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Whooo... oooooh... aaaaahhhhh... YEAY! How many acrobats will you be able to balance? Learn about the centre of gravity, the power of weights, kinetics and of course, design with Alexa in this entertaining and imaginative project.
A selection of some of our most entertaining and educational projects in design techniques to really get little minds thinking!
We've developed a MONSTER of a project for you to enjoy. Alexa will show you how to make a moving MECHANICAL MONSTER or automata during this lesson. Which body part will your monster move?
The bunnies are bouncing with excitement over this decorative project. Learn about collage, symmetry, relief work and how to build a portfolio of personally designed papers to work with in future. Let's jump to it with Alexa.
Embrace and understand how colours interact with this kinetic homemade aid. The Rainbow Infinity Loop can assist children in understanding how colours interact, how they're made and which colours blend or bounce when placed together.
We've designed a decorate-your-own Bug Greeting Card for you to run wild with. Let's really play with colour, texture and character through collage, colouring and cutting before this creepy crawly scuttles away!
Ooooo-Aaarrrrhhh.... Let's play dress up with Alexa's imaginative design for a bristly woven beard. Will you be a pirate, a wizard, a leprechaun perhaps? Children can learn handy design skills when they build their own character in this lesson.
Where leprechauns drop their gold coins, shamrocks grow straight out of the grasses! Let's get ready to celebrate St.Patrick's Day on the 17th of March with a Shimmering Shamrock Crown worthy of the luckiest leprechauns.
Who’s that flying in to the rescue? A caped crusader in a custom costume! Watch out baddies, there’s a new hero in town! Design a SUPERHERO FINGER PUPPET of your very own with Alexa using materials you have at home.
Feedback from parents
“From Day 1 they came home with smiling faces - their imaginations were well & truly put to use and their attention was captured in the very best ways.They produced some incredible work in such a short space of time & just had a great week.They are all talk about when they can do the camp again. Thanks to all the staff for giving the kids such a fun week. Couldn’t recommend it more!”
Parent of child“My nearly 7-year old little boy went to the inaugural Makers and Doers camp this week with three incredible industry design professionals and he loved! He built his own theatre, paper puppets and his design brain was lit up! I am amazed at all of the incredible creations from the week. I would book him in for another camp tomorrow, and for regular classes. I have already expressed to Gerry my keen interest in an adult class!In a very left-brain centred world, we need to hone the creative brain as much as we can. This camp provided all of that, and more.Thank you to Gerry, Mairead and Alexa for a highly stimulating and brilliant week.”
Parent of child“My daughter (7) loved the Makers and Doers camp this summer. Gerry and the team created a welcoming, fun, open and creative atmosphere for the children and the standard of work they produced was incredible. A huge effort went into the materials, the preparation and running of activities and such care was taken to ensure each child was guided and supported throughout. My daughter was so proud to show off the work she did every day, which is a clear sign of success. She got so much out of it and had lots of fun along the way; I'll definitely be signing her up for the next one.”
Parent of child“"My two children (8 and 6) really enjoyed the camp. They came home happy and enthusiastic every afternoon and were looking to working on their projects the next day."”
Parent of child“My son really enjoyed Makers & Doers Camp. It was a great combination of creative imagination and physically producing work. He was so excited and proud of his creations everyday coming home to tell us all about it.”
Parent of child“"My son loved the makers and doers summer camp. It’s great to have an activity that encourages creativity and shows kids that building is fun"”
Parent of child“Really wonderful week of fun, normally very hard to get my kid into a camp but he was really looking forward to each day. Great location and wonderful creative and kind teachers. Can't recommend enough!”
Parent of childAll of courses are online and exclusive to members of Makers & Doers. Each week receive a premium course that aims to work with your childs fine-motor skills, whilst also opening up opportunities to problem solve in real time.
Our courses are designed to introduce children to Design Thinking through problem solving
Our courses give children room to explore their relationship with 'failure', embracing the experience and learning that come from making mistakes.
Our courses are designed to assist children foster resilience
Our goal is to provide children all over the world with easy access to our knowledge.