Maker Day: Circuit Cards!

Maker Day at the Circuit Card table was a success in my opinion as no one left our table with a card that didn’t light up! That was my biggest fear even with all the practice and preparation that our group did, that a glitch  we wouldn’t expect would leave us unable to help a disappointed kid! Everything ran smoothly as planned though and I think everyone enjoyed their time at our station!

I was really happy with our set up before the kids and parents arrived as we were organized with a supply station with a section for getting supplies, working, and space for getting help with lighting it up. Things ran very smoothly and I was always able to be helping someone with something. There were some difficultly with getting the kids to understand circuits though and we ended up needing to pretty much make the circuits while they assisted or watched. They really enjoyed the designing aspect though and the idea that they were making something to light up later was fun for them.  I think having one switch option is simple and a better idea then trying to have options as well. We ended up with a very simple design we used on all the kids cards to make the switches that saved us time and made us get them lighting up fast for the kids. We had a few other issues we fixed like not all the colors working together and having them choose only 3 lights.

Overall I had a blast at maker day with my group and the kids who came to see us! I would love to run a maker day even t again in the future if I ever had the opportunity.