Motivating Kids for Modeling

I don't know what to do. I build and I try to get my kids into it.

My son build too but not in a long time " 6 months or so " I help him when he ask's and take him to the hobby shop when I can. But his more into Video Games.

I wish there was some kind of club here for kids here, that might get him more into modeling.

Bud

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink."

I don't think any perfect technique exists to force kids to be motivated toward model building. All you can do is expose them to the hobby, answer their questions, and encourage them should they wish to try their hand at building. Kids can be exposed to the hobby directly through us or by participating in model workshops, visiting hobby shops, stopping by the local modeling club meetings, or going to contests. Beyond these types of things, there's really not much you can do to make someone motivated toward model building.  

From some of my experence and what i have seen on this site here is my 2 cents.

1- Try and see what they like, either by pictures, books, tv, online, hobby shop or hobby shows.

2- Let them pick what they want, if they want to do a f-16 first then a battleship, let them have a go at it. With colors, they are always right.

3- Start off easy, if it becomes a chore to do a model then guess what? they'll no longer want to build models. The snap togeather ones i think would be a good start but i have seen warnings about some being harder then the ususal level 2 skill. And if they lose intrest then let them start a new one, i find that i lose intrest in models i'm halfway through and it's not longer fun to work on them so i move on.

4- Rember, this is ment to be fun. Don't try and push it on them. It could be that your kid simply does not like to build models but would rather sports. 

Another options is Bandai robot models, my boys love them. They snap together, requires no painting, and is posable afterwards.  After that, they started do some cars and airplanes, but still love those robot models. The main thing is that its for them to have fun, don't put your criteria on whats the proper way to paint it or that. Help when asked, but keep the critism down.

As said by others, you can't force someone to like modelling but you can expose them to it.

I think subject matter is very important. I tried to motivate my cousins to start aircraft modelling (just like I do) but it did not catch on with them. However, they do like to build and paint warhammer figures! Finding a subject that someone likes/finds interesting is the most important bit of getting someone to start modelling. If you like the subject, you will be motivated to finish the model.