Calendar of Events

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.

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.

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.

In this season of giving, show your gratitude by building your very own gratitude box in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you’ll create a handy box to hold notes and reminders of all the things you’re most thankful for. You can also craft a clever pop-up card to give to someone to show your thanks! 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…

In this season of giving, show your gratitude by building your very own gratitude box in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you’ll create a handy box to hold notes and reminders of all the things you’re most thankful for. You can also craft a clever pop-up card to give to someone to show your thanks! 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…

Develop your carpentry skills when you build a custom photo frame in The Shop. Using a variety of materials and a photo you bring with you, or one taken at The Discovery, you’ll create a frame perfect for a holiday gift. 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.

Develop your carpentry skills when you build a custom photo frame in The Shop. Using a variety of materials and a photo you bring with you, or one taken at The Discovery, you’ll create a frame perfect for a holiday gift. 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.

Develop your carpentry skills when you build a custom photo frame in The Shop. Using a variety of materials and a photo you bring with you, or one taken at The Discovery, you’ll create a frame perfect for a holiday gift. 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.