JP Craft Fair 2014

Last weekend, Boston Makers set up a booth at the JP Crafts Fair, an annual show featuring handcrafted gifts, art, jewelry, clothing, pottery, folk art, and delicious food made by Jamaica Plain locals. Throughout the day we had the opportunity to […]

Halloween Festival 2014

On October 31st, we worked with the Hyde Square Task Force teens to build a fun Halloween interactive for young children to enjoy after the Main Streets Trick or Treat Parade. They made 24 plastic pumpkins light up and rock to the […]

Halloween Wearables Workshop

There are a couple of seats still available in our “Make Your Halloween Costume Light Up”  workshop happening on Saturday, Oct. 25th from 10:00 Am – 1:00 PM. This is a fun easy and fun introduction to electronics with no […]

JP Open Studios 2014: Lantern Installation

This year at JP Open Studios, Boston Makers worked with the Hyde Square Task Force to create over 500 origami lanterns illuminated by “throwies” simple LED circuits created with LEDs and 3 volt batteries. The lanterns were handmade during community workshops […]

MaKey MaKey Workshop

Boston Makers and Hyde Square Task Force experimented this week with MaKey MaKey an open source micro controller that turns everyday objects into touch pads! Check out the photos below. MaKey MaKey is an invention kit created by Jay Silver […]

Paper Circuits Workshop

Great workshop this week with the Hyde Square Task Force! Participants learned how to fold origami cubes, and about how to make a circuits that make LED lights work. When combined learn more about this… http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/paper-circuitry-at-home-electric-origami/ This little LED-lit cube […]

Electric Summer Hats Workshop

See what we created at the Summer Electric Hat Workshop hosted by Boston Makers and the Hyde Square Task Force on June 1st and June 8th! Using   Lily Pad Arduino Check out our curriculum  

Our First Pop-up Makerspace!

Boston Makers held their first pop-up maker event during JP First Thursdays this May, where they gathered community organizations such as Stonybook Fine Arts, JP Knit and Stitch, and the Eliot School, alongside a number of local makers to hold […]

Check out our Survey Infographic!

Results are in! To better understand the local maker community’s interests and needs, Boston Makers conducted an open survey and held a series of public meetings in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and Hyde Park over the course of four […]

Let’s talk about Makerspaces: Join us at our next Community Meeting

What is a makerspace? Makerspaces are a community-operated workspace where people with common interests can rent spaces and create or be “makers” together. This includes people working in 3D printing, art, bicycle building and repair, CNC router, computer-aided design, electronics, […]

Curley School February Maker Camp

  We have to start by saying how proud we are of the attendees that came to the February Makers Camp held last week at the Curley K-8 School.  Our group of eight students all worked so hard on their […]