Christmas Candle Carousel
Use aerodynamics to make a holiday decoration that spins! Celebrate the winter season by building a candle carousel inspired by a traditional German Weihnachtspyramide. Build your platform and watch as the heat of the candles spins the blades of the fan, making the penguin and friends dance around the Christmas tree.
Why it’s awesome
Christmas decor
An adorable winter decoration to enjoy year after year.
See the effects of
convection currents, aerodynamics, and the power of heat.
Holiday tradition
Bring a charming European custom home and make it your own.
What’s included?
Topics explored
Convection currents
Aerodynamics
Holiday fun
Additional details
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“Get festive — build a candle-powered carousel, decorate your own Christmas tree, and learn about convection current. All while spreading holiday cheer!”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
3
Number of tries it took to say Weihnachtspyramide right
14
Total time spent spinning in days
168
Number of candles burned during testing
Reviews
4.9
118 reviews
Customer images
anne
01/02/2024
Impressive and a fun project
LaDonna
01/01/2024
Loved it!
Barbara
12/09/2023
The kit was easy to assemble. Worked great
Pamela
12/07/2023
My grandson and I built this today and it is wonderful! The supplies are very nice quality and the instructions were great! It turned out to be such a lovely Christmas Carousel! We will be ordering more kits soon!
Shelly
11/13/2023
This is so cool and a really nice Christmas decoration
Faith
10/22/2023
My family had a little metal Christmas carousel which my mom brought out each November. It was so beautiful and mysterious to me as a child. I am so happy to being this joy to my kids. It has lasted three Christmases so far. This is a great learning tool and pretty little item to add to the Christmas table.
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