What is a Tinkerer or a Maker?

Famous Makers

Makerspace: A makerspace is a place set up to help people work together on creative projects.

Menlo Park Bell Labs Tesla Workshop Tony Stark’s Garage Ralph Baer’s Deskschool

Projects for a Makerspace Cardboard Automata Toy Take Apart Scribbling Machines Squishy Circuits Cloth Circuits Paper Circuits

Cardboard Automata Cheap materials to get the engineer thinking. Gears and motion

Toy Take Apart Cheap Fun Educational Reusing Discovering Inventing Modifications Reverse Engineering Toy Hacking

Scribbling Machine In The Classroom Outdoors Exploring your motor Reinventing your machine and taking this idea to different places. Plus a good fundraiser.

Squishy Circuits Learn about insulator Conductor and Circuits Add some art to the circuits Easy to get materials Kneading the dough

Clothes Circuit Using cloth or other materials to make wearable electronics EL Wire Conductive Paint Plastic Bag Clothes

Paper Circuit DIY Operation Game Conductive Cards Making a circuit using conductive materials to make your paper projects come to life.

New inventive way to explore electronics. The “Lego for the digital generation”.

Projects

Things for a Makerspace Glue gun Iron Box Cutter w/gloves Soldering Iron

Buttons Empty thread spools Puzzle pieces Scrapbook paper Plastic lids (clean) Shoe boxes and smaller gift boxes Stickers Wheels from old toys Old jewelry Matte board Silk flowers CDs Plastic containers (clean) Toilet paper and paper towel tubes (free of any paper) Magazines Calendars Greeting cards sewing fabric Plastic gears Ribbons Rick-rack and other trim Washers and nuts (medium sized) Old broken electronics: Have an old stereo or small kitchen appliance that is no longer working? We want it! Unfortunately our storage space is limited so we are specifically looking for small appliance items here, things like old power drills that no longer work, maybe a hand mixer or clock radio, or that record player you never use anymore. Old Toys : Do you have a closet full of old action figures, little army men, or Barbie dolls that are no longer being used? Maybe that old electronic toy guitar, or RC car that no longer works? Have a remote control for a toy, but forgot what it went to? We want it all. Flashlights: We have a need for all things that light up, whether that be a flashlight, or a small desk lamp you’re no longer using. Things with LEDs are super great. Have a collection of old light up swords or wands that aren’t being used anymore? We want them. Cardboard: You might not have noticed, but we clearly have a love for all things cardboard in our Arts Center, and we are always looking for more, whether it’s large boxes, left over cardboard sheets, tubes of all shapes and sizes, we want them. There is a particular need for smaller (12x12inch) boxes at the moment. Textiles: Are you a quilter, or a sewer, or just looking to empty out you closet? We have a need for fabric, whether it’s bolts, sheets or scraps. Bicycle wheels: You will be amazed what we can do with a bicycle wheel, rim bent ? It’s okay! No tire? That’s okay too! Wood: Are you a wood worker? Do you have old picture frames, left over trim, or other wood scraps piled around? We’ll take them!