Have fun making stuff!
Cardboard Stuff
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Ponoko iphone document scanner
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Cardboard furniture images
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Cardboard bicycle
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Foldschool
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Cardboard Inspirations
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Ten Amazing Folding Chairs
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R-ply Cardboard Reclining Chair
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The Passionate Maker Blog
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Penn State Design Project #1: Cardboard Furniture Design
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Eco-Friendly Furniture
Nice design for a shelf unit
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Gomi Style: Cardboard Furniture
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Origami Cardboard Stool
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Cardboard Boat
It floats!
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Cardboardia website
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Make a Cardboard Rainstick
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Cardboard Automata
Exploratorium-explore simple machines
100t Amazing Cardboard Maker from Brazil
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100't Inteligente
She is so good she deserves her own folder.
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100t video
Cardboard domes and other structures
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How to build a geodesic dome out of cardboard
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Simply Different
Ideas for temporary shelters
Constructivism
Furniture
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DIY Classroom Pinterest
The Maker mindset is to Make rather than buy!
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Classroom Furniture Construction in Madagascar
They build their own.
Pallet Furniture
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Pallets Reclaimed
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Pallets Makers
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Pallet Park Bench
Design can be easily modified.
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Pallet Inspirations
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1 to 1 conversion
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Pallet Chairs
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Folding Stool Plans
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More Folding Stool Plans
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1001 pallets
PVC Furniture
Stuff to Make
Tools and Materials
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Tools and Materials for a High School Maker Space
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Kickstarted: Finding Space
Starting up a shared space (adults)
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Lessons Learned
Some great advice on getting started
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TinkerCad 3d design program
Explains cad program with free trial
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Library as Incubator Project
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Boston Children's Museum Recycle Shop
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exclrecycles.org
Videos
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Taking Stuff Apart: LAPTOP
I'd recommended working with safety glasses and at a bit slower pace!
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Maker Space at Detroit Eastern Market
"We apply our knowledge with our hands and with our brains."
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Kids Making Stuff at a Maker Faire
Get some stuff and get started!
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Caines Arcade
Cardboard and Imagination
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How Making Stuff Makes Science Fun
Footage from the San Francisco Maker Faire
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Innovators: Building an Electric Car for Speed
Audio broadcast 800 horsepower electric car
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Pallet Into Chair
Websites and Articles
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Introduction to Linkages: MOMATH
An easy project that helps show the math in maker spaces.
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Math Monday at MOMATH
Make and the Museum of Mathematics join up for a Make Mondays
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Makezine
Make Magazine Online
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Kids Building Things
Drawing your Inventions
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Maker Education Initiative
An organization created to nurture young makers.
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Make Stuff.com
Lots of project ideas.
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Bruce Mau Design: The Third Teacher
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The Unquiet Librarian: What is a Makerspace?
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Rick Hartman: Lessons from a Teaching Toymaker
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Makerspace Playbook
Great guide for settin up a makerspace.
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Teaching for Artistic Behavior
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Want to Make a Makerspace at School? Tips to Get Started.
MindShift. How we will learn.
Primary Spaces
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Explorations Play Studio, Charlottesville
Explorations is a play studio for children, aesthetically and purposefully designed to entice them to explore and discover!
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Let's Build
Fun Things to Do
Planning for Spaces
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Makerspace: Planning a Course
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Lessons Learned from a Pop-Up Makerspace for Kids
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Maker Camp on Google
Virtual DIY Camp for teens.
Bamboo
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1,000 Things to Make with Bamboo
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Bamboo Garden
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Make 4 Easy Bamboo Flutes
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Working with Bamboo: DIY Techniques
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Inspiration Green: Bamboo Furniture
Inspiration for some stuff that can be made with bamboo.
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How to Make a Bamboo Rainstick
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Cardboard Rainstick for kids
Ideas that will also work with bamboo (especially fillers).
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Japanese Handmade Stilts
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Bamboo Rainstick Images
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Bamboo Creation Images
Inspiration for things made of bamboo.
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Make a bamboo wind chime
Out of focus but you'll get the idea.
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Bamboo puili sticks
Hacks
Musical Instruments
jewelry
Pop Ups