How to Make a DIY Fidget Spinner with LEGOs

Are your kids struggling to sit still? Especially while home during e-learning? A fidget spinner might be a great solution!

Rather than buying fidget spinners and risking buying a fidget spinner with lead contamination, make your own at home with LEGOS!

In my opinion, the best way to make a DIY fidget spinner is with LEGOs. 

LEGOs are identical in size and shape, so a DIY fidget spinner made from LEGO will spin better and faster than one made from hand cut cardboard for example. 

Using LEGOs to make fidget spinners is perfect if your kids are already LEGO fanatics and have a good size stash of different-sized bricks. 

Learning how to make a fidget spinner is a fun way to spend an afternoon! Once you learn how to make a LEGO fidget spinner from me, you and your kids will want to experiment with all kinds of other ways to make DIY fidget spinners from LEGOs or other things you find around the house.

If you have been wanting to get away from lead in fidget spinners by learning how to make a fidget spinner yourself, you are in the right place! 

With so much concern about lead in fidget spinners, I love being able to make LEGO fidget spinners because new LEGOs consistently test lead free. 

As long as your kids are old enough not to swallow them, they are an AWESOME way to make your own DIY fidget spinner from safe materials. 

And if you get tired of your LEGO fidget spinner, you can just make a new one! Or take it apart and use the LEGOs for a new project. 

How to Make a Lego Fidget Spinner

Lego Fidget SpinnerSupplies 

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• 2x4 LEGO Technic plate
• 1x3 axel (available in this set)
• 1/2 size technic bushing (you need 2)
• 2x2 round (you need 2)
• 2 x 3 slope brick (you need 2)
• 2 x 2 inverted slope brick (you need 2)

I'll be honest: I'm not a technical LEGO guru. I want to give a big thanks to the team at Bricks and Minifigs in Beaverton, Oregon for helping with the technicalities so I can give you better part names than "yellow spacer thing" and "blue slanty brick." 

They are also a great place to pick up fidget spinner supplies so you don't have to buy 4,000 1/2 size technic bushings at a time.

Lego Fidget Spinner Step-by-Step Directions

DIY LEGO fidget spinner step 1: 

Thread the axel through the 2x4 technic plate (that's the one with a hole in the middle!). Put a half size technic bushing on either side of the axel.

Test it at this point to make sure the plate can spin. If not, separate the bushings slightly until it does.

DIY LEGO fidget spinner step 2:

Put a 2x2 round on each end of the axel to serve as thumb holds. Check to make sure it still spins.

DIY LEGO fidget spinner step 3:

Put a 2x3 slope brick on either end of the technic plate as shown. Check the spin.

LEGO fidget spinner step 4:

Add inverted slope bricks on the underside of the slope bricks.

Double check the spin one last time.

That's it!

If you make your own DIY fidget spinner, I would love to see. Add a photo to our Pinterest page here!

For more great LEGO fidget spinner instructions, check out these other cool blogs:

Lego Fidget Spinners

on DoodleCraft

Lego fidget spinner

at Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls.

Printable Step-by-Step Directions for Building a LEGO Fidget Spinner

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How to Make a LEGO Fidget Spinner

Yield: 1 fidget spinner

Author: Carissa Bonham

Estimated cost: $0

prep time: 5 Mperform time: 2 Mtotal time: 7 M

Make your own DIY fidget spinner at home with these easy build instructions using LEGO bricks. This is a fun stem project for kids to make their own sensory toys and fidgets to use.

materials:

• 2x4 LEGO Technic plate
• 1x3 axel
• 1/2 size technic bushing (you need 2)
• 2x2 round (you need 2)
• 2 x 3 slope brick (you need 2)
• 2 x 2 inverted slope brick (you need 2)

steps:

1. Thread the axel through the 2x4 technic plate (that's the one with a hole in the middle!). Put a half size technic bushing on either side of the axel. Test it to make sure the plate can spin. If not, separate the bushings slightly until it does.
2. Put a 2x2 round on each end of the axel to serve as thumb holds. Check to make sure it still spins.
3. Put a 2x3 slope brick on either end of the technic plate as shown. Check the spin.
4. Add inverted slope bricks on the underside of the slope bricks.
5. Double check the spin one last time.

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About the Author:

Carissa Bonham is a lifelong crafter and mom of two creative boys. The owner and lead writer at Creative Green Living, she won the Craftys Award for the "Best Craft Blogger" category in 2016 and the ShiftCon award for "Best DIY Blogger" in 2018.

Her creative pursuits don't stop at crafts - she is also the author of the hardcover cookbook, Beautiful Smoothie Bowls (Skyhorse, 2017) and several ebooks. Her projects have been featured in magazines like Kids Crafts 1-2-3, Capper's Farmer and Urban Farm Magazine. Follow her on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter or join the Creative Green Living community group.

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