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Maker Monday: Let’s try collage!
Let your little ones get super-creative with magazine pages, newspapers or even junk mail.
Startable empowers entrepreneurial kids to turn ideas into businesses
“We want them constantly looking at different things and thinking, ‘What can I make out of that?’ Or, ‘Here’s a problem; how do I fix that?’”
Maker Monday: How to make your own knitting loom and start knitting
Any day is a fun time for a Maker Monday activity.
Maker Monday: Let’s make “t-shirt yarn”
Maker Monday is back with another great project. Details here.
Future Ready Career Centers are on display this week across Pennsylvania
Four Future Ready Centers will be host showcase events this week during Remake Learning Days. Details here.
Maker Monday: Let’s try making our own watercolor paints from old markers
Maker Monday fun: Did you know you could create new colors of paint from dried up markers? Here’s how.
Gwen’s Girls, the CSC, Children’s Museum and more fill the Northside with learning during Remake Learning Days
Remake Learning Days events will light up the Northside with learning. Details here.
Maker Monday: Let’s Try Making Origami Hearts (all you need is paper and scissors)
It’s Maker Monday! Check out Kidsburgh’s latest craft project right here.
Remake Learning Days invites Youth Ambassadors to tell the story of the festival
16 local high schoolers will chronicle the Remake Learning Days festival in the Pittsburgh region this year.
10 can’t-miss events in May for Pittsburgh kids
There are so many cool events in May for Pittsburgh kids. Check out our list.
Maker Monday: Let’s Try Embroidery
This Maker Monday project from the Children’s Museum will help your child discover the fun of embroidery.
Free ‘Wonder With Us’ events invite kids and parents to talk with superstar artists about creating and caring
During these free “Wonder With Us” events, you and your kids can meet incredible creatives.
Maker Monday: Let’s try tying knots to make a bracelet
Enjoy this free Maker Monday activity from Kidsburgh and the Children’s Museum.
Maker Monday: Let’s Try Building With Cardboard!
Check out this week’s Maker Monday craft project.
Maker Monday: How to make beautiful paper beads
Enjoy this fun Maker Monday project!
Jefferson Hills students create useful levels that look like Pittsburgh buses
Here’s how you can get your own “bus level” designed by kids at Jefferson Hills.
PBS KIDS offers 4 DIY projects to keep kids busy during holiday break
PBS KIDS for Parents has great ideas for keeping your little ones busy during the holiday school break.
At Handmade Arcade this weekend, check out maker demonstrations and gifts by local crafters — including teens!
You’ll find gifts FOR kids and gifts MADE BY kids at this year’s Handmade Arcade.
Matt’s Maker Space opens a new location at UPMC Western Psych to help kids with mental illnesses
Matt’s Maker Space has grown to include 30 locations in the Pittsburgh region.
Remake Learning Days, Pittsburgh’s homegrown learning festival, ramped up the fun right when families needed it
Families tell RLDAA that the festival’s hands-on events lifted spirits nationwide.