January 04, 2008

Coaster Engineering

As usual Jackson is into anything involving designing, engineering and building. I bought this Roller Coaster K'Nex set at the Mothers of Twins Garage Sale back in September for only $10.00. There are over 1300 pieces inside of the box, and most of the plastic bags holding the pieces were unopened. So it was basically brand new.

This past week, Jackson, enlisting the assistance of his brother Jeremiah, got started creating a roller coaster. He followed the directions a little, but he also made design changes so he could add a corkscrew and a couple of extra twists.
It is exciting to watch him work on something like this, and even more fun to watch the project completed and his pride and seriousness when showing us how it all works.

And it did, too.



The roller coaster even has a sound box which emits roller coaster sounds and screaming sounds, as it passes specific timed sensors on the coaster. These guys didn't have a chance! hehe
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 05, 2008 2:13 PM

    This is cool! We did the exact same kit last year. Luke has the same interests - he loves to build this stuff. This year we did the swingset one. We don't have a lot of extra room here, but he asked for one for christmas to put together, then get rid of after Christmas. He sees them as a puzzle - and that's ok with me! :-)

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 05, 2008 2:37 PM

    Check out these - I came across them today!
    http://www.brooklyn5and10.com/pamabywaru.html

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  3. Laughing Orca RanchJanuary 06, 2008 2:59 AM

    Hi Heather,

    Yep, Luke and Jackson would have a great time together!
    We don't have much space either and these K'Nex sets take up alot of room, for sure.
    It's time for this one to come down already because we are tripping over all the little pieces. haha!

    Thanks for that link, too. I liked those Matchstick gardens and the little Nyokki plant kits. Too cute!

    My sons would probably like the paper machines, too. Not sure if they'd be sturdy enough, though.....Boys, ya know (wink-wink)

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