Last Updated on November 13, 2026 by admin
For years kids have been obsessed with Squishies and NeeDoh stress balls as well as fidgets like Fidget Spinners and Fidget Cubes. But lately nothing seems to be as popular as fidget clickers. Kids seem to want them in every color and with their name on them.
It’s easy to make your own fidget clicker. Plinky Dink offers its 3D printed clicker parts at the Plinky Dink Fidget Clicker Bar in downtown Menomonee Falls, just 20 minutes north of Milwaukee. Kids can make their own clicker there by assembling the parts to create their very own customized clicker.
Finding it
The Clicker Bar is inside Poppy & Thyme on Appleton Avenue. Poppy & Thyme is a small, family owned business. In a world where chain stores want to lock out small, family owned businesses from your local downtown area, it is great to support them. The 3D printed parts for the fidget clickers are all made in Menomonee Falls. Also, when they sell a design that isn’t their own, they pay the independent designer of that design.
We’ve seen tables with clicker kits at a few craft fairs and pop-up shops around the area, but as far as we know, a store with a permanent fidget clicker bar is a new thing for Wisconsin. So, this is something you can take the kids to on a random Tuesday and they’ll probably have a good time.
How it works
When you get there, kids can head to the area of the store set up for the Clicker Bar. Nobody signs your kid up for anything and no one shows them how to do it. They choose a frame, search for the letters, solid colors or design keys that they are looking for in the bins and push them into the frame until complete. Most kids can put one together within 20 minutes and the hardest part is deciding on all of the colors!
Ideas if they get stuck
Many kids first choose to have their name made into their fidget. If your child is having a hard time making choices, the following may help:
- a nickname, or a best friend’s initials (instant gift)
- school or team colors and no letters at all
- a rainbow or even a single color going from light to dark
- all design keys, for the kid who only cares how it clicks
A few tips
Prices for building a custom clicker start at $7.50 and for a finished clicker $5.99. You can expect to pay more for larger frames and more keys. For kids who like company while they build, Saturdays at the Clicker Bar are a great time to go. Other kids are there making their own clickers to take home and show off to their friends and family.
Don’t worry if they change their mind. There are plenty of pieces to choose from, so it’s easy to swap. The keycaps are small parts, so clickers are for children 3 years and up. Clicker Pencils are also available and make great personal items that are quiet for classroom use.
A popular stop after birthday parties
The owners say the Clicker Bar is a favorite stop for party guests after they have made perfume, cologne or nail polish at the Poppy & Thyme Make & Take Bar for a birthday party. Although the clickers are an additional cost on top of the price for your party package, they are an easy add-on for kids. And instead of taking home one thing that they made, they take home two!
Why we like sending people here
Plinky Dink is a small family owned business. They print every clicker right here in Menomonee Falls, and the designs that are their own are created here too. Your money will be spent downtown at a small family owned business rather than a large big-box store.
Take & Make: clicker kits for birthdays and Christmas
The Clicker Bar flips make-and-take around with its take-home kits. Instead of making it here and taking it home, you take it home and make it there. Plinky Dink Take & Make Clicker Kits make a great birthday gift and fit in a stocking for a fun activity on Christmas morning. Or, choose from more than 40 kinds of ready-made clickers or even go with a personalized clicker pencil instead.
The basics
- Price: from $7.50 to build your own clicker. Ready-made clickers (40+ different kinds) start at $5.99.
- Reservations: not needed
- Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Where: Poppy & Thyme, N88W16726 Appleton Ave., Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
- Parking: free public lot next door
- Phone: 262-293-9669
- Photos and FAQ: Plinky Dink Fidget Clicker Bar
While you’re downtown
Additionally, Poppy & Thyme, the shop where the Clicker Bar is located, offers a variety of make-and-take projects for grown-ups including scents for perfume and cologne, candles made of soy wax, sugar scrub, and nail polish. Planning a party? See our guide to kid-friendly make-and-take birthday parties. Find more make-and-take projects in the Menomonee Falls make-and-take shops guide as well as in the Make & Take Shop Hop locations list.
