When I was a kid (way back in the 70s) my parents always used to get those Radio Shack kits with the spring terminals you could wire together between the parts to make all kinds of circuits. Similar to this kit...<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kohls.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;prd-1604010&#x2F;elenco-200-in-1-electronic-project-lab.jsp?pfm=rrrecs-pdp-gtab1" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.kohls.com&#x2F;product&#x2F;prd-1604010&#x2F;elenco-200-in-1-ele...</a><p>They still sell the old RS stuff on Ebay. I guess those Arduino boards are nice and all, but kids like to create things sometimes, not just play with pre-made stuff. I loved to tinker with things when I was a kid (and not just take alarm clock guts out and stick them in a different case) so those kinds of kits really kept up my interest.