PVC Pipe Heart Engineering Project

Building with PVC Pipes for Valentine’s Day {or any day}!

PVC Pipe hearts engineering for any day! These PVC pipes are awesome STEM learning! Plus, our new PVC Pipe Kit is an easy, frugal alternative to the pricey toy alternatives. The hardware store, we visited Home Depot, is an amazing resource for alternative toys. My son loves using “real” household items for play rather than toys. This PVC pipe heart project was right up his alley. We have also engineered some cool Lego Hearts this month as well as a Lego Heart Marble Maze!

PVC Pipe Heart Engineering Set Up

Supplies Needed to Make PVC Pipe Hearts

1/2 inch PVC Pipes sold in lengths of 5′ and 10′. All the pieces you see in photos are from 20′ of pvc pipe.

1/2 inch 90 degree PVC Pipe Fittings. You will need 6 {We also bought a few other types of fittings}

Tape Measure and pencil

Small Saw or Sawzall {Adults only please!}

PVC Pipe Lego Heart Engineering Project

How do you build a PVC pipe heart! You need six of the 1/2 inch, PVC pipe, 90 degree fittings. Next you need to cut several different lengths of PVC pipe. We made a couple different size hearts. The first heart which is a bit smaller and the perfect shape, has two 2.5 inch pieces, two 3 inch pieces, and two 7 inch pieces. I used a rough sand paper to make sure the edges were smooth. It takes some elbow grease!

This gave us a great opportunity to practice using a tape measure and watching mom put in the elbow grease to cut the pieces. We had to play around with a few sizes and use our problem solving skills to make the perfect heart! The end result was that you need 6 pieces, 2 small, 2 medium and 2 large. Now we also made some other hearts with the different sizes I cut. Not quite as nice but we also made one with 3 inch, 5 inch and 10 inch pieces,

This kid loves his PVC pipe hearts! He also loves this awesome building kit. So many neat ideas to try!

It’s amazing what you can make for play and learning. STEM activities are easy and engaging for young children! Give it a try and head to your local hardware store the next time you want to find a new activity. These PVC pipes are pretty and easy!