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Let's Invent! Episode Six: Chain Reactions with Strawbees and Makey Makey

Apr 28, 2020 This week on "Let's Invent!" we teamed up with Strawbees to create chain reactions with everyday materials from home. Both Lindsay and Colleen were inspired to tinker with chain reactions at the start of the "stay at home" orders around the... READ MORE

Introducing our New Classes for Kids at Home!

Apr 24, 2020 Have a Makey Makey at home? Ready to start inventing from home? We’ve been working hard at creating a course that kids can take on their own! The first four lessons are live, but we are busy bees still... READ MORE

Let's Invent! Episode Five: Story City at Home with Liam Nilsen

Apr 21, 2020 We had a great episode today as part of our weekly "Let's Invent!" series! We invited one of our favorite people, Liam Nilsen on our show. Liam is a LEGO learning experience specialist and he shared his new idea for... READ MORE

Connect a Makey Makey to your iPad to Build a Mouse or Trackpad! Code your Key Presses!

Apr 16, 2020 We heard in March 2020 that the new iPad OS would support arrow keys and mouse or trackpad movement, so we bought a sampling of adapters to test it out with our little invention kit! As of April 13th, iPads running... READ MORE

Let's Invent! Episode Four: Scrappy Circuits with Michael Carroll

Apr 14, 2020 Today Tom and Colleen met with Michael Carroll from Scrappy Circuits. Scrappy Circuits are a perfect concept for inventing from home, because just like how we believe the world is your construction kit, Mike and Chris believe that you can... READ MORE

Creativity Matters- The Color Monster: Combining Creativity and Emotions

Apr 14, 2020 Picture by Elena Vercher Last year Makey Makey Ambassador Elena Vercher shared a great project for creating an audibly accessible book with a popular book in Spain called The Colour Monster. Here is the book read by Sherry from What... READ MORE

Creativity Matters- An Instructables Collection for Making Musical Instruments #AtHome

Apr 13, 2020 As we all adjust to being home and schooling from home, don't let creativity fall by the wayside! Check out this incredible collection of ideas for making musical instruments at home on Instructables. Make Something Musical We are honored... READ MORE