DIY has always been my thing. If you want something badly, you should do it yourself. Something you can't buy, that is. Speaking of DIY, solar panels are quite the new craze, and I mean that in a good way.

Solar power seems just the right thing. Meant for your children to play and, at the same time, learn about sun energy, the 6-in-1 Solar Robot Kit is just the thing to start with. A little bit of DIY is required, at a beginner level, but even so, it might need a little bit of help from you. The thing is you'll surely enjoy it yourself too if you have more than a momentary interest in robots, boats, windmills and others.

The kit can be assembled in six different ways. Start with the robot, play with it and when you're done, take it apart and try the other options. After you try the solar powered boat, windmill or car, you still have two more available. It's just like the case with furniture from Ikea, you have to put it together yourself. The difference is that there's no problem if you don't get it right from the first time, unlike the case with the furniture, where you can end up with a bed that folds into a bookcase because the diagrams are all unintelligible.

With the 6-in-1 Solar Robot Kit, you get very easy to follow diagrams so you'll surely get it right, although I think it would be a lot more fun if you tried to assemble the robot and the other stuff without looking at the diagrams.

The price tag says $21.29. That's so low that you can actually buy a couple of these and make a huge solar-powered robot army.


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