Revision to Section 3.7.
Participant Group Kit Contents (p. 36-37, Maker Day Toolkit 2)
Updated: 01 Nov 2015
Participant Group Kit Contents (Note: 1 Kit per Group of 4 Participants)
Participant Group Kits are used in all types of Maker Days (simple prototyping, fabrication,
appropriate technologies). Depending on your budget and your access to consumable items, the
content of these kits may easily vary. The list below is what we have suggested to organizers of
Maker Days (2013-2015).
Note: For a group of 40 participants, we have estimated $400.00 for
 Participant Group Kits (10 kits),
 Pantry (extra items from kits and consumables)
 Tool Station (tool purchases as suggested)
Participant Group Kits
Some consumable items are less expensive when purchased in bulk… anything not used in
Participant Group Kit becomes part of Pantry (p. 38, Maker Day Toolkit 2) for Maker Day with
Simple Prototyping (p. 14, Maker Day Toolkit 2).
Participant Group Kits
(alphabetical)
Bag – Large white
garbage
Quantity
per Kit
1
Suggested
Source
Grocery store
Bag – To hold Kit
contents
1 per
group
Grocery store
Needs to be opaque – IF using lunch bags,
‘seal’ with 1 Large Black Clip
Brads
4
Stationery
stores
Used to make articulated joints
Hook and Loop StickOn Strips (common
commercial name:
Velcro)
Jute / String / Twine
4” strip
Building
Supplies stores,
Dollar stores
Box of strips may be cut into appropriate
lengths… May consider dots or other shapes
IF available
1-3 meters
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Consider coloured cord IF available and
budget allows
Marbles
5
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Various sizes, IF possible
Pipe Cleaners
3
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
PomPoms
5
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Various colours and sizes
Springs - Small
5
May be used to make push-able buttons
Straws – various sizes
10
Tie wire
1-3 meters
Building
Supplies stores,
Craft stores
Grocery stores,
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Building
Supplies stores,
Craft stores
Note
Used as fabric or create water proofing
Consider various sizes and colours
This wire is easy to bend and cut with nail
nose pliers
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Revision to Section 3.7.
Participant Group Kit Contents (p. 36-37, Maker Day Toolkit 2)
Updated: 01 Nov 2015
Participant Group Kits
(alphabetical)
Wood - Bamboo
skewers – various
lengths
Wood - Tongue
depressor type
Quantity
per Kit
10
Suggested
Source
10
Medical
Supplies store,
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Wood – Craft pieces
10
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Zip ties
5
Note
For younger grades, use craft wood
(rounded at each end) rather than ‘pointy’
ended bamboo skewers
Purchasing in medical supply store - much
cheaper than craft store – in Dollar store
‘craft sections’ may have various colours
and types of round-ended craft wood pieces
Dollar store ‘craft sections’ may have
various colours and types of wooden pieces
to use in kits and/or Pantry — we have used
small coloured blocks, 1” coloured craft
wood pieces
Various sizes, if possible
Pantry
Additional Consumable
Items (alphabetical)
Cardboard - building
Quantity
As much
as
possible
Suggested
Source
Recycling
Cardboard - sheets
Recycling
Egg Cartons
Recycling
Note
Multiple sizes and weights of cardboard for
building; might also consider construction
paper
Used to protect table tops or floors when
cutting / gluing and then used for projects–
approximately 32 x 48” sheet
Various sizes and types
Magnets
Mixture
of sizes
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Consider Magnetic Dots, sheets or strips
Modeling clay
Small
packages
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Variety of colours, IF possible… NOTE:
usually clay left over… make sure you have
sealed storage or it dries out
Various kinds of paper IF possible — graph,
coloured, construction, etc.
Paper
Stationery
stores, Craft
stores
Dollar stores,
Craft stores,
recycling
Styrofoam
Tape — Duct
Small
rolls
Dollar stores,
Craft stores
Tape — Non- duct
Various
rolls
Dollar stores,
Craft stores,
Building Supply
stores
Use recycled Styrofoam from packaging to
use in place of wood. IF budget allows –
styrofoam balls and sheets might be
purchased
I.e., 48’ x 5 mm, various duct tapes might
be used – clear, decorative, craft
Consider various kinds of tapes – clear,
craft colours, electrical, masking, painter’s,
etc.
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Revision to Section 3.7.
Participant Group Kit Contents (p. 36-37, Maker Day Toolkit 2)
Updated: 01 Nov 2015
Tool Station
Rather than adding tools to tables OR Participant Group Kit, have a Tool Station (or many, IF
space allows) where participants can use tools.
Note: Remember to have/purchase Power Bars to plug in Glue Guns IF not enough wall
receptacles available in your space/place
Tools for Simple
Prototyping
(alphabetical)
Ardox nails – 3”
Suggested
Quantity
1 per 5
participants
Suggested Sources
Auto supply / Tool /
Machine stores
Note
Used as a punch/awl for holes in cardboard
Box cutter
(utility knife)
1 per 5
participants
Dollar stores, Craft
stores
Have replacement blades in the Pantry
Glue gun
1 per 5
participants
Dollar stores, Craft
stores
Glue sticks –
replacement
sticks for glue
guns
Glue sticks –
used with
construction
paper
Pencils (with
erasers)
5 per glue
gun
Dollar stores, Craft
stores
Mini glue guns work well – might have one
larger glue gun IF using heavier wood
products
Replacement glue for glue guns
1 per 5
participants
Dollar stores, Craft
stores
1-2 per
participant
Pens
Box with
variety of
pens
1 per 5
participants
Dollar stores, Craft
stores, Stationery
stores
Dollar stores, Craft
stores, Stationery
stores
Auto supply / Tool /
Machine stores,
Retail Department
stores
Retail Department
stores, Building
Supply stores
Dollar stores, Craft
stores
Pliers
Rulers – metal
12”
1 per 5
participants
Scissors
1 per 5
participants
Tape
Various rolls
Pencils (and erasers) are best for Design
Thinking Activity (includes sketching)
Consider various sizes, colours
Preferred: Needle nose with ability to cut /
bend tie wire
Metal is best for both measuring and cutting
straight edge
Dollar stores, Craft
Consider various kinds of tapes – clear, craft
stores, Building
colours, duct, electrical, masking, painter’s,
Supply stores
etc.
Tip: Before you start to shop, create your shopping list by store …
 Combine all the tables of items you will be purchasing into one table
 Consider where you will be purchasing items in your area
 Add store names in ‘Suggested Sources’ (column 3)
 Re-sorting your table by ‘Suggested Source’ (column 3)…
Thanks to Drew and Zale from Princess Margaret Secondary School, Surrey. They
shopped for 90 participants for a ‘fabrication’ Maker Day at their school.
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