I collaborated with Bernadette of Future Craft Collective and Slow Family Living and Andrea of Andrea’s Art Class on MakeFest, a sort of crafty-workshop-meets-awesome-holiday-party.   We had so much fun that we are planning a Make(out)Fest for Valentine’s Day… stay tuned!

Thanks to Autumn Fawn Photography for the amazing photos!

We were so lucky this year that Emily and James of Creatures Habitat Playschool led three awesome summer camps for the younger tinkering set through Austin Tinkering School this summer.  Kids ages 2-8 tinkered and art-ed their hearts out in Working Big!, Outdoor Art Blast, and The Making of a Mousetrap, a Rube Goldberg-inspired tinkering workshop.  So very cool.

Austin Tinkering School put on Austin’s first annual Mini Maker Faire.  We had a  thoroughly awesome turnout and so many amazing makers were there to show off their skills and creations.  We look forward to doing it again in 2013.