MakeDo (For ages 5+)

    This is a kit of components:

• 12 Safe-Saws
• 12 Scrudrivers
• 252 Scrus
• 84 Scrus XL
• A binder of ideas and further resources

Makedo is a great family program! We have put all this together so that you can create a program for as many as 36 kids (3 sharing a tool set).

Really important: The creations your folks make are temporary – because we need the Scrus and Connectors back to send on to the next library! So when you return the kit, the creations must be disassembled and the parts returned.

Tip: Use the point end of the saw to score cardboard and then break it and to punch the hole in the cardboard to connect.

• Find MakeDo parts and found materials
• Create just about anything by connecting stuff together with MakeDo
• Play, because interaction breathes life into your creation
• Inspire and get inspired in our online creation galleries
• MakeDo is a set of connectors for creating things from the stuff around you. Make amazing creations using MakeDo and recycled materials.

The designing stage of creation takes time. Allow plenty of time for your Makedo program. Consider encouraging participants to research/think about design before the program, so that they can use the time for building. Or make it a program series: one night to get everyone started, then three more nights just for building that are optional. You will need to have a place to store the creations-in-progress, though!

Helpful hints for using MakeDo: www.mymakedo.com

Cardboard creations:  http://www.starnetlibraries.org/uncategorized/cardboard-creations/

What’s not here:

The actual building materials: cardboard.

You may order additional Makedo tools and components from Makedo for your program.

Returning the kit to MVLS

Please try to return all the components, including all the scrus. No, we’re not going to count them! Just consider what you would like to find if you’re the next borrower, do your best, and send any pieces you find later on to us – no penalty, no shame, no worries!

Places to get cardboard:

Furniture and appliance stores; any store that gets lots of stock: copy shops, grocery stores.