It’s been almost a year since Nintendo released its game-changing console, the Nintendo Switch. Now, the beloved video game company has announced Nintendo Labo, an awesome DIY kit that lets kids use cardboard to create awesome interactive toys.

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Why your kids will love the Nintendo SwitchNintendo Labo, which will be available in April, features two different kit options. The first is a Variety Kit that comes with five projects, which Nintendo is calling “Toy-Cons” (after the Switch’s adaptable Joy-Con controllers). By folding up the pre-cut cardboard pieces, kids can create an RC car, a fishing rod, a house, a motorbike and a piano! Each Toy-Con comes to life when integrated with the console, so you can actually play music on the piano’s 13 keys or steer the motorbike down a virtual race track. The second kit option is the Robot Kit, which lets you build a robot suit that your kid can wear. By inserting the Joy-Cons into the suit, your kid can control the giant robot on the screen just by moving around.
These kits take the Switch to a whole new level of versatility. In Nintendo’s promo video for Labo, they show flashes of a kick-drum pedal, an engine and even a bird. And since they’re all made of cardbo...