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WORKSHOPS

Thank you for registering for Maker Days 2021!  Please select the workshops you registered for below for access to instructional videos, additional resources (if any), material lists, drop in zoom links, and photo galleries.  Please note the password for all zooms (unless otherwise stated) is maker21.  

 

Most importantly, don't forget to share your work.  Happy making everyone!

ZIPLINE RACER

Grades K-4

Calling all daredevils! Here is your chance to build the ultimate zipline racer.

PAPER POLYHEDRA

All Grades

Build a foldable 3D dodecahedron (and more!) using scissors, paper & glue and explore the surprising spatial properties and relationships. You can color print the cut-out designs or print in black & white and color it yourself.

BALLOON CAR RACER

All Grades

Get ready! Get Set! Go! All you budding race car enthusiasts come and build your own balloon powered car. Watch it race across the floor and be the next Daytona 500 winner.

MYO SHRINKY DINKS WITH RECYCLABLES

All Grades

Make your own Recycled Shrinky Dinks from garbage! Put those takeout containers to good use, and learn how to make a “shrinky” out of them!

RE/UP CYCLE WORKSHOP

All Grades

Using found and recycled objects, we're going to explore ways to change them into useful and decorative pieces for you to enjoy.

PAPER AIRPLANE ENGINEERING

All Grades

Impress your friends and learn how to build the world record holder paper airplane! This aerodynamically superior glider will soar in the sky. Decorate, test fly and modify it to see how your airplane’s flight path changes. Fun for engineers and test pilots of all ages!

EPIC HOME IMOVIE TRAILER

All Grades

Calling all aspiring directors! Make an epic story out of the most ordinary household items or activities using iMovie templates. Don’t have an action hero? Use a doll! Looking to cast a love story? Try two potatoes! You don’t need a lot of fancy props to make a fun and exciting movie story come to life!

MARBLE MAZE

All Grades

The Marble Maze, a Maker Day favorite, is back! You can easily make a maze at home using cardboard paper towel rolls, cardboard boxes, or anything lying around that you can tape to a wall or the floor! Get some marbles–or even rubber balls–and have some fun! You can make the maze as complex or as simple as you want. It's a great activity for the whole family!

PAPIER-MÂCHÉ OWL

All Grades

Get your hands dirty while using household items to create your own papier-mâché taxidermy! In this workshop, we will make your very own Rutherford to hang on your wall.

AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR OBSTACLE BUILD

All Grades

Design your own obstacles, learn some fun movement games, and train with an American Ninja Warrior!

MAKER COIN 3D PRINTING CHALLENGE

Grades 3-8

Baby Yoda. Travelling to Mars and back. Viral TikTok videos causing the CEO of Snapple Facts to jumpstart community design in order to help a World Record Holder with his illness. Come learn more about the past, present, and future of 3D printing and design and knock out your own project.

OPTICAL ILLUSION SET DESIGN

Grades K-5

Sure, you’ve probably changed your background for your video call--but what if you swapped a virtual background for an actual foreground!? In this workshop, you’ll learn about a skill in photography and film called forced perspective.

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