Easter egg structures.

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We are a Science Magnet school, and projects are required. A few years ago, I started offering after school sessions where students could make their boards. We sell the boards at cost, and students can use our supply of cardstock, rubber cement, glue sticks, paper cutters, printers, etc. The best part is the Silhouette Cameo--they use that to make their titles in cool fonts. If you have any classes requiring projects, think about turning them into makerspace offerings.

This is a simple craft station I put out the week before.

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There is quite a variety of valentine cards combined with circuitry--this one is pretty simple to make. You need card stock, copper tape, an LED, a coin cell battery and a small binder clip. You could really do something for any holiday or special event.

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Credit goes to South East Junior High for this one. My student aides cut words out of weeded magazines, and I leave a few of them out for students to pull their own words, too. I pull this out for Poetry Month in April.

Our students wrote letters to the students of Parkland after the Parkland tragedy. It was healing for both sides. This makerspace idea could be applied to any disaster or circumstance. Acts of service help everyone who engages in them.

Dollar Tree has the tealight candles and ping pong balls. Add Sharpies and a glue gun, and you are all set. Easy and fun! (The Dollar Tree ping pong balls are more rubbery, so I can cut into them by just puncturing with a screwdriver and using regular scissors to enlarge the hole. For regular ping pong balls, you'll need an Exacto knife).

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Students can sign up for spots to make gifts. We do recycled book and magazine crafts, glitter and mod podge glass bead magnets, snowmen tealight ornaments, and more.

This is a pop up makerspace with our local public YA librarian, who visits CLHS at roughly once a month.

These are the pre-made sugar skulls we used to decorate. I made royal icing in different colors and got assorted sprinkles at Michaels.

Sugar Skulls from Teachers Discovery

Royal icing recipe

Have students create ornaments from Legos, take a picture, and Lego will donate sets of their bricks to children in need of play.

Lego Build to Give

To promote your 3D printer, or sell for 50 cents to raise money for more filament.

A simple craft project that makes a great holiday gift. I get the tealight candles at Dollar Tree and use Sharpies and cardstock to decorate.

These are simple to make and a great use of discarded books.

How to Make

This is a fun holiday project incorporating LED's, coin cell batteries, and copper wire.

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