STEM Everyday #305 | Cardboard Creating with Makedo | feat. Colleen Graves

2025-09-22

With a cardboard box and a spark of imagination, in 2008, Makedo was born. More than just tools, Makedo empowers kids to become problem-solvers, innovators, and collaborators.Today, Makedo isn’t just a product line of blue screws & cardboard tools; it’s a vibrant, global community of makers dedicated to building a better future for people and the planet through imaginative, purposeful play, one cardboard creation at a time.(Check out the Makedo website for lessons and resources to use their reusable screws in your classroom and home. And follow their soc...

With a cardboard box and a spark of imagination, in 2008, Makedo was born. More than just tools, Makedo empowers kids to become problem-solvers, innovators, and collaborators.

Today, Makedo isn’t just a product line of blue screws & cardboard tools; it’s a vibrant, global community of makers dedicated to building a better future for people and the planet through imaginative, purposeful play, one cardboard creation at a time.

(Check out the Makedo website for lessons and resources to use their reusable screws in your classroom and home. And follow their social media to get more great ideas and inspiration to build and create with your kids.)

Colleen Graves has been an educator and librarian for over 20 years. In 2018, her passion for blogging about makerspaces and libraries shifted her education career into crafting content strategy for innovative edtech companies like Makey Makey, Chibitronics, and now Makedo. Now as the Education Content Officer, USA & Canada, for Makedo, she takes her Makerspace skills and is building lessons and helping educators find ways to get kids to use their brains and their hands.

Check out a few of the Makedo Lessons:

History in the Making: hub.make.do/education/sel-lesson-plans/history-in-the-making-exploring-history-with-cardboard-costumes
Cardboard Arcade 9+ : hub.make.do/education/sel-lesson-plans/cardboard-arcade-engineering-games-that-move-ages-9-
Animal Adaptations: hub.make.do/education/sel-lesson-plans/animal-adaptations

Be sure to check out Colleen's books The Big Book of Makerspace Projects and 20 Makey Makey Projects for the Evil Genius

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