did you know that your apple has the potential of becoming your kid’s helicopter? Or that the eggplant lying in your vegetable store at home could transform into a sea vehicle? No! We aren’t going nuts! Open Toys concept by LeFabShop combines the kids’ interest in playing with vegetables and 3D printing technology’s ability to create small parts like wings and stands of airplanes, sea vehicles, and spaceships. The 3D design file of this concept can be downloaded from Thingiverse. So, download it right now and change your carrot into an F1 Racing car whenever your kid wants to play with the vegetables.
2) Pineapple Springo
Made by scanning an actual pineapple, this Springo can be printed in two parts using gold and green filaments. The sheer logic of any spring that is, to expand when forced and contract as soon as the force is taken away seems like magic to kids. It seemed like magic to us in our childhood, didn’t it? Why let your kid stay away from this illusionary magical idea? Instead, print after downloading this Pineapple Springo’s 3D design file from MyMiniFactory. The dimension of this amazing 3D printed toy is 65.31 mm * 65.31 mm * 80.36 mm. And you can print it without using any support structures.
3) Tiny Haul Truck
Based on the same logic of hide and seek that kids love to play; this Tiny Haul truck is surprisingly hidden in an egg. Optimized according to the size of this egg, the truck’s wheels can roll easily on a flat surface and its dumpsters can lift! Your kid would love to boast by telling a tale to his or her friend of how this egg-looking toy is not an egg, but a moving truck. To which your kid’s friends would go “Vow!” And every time that happens, your kid would look up to you with immense pride. So make your kid earn the “Vow”, and yourself earn the pride, download this 3D printed toy’s design from Thingiverse and get it printed.
4) Spinning Top
There is hardly a kid who doesn’t like to play with a Spinning Top. In fact teaching your kid “how to play with a spinning top?” can be a way in which you can spend some time with him or her, from your busy schedule. The top is divided into two: the top and its bottom. Both of which are joined by a screw in the middle. So, overall, the top can print flat without the use of any supports. But, yes! You need to download its 3D design file from Thingiverse.
5) Two winged Flexi Dragon
This can be effective in two different ways:
- When you are not available for your kid, your kid can play with it.
- When you time for playing your kid, you can tell him or her stories about Dragons: the species that recently made it to the list of extinct species on the Earth.
So, apart from the crazy playing of your kid with this two-winged Flexi Dragon by running here and there from one room to the other, your kid can expand the thought process by imagining from your stories about, “how Dragon lived and survived on Earth for so many years?” and “what makes them extinct?” But for all that, you’ve got to download the 3D design file of this two-winged Flexi Dragon from Thingiverse and get it printed.
The Conclusion
Rather than spending hundreds of dollars on brand new toys every time, it’s better to make your kid one of these 3D printed toys. Easy to download, these files often come with simple tips to ensure that you get the desired results. So, what are you waiting for? Just select the designs that your child would like to play with, use SelfCAD to prepare the models for 3D printing, and print it with ease from the comfort of your home, if you don’t like any of the designs, you can create your own on
Always remember, creativity is the key to finding uniqueness is even the simplest of things. With that in mind, do not forget to make changes to the 3D files, to make it look like one of your creations. Using the 3D modelling applications, you can make these changes before preparing the file for printing. From changing colour to wall thickness to a few attributes, you can prepare something of your own. Easy, isn’t it?
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