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Creative Kids: make a working e-waste Monster!

Cost: $15 – $35

Location

EcoMatters

1 Olympic Place
New Lynn, Auckland 0600 New Zealand

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Phone: (09) 826 4276

About this Event

Do you have (or know) a child keen on dismantling everything in the house to find out how it works?
Ever wondered what the inside of a computer looks like and would love to pull an old one apart? Then this workshop is for you!

Join artist/inventor Adam Ben-Dror this Plastic Free July, for a fun and interactive kids workshop.

Explore the possibilities of e-waste and help transform random parts into an up-cycled ‘e-waste monster’.

Highlights:

Learn how to dismantle and handle parts safely if your child is keen to continue creative making at home
What are the best and safest options if you want to make your creation ‘go’ or ‘come alive’
Make a working ‘monster’ to go on display during Plastic Free July at EcoMatters

For Children +6 with a with parent/caregiver

ABOUT

Adam Ben-Dror is a Compost Collective facilitator, artist and inventor teaching design at the University of Auckland.
He is interested in robotics, somatics and worm farming.

He co-runs Local Making, a neighbourhood-scale laboratory for exploring open-source making, joyful playing, inquisitive thinking and resourceful living in an interconnected world with artist Xin Cheng.

Organisers

EcoMatters