We welcome makers of all ages. Schoolhouse is designed for parents and teachers with kids 3-11, and any makers who are interested in open-ended making, STEAM, and process art. 

You'll gain access to your hub as soon as you sign up. Once you enroll, we'll send you an email with your login details.

The videos are short form, and roughly 3-6 minutes long. These can be watched by parents for planning purposes, or by kids.

You can watch the activity videos on your own or with children. Our members do both, and it's different for each family or classroom. The activity videos are short, so they can be paused and you can do the activity while watching, or you can easily watch ahead of time and then do the project later. Some people like to go screen-free, and the PDFs are also a valuable resource in those situations. With younger kids, I'd recommend watching the videos on your own to understand how the project could go. Some videos, especially those in TinkerLab 101, are created directly for adults with explanations about how to support creative development and engagement.

As long as your membership is active, you will always have access to a month of activities (20+ activities each month) and TinkerLab 101. The previous month of activities will be replaced when a new month is introduced. 

As long as your membership is active, you will have access to a full hub of 300+ activities, the Creativity Library, and TinkerLab 101.

Our open-ended activities are adaptable and relevant across age groups, and offer an added benefit that you only have to set up one project rather than different projects for each child. We also offer "Extend It" ideas to help differentiate and expand lessons for more advanced makers.

First, Schoolhouse is much more than a collection of activities. In Schoolhouse you'll find support, expert advice, and creativity tools and resources to support your maker habit. If you're tired of collecting random ideas from the internet that aren't age-appropriate, require too much planning, are ad-heavy, or cost too much time to find, we also simplify the curation process to bring you the best kid-friendly art activities. We only share projects kids love, and all of this happens in a wholesome ad-free space so you can feel good about time spent with us.

We aim to keep things simple so you're not racing to the craft store multiple times each month. If you stock up on basics like crayons, markers, paper, watercolor paint, playdough (we'll give you a list), and household supplies like cardboard boxes, you'll be able to try a majority of our activities. Every now and then we'll introduce more unique materials because they're fun and expand children's ideas of what's possible. A majority of our prompts pull from the TinkerLab Basic Supply List.

TinkerLab Schoolhouse is designed for families to use with their child or children at home. One membership per family. If your friend would like to join, please direct them to this page. ❤️

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Classroom teachers & Librarians: TinkerLab Schoolhouse can be used in your classroom or library, and is not meant to be shared beyond this use. One membership per teacher, please. Please email us for permission if you want to share Schoolhouse materials (videos and PDFs) with families, in online streaming services (i.e. Zoom or library events), on TPT, or in professional development workshops.

Online schools, for-profit art studios, and teaching businesses: If you fall into one of these categories, please email us at support@tinkerlab.com to discuss B2B pricing.

We'll invite you to work through exercises in TinkerLab 101, a foundational course designed to help you establish a creative habit. Building on that, each week you'll get a curated calendar with 5 prompts (plus a supply list and tips for success) to keep your momentum going. We recommend setting aside time to try at least one prompt each week to develop and sustain your creative confidence. 

We welcome makers with all skills and have helped so many parents who were new to making. Our simple projects carve a clear and easy path to open-ended making, and our foundational success path, TinkerLab 101, will help you develop the creative skills you need to support your child along the way.

Yes! Please register for a free sample of the Candy Science activity here.

We offer a money-back guarantee. If it's not for you just email us within the first 3 days for your money back, no questions asked. You'll find our contact information inside your membership portal, or email us here: support@tinkerlab.com. Once you're a paying member, you can cancel any time and will only pay for the current billing cycle.

We recognize that some families can use extra help and we don't want anyone to get left behind for lack of resources. If you're facing financial hardship, scholarships are available. Apply here.