program - Minneapolis St. Paul Mini Maker Faire

Visitor Guide
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Saturday,
10 am - 6 pm
May 14
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
makerfairemsp.com
Hosted By
Welcome!
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Mini Maker
Faire is a one-day festival featuring
over 150 local and regional makers
who will showcase, demonstrate and
share interactive creations with you.
Location Key
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DAIRY
MOB
JUD
AMP
OUT
GREEN
International Bazaar
Dairy Building
Miracle of Birth Center
Judson Avenue
Ampfitheater
Wandering Outdoors
Open area by International Bazaar
Who Or What Is a Maker?
Maker is a term used to cover a wide range of
creative work, projects and hobbies. If you are a
tinkerer, coder, woodworker, crafter, farm hacker,
artist, student, designer, chemist, roboticist,
entrepreneur, scientist, food inventor, metalworker,
educator, green technology creator, inventor,
corporate designer or bicycle builder, you are a
maker. Let’s celebrate at the Faire!
Live Streaming
Can’t attend the Faire?
Follow us at makerfairemsp.com/live
Safety
Safety wristbands are required for all hands-on
activities and available at the Information Booth.
Pets
Service animals are welcome. Pets are not allowed.
Food
Snacks, sandwiches and beverages are available for
purchase. Provided by Minnesota State Fair vendors.
Restrooms
Please note that all schedules, performances
and listed participants are subject to change.
There are restrooms in all buildings.
Assistance
Information booth for first aid, lost & found. Ask a
volunteer in a light green shirt.
Highlights
• Makers in all buildings including hands-on building.
• Don’t miss the Learn to Solder booth!
• Presentations and demonstrations on the
International Bazaar and Miracle of Birth stages.
Check the posted schedules.
• Music and entertainment throughout the day,
including buskers, bands, Vike Bike, Minnesota
Roller Girls and catch a ride on the Lawn
Mower Trolley!
Makers
15,000 Tiny Books!
IB
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
MCBA celebrates the book as a vibrant art form that takes
many shapes, from the traditional crafts of papermaking,
letterpress printing and bookbinding to contemporary
methods of art-making and communication.
Birch Display
MOB
Josh Bergeron
Elevating brands by redefining their event experience.
We can transform the room or be the room. We design,
fabricate and install display systems. Retail, rental,
lease options available.
Air Plants & Succulents
DAIRY
Iron Violets Design Studio
Iron Violets features unique & handmade fresh floral
designs & the largest selection of same day Air Plant &
Succulent Terrariums. Delivery 7 days a week, metro wide.
Locally made & sourced product creates long lasting &
beautiful gifts every time.
Boardtrack Racers
Flightless Bird Bros
The Art of the BoardTracker
ArduinoMOB
Arduino is an open-source prototyping platform based on
easy-to-use hardware and software. Arduino boards are
able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button,
or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output - activating
a motor, turning on an LED, publishing something online.
Explore the technology and make projects. You can even
buy a kit to take home!
ARDUTIMEMOB
ARDUTIME - Shaping Tomorrow’s Innovators. Kids can
interact with ARDUTIME devices to develop code using
Block-based programming, play ARDUTIME video games,
and check out our demonstration of balance beams.
ArtCars + ArtBikes
JUD
The ArtCars and ArtBikes have been parading around
Minnesota for over 20 years. The Car and the bike is the
canvas for these artists. Every day is a parade for an
ArtCar + ArtBike!
ArtemisAMP
Zoran Mojsilov
Experience Mojsilov’s sculptural process. Participants carve
sandstone with chisels and mallets; bend heated steel with
muscle and a torch.
Artistry in Wood
IB
NorthStar Scrollers
NorthStar Scrollers presents wood art projects and
techniques that will provide Faire goers with examples of
scrollsaw, carving and marquetry projects. Each project’s
maker will be present to explain how it was completed.
Ax-Man Surplus
Display items made from Ax-Man parts.
DAIRY
Barnes & Noble
MOB
Last Year Barnes & Noble entered into a national
partnership to support the next general of makers.
This year books, electronic kits, puzzles and toys will be
available for purchase.
Basic Blacksmithing
Chris Arneson
Get Started In Blacksmithing.
AMP
Best Buy/Geek Squad
DAIRY
Learn about Geek Squad Academy, Teen Tech Centers and
other community programs that Best Buy supports to help
teens prepare for their technological futures.
JUD
Bored Artificial Intelligence
MOB
Paul Hendrickson
Upon retirement from being a legacy mainframe computer
programmer for 40 years, Paul completed his decades long
goal to have a computer play solitaire by itself. See the
screen saver and ask questions. Boston Scientific
MOB
The STEM Council at Boston Scientific works with schools
and community organizations to share employee enthusiasm
for, and to represent corporate commitment to, STEM
learning for all ages. They will provide engaging hand-on
activities on Education Day.
Build a Bunch of Books!
MOB
Science Outside the Box
We have the STUFF, tools, and directions to make your
own beautiful books. Use your imagination and learn to
make hidden pages books, accordion books, grab-bag
books, and more. Write in them now, make them for gifts,
and take them to enjoy later.
Catapult Zone
DAIRY
Graham Smith
Build a huge castle and knock it down! Catapult Zone
is a building game in which players construct castles
out of blocks and use catapults to hurl projectiles at
their opponents’ structures. Played out on landscape
of mountains, trees, rivers, and plains, Catapult Zone
is a fast-paced combination of strategy, skill, and
engineering, a chaotic free-for-all of collapsing towers
and growing empires.
Century College MIT Fab Lab
DAIRY
Century College
Innovation - Advanced tools in the hands of the average
person -In collaboration with MIT.
ClipneticsIB
Making Kinetic Sculptures and Automata with Paperclips.
Commodore Guitar
DAIRY
John Bisgaard
John built a guitar out of pieces of a Commodore 64,
and all he got was admission to grad school!
Compatible Technology International
CTI is a nonprofit that designs and distributes tools
in collaboration with small farmers and their
communities to improve food and water security in
developing countries.
IB
Cooking with Hard Drives
IB
Greg Olson
Combining Art, Engineering, and Recycling to create solar
collectors for cooking.
Craft Cork Fabric Coffee Sleeves
MOB
Mokeeta
Reusable Cork Fabric Coffee Sleeves. Made in the USA by
hand. For each sleeve sold we will donate to the National
Forest Fund to plant a tree.
Crafty Geek
Brandy Danaki
Make something geeky! Make it awesome!
IB
Die Brücke
IB
Yonghan Ching
The modular, easily disassembled, yet sturdy executive
style Command Center Desk.
DIY Bio in Education: Low cost high impact
DAIRY
Spark Youth Action Labs
The Spark-Y Bio lab builds low cost science equipment to
improve the accessibility of a high quality, project based and
experiential science education in the Twin Cities.
DIY Candy Kits
MOB
Laura’s Candy Lab
Make your own candy for yourself or to give as gifts!
DIY Musical Instrument Kits
Musicmakers
Build your own musical instrument!
DAIRY
DonutronMOB
Team Donutron
Donutron is the world’s most delicious indie arcade cabinet,
featuring new video games made in Minnesota! Get a sneak
peek before we officially launch at Glam Doll Donuts!
Drone Simulator and more
MOB
Minnesota Autonomous Vehicle Meetup
MAVMeetup is a non-profit focused on drone education,
safety, and community outreach. We are an inclusive
500+ member strong community of drone builders and
pilots. We work to create a positive, collaborative, and
responsible drone community in MN. Drone simulator
and different drones on display!
Eiffel Tower
DAIRY
feYerwerks
Laser cut kit to make an Eiffel Tower. Made from cardboard
and 3’ tall. Great center piece.
Electric Motorcycle
JUD
Black Box Bikes
Home built, bolt together electric motorcycle using
Black Box Bikes kit, off the shelf golf cart electronics
and lithium batteries.
Electric Urban Concept Vehicle
JUD
Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle Team
The Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle Team
is an extra-curricular engineering organization that builds
drivable projects for competitions throughout the United
States. The team’s newest vehicle was entered in the
Shell Eco-marathon Americas.
Epilog
DAIRY
Arguably the best laser engraving machines on the market.
Learn how they work and get a trinket to take home.
Equestrian Vaulting Booth
DAIRY
Northern Lakes Vaulters
Our mechanical barrel is open for attendees to try vaulting
moves. Face painting also offered.
Explore the Art of Screen Printing!
IB
The Bitter Buffalo
Use our presses and screens to pull your own print! There
is paper for creating postcards from several designs.
Choose from a variety of inks and images to create
something unique. Use your own tees, totes or light fabric
of any kind, let’s print! Explore the Handmade World
DAIRY
Cardamom Collective
A chance to experience what goes in to a handmade textile
through a variety of methods including ikat weaving and
block printing. Visitors will have a chance to try their hand at
ikat weavings and block printing.
FIRST Robotics
DAIRY
FIRST Robotics
Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science
and technology, we call FIRST Robotics Competition the
ultimate Sport for the Mind. Come to see the robots and the
teams that make them.
Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts
MOB
Foci MCGA nonprofit glass studio, education center and
exhibition space dedicated to the education and exhibition
of glass arts. The studio is free to visit and open to the public
seven days a week, from 9am to 7pm.
Food Building
MOB
Food Building
Salumi from Red Table Meat Co. and cheeses from The Lone
Grazer Creamery.
Fun With Cameras
IB
Crazy But Able
Ever wonder how a camera works? Maybe you already
know that the picture in the camera is upside down, but
why is it upside down? In this exhibit, you can shrink
yourself down, get inside a camera and see just what is
going on inside the black box.
Game and Makey Makey and Raspberry Pi game controller
DAIRY
Soren Peterson
Soren has written a python game which uses raspberry Pi
and Makey Makey fruit as a controller. This is a great way to
teach adults and kids how to program and create new ways
to explore the technology world. Get LoFi
DAIRY
360 VR presentation with headtracking, possibly a chalk
painting street robot, 3d printing innovations.
Girls on Design
DAIRY
Angela White
Angela makes her own handmade pictures, and will
offer tips for others!
Hacky Sack Catapult
DAIRY
Kidzibits
Hacky Sack catapults and more from museum exhibit
designers and fabricators.
HAL 1971
GREEN
Joe Glenn/Leonardo’s Basement
Long before HAL9000 there was the much less advanced
HAL1971. I’m not sure if it’s a teaching-aide or a strange
interactive work of art, but something drove me to create an
Arduino-powered talking emulator of a 1971 home-computer
kit. (It tells you what it’s doing as it pushes 1’s and 0’s
around). Ever wonder how computer hardware “thinks”?
Handmade Hair Falls
DAIRY
Kittonic
See how to weave synthetic dreadlocks and hair falls into
your hair! All hair products are handmade.
Harlequin Metal
AMP
Blacksmithing: Recycling metals into functional art.
High Tech Kids
MOB
FIRST LEGO League, FIRST Tech Challenge, FIRST LEGO
League Junior.
Hug a Tree and Eat it Too!
IB
Presley Martin
Loved by some, hated by others and unknown to many,
Siberian Elm has many uses. Learn how to ID this elm,
sample its fruit and play with its fiber. Make a piece of bark
cloth to take home.
Instant Challenges
IB
Minnesota Destination Imagination
MNDI is a volunteer-led nonprofit inspiring and equipping
students to become the next generation of innovators and
leaders. Annually, we offer seven new standards-based
Challenges in STEM, Improv, Visual Arts, Service Learning
and Early Learning.
Integrate Arduino into Maker Projects
DAIRY
CoderDojo Twin Cities
Learn Computer Science the fun way! Integrate Arduino
into Maker projects.
Iron Range Makerspace LLC
MOB
IRM shall be a center for economic development with
enabling entrepreneurs, increasing Iron Range jobs, and
productive entertainment as our primary goals. The space
will centralize resources into one collaborative environment
designed for innovation. Current Kickstarter.
Jared’s Juggling Balls
DAIRY
Jared the Juggler
Make Your Own Juggling Balls and Learn How to Juggle!
(Education Day only; performing on Saturday).
Jovy Rockey Jewelry
IB
Jovy Rockey
Modern. Simple. Chic. Unique artisan jewelry made with
minimalist styling in mind. Wide variety of precious and
hypoallergenic metals as well as semi-precious gemstones.
Made to be versatile and loved by a wide variety of women.
Jewelry available for sale. KalEYEdoscope Creations
IB
Evince Art Studios
Original digital photography manipulated digitally into
visionary art. This digital art is made into digital print
apparel, home decor, handcrafted jewelry, prints, and
more. Custom orders with original photography/portraits
available for order.
KarL AchiLLes Wizards Workshop
DAIRY
The art of magic entertainment & prop making.
Kickstarter Market Research
IB
Orman Guidance
There are two objectives: 1) grow our database of
consumers that kickstarters may access for conducting
research for their new businesses, and 2) provide a
glimpse of the market research process for kickstarters
of different categories.
Knex Clock
Joey Wessel
A clock made with Kenx by a young Maker.
DAIRY
Larryland Kites Unlimited
IB
Larry Hartigan
Showing anyone who is interested how to build kites out
of readily available materials. Process is safe and realistic
for most anyone. Also, kites are good exercise and void of
screens and the like.
Laser Cut Creations
MOB
Linnell Design
We make fun to make Laser Cut Creation kits and
products. Last year, we brought Cat and Mouse, a laser
cut automata. This year, we are bring new, Rube Goldberg
light switches - an unnecessarily complicated way to turn
on/off light switches.
LEGO Sumo Robots
DAIRY
Rand Whillock
Participants will design armor and plows for pre-built LEGO
sumo robots and then compete against other robots.
LEGO: The Engineer’s Toolkit
MOB
John Baichtal
Adult LEGO users create add-on sensors, 3D-printed bricks,
and LEGO-compatible metal beams. All of these together
comprise an “ecosystem” of tools and techniques that ramp
up from simple to nigh-professional--an engineer’s toolkit.
Leonardo’s Basement
GREEN
Make & Take and Stay & Play activities for ALL ages! Projects
and activities include: The Giant Roving Head, Descartes’s
Fly machine, Giant swing, Noodle sculpture, Welding, LEGO,
Build-a-Maze, Joe Glenn’s Hal 2000, Zip line, a motorized
shopping cart and MORE!
Light and Lasers
Laser Classroom
The future of light is very bright!
MOB
Light Painting with LEDs
MOB
AJ Monkey
Looking for a way to create interesting Facebook or LinkedIn
profile pictures or cover photos? Light Painting with a Pixel
Stick takes your photography and portraits to the next level
with light painting.
Lights for LEGO Models
MOB
Brickstuff
We Make Small Lights for Big Ideas-- Use Our Lights to Bring
Your LEGO Creations to Life!
Limbus Lab
JUD
Andrew Maxwell-Parish
Currently based in an old school bus, Limbus Lab is the
experimental research lab of Andrew Maxwell-Parish. It is
exploring playful ways of interacting with technology to
generate and document joyful experiences.
Little Corporal
JUD
William Gurstelle
One of the loudest attractions at the Mini Maker Faire is the
Little Corporal, a homebuilt model of an American Civil War
cannon made with stuff purchased at a hardware store. While
this thing may not throw much weight around, it sure makes
a big noise. To find it, listen for the bang!
Miracle of Birth Center
AJ Monkey
Andamio Games
Arduino
ARDUTIME
Barkley's Bistro
Barnes & Noble
Birch Display
Brickstuff
Can Can Wonderland
Dunwoody College
Foci MN Center for Glass Arts
FOOD BUILDING
High Tech Kids
IoTFuse/ArduinoMN
Iron Range Makerspace
John Baichtal
Joseph Shetaye
Laser Classroom
Laura's Candy Lab
Linnell Design
MAKER MERCANTILE
Making Music with Robots
MAVMeetup
Mokeeta
MuseumDraw
NeuroTinker
Nordeast Makers
Particle Industries Inc.
Paul Hendrickson
Prairie Creek Makers
Rahtmobile
Rockler Woodworking
Roosevelt H.S. Robotics
Saint Paul Public Library
Science Outside the Box
Sebastian Wiers
Stratasys/Haldeman-Homme
Tools4Teens
Teach Kids to Cook
Donutron
Traditional Necessities
Twin Cities Maker
Wurlington Press
Amphitheater
Lot
Dairy Building
American Craft Council
Angela White
Ax-Man Surplus Stores
Best Buy/Geek Squad
BME Lab and Science
Cardamom Collective
Catapult Zone (just outside)
Cecillia Schiller
Century College
Chelsea Printworks LLC
CoderDojo Twin Cities
Creative Cakes
feYerwerks
FIRST Robotics
GetLoFi
Googol Bike
Midwest Drone Racing
HRJ Designs
Iron Violets Design
Jared the Juggler
Jason Bolish
Joey Wessel
John Bisgaard
KarL AchiLLes
Kidzibits
Kittonic
Landon Enterprises
MPLS MAKE
Musicmakers
NimbeLink Corp
Northern Lakes Vaulters
Photo Letter Project
Pintstein
Rand Whillock
Science Museum of Minnesota
Soren Peterson
Tools4Teens
The Ringinator
UST Playful Learning Lab
Outdoors
AMPHITHEATER LOT
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center
Chris Arneson
Harlequin Metal
Zoran Mojsilov
Pedal to the Metal
Winged Snake Art & Garden
JUDSON AVE
ArtCars + ArtBikes
Black Box Bikes
Buddy & Ky Nichaelson
Flightless Bird Bros
Jonathan Schmig
Limbus Lab
MN Plug-in Vehicle Owners' Circle
Naughty Shiny Collective + Flightless Bird Bros.
Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle
Tools4Teens, registration
William Gurstelle, Little Corporal Canon
Greenhouse
Area
GREENHOUSE AREA
Leonardo’s Basement
STEM Bunnies
The Works
International Bazaar
Clipnetics
Compatible Technology International
Crafty Geek
Crazy But Able
Evince Art Studios
Greg Olson
Jovy Rockey Jewelry
Larryand Kites Unlimited
LPRD Rocketry
Macchina
Makeville
Mike Snyder
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
MN Destination Imagination
NE Art and Science Polytechnic
NorthStar Scrollers
Open Twin Cities
Orman Guidance
Presley Martin
REcharge Labs
Renewal by Andersen
Robots-4-U
Schmalz Haus LLC
Shattuck St.Mary's
Solarized
Spark Youth Action Labs
Spectator Scoreboards
Tools4Teens
The Bakken Museum
The Dangerous Fun Show
The Bitter Buffalo
Toy Product Design (UMN)
Urban Boatbuilders
Venture Academy
Whillock Woodcarving
Yonghan Ching
Zabel Acres
LPRD Rocketry Rocket Engines
IB
LPRD Rocketry
Designing, building, and hopefully flying liquid propellant
rocket engines. Activity involves controlling a “rocket engine”
by using a control board to send pressurized water through
our injector and create a fine mist.
Mother’s Day Makeathon
MOB
IoTFuse/ArduinoMN
Teams who participated in the Mother’s Day IoT Makeathon
will display their gear. See projects done by the open
hardware community of the Twin Cities!
LT-1000 - A circuit board training lab
DAIRY
Landon Enterprises
A circuit board training lab to help teach digital I/O
programming on microcontrollers such as Arduino,
Raspberry Pi, or CHIP. Can also be used as a simulator
by advanced programmers.
MPLS MAKE - Community Woodworking
DAIRY
Community woodworking shop with 24 hour access
to awesome equipment! Plus a great group of folks to
work with!
Maker Academic Programs
MOB
Dunwoody College of Technology
Featuring our maker-oriented academic programs
Maker Friendly Libraries
MOB
Saint Paul Public Library
Try some hands-on activities and learn about all the makerfriendly programs and services available for free at Saint
Paul Public Library.
MakevilleIB
Frank Biessel
Help Makeville find a permanent home. They have
big plans for 2016.
Making Music with Robots
MOB
Troy Rogers
Troy Rogers is a composer, musical robot maker, and
educator based in Duluth, MN. His automated band
consists of percussion, wind, string, and singing vocal
robotic instruments. Stop by, listen, and play with some
musical robots!
Making Wood Move
DAIRY
Cecillia Schiller
Cecilia Schiller makes interactive kinetic sculptures all
out of wood! She cuts the gears by hand and carves
figures that spring to life when you turn the crank. Not
only are her sculptures amazing works of art, they’re fun!
Check it out!
Mermaid Patterns
DAIRY
HRJ Designs
This pattern is created by painting on top of water mixed
with seaweed called carrageenan. The design is made with
special tools and paint brushes. The image is permanently
transferred to paper, fabric or wood.
Midwest Drone Racing
DAIRY
Guerilla Entertainment
Provide education toward sUAS that we use for our events.
Explain current Federal and local laws. Provide a small
demonstration area for FPV first person point of view and let
people fly micro drones. Help educate about the benefits of
other drone use.
Mobile Comedy Suitcase
IB
Zabel Acres
Our design philosophy is simple. We make sustainable
products that help people stop and appreciate life. Our goal
is to create moments for you to pause and appreciate the
simple details – the Little Things.
MuseumDraw for People Today
MOB
MuseumDraw Participate in a new kind of activity! Draw digital art with
your mobile. Learn simple drawing techniques. Tweet,
Instagram or Facebook your digital drawings. Learn how
to draw #MuseumSelfies. Excite yourself in new ways with
mobile technology!
NE Art & Science Polytechnic
IB
Find your path to NE Art & Science Polytechnic Non
Districted High School with 6 Experiential Pathways: Better
Planet, Creative Expressions, Digital Universe, Edible
Schoolyard, Essential ingredients, Fab lab.
NeuroBytesMOB
NeuroTinker
We build open-source electronic neuron simulators for
STEM education!
NimbeLink - Skywire IoT Development
NimbeLink Corp.
NimbeLink - Skywire IoT Development. Smart.
Simple. Cellular.
DAIRY
Nordeast Makers Community Makerspace
MOB
Nordeast Makers
Nordeast Makers members have 24/7 access to a huge
50″ x 102″ CNC router, multiple ultra-precise laser cutter
and etchers, a CNC mill that will cut through aluminum
like butter, multiple high-resolution 3D printers, a full
woodworking shop and more.
Omega CPU
MOB
Joseph Shetaye
A basic CPU (Central Proccessing Unit) that can do
simple math operations like arithmatic, and read/write
to memory. I also wrote an assembler, which I use to
program the CPU. Open source hardware for car enthusiasts
Macchina
Open source hardware for the next generation of
car enthusiasts.
IB
Oscar the Weddingbot
OUT
Jonathan Schmig
Oscar is a robot Jon made to perform as ring-bearer in a
friends’ wedding. He is about 2’ tall and controlled remotely
from a phone via bluetooth. His brain is an Arduino Micro.
He also has some lights, a motor controller to move his tank
treads, servo motors to move his head and eyes, a text-tospeech chip so he can talk, and a microphone so he can
dance along to music.
Particle IoT
MOB
Particle Industries Inc.
A collection of projects built on the Particle IOT platform.
Pedal to the Metal: Traveling Foundry AMP
Jess Bergman Tank
With a small portable crucible furnace transported on an
awesome cargo bike, Pedal to the Metal will use cuttlefish
as molding material and will pour molten bronze live
throughout the day. After the metal cools, participants can
take their sculpture home. Photo Embroidery Project
DAIRY
American Craft Council
The American Craft Council Library is a destination on-site
and online to explore, discover, excite, and learn. You’re the
maker, as you turn vintage photo reproductions from the
ACC archives into colorful embroidered masterpieces.
Photo Letter Project
DAIRY
Brady Flower
Photo Letter Art - Photos of things in the environment that
look like letters, aligned to spell various words. You get to
choose the word, and images for each letter. Then we frame
each piece, right on the spot!
Play, Tinker & Make
DAIRY
Science Museum of Minnesota
Play, tinker, and make at our creative activity stations. Use
microscopes to create a tiny drawing. Make a button that
you can wear. Play with spinning tops. Tinker with LEGO
Technic pieces to make a vehicle that can travel down a
zip line.
Play With Your Food: Creative Cakes
DAIRY
Find out new ways to make desserts that stand out! Using
creative techniques, and some items you may have around
your home, Ryan will show off his pastry skills.
Plug-in Vehicle Display
JUD
MN Plug-in Vehicle Owners’ Circle Plug-in vehicle owners will bring their cars for display and
answer questions about PEVs and charging infrastructure.
You can even test drive a vehicle!
Postcard Papercraft
MOB
Wurlington Press
Miniature papercraft kits of your favorite architectural
landmarks.
Raht Racer
MOB
Rahtmobile
The Raht Racer™ is a fully enclosed, weatherproof, zero
emission vehicle designed to enable bike commuters to
bike safely, in any weather, on any roads, with the safety
features of a car at the speed of a car. Raht Racer runs
workout programs, (like an exercise machine at the gym) as
you drive and boosts normal pedal cadence and power to
speeds normally associated with motor vehicles, delivering
an exhilarating experience. Renewal by Andersen
Replacement Windows and Doors.
IB
Robots-4-UIB
Our education classes focus on technology, robotics,
and art. From summer camp programs to our classes in
partnership with diverse schools & groups, we combine
a desire to learn S.T.E.A.M with a fun and dynamic
environment. Robots will be available for driving!
Rockler Woodworking
MOB
Rockler IS woodworking. Learn to turn wood on a lathe!
Roosevelt H.S. Robotics - Make It
MOB
Roosevelt Robotics
Kids of all ages will have the opportunity to make their own
catapults, super balls, slime and rainbow bottles. We will
also have robots on display and some to even play with.
Science for All!
DAIRY
BME Lab and Science
BME Lab and Science is a unique retail store that offers a
broad selection of science, lab supplies and chemicals. Our
customers include hobbyists, small businesses, educators,
and students. BME promotes and supports Science to all!
Screenprinting/LetterpressDAIRY
Chelsea Printworks LLC
Handmade cards and prints, using screen printing, and 100+
year old printing presses.
SECApocalypseMOB
Sebastian Wiers
Customized motorcycle with Hossack / Fiore style front end.
Display includes engineering info and patent documents.
Solar Fountains and Solar Boats
IB
REcharge Labs
Build your own solar powered fountains and solar boats!
SolarizedIB
Ben Maki
Small solar system to demonstrate the power of the sun.
Sonobe Unit Origami Exploration
MOB
Prairie Creek Makers
Come and discover the joy of unit origami - with a single
folded unit you can create cubes, octahedrons, icosahedrons
and more. This is a favorite activity of our elementary school
maker club.
Sparking Creativity, Fueling Community
AMP
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center
Use heat, spark, and flame to fuel your creativity! Watch a
blacksmith make bottle openers and learn about the many
ways to make art with fire!
Spectator Scoreboards
IB
Taffy Soley
Keep score while you are in the bleachers watching
softball, adult or little league ball games without draining
your electronic device. The scoreboard is low tech,
manually operated and needs no batteries. “Take me out
to the ball game....”
Squishy Circuits
DAIRY
UST Playful Learning Lab
Come sculpt an electrical circuit using conductive, and
insulating, play dough!
Steam-poweed Dragster
JUD
Rocket something, Buddy and Ky Michaelson
Ky Michaelson is one of the most exciting and original
makers in the world who started blowing things up which
lead to a lifelong fascination with rocketry. Ky has placed
rocket engines on any and everything. Ky’s son Buddy
will unveil their most recent project, a 300 mph steampowered dragster!
STEM Bunnies
GREEN
Visit our Bunny Garden: Science wrapped in a cute fuzzy
package:
Stratasys/Haldeman-HommeMOB
Sustainable Dog Treats
Barkley’s Bistro
Chef-inspired, farm-to-dog treats & bones.
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Tools4 Teens
JUDSON
Young women and men ages 10-18 can earn a free adultsized tool box full of tools to take home after learning about
tools and tool use at nine (9) workshop stations. Activities
are listed below and can be completed in any order. Pick
up your punch card and toolbox near the Miracle of Birth
Center on Judson Avenue.
T4T & Learn to Solder IB
Mini Maker Faire & Tools4Teens
Make your own Minnesota Makes LED pin while you learn
basic soldering techniques. Also a station for Tools4Teens.
Suggested donation $1.
T4T: Drilling
MOB
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Hammering
IB
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Measuring
MOB
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Metal Shaping
IB
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Sawing
MOB
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Screwdrivers
DAIRY
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Wiring
DAIRY
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
T4T: Wrenches, Nuts & Bolts
DAIRY
Tools4Teens
One of 9 stations where youth ages 10-18 learn about basic
tools, give them a try, and with a full punch card get a free
toolbox with tools!
Teach Kids to Cook
MOB
Vibrant kiddo food magazines Butternut and Ingredient
inspire young readers to create in the kitchen.
Teaching Photosynthesis
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Andamio Games
Mobile Game for Teaching Photosynthesis. Here’s your
chance to try it!
Technology & Civic Life
IB
Open Twin Cities
Open Twin Cities fosters an inclusive community of civic
collaboration and champions open government and
civic technology for positive social impact. We’re eager
to connect with makers who have ideas about using
technologies to capture open data to improve civic life!
The free software and cheap hardware of 3D printing
Pintstein
DAIRY
Learn how to shape your own de
signs without spending a penny! Not a designer? Browse
thingiverse.com and find a file that you would like to load
into free slicing software.
The Ghost Trolley
JUD
Naughty Shiny Collective + Flightless Bird Bros.
The Ghost Trolley is an apparition of a streetcar that used to
grace the streets of our city. Built from new steel and lumber,
its tarnished and rusty frame is made to seem as though
the trolley was pulled from the weeds of an old scrap yard,
a relic that has been unearthed and brought back to life.
The Ghost Trolley will be pulled by another project of Mr.
Murphy’s, a hacked 1971 solar powered tractor. Come take a
ride on a piece of real and imagined history!
The Puzzling Desk of Mike Snyder
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Mechanical Puzzles - A display of the many categories
of puzzles. Information on building & collecting puzzles.
Some puzzles to play with as well as puzzles and
puzzle kits for sale.
The Ringinator
DAIRY
Martin Lemieux
A CNC machined miniature table saw, powered by a drill.
The Works
GREEN
Engineering activities for kids and parents to do together.
Make projects to take home!
ThereminDAIRY
Greg Meyers
A theremin is set up in the doorway which will activate when
people pass through. Waving body parts will change the
pitch and you can actually play a song!
Tinkering with LEGO
DAIRY
Peter Hoh
Check out flywheels, gear boxes, and other simple mechanical
devices made of LEGO Technic parts. Use some of these
same parts to make spinning tops and grabbing tools.
Toy Product Design (UMN)
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University of Minnesota
Toy Product Design is an interdisciplinary hands-on projectbased course offered in the in the College of Design at the
University of Minnesota. It is an introduction to product
design process. This year the theme was STEM toys.
Traditional Broom-Making
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Traditional Necessities
Who would think that an item as mundane as a broom
could be so exciting! Experience traditional methods
for constructing beautiful and functional brooms out of
natural materials. Everything from pot scrubbers to full
sized brooms and more!
Trillion Bike
DAIRY
Bruce Lueddecke
The Trillion Bike is a model of the eventual Googol Bike.
The bikes are tools to teach math, engineering and physics
principles and are artwork in themselves.
Twin Cities Maker
MOB
Twin Cities Maker is a nonprofit community workshop in
Minneapolis where you can find your creativity. Come see
what our members have made!
Ukrainian Easter Egg Demonstration
Jason Bolish
DAIRY
Urban Boatbuilders
IB
Urban Boatbuilders empowers youth to develop the skills
they need to succeed in school, work, and life through
the building and use of wooden boats. Lash together a
paddleboard, carve laminated canoe paddles and try
steambending. Check out the boats! Venture Academy Makerspace
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Venture Academy
In the Venture Academy Makerspace, students make, play,
learn, & share in a variety of digital and physical media. A
public charter school in Minneapolis, Venture Academy is in the
business of building entrepreneurs who will change the world.
Virtual Reality Sci-fi Combat Demo
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Can Can Wonderland
In this virtual reality mini-game, users are equipped with
a headset and two hand controllers (which take on the
form of a virtual helmet and weapons) and are pit against a
formidable robotic enemy on a platform above the clouds.
weCreateIB
Shattuck St.Mary’s
weCreate is a space and also a philosophy that stresses
creativity, collaboration, and innovation. weCreate helps our
students pursue their individual passions.
Whittling Shack
IB
Whillock Woodcarving
Woodcarving kits, tools and supplies. LEARN to carve with
a FREE letter opener project. A great retirement HOBBY, a
creative way to spend your free time without being attached
to an electronic device. (Ages 14 and older).
Winged Snake Art & Garden
AMP
You can find everything from cast iron jewelry to all kinds
of garden accessories and sculptural work at Winged
Snake Art & Garden. All objects are independently crafted
and designed: hanging garden armatures, unique planters,
concrete castings, and even experimental molten metal
music sculptures.
You Can Learn To Solder Too!
IB
Schmalz Haus LLC
Every year Deanna teaches all of the 4th grade students at
her elementary school (Glen Lake Elementary) how to solder.
She design a simple circuit board for them, and then buys
all the parts. Deanna and her dad then teach every student
how to solder and they each get to build one of the boards
that they can take home. She will bring all of the parts to her
booth so she can show you how to solder too! Young Inventors
IB
The Bakken Museum
The Bakken Museum inspires students (of all ages) to get
excited about electricity and all the ways it can be used to
make the world a better place.
Presentations
Presentations and Workshops
John Baichtal, LEGO: The Engineer’s Toolkit
Jill Colella, Sunbutter
Paige Dansinger, Museum Draw
David Deng, LPRD Rocketry
Electric Car Owners Panel
Zach Fedin, NeuroBytes
Dan Feldman, Tacobot
Heather Fletcher, Painting on Water
Josh Guimela, Microcontrol of a Macroworld: An Introduction
to Arduino (90 min workshop)
Andrew Hanegmon, Iron Range Makerspace
IoTFuse
Jared the Juggler
Zach Johnson, Donutron
Rich Kronfeld, RAHT
David Middlecamp, Particle.io
Pendra Moyer, Recycled Arts (50 min workshop)
Jacob Nelson, Musicmakers
Ryan Ouradnik, Food Design
John Pederson & panel, DIY Sauna Building
Eric Powers, The Inventor (Animation Short)
Patrick Raines, 3D Printing
Brian Schmalz, chipKIT
Taffy Soley, Spectator Scoreboards
Troy Strand, Venture Academy
AnnMarie Thomas, Making Makers
George Werl, The Bakken Museum, Wireless
Performers
Musicians and Performers
Batman & Wonder Woman
Elliot & Nadia Palmer
Dane Cree
Heart of a Tinman
Featuring the driving beat of long-time Twin Cities drummer,
Dwight Christensen.
Charlie Henrikson
Hot Pickles
Jared the Juggler
KarL AchiLLes
Light of the Moon Duo
VikeBike
Andrew Tubesing
Location Key
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JUD
AMP
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GREEN
International Bazaar
Dairy Building
Miracle of Birth Center
Judson Avenue
Ampfitheater
Wandering Outdoors
Open area by International Bazaar
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Minneapolis St. Paul Mini Maker Faire is independently organized and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc.
Leonardo’s Basement is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that provides creative learning environ- ments for kids of all ages to design and build from
their imagination. Since 1998 it has offered classes at its own workshop, schools and community events providing tools and materials to design and
build engineering, art and technology projects.