6-Legged Walking Ant
6-Legged Walking Ant
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Meet our 6-legged walking ant-🐜 It wiggles. It scurries. It’s totally DIY.
The 6-legged Walking Ant is a self-contained SparkBlocks project kit that lets kids (and curious adults) build a motorized insect using real electronic components. No screens, no soldering, just build & play.
It’s the perfect way to explore mechanical motion, circuits, and creative engineering, all in a fun, fast build that feels like magic when it crawls across the table!
Important note
This is an add-on build. To complete this build, you’ll need your Intro to Circuits Kit, including the Battery Block and core circuit pieces (wire connectors, switches, and other basics).
What makes it awesome:
- 🐜 Crawling, gearbox-motor-powered movement
- ⚡ Real circuit components; no fakes or shortcuts
- 🧠 Great for curious kids, classrooms, and grown-up tinkerers
- 🧱 Fully compatible with all other SparkBlocks Kits and the bricks you already love
- 🔋 Requires Intro to Circuits Kit: For battery, and other circuit parts.
- 🎂 Great gift for ages 8+: Includes instructions, bricks, and a few SparkBlocks
What’s included
- ~200 assorted building bricks
- 1× High-Torque N20 Motor
- 1× Wire Block (1×2)
- Word-free step-by-step build instructions
What you’ll need (not included)
- Intro to Circuits Kit (for battery power and additional core circuit blocks)
🔁 Want more? The Walking Ant works great on its own, but when paired with our Expansion Kit - you can customize your ant even more! Are you ready to evolve?
Or save when you buy the Ultimate Theme Bundle and get all four builds in one set!
Are you ready? Let’s build something awesome. ⚡️
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- HHeatherVerified ReviewerI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars3 months agoCoolest Ant
My 9 year old son was able to follow the directions and build the ant himself. The instruction were well written with good diagrams to follow. He was able to go back through the instruction to trouble-shoot shoot his build when it didnt work right off. I love all of the skills this build has taught him. He took the ant to school. His classmates loved it. When his cousin broke his build he was able to follow the plans to repair it. We love the sparkblocks kits and add-ons they are so fun and help foster learning with play.
Was this helpful?SparkBlocks3 months agoHi Heather, this is so fun to see. The fact that your son could follow the plans, troubleshoot, and repair on his own is so powerful for us to read ab out! That “fix it when it breaks” confidence is real engineering.
And take it to school?! Love this! ⚡
Let him know we love the look of his ant! 🙂 And of course... he can customize it with more bricks, however he likes!
Thanks for sharing!
- NN.J.Verified ReviewerI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars3 months agoAn impressive toy ant brought to life by Sparkblocks!
Some simple yet very creative mechanics makes the ant walk from the input of one motor! The battery box and various sparkblocks are well hidden inside the model.
Here it is combined with more parts from the intro kit!
Truly a great first experience with the Sparkblocks system!
Was this helpful?SparkBlocks3 months agoSeeing the “as designed” build and the remixed version with a second motor, fan, and lights is so cool... I'm so glad you thought to try mixing parts across kits. Thanks for sharing both versions! ⚡🐜
- CChrisVerified ReviewerI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars4 hours agoAnt
Nice design and easy to build. Top product, keep going SparkBlocks!
Was this helpful?SparkBlocks14 seconds agoThanks Chris! The Walking Ant has become a crowd favorite too. Glad you enjoyed the build experience!
- MMMovie M.I recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars2 weeks agoEveryone stopped to watch!
When this started moving, everyone in the room stopped what they were doing. My child was so proud and kept showing it off. It’s a really memorable build and easily one of the most impressive ones we’ve tried.
Was this helpful?SparkBlocks2 weeks agoThat’s exactly what the Ant is built for - it tends to steal the show! Love that your kid was showing it off. If they try any tweaks to the motion, curious what they come up with.
- MMikeVerified ReviewerI recommend this productRated 5 out of 5 stars2 months agoAmazing quality
I bought this for my 10 y.o. grandson, but had to test build it myself first. Unfortunately, there was one faulty 'wire' brick, which prevented the completed ant from walking, I figured out which brick was not working and swapped it for a good one. It worked fine after that. The quality of the bricks is amazing. They snap together neatly and make a stable construction. My grandson is going to have great fun with this and learn about electrical circuits too.
Was this helpful?SparkBlocks2 months agoThanks so much for the thoughtful review, Mike.
I really appreciate you taking the time to troubleshoot the issue with us over email - I’m glad we were able to get that replacement wire brick sent out to you. Fortunately we haven’t seen many faulty wires, but feedback like yours helps us keep improving our checks.
Hope your grandson has a great time with it, and I’d love to hear what he builds once he gets his hands on the kit!