Practice corner
Play and learn, one trick at a time
Each practice below teaches one thing Kids 3D Lab can do. Try it here first — then open it in the app and make it your own. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for.
Moving
Move it
Slide the ball left and right (X), back and front (Y), and up and down (Z) until it sits right inside the see-through one.
Move the blue ball into the see-through one.
Turning
Turn it
Turn your ramp a quarter of the way round — tip it, roll it, spin it — until it looks just like the see-through one.
Turn your ramp (on the left) until it looks just like the see-through one.
Stretching
Stretch it
Make a shape wider, deeper or taller. A ball can become an egg, a pancake or a sausage!
Slide the bars to stretch the ball — or press Egg, Pancake or Sausage.
Colours
Paint a robot
Click a part of the robot to pick it, then click a colour to paint it. Can you paint every part?
The body is picked (see the orange box). Click a colour to paint it — then click another part.
Stacking
Stack them up
Pick the shape at the bottom, then put another on top. Can you build a tower of all three?
The box is at the bottom — it stays put. Now put something on top of it!
Lining up
Line things up
Choose the shape that stays put, then press a button. The others slide over to line up with it.
The box stays put. Now press a button to line the others up with it.
Groups
Group them
Slide one wheel and it comes off the car! Group the parts, and the whole car moves as one.
One wheel is picked. Press Slide → and see what happens!
Holes
Turn a shape into a hole
A hole cuts its own shape out of whatever it touches. Try a cylinder, a star and a heart!
Press Hole to turn the cylinder into a hole.
Words
Your name in 3D
Write your name, pick a letter style and make it stand tall on a key tag.
Type your name and make a key tag that is yours!
Copies
Copy it
Start with one fence post. Duplicate it four times to finish the fence.
One post is ready. Make four copies!
Measuring
Measure it
Compare the pencil with known 10 mm blocks, then count them to find its length.
Count the blocks under the pencil.
Looking
Look from every side
The build is shown flat, straight from one side. Are you looking from the top, the front or the side?
Look at the picture. Are you looking from the top, the front or the side?
Seeing inside
X-ray: find it
A marble is hidden in the box. Turn on X-ray, then click what you find.
A marble is hiding inside the box. Press X-ray to see inside!
Building on faces
Build on top
Put the hat on top of the head, then put the eyes on the front.
Click the top of the box to make it the workplane.
Challenge
Make it match
Make your blue box wider, deeper or taller until it is just the same size as the see-through one.
Slide the bars until your blue box is the same size as the see-through one.
Shape spotting
Which shapes?
Look at the build and pick every kind of shape it's made from. Then try another one!
Which shapes is this made from?
Drawing
Draw a shape
Draw any closed shape with your finger or mouse, and watch it pop up into a solid 3D shape.
Draw a closed shape, like a fish or a cloud. It pops up in 3D!
Ready to build your own?
Everything you just tried works the same way in Kids 3D Lab.
Open Kids 3D Lab