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Explore electricity, conductivity and creativity when you use LEDs and conductive dough to invent wacky light-up sculptures in The Shop. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Explore electricity, conductivity and creativity when you use LEDs and conductive dough to invent wacky light-up sculptures in The Shop. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Join Visiting Artist Katy Chandler for some fun with mud! Following ancient traditions, but using modern methods, visitors will use clay soil, sand, and straw to make beautiful designs like those seen on the sides of buildings around the world. You’ll use materials gathered from right here in Reno and natural pigments harvested sustainably from rock and soil to create a one-of-a-kind work of art. About Katy Chandler Katy Chandler co-directs the Be The Change Project, a neighborhood-based nonprofit in…

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During Open Build, take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create spooky decorations for Halloween. Using available tools and materials, you can create festive Halloween decorations that will bring a smile to even the most ghoulish of ghosts. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

As part of College Savings Day, visit The Shop where you can use available tools and materials to create a custom piggy bank to begin your college savings plan. What you build is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create a festive Halloween automaton. Using available tools and materials, you can create a spooky simple animation machine that combines your artistic and engineering skills! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create a festive Halloween automaton. Using available tools and materials, you can create a spooky simple animation machine that combines your artistic and engineering skills! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Halloween just wouldn’t be spooky without a haunted house. Visit The Shop to make your own version of the classic haunted house on the hill. Who knows, maybe a Halloween ghost will move right in!? Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Get ready to have a hoot of a time when you join Visiting Artist Carol Foldvary-Anderson to make colorful, light plastic air dry owls. You’ll design your owls using various shapes—balls, circles, half circles and snake shapes. Did you know that 240 species of owls exist on our planet, why not one more, yours? About Carol Foldvary-Anderson “Creating beauty and inspiring joy is the essence of what my art represents,” states multi award-winning mixed media artist and arts educator, Carol…

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During Open Build, take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Boo! Don’t be scared, it’s just the cuddly little voodoo monster you made in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you can create a cute and snugly monster of your own that’s certain to frighten away Halloween ghouls and goblins. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Boo! Don’t be scared, it’s just the cuddly little voodoo monster you made in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you can create a cute and snugly monster of your own that’s certain to frighten away Halloween ghouls and goblins. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Boo! Don’t be scared, it’s just the cuddly little voodoo monster you made in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you can create a cute and snugly monster of your own that’s certain to frighten away Halloween ghouls and goblins. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Ever wonder how a kaleidoscope works? Understand the science by creating your own in The Shop! Combine a variety of materials with angled reflective surfaces to build this traditional toy which gets its name from Greek words meaning “beautiful form to see.” Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Join Visiting Artist Christine Tucker to create an artistic interpretation of a moth. This project came about from the need to use up left over craft supplies, including a stack of wooden die cut butterflies. After playing around with several ideas, the “eureka!” moment came by gluing feathers to the butterfly’s antennae. About Christine Tucker A recent graduate of Walden University, Christine has worked in the senior care industry for the past 11 years. Several years ago she started her…

Be ready for holiday cooking with a recipe holder you build yourself in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you can design and build a handy holder for all of the delicious holiday recipes you can cook. What you make is yours to take! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During Open Build, take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.