I’ve been following Makey Makey by JoyLabz for a while and we finally got the chance to play with our very own set. Would you enjoy playing a game of PacMan with carrots or tinkering with a set of play dough piano keys?…
Young children are full of their own ideas, confidence, and enthusiasm for the new. As much as we hope they’ll retain this strong sense of self, as they get older it’s possible that their confidence can diminish with the influence…
Tinkerer: one who experiments with materials and ideas to fully understand their capacities, and who further iterates on their learning to find better solutions to current problems. Tinker Tots is a series of projects where I share tinkering materials or tools that can…
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. -Thomas Edison
Tinker /ˈtiNGkər/ n. to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it (MacMillan Dictionary) You may have noticed this quaint little word that’s at the heart of my blog title, and today I’d like to talk a bit about tinkering. I have a fun tinkering challenge up my sleeve (come back for…
My husband works at a university and the collector in me was overjoyed to discover that there’s a little-known department on campus that sells surplus property from departments that no longer need old projectors, desks, and reams of paper. I…
TinkerLab is a creative studio dedicated to sparking curiosity and a love for art through hands-on making. Our mission is to inspire creativity and experimentation in makers and artists of all ages, transforming everyday moments into creative adventures.
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