Help Santa and his reindeer soar through the night sky by engineering a hand-cranked automaton. Learn about cranks, cams, and rotary motion while designing a wintry nighttime scene. Add Santa and his sleigh, then watch them ho ho go!

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Santa's Sleigh Automaton

Very easy for my 7 yr old to complete independently! 

I made this with my 8-year-old granddaughter and we both enjoyed the process. The finished product is close to perfect, but not 100%. The cams don't stay in place properly and need to be adjusted almost constantly. The good part is that she understands exactly why and how. 

The instructions were easy to follow. My daughter LOVES this project!

Awesome holiday project.  Will put together yearly

My kids received this one as a gift this year for Christmas and it was adorable. They loved working together to create the product. 

Great project with the grandchildren. Built two automaton; one in California and one in Mid west. We celebrate Christmas with them early and build it together. Creating Christmas memories. 

It is fun. My granddaughter loved it. She found it easy to assemble.

My grandkids ages 8 and 3 loved putting this together. I hope you every year you will offer a Christmas project like this for little ones! 5 stars!

Cute idea and base is sturdy, but reindeer and Santa and sleigh are two pieces of felt fabric to be held together with adhesive tabs that do not hold up.  That part is falling apart.  No way a 5 year old could assemble this, even with someone reading the instructions.

It was awesome. My grandson and I assembled it together. It was fun for both of us. He loved doing it and now it is on display in his room. 

Simple to put together for my 6 and 8yo. Straightforward instructions. It was rewarding, fun, and it was neat to learn about this kind of crank mechanism.

It was easy to assemble and so turned out great!

loved making this kit with my grandson- the results were amazing
it was great learning experience and we made something together 

Help Santa and his reindeer soar through the night sky by engineering a hand-cranked automaton. Learn about cranks, cams, and rotary motion while designing a wintry nighttime scene.

Santa's Sleigh Automaton

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