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Build Your Own Kits Microscope

Welcome to Build Your Own

Eco-friendly, STEM-inspired children’s toys you can build yourself. Each of our kits has a unique function and provides hours of fun for children aged 8+.

Build Your Own are the happy creators of an award-winning range of eco-friendly, STEM-inspired children’s toys that you can build yourself.

Our innovative kits encourage children to immerse themselves in the fun world of science and exploration, helping to reduce screen-time and bring families together to create rich memories.

Each premium paper and board kit is constructed using slot-together techniques to create a fun, tactile and robust toy. No glue, no mess, no fuss. Everything you need is provided in the kit, and the step-by-step videos on our website provide helpful assembly tips too.

Proudly designed in UK by our brilliant team of paper engineers, each product is made from high-quality, sustainable materials, with minimal plastics used both in the designs and packaging.

We love to spark curious young imaginations through our fun and growing range of eco-friendly toys, and hope to inspire budding engineers of the future.

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Personalised Kits

Personalised for you

Exclusive to Not On The High Street

Our personalised Build Your Own kits are exclusive to Not On The High Street. Every kit will be hand personalised for you by our Hampshire-based studio team to create a truly unique gift. Just let us know the name of the person you would like your gift to be personalised for and we will take care of everything else.

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    "We bought this microscope as a birthday present for my nephew's 7th birthday. It was a definite hit! Such brilliant fun. I love that it is plastic-free and something that he will enjoy playing with throughout the year as the seasons change too."
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    "My son will love this, personalisation looks great and looks great quality. Quick delivery and well packaged."
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    "i bought this the child of a friend , excellent these types of toys are unique and i havent found them any where else"
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    "My grandson will have great fun with this."
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Press Comments

"Getting a glimpse of the moon through a telescope I built myself was enchanting and with 16x magnification, the view was clear enough to distinguish craters you can’t make out by eye."
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Jul 2020

"Well, would you look at that! Get children excited about the great outdoors with Build Your Own’s eco-friendly microscope. Using fuss-free instructions, budding young scientists can assemble their own fully-functioning microscope to zoom in on insects, flowers, feathers and any other treasures they can find! "
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Apr 2021

Women’s Own

"Plane Launcher - It’s great value for money and, as our child tester’s mum observed, “a lovely, fun way to get the kids away from their electronics”. Our child tester really enjoyed building his launcher all by himself and then firing the planes into the air: “The best bit’s seeing how far the planes go. My friends should get one too and then we could all have a big flying contest!” This toy made our Top 100 Xmas Toys 2020 list. "
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Nov 2020

"Marble Run - These eco-cardboard building kits might just be the antidote to computer and phone games for older kids, provided you have a keen builder in the house. They do require a lot of concentration as kids slot together various pieces, but the end result is worth it as they end up creating a marble run. "
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Jul 2021

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