Tinkering Is Fun

Happy Winter! Find some fun in the cold with ice garlands and ice candle holders. (You can make them in your freezer if it's not cold enough outside...)

Ice Art These projects are a fun way to explore states of matter...Great projects for celebrating the winter solstice - or any winter celebration.

Happy April Fools' Day!
It's not too late to freeze your kids' cereal... ;-)

Happy April Fools’ Day Silly Tricks and Pranks! Here's what happened at our house on April Fools' Day ... Fun jokes and pranks.The secret to the best April Fools' Day tricks is to find the perfect balance ...

Here's a fun way to make a model of the Earth, Moon and Sun using pipe cleaners and pompoms. This model helps us explore what causes a year, day, night and eclipses.

Earth Moon Sun Model

https://youtu.be/S4l3Wlq_Emw

Make Leprechauns - Make Your Family Smile Cork Leprechaun ProjectNeed a little whimsy in your day?Is it possible that a mythical creature could help improve pandemic-induced mental health deteriorati...

A fun way to upcycle your old calendar photos...

Upcycled Valentines with Jokes Upcycle photos and spread some joy! Old calendar or magazine pictures make great recycled Valentine’s Day cards. DIY recycled Valentines get even better when...

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These Ice Art Sun Catchers and Candle Holders are fun winter projects for your kids to get outside, make some art and explore states-of-matter.

Ice Art

Rosa Parks' "Featherlite Pancakes" are a delicious way to help get started with celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. They pair well with conversations, books, and videos about civil rights. Also, yum!

Rosa Parks' Pancake Recipe Helps Us See The Human Side Of A Hero Parks jotted the recipe down on the back of an envelope. A Library of Congress curator says "this recipe is quintessentially African-American."

Want to help your kids spread a little joy? Aiming for a random act of kindness? Write a joke or get-well message on a paper airplane and launch it on to a neighbor's porch.

Spread a Little Joy with a Paper Airplane! Spread a little joy and cheer with messages, jokes and art on paper airplanes. Aim for a random act of kindness. Send a get well airplane to a neighbor's doo...

This week our Tinkering Subscribers will make spinning tops and conduct some fun investigations together.
Here's a little Spinning Top Medley we put together as a trailer for the Spinning Top activities we'll be sharing in more detail soon.

https://youtu.be/JYocU_EfDwQ

Spinning Top Trailer

It's not too late to give a last minute gift subscription to the Tinkerers in your life! Perfect for ages 5 to 12.
We'll send an email with your gift message when you sign up.
Check out some of our December videos Tinkering Is Fun and subscribe to our YouTube channel "TinkeringIsFun".

Each month includes 5 to 10 projects with video directions and 4 (optional) virtual classes where they can collaborate with other kids on engineering challenges, science investigations and clever, seasonal art projects. Supply boxes include a variety of materials including beeswax, llama wool, hardware, felt, wood, balloons, pompoms and stitching supplies that you’ll supplement with items from your recycling bin, yard and office supplies. Just click below and fill out the form to subscribe!

Tinkering Subscription Order Form A Tinkering Subscription includes a monthly small box of supplies, weekly video directions and an invitation to a weekly, 30-minute web conference for sharing projects and fun ideas. All projects support creative thinking, skill development and a Reduce-Reuse-Recycle ethic. All for about $10 per wee...

Winter Solstice is almost here. We made a video of one of our favorite Tinkering projects to help you celebrate. It involves hammering, ice, fire and recycling - that's hard to beat! Enjoy!

Metal Lantern DIY Recycled Metal Luminaria. This lantern or farolito project includes hammering, nails, ice, fire and recycling - hard to beat!

Happy December!

Make A Mini Tree DIY Tiny Cork Christmas Tree. This tiny evergreen is a fun decoration and is the perfect size to accompany small gnomes, etc.

Homeschooling or distance learning? Us too. Wondering what to do during the holiday break? We have lots of ideas. Want more information about our Kids' Tinkering Subscription? Watch this short video and then click the link to sign up or give someone a gift subscription. Fun stuff!

Tinkering Subscription Trailer Sign up for our Tinkering Subscription at the link below - https://forms.gle/ZXh7RdvCNLqb625g7

Looking for a novel holiday gift for the kids in your life? Would you rather give an experience than a toy? Gift subscriptions for Tinkering Supply Boxes are the perfect gift of fun and enriching projects for busy hands and active brains. Each month includes 5 to 10 projects with video directions and 4 (optional) virtual classes where they can collaborate with other kids on engineering challenges, science investigations and clever, seasonal art projects. Materials include beeswax, llama wool, hardware, felt, and stitching supplies that you’ll supplement with items from your recycling bin and office supplies. Just click and fill out the form to subscribe!
While supplies last, we also have some “Rocketry and Circuitry” kits available. Kits include everything kids need to make their own mini rockets and make circuits light up! Just email [email protected] for more info.

Tinkering Subscription Order Form A Tinkering Subscription includes a monthly small box of supplies, weekly video directions and an invitation to a weekly, 30-minute web conference for sharing projects and fun ideas. All projects support creative thinking, skill development and a Reduce-Reuse-Recycle ethic. All for about $10 per wee...

Here's a little sample of the sort of whimsical fun that pops out of a Tinkering Supply Subscription Box.
Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math? Check.
Silly, inventive, creative fun? Check!
Each monthly box includes 5 to 10 projects with video directions emailed weekly. Wish your kids had more science and art in their lives? Join us! Email us at [email protected] for more info.

Robo-Turkeys Need an unusual Thanksgiving craft? Make an upcycled Robo-Turkey to add some joy to your Thanksgiving. All you need are a cork, nails, foil and some out-of-t...

Make A Gratitude Tree Make a gratitude tree. All you need are some leaves, paper, crayons, scissors, string and branches.

Looking for a novel holiday gift for the kids in your life? Would you rather give an experience than a toy? Gift subscriptions for Tinkering Supply Boxes are the perfect gift of fun and enriching projects for busy hands and active brains. Each month includes 5 to 10 projects with video directions and 4 (optional) virtual classes where they can collaborate with other kids on engineering challenges, science investigations and clever, seasonal art projects. Materials include beeswax, llama wool, hardware, felt, and stitching supplies that you’ll supplement with items from your recycling bin and office supplies. Just click and fill out the form to subscribe!

While supplies last, we also have some “Rocketry and Circuitry” kits available. Kits include everything kids need to make their own mini rockets and make circuits light up! Just email [email protected] for more info.

Tinkering Subscription Order Form A Tinkering Subscription includes a monthly small box of supplies, weekly video directions and an invitation to a weekly, 30-minute web conference for sharing projects and fun ideas. All projects support creative thinking, skill development and a Reduce-Reuse-Recycle ethic. All for about $10 per wee...

October kid fun delivered to your door and inbox! This whimsical approach to serious S.T.E.A.M. focuses on upcycling and includes supplies, video directions and live Tinkering Workshops via Zoom. We'll cover the science investigations and explanations to help your kids engineer teeny pumpkin launchers. We'll also help them make and research owls, bats & spiders. Click this link to sign up -
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Teeny Clothes on a Line A whimsical, guerilla art installation movement... Need more whimsy, art, science and engineering in your kids' lives? Sign up for a monthly Tinkering Supply...

Now accepting new subscribers for Tinkering in September! Maybe your kids are online a lot this fall and you wish they were doing more with their hands. Maybe you wish your kids were having more art, science and engineering experiences. Maybe you don’t have time to research projects and prep materials. Not to worry. Introductory offers and scholarships available. Sign up at the link in the comments.

We just finished this Tinkering Subscription Trailer - a short video to show you in a bit more detail what this Tinkering Subscription Experience is all about. Please share with others!

If you're forming a pod for your children's schooling, consider coordinating an order for the whole group and you won't have to plan your own science, art and engineering activities! (Special pricing available for groups. Just ask if you need more details.)

Tinkering Subscription Trailer Sign up for our Tinkering Subscription at the link below - https://forms.gle/ZXh7RdvCNLqb625g7

Our Tinkering Subscription program brings the kinds of projects we used to only do in our camps and after-school programs to your house. Science, art, engineering, and fun! Monthly box, weekly videos, lots of projects. That's right - projects you don't have to plan or hunt down supplies for... Sign up at the link in the comments. Share with your distance learning/home schooling friends and family.

What Is Tinkering? Tinkering Camp

Are your kids doing distance learning or home school in the fall? Not sure you have time to set up hands-on science, art and engineering challenges? Subscribe to our Tinkering Supply Box Program for a monthly box accompanied by weekly art, science, and engineering projects. Join our weekly Zoom workshop or do the projects on your own. Save $5 when you sign up by Saturday 7/25. You’ll think they’re learning lots - they’ll think it’s fun. Win! Click the link to sign up.

Tinkering Subscription Order Form A Tinkering Subscription includes a monthly small box of supplies, weekly video directions and an invitation to a weekly, 30-minute web conference for sharing projects and fun ideas. All projects support creative thinking, skill development and a Reduce-Reuse-Recycle ethic. All for about $10 per wee...

Have you ever seen a comet? It's pretty memorable. Did you see Hayley's Comet? Or Hyakutake or Hale-Bopp?
Maybe you want to keep your kids up a little late and make some memories. The link below has great directions for finding the comet NEOWISE for the next few nights.
I've got my fingers crossed for clear, dark skies.
Enjoy!

How to see Comet NEOWISE | EarthSky.org Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is becoming increasingly tough before sunup. It's magnificent now, through binoculars, in the northwest each evening. Easiest to see from northerly latitudes. Coming into view from further south. Not visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Charts and more info here.

Looking for a fun and appealingly noisy activity for the Fourth of July? Grab a handful of chalk and that pile of bubble wrap you've been saving - you're ready for Hop-Scotch 2.0!

Check out some fun ideas in our latest YouTube video.

If you know someone who would love a month of exploring circuits, rockets and marble-roll fun, send them the link to our Tinkering Supply Box Subscription (it's in the comments below). It's not too late to jump into Tinkering for July.

A Tinkering Subscription includes a monthly box of supplies, weekly emails with video directions and a weekly virtual Tinkering Workshop. It's Summer Science Camp in a box.

Hop-Scotch Upgrade

We're getting boxes of fun supplies ready for July.
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In July we will design marble rolls, explore how electrons move through electric circuits, make functional light-up circuits on paper with copper tape, explore the science of rockets with a variety of homemade rockets and even make our own tiny flashlights. Fun!

We're offering: a monthly box of interesting engineering and craft supplies for 6 to 10 projects, a weekly video of project directions and science exploration and a weekly half-hour video conference for students to collaborate on engineering challenges.

A Tinkering Subscription makes a great gift too. Sign up with our new-subscriber discount using the link in the comments below. Sign up by June 26 to join us in July! We have scholarships available.

A recent comment from a happy customer, "We love our tinkering boxes from Sarah! They are filled with great materials that can be used in a variety of ways, and compliment the things we already have at home to make the fun last longer. The weekly online meetings are great and my quiet, mostly non-participating child comes out with a firestorm of ideas when it's over and he tinkers for hours!! I love how the kids can gain inspiration from one another and share the trials and tribulations of tinkering. It's just FUN!"