Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
Tag: motor skills
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
MAKESHOP: Wood – Drills and Drivers
Join us in MAKESHOP as we work with wood tools! Learn how to use drills and drivers to make holes and turn screws. Which wood tools do you recognize? What kinds of things are made using these tools?
STEM Saturday
Celebrate innovative and inclusive STEM learning with FREE hands-on activities, live demonstrations and creative experiences outdoors on Rainbow Road and at MuseumLab!
Outside the Museum, 10:00 am – Noon
- Obstacle course drone flying by Center for Aviation Training & Technology at Hosanna House
- Robot demonstrations with BotsIQ
- Catapult building and painting
Outside the Museum, 1:00 – 4:00 pm
- Motorcycle Take Apart
- See live alpacas and alpaca fiber spinning with The Crafty Alpacas
- Weaving and coding with CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
- Nebula spin art with Moonshot Museum
- 3D die cut chips with Protohaven and Dick Esterle
- Fossil exploration with Carnegie Museum of Natural History
- Loom weaving
- Electronic music performances by CMU Electronic Music Program
- Make UV bead bracelets, Afrofuturism Adinkra bookmarks and dotted Mandala art with Assemble
- Fun with the Carnegie Science Center
In MuseumLab, Noon – 5:00 pm
- Experience Full Tilt, a multi-player pinball-like experience, with CMU Entertainment Technology Center
- Try claymation and clay sculpting
- Electronics Take Apart
- Make your own kinetic paintings
- Create stop motion animation
- Discover the Dah-Varsity AI platform with Toyz Electronics
Additional STEM activities will be offered in Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. Regular admission rates for the Children’s Museum apply.
STEM Saturday is part of Remake Learning Days Southwestern PA 2025, #RemakeLearningDaysSWPA. Learn more at https://remakelearningdays.org/.
Wire Trees with Amanda Tinker
Join artist Amanda Tinker for wire tree making in MakeLab. Use wire cutters and round nose pliers to bend wire into naturalistic tree forms. Learn tips and tricks to streamline the process and add your own flair.
This activity has four separate sessions, starting at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.
No registration necessary, spots are available on a first come, first served basis. During each session Amanda will demonstrate her tree making process and then provide advice and support as your create your own.
This process involves fine motor skills, extended concentration, and repetitive motion and is best suited for visitors ages 9+. Free with admission.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Wire Trees with Amanda Tinker
Join artist Amanda Tinker for wire tree making in MakeLab. Use wire cutters and round nose pliers to bend wire into naturalistic tree forms. Learn tips and tricks to streamline the process and add your own flair.
This activity has four separate sessions, starting at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm.
No registration necessary, spots are available on a first come, first served basis. During each session Amanda will demonstrate her tree making process and then provide advice and support as your create your own.
This process involves fine motor skills, extended concentration, and repetitive motion and is best suited for visitors ages 9+. Free with admission.
Made possible with generous support from Arconic Foundation.
Little Gardeners
Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.
Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!
Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.
This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.
Little Gardeners
Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.
Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!
Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.
This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.
Little Gardeners
Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.
Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!
Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.
This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.
Little Gardeners
Join Hannah and Burdock in our Community Garden in front of the Museum every Wednesday morning from 11:00 -11:45 am to help tend the garden.
Each week we will learn basic tips and tricks about how to care for a garden, while having an opportunity to explore sensory play and develop motor skills. This program is designed with our youngest visitors in mind, but all are welcome to attend!
Activities are weather permitting, but don’t be afraid to get wet.
This program does not require museum admission and is free and open to the public.