Air Hockey
Discover the power of air! Build a balloon-powered air hockey game where the puck whizzes and whooshes along a cushion of air. Use a set of number stencils and an air pump to make spray-art scoreboards for your game. Then learn all about how engineers harness air to do work — from moving, to inflating, to applying pressure!
Why it’s awesome
Click, clack, score
Balloon pucks turn any table into an air hockey table.
Bank shot angles
String rails let the puck zoom and zigzag.
Air experiments
Explore the physics of friction.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Engineering with air
Physics of friction
Angles
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“I wanted to create an air-hockey game that you could play just about anywhere. But I couldn’t fit an air-hockey table in a box! I put air in the puck instead of the table, so you can play anywhere you are! Mason, Kiwi Crate product designer”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
4
Kinds of pumps sampled
17
Kids who tested the product
many!
Rounds of in-office air hockey
Reviews
4.9
18 reviews
eileen
01/02/2024
Easy to assemble; fun to play; but balloon deflates very easily
Sabina
09/13/2022
So much fun simple concept hours of entertainment
Becca
09/12/2022
Amazing crate! My son (3.5) and husband put it together and have played with it for hours.
Mum and
07/28/2022
This is a fun activity for some quality time with our kids
Alice
07/19/2022
The whole family loved putting this together and playing with it!
Lisa
01/07/2022
This kit was a lot of fun for my kids to put together (5 and 9 year olds). The sticky tape that holds the balloon “puck” and the mallets together did not hold up well for extended play. I found some glue dots at the dollar store to glue them back together, which worked somewhat well. It was definitely a great kit for introducing the concepts of momentum, inertia, and friction, as well as air pressure. The puck worked surprisingly well to act like an air hockey puck! Very clever design!
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