Our g4g makerspaces
Our g4g Makerspace events are all about creativity, engineering, and design... while simply having fun! To do so, we invite 20 girls and boys aged 9-14 to our headquarters in Brussels once a month on a Saturday morning. It's the perfect opportunity to explore a new theme & make all the science behind "making" come to life! Parents are most welcome to join the fun, too.
Timing & Pricing
Our makerspaces are usually held the last Saturday of each month, between 9 AM and 12:30 PM. Each individual session will cost 40 euro per child.
Past Makerspaces
The Biomimetic & the virtual images - February 2020
Together, we traveled through biology, physics, and history in order to learn what biomimetics is ! We dived into the physical laws of light reflection that enable us to create virtual image ; We discovered the biological characteristics of the eyeball and the physical law behind the functioning of an obscure camera… and even more fun, we became engineers and built three amazing optic devices : a microscope, a hologram pyramid and a video projector! Have a look at our Facebook album here
Helping hands for Habitats & Ecosystems - July 2019
The first activity of the day was for the kids to build a terrarium to model the greenhouse effect. Amazing! And you may wonder what was our own contribution to make the urban habitat friendlier for biodiversity? We had a few! First, kids engineered their own insect hotels, the perfect way to offer some rest to solitary bugs in the city, before making seed bombs! They were then invited to display them in public parks around Brussels, to help grow some new ecosystems in urban spaces (so… keep an eye open for new flowers and insect hotels near you very soon!). Have a look at our Facebook album here!
Rainbow Lab - May 2019
Kids learned all about revealing the hidden colour spectrum in black inks -hello 'black magic' - and created rainbow effects with chromatography butterflies. Others got messy and saw how forces of physics made wonderful pendulum paintings! Finally, kids all got together to craft their own kaleidoscopes or looking-glass, through which they could gain new perspectives of the world. Check out our Facebook album here!
Tasty & Technical homes, December 2018
In our December Makerspace, we made the most out of innovation, smart homes, and… gingerbread! Each student had the chance to make their own edible home, full of sustainability inventions and creative thinking!
Robotics of Smart Homes, October 2018
In this mischievous, 7th Makerspace, we used our few bewitching hours to apply robotics to our vision of our future smart homes. Thanks to the wonderful Stanley Black & Decker's help, 30 kids got the opportunity to visit our atelier and design the homes of tomorrow. Using their trusty glue guns and some coding skills they came up with pretty innovative solutions to today’s problems! You can find the photo album of this event here!
Future of Homes, September 2018
For our 6th Makerspace, kids go to think about what the future of homes could be… After designing and drawing their ideas for an improved future, they brought them to life by building models of their inventions using microbits. Ideas were plentiful and we can’t wait to see if the homes of 2030 will have any walls that move to face the sun, fold able walls, underwater features, detachable rooms, scanning fridge...If we believe in the inventors who joined us last week, you can count on them! Click here to see the photo album!
Rocket Fun, June 2018
In this 5th edition we elevated the makerspace to new levels... and built rockets and planes! We learned about water and about rockets in a fun way, before building our very own water rockets and get them airborne using water pressure. Check out our photo album here!
Molecular Cooking, April 2018
At our fourth #g4gmakerspace, we combined two things we love: science and food! We made a few delicious recipes and reflected about them on a molecular level: volcanic cupcakes, molecular mousse, dry ice ice cream and spherication of honey, ketchup and raspberry. Click here to see the photo album!
Racing Robotics, March 2018
Our third #g4gmakerspace was all about robots and racing. We made bristlebots and scribblebots while learning about circuits and experienced first hand how they work in practice. After creating amazing designs, we had our bots race against each other! Click here if you want to see the photo album. Click on the "instructions" button if you want to try it again at home!
Slime meets Design, February 2018
The theme of our second edition of #g4gmakerspace was Slime meets Design. We experimented by making slime, "Non-Newtonian" fluid, and putty; group ideating as we figured out how to apply these fun & funky materials into everyday needs, and finally prototyping our idea into life! Curious? Click here to see the photo album. Want to try it again at home? Click on our slime recipes!!
Conductive Fabrics, January 2018
In our very first #g4gmakerspace, we showed the link between science, technology and engineering by exploring circuitry. The kids had a chance to tinker their very own LED creation using batteries, conductive thread, and colourful fun felt - all the while learning to perfect sewing techniques & electrical circuits! Want to see some more of the beautiful creations the kids made? Click here for some pictures!
