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Drawbots are made for camps, programs and events. Kids design a robot that draws, build it, play with it, and start over. It is an invention challenge for grades 3 and up, with everything in the kit.

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Kids draw their own characters, then build a cardboard Scene Machine that makes them move. Build and customize it all in one class period. Works for art, STEM, ELA and library.

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Where does the cardboard in our kits come from? Columbia Container, right here in Baltimore, turns big sheets into the small pieces kids build with. Here is how it gets made.

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Behind the scenes with cardboard linkages, our connectors and a Hummingbird robotics kit from BirdBrain Technologies. Add a motor and a cardboard dolphin leaps from the waves.

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Parents show up when kids lead. At this family night, learners ran the stations and showed their families how to build. Project packs make a learner-led event easy to set up. #familynight

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Free 3D print files for straw towers. Print the .3mf connectors, then build tall with our colossal straws. Free print and laser files: https://t.co/qp7Repw8xj

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Which spins better, symmetrical or asymmetrical? Kids test it when they build Blendies, spinning tops that blend colors in your brain. Hands-on color mixing for PK to grade 5. #makered

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Linkage creatures took over a family day at Port Discovery Children's Museum in Baltimore. Kids built cardboard machines with moving parts and brought them to life.

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Art educators from across Maryland spent a PD day building automata, cardboard machines that bring 2D drawings to life as moving 3D stories. Now their students get to make them too.

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Free laser files for a Monster Claw. Cut the levers from cardboard, add a pneumatic kit, and it grabs. Free print and laser files: https://t.co/qp7Repw8xj

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Family night goes better when everyone builds. Kids and grown-ups at a school gym putting together giant straw structures, one connector at a time. #familynight

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Free 3D print files for the Servo Install Kit. Print the clips and add a servo motor to your cardboard machines.

Free print and laser files: https://t.co/qp7Repw8xj

[Carrie Mateja @LibMateja]

@KicicZerina students created some unique @futuremakerkids art machines today during #JCPSLibraries. #creativeminds @JCPS_LMS @BillPerkins12

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More fun using @futuremakerkids kits with @WilderWildcats in Bors’ first grade.
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Thank you @futuremakerkids for being a Trendsetting Bingo Game Sponsor for our 2nd Annual Designer Bag Bingo Event! Join the fun by becoming a sponsor: https://t.co/GEcO3MRB12

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Why is play important for both students & educators? Matt Barinholtz, CEO of @futuremakerkids, shares how hands-on, playful learning boosts growth for all!

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#EdTech #STEMEducation #TeacherLife #HandsOnLearning

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@jenifer_crisp @joelholtry @MarsEstatesBCPS Thanks @jenifer_crisp and @MarsEstatesBCPS for bringing Sparks to your learners this school year!

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Today Mr. Holtry’s @joelholtry fifth grade class earned peaceful day recess with @futuremakerkids engineering kits! So much fun and engagement! @MarsEstatesBCPS Collaboration and building relationships! #communityschools

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If you’re a #makerspace #librarian at #alaac24 stop by the Maker Pavilion and pick up a free Spark - see you this weekend in San Diego!

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A sneak peek at a new Spark… Scene Machines!

Inspired by the Automata collection at Baltimore’s @TheAVAM , we’re investigating ways anyone can create simple cardboard automata without needing special tools or materials.

Watch this space - more coming soon!