What Could You Create? Inspiring Creativity with a New 3D Printing Challenge Every Week!

For our Makerspace, I also created a 3D Printing Challenge. In this one, I really want to push their creativity and thinking, and engage them with a challenge each week. 

It is called What could you create?  a New 3D Printing Challenge Every Week! 

I will give them a 3D printing challenge that will prompt them with a title and question.  

For example, the one above, Make It Move, asks them...What could you create that spins, rolls, or moves? 

They can sketch their idea and describes what it is, or what it does.  

The ideas are due each Friday. I will draw one winner and they can come to the Makerspace to bring their ideas to life on our 3D printer. 

I created 25 3D Printing Challenge cards to start. You will find them here in Canva.

And the poster I put into a 8 1/2 x 11 frame is the first slide in that link.  

Feel free to mix it up however you want, friends. 

My sister, Heather, and I were saying how fun it would be turn these into Makerspace cards without a 3D printer aspect to them.  I will do that next!  

I Spy...A 3D Print! A Weekly Guessing Challenge In Our Makerspace!

 

Our students are soooo excited about the new 3D printers we have in our Makerspace. They ask me about them all the time.  Throughout the year, they will all have a chance to create something on the 3D printers. I also want to create opportunities for our students to use the 3D printers in other ways. 

Today, I created two 3D printing activities for our students to participate while in the library and Makerspace. 

This first one is for all ages.  It is one even our youngest learners can participate in successfully too.

It is called I Spy...A 3D Print!  

In this activity, students look at a little photograph of something that our 3D printer is printing.  I set up the poster in Canva here to allow us to switch out the magnifying glass each week to show the clue. 

Do you see how I put a little clue in that one above?  It is easy to do because it is a frame within the Canva. 

Can you guess what it is?  

When students come up to that little station shown at the top of this post, they will be able to read the poster, look at the clue, and then pick up an I Spy.... sheet to draw or write their guess in the blank.  They need to add their name and grade to participate in the contest. 

You will find the I Spy...Activity Cards here.  

The poster will help also help them to think about what the 3D printer is making with three prompts. 

They need to turn in their guess by Friday. One winnter will be randomly picked each week to win the 3D print that was featured in the clue. 

I can't wait to kick this off next week.  I also can't wait to hear what you do in your library and Makerspace. 

NEW Dot Day Bookmarks For Your Kids To Color and Create!

 

We love celebrating International Dot Day at the beginning of the school year. Dot Day is always on September 15 and it's the best day to celebrate making your mark on the world. 

I love creating new activities every year too.  Today. I created a new bookmark that our kids can pick up and create in the library, their classrooms, and at home. 

I would love to share them with you too, friends. You can find the Google Slide here with four bookmarks to copy and use with your students and community too.  

Sign up here and celebrate Dot Day too!