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August 2020
Build with the Make: Origami Paper Circuits Kit
Make: Origami Paper Circuits Kit - Bring your paper crafts to life! Pair crafting with circuits for more light-up origami fun! We'll make a glowing paper balloon, a wild blinking ninja star, and an adorable Ladybug Bot that will buzz around your worktable. Join us and build your origami skills, learn about electricity, and make something fun with Sandy Roberts and the Make: Origami Paper Circuits Kit. Combine simple electronics with the centuries-old Japanese paper craft art of Origami. By…
Find out more »October 2020
Make Decorative Día De Los Muertos Calavera with Sandy Roberts
Make: Decorative Día De Los Muertos Calavera with Sandy Roberts! Learn the history, chemistry, and craft behind making sugar skulls --Calaveras -- a traditional part of the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead. Then we'll learn to make our own and decorate them. As an extra bonus, we'll make a light-up sugar skull card! Watch and make LIVE on the Family Maker Camp FB page or on the Make: Kids Youtube channel. Materials list: table sugar powdered sugar…
Find out more »November 2020
Move and Groove with Makey Makey
Get your Makey Makey Classic and get ready to Move and Groove with Sandy Roberts! The Makey Makey is an invention kit designed by MIT. It allows a user to connect everyday objects to the computer and Internet. That means that you can control that computer using bananas, PlayDoh, aluminum foil, even graphite from a pencil! Using Scratch — a free block-based visual programming language designed for kids — we’ll merge creativity and technology to make projects that will have…
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