Taking place each April, KidsBuild! offers young designers the opportunity to share their ideas as they explore the possibilities of architecture, planning, design, and construction.

Guided by volunteer design professionals, families choose a construction site from a fictional city grid, design and build a building out of recycled materials, and are awarded a certificate of occupancy from the city building inspectors. Perfect for children aged 5–13, and welcoming designers of all ages, KidsBuild! allows children to formulate ideas about architecture and design as they build a city from the ground up.

Volunteer

Thank you to our 100+ volunteers for sharing your knowledge of architecture/design at this year's KidsBuild!. Volunteers are essential to the planning and operation of KidsBuild! each year. Check back again next March to volunteer.

K-12 Design Education Support

KidsBuild! and other BSA K-12 Design Education programs are supported by members of the Provoking Change Legacy Circle membership:

KidsBuild! Teaches Design Through Play

Whether with Legos or Lincoln Logs, Erector Sets or basic building blocks, every child at some point dreams of building big. Continuing a tradition lasting more than a quarter century, the BSA brought those dreams to life this past weekend. The BSA hosted the 31st annual KidsBuild!, pairing the imagination of local children with the guidance of working architects, and crafting the considerations of real-life construction into lessons fit for young minds. Together, the children and their caregivers—upwards of 750 participants—designed and built a model city from the ground up.

KidsBuild! returns to the BSA

On typical days, 290 Congress Street is fairly quiet. But on the weekend of April 9 this year, the normally-serene lobby of the building was overrun with noise and covered with piles of recycled materials as it transformed into the site of multiple colorful construction projects.

Volunteer

K-12 Design Education Support

KidsBuild! Teaches Design Through Play

KidsBuild! returns to the BSA

KidsBuild! On the Road