Mini Engineer Gifts

Child using building blocks to get over a baby gate.

'Allow me. After all, I'm planning to be an electrician.'

'I'll put one end of the hose in your pool...you take the other end outside...gravity will create a siphon and drain the water with no mess.'

Timmy has a great future in nano-technology.

'Dad, before I tell you what happened, how much does a piece of glass nine feet by twelve feet cost?'

'We made a flak jacket today!'

'Oh, he was bored with the toys within hours, but he's till enjoying the batteries.'

'All I have to do is clean up the piles of trash, laundry and dirty dishes in my room, then I'm free...'

"I wish he would watch something more educational, but since he programmed the TV and mounted it himself, he probably doesn't need to."

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

"When I grow up, I'm writing the Great American App."

"What do you think I can get for it on the blackboard market?"

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

The Hobby Store

'How do you like my two-tone car?'

Bike Rides

"In the current market, it's just more practical."

"Apparently, when the tide came in, a lot of castles went bust."

'I don't like the sound of the engine.'

Child makes a toy and frightens himself.

'Mum! Come and see the coffee-table I've made with my new tool-set!'

Building giant sand pies.

Building Blocks.

'Don't push your luck Simkins with that alleged glove stretcher!'

A young positivist.

Girl on a giant pair of scissors.

'He loves that Lego set we bought for his birthday.'

"I've always wanted to live on a lake so I can go boating and fishing. Since we don't live on a lake, I thought I'd make my own."

"We've made $7.50. Can we retire yet?"

"My buildings are meant to inspire."

His verbal skills are developing, but his motor skills are very advanced. (Originally published on 2009-02-01).

"It's a 'pencil' - It's like a pen, except that it's made of wood!"

"One day she'll be a wonderful architect."

'When I'm a CEO on Wall Street this will make a wonderful anecdote.'