I had a kneeling table (which was just an overturned display case from DT) that was perfect for children to work on when kneeling. It is great for big drawing, cutting cardboard, building on, etc. But it has disappeared! I'd love to have another like this one! Thank you!

I love this idea of a standing easel with using shadow to create art. I am not sure how it was made but it would need a light source coming from the back, plexiglass in the middle, a stand, and perhaps a clip of some sort to hold the paper in the front. What do you think?

A way to display family photos that is mobile and children can take on and take off and has a natural aesthetic. Perhaps something like the photo.

The first steps children love to play with water but it all gets spilled or dumped out too quickly. We would love to have something that collects rain water on the terrace with a spigot that would disperse the water into bowls or cups.

I would like to have a large felt board made that is sturdy enough for story telling for me and the children (3 & 4 years old). It could be one that mounts to the wall or it could be one that is standing on the floor with a tray for all the felt characters. Bonus if you want to make felt characters for stories!

Our Hot Wheels have no where to go.... I would like someinteresting ramps, bridges, roads, twists and turns made for our cars. Right they have some blocks but it doesn't make for a great track.

A board for "sewing" - holes in a board that children could put a thick plastic threaded needle in and out of to create designs. 

Beautiful stand for chunky pencils - this could be moved to different spots in the room and a 3 year old should be able to reach them. It is good fine motor work getting them in and out and helps care for them.

In upper cage, there is a net on the fence to keep archery arrows from getting broken and going throw the fence. During archery, the net should have a bit more space away from the fence. We are looking for a quick to install spacer that can be used.

What to do here? We have a space void here on the other side of the sink. It is 65 cm tall and 118 cm wide. I think a storage area would be nice. Maybe even a better way to hold or sort garbage/plastic/paper. I'd love to hear your ideas. Art storage? Standing area to draw? A house above for small dolls or animals? 

I would like to create 4-6 theatre flats. I would like them to be about 6 feet tall, and about the width of a doorway,  wooden-frame, and with either black cloth or light wood painted with chalkboard paint. I want to be able to use the flats as Set Pieces that students can draw or write on with chalk. The flats also need to be on wheels to move around easily

Students are in need of sustainable materials that can be used for a variety of learning opportunities and reduce the amount of paper used for literacy and math. I am seeking various wooden frames to support students in exploring early literacy and math skills. I would like a set of 6 single row ten frames, 6 standard ten frames (two rows of 5), a set of 6 CVC word building frames, and a set of 6 math boards (as seen in photos). If possible, I would also like wooden coins engraved in sets of upper case letters, lower case letters, blends and digraphs, and numerals 0-20 with mathematical symbols. The individual square openings on each of the frames should fit the wooden coins. Ideally, the coins would have magnets added on the back to provide the option of also using these on the vertical whiteboard.

In the pictured examples, each wooden coin measures approximately 1.5 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick.  The single row ten frame measures approximately 18 x 3 inches and 1/2 inch thick. The standard ten frame measure approximately 10.5 x 5 inches and 1/2 inch thick. The CVC word building frame measures approximately 10 x 6.5 inches and 1/2 inch thick. The math board measures approximately 10 x 9 inches and 1/2 inch thick. 

We are missing the battery cover, and the batteries fall out of it is moved.

A stand to a big tray - tray table. You can see the measurements on the stand that are in the photos. I want it to be in the color black.

I would like a structure to organize cardboard in the ES makerspace. This would be a larger structure, as we have large pieces of cardboard that needs storage.  I also don't want the structure to take up a lot of space in the room.  

I need an organizer for my sentence strips that has an open top so that I can look through them easily. It should fit on the top of my bookshelf (see attached photo) and have 5-7 sections. The one I have currently (see attached) does not allow me to flip through the sentence strips with ease.

I need a water bottle holder for my daughter's ebike. Because if the placement of the battery, a traditional holder on the frame does not work. Attached is a photo of the bike (ben-e-bike 26 Pro if you need dimensions)

I have a dog named Gus, who is a rescue dog from Turkey. He is somewhere between 12-14 years old. The vet told me it's not good for him to bend his head down to eat and drink, that I should raise up his bowls. I think it would be good to have a place slotted out for his bowls, maybe his name can be somewhere. I don't know how high the bowls should be. 

The desks in my room have locks to prevent the desks from moving when you don't want them to. These locks do not work, causing the desks to roll around the room all day. 

I believe this is a problem that anyone that has these desks would benefit from a solution.

I do want to be able to move the desks, so it would be good if we could find a way to have a brake that goes on and off, rather than permanently making the desks immobile.

I would like to create a fun visual for ongoing competitions between my 5 classes.

I would like 5 clear tubes that are just big enough to hold a standard ping pong ball.

Each tube must be just tall enough to hold 10 ping pong balls.

It must have a way to mount it on the wall.

It cannot be longer than 60cm.

There must be a way to empty the tubes without taking the whole thing off the wall (perhaps the tubes are removable?)

It has to be light enough to mount to the wall and sturdy enough to not fall apart if it gets bumped (since it's in a classroom).

It would be good if there was a clear pocket in front of each tube so I can insert the name of the section (01B, 02A, 08B, etc.) That would change every year, so I need to be able to insert and remove the paper.

The idea is that when everyone brings their planner, they get a ping pong ball, the first section to 10 gets a prize. (The criteria will change throughout the year.)

I have a name tag holder that was made by students about 5 years ago. Now that I have used it, I would like to work on improving it. Ideally, it would be:

-Lighter, so it could be mounted on the wall.

-Sturdier, so you can pick it up without it falling apart.

-The trim around the front broke. Maybe something more durable for a classroom?

In the middle school office, I have a big stack of coloured paper that teachers can use. It often gets messy as teachers pull out different colours, and it is hard to organise it properly- refilling a particular colour for example. Can you make something that separates the paper and looks good? 

I have a corner cabinet in my kitchen with a wire rack for storing pots. Inside there is a plastic connecting piece which has broken off. Unfortunately, spare parts are no longer available, so I can't buy a replacement. I wanted to ask if you see any way to repair this connector or create a copy using a 3D printer. I would really appreciate any help.

I have classroom caddies that don't have a 5 sections, only 3 small and one big. I want there to be another divider that fits snug so I can have 5 sections in the caddy.  

I have a lot of earrings, and I need something to keep them organized, especially the hanging ones.

My clothes and coats get messy and I have trouble finding what i need quickly. I think that I need a standing hanger (see picture for inspiration ). Would you be able to help?

Our lunch cards get tangled when thrown in a box, and it is hard for students to find their own one among them. I would love to get 4 boxes that can fit 23 lunch cards. There should be a partition between each lunch card. Each partition should have its own number from 1-23. The library will use these.

I would like a wooden slant board for the athletic training room that athletes can use to do rehab exercises and stretch with. 

I'm thinking of a 30° slant board.The screenshot has the angle and size of the triangle, 9"x18"x15.588". I'm thinking the actual surface should be 24" wide. It could hopefully support up to 120kgs. The video below is an example of a slant board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeURIdqz9pY

I use whitboards most lessons and like to have them on the table, bt they cn b iin the way when not in use. I would like a storage solution too attach to the table legs on the side of a desk that can hold 2 A3 whiteboards,  a few pens and 2 erasers.

I love my fruit smoothies in the morning but I am always the first one out of bed and my smoothie maker is very loud. My family complains it wakes them up. I am wondering if a sound barrier could be made to decrease or muffle the sound from the maker. 

I would want it to be as small as possible, as effective as possible, and a way to reach the buttons when the sound muffler is pn. 

I am in need of a Marching Machine for a piece we are playing. They aren't available very widely and most people just make their own.

Here's what it looks like from a webpage about a band director making one for himself: https://www.scottwatsonmusic.com/compositions/band-grade-2-3/marching-machine

I was just wondering if this is something that could be a class project?

If it's not something that looks interesting as a class assignment (or you just don't want to do it, no worries from me) would I be able to use some of the school equipment to put it together myself?

Just FYI, I would need this sooner rather than later so that we can practice with it before our concert on December 2nd.

As you may know we offer pickleball in the Stroth Gym on Tuesday nights, but the PE nets we’re using are too low compared to the official height. So far, we’ve tried quick fixes (like foam batons), but they fall off whenever the ball hits the net.

Your challenge: Design and build a simple extender that can attach to the existing net system and raise it to the correct pickleball height. It should be:

• Easy to attach and remove

• Stable (doesn’t fall off when the ball hits the net)

• Durable for repeated use

Pictures are included to show the current setup. We’d love your creative solutions—your design could make a big difference for our school’s pickleball games

Marnee 

Frankfurt International School

Physical Education 

We would like a table for our outdoor kitchen.

We trialed a few ways to help the big tri-fold boards stand up outside and it was somewhat successful, but they often fell down in the back. If there are ways to hold these up in windy conditions, I would welcome some ideas. The only thing is that the Activity fair will be on Sept. 11, so this is tight for timing, but could be trialed for next year? 

The 3d side holders did work, but the boards were a bit thicker than the small holders to fit and they were light weight. I can show you what they looked like. It is more about some kind of weight to hold them steady. 

I require a secure, multi-layered storage box to ensure the robot's safety and easy to move. The lower compartment should be designed specifically for storing the robot, while the upper section should include two to three drawers with separate compartments to organize and store various components efficiently. This structure will provide both protection and organization, ensuring all necessary parts are securely stored and easily accessible.

All the desks in the room have "brakes" that totally DO NOT work. When you put them on, they just don't keep the desks from rolling. This causes the desks to roll around the room, and is a real pain. On a scale of 1-10, this is an 11!

We could really use another instrument storage cart (for cellos and violins), like the one that the 2 students made for us a couple of years ago.

During all of the cafeteria construction we started using the cart in the E.S. junior lounge. It's turned out to be very helpful to have there for the younger students to leave their instruments when they arrive at school. This means, though, that I don't have the cart in my classroom anymore, and I really miss it! It was so helpful to have it in my room for flexible storage.

We'd really appreciate it if anyone is still looking for a project and is interested.

DT constructed a rolling rack for double basses a while back, and we wanted to ask if it could be modified. Firstly, it's too big for the storage room so if it could be made smaller to fit just two basses, that would be amazing. Also, one of that castor wheels is broken, so it doesn't really roll well.

Here's a photo, it's sitting in the round area outside the band room at the moment.

Let me know if this is something DT could take care of, thanks!

All best

Gabriel (music department)

I am looking for sturdy storage containers or organizers for classroom supplies (markers, erasers, pencil sharpeners, glue sticks, rulers, scissors, etc.) that allow students quick and easy access in their table groups. The organizers should accommodate various item sizes and fit easily on a desk. I’ve attached a picture of the containers we’ve used in the past, but none have fully solved the storage issue.

We would love to have some mirror for the children to move around and use them for their creations. We would need 2 of these

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