Decorate Your Home for Any Holiday! Activity Guide. January 2026. This project is inspired by The House Without Lights: A Read more
Engineer a Surprise Box Activity Guide. October 2025. This project is inspired by Marianne the Maker, a storybook that follows a Read more
Guillermo is a Lead Facilitator at Rediscover Center who joined the organization in summer 2019. Six years ago, Guillermo first Read more
Make a Miniature Room Model Activity Guide. March 2025. This project is inspired by Love Grows Everywhere, a storybook that illustrates Read more
Build a Fort Activity Guide. January 2025. This project is inspired by The Little Red Fort, written by Brenda Maier Read more
Build a Sustainability Robot Activity Guide. November 2024. Rediscover thanks Alex Wilensky, María José Urrestarazu, and Hannah Dahl for their Read more
Create a Calavera Mask Activity Guide. October 2024. Rediscover thanks Alex Wilensky, María José Urrestarazu, and Hannah Dahl for their Read more
Build a Super Twisty Slide Activity Guide. September 2024. In Progress. Rediscover thanks Alex Wilensky, María José Urrestarazu, and Hannah Read more
Create your own Superhero Identity Activity Guide. June 2024. Rediscover thanks Alex Wilensky, María José Urrestarazu, and Hannah Dahl for Read more
Make a Mini Mailbox In this activity, we will use recycled materials to create a personal mailbox. Typically, mailboxes are Read more
In this activity, you will create a pop-up card with a character or message that expresses confidence. It can be Read more
In this activity, we will explore using cylinders to create frames for binoculars to serve as viewfinders for when we're Read more
In this activity, we will explore using brads (brass fasteners) and sticks to make puppets with moving parts. 2024 is Read more
Taking inspiration from colorful Maya textiles, in this activity we will explore the art of weaving using recycled materials. Creating Read more
Mher Zorhabyan creates architectural models inspired by the skeletal structure of animals. You can do it too! Skeletons are strong Read more
This project is inspired by Bisa's Carnaval, written by Joana Pastro and illustrated by Carolina Coroa. This book tells the Read more
This project is inspired by When Lola Visits, the story of a child of an immigrant family whose summers were Read more
This project is inspired by You Come From Greatness. We are the extension of our ancestors and the creators of Read more
This project is inspired by The Year We Learned to Fly. Jacqueline Woodson says, "Sometimes the first step toward change Read more
This project is inspired by Magic Trash: The Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art. You've seen what kids at Read more
This project is inspired by CLASSIFIED: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer. Have you heard of Read more
This project was inspired by The Void, written by Anna Llenas. The Void is a storybook about a young girl Read more
This project was inspired by Be Amazing, written by Desmond is Amazing @DesmondisAmazing and illustrated by Dylan Glynn @dylanglynn.mov. Be Read more
This project was inspired by Paletero Man, written by Lucky Diaz @theluckyband_ and illustrated by Micah Player @micahplayer. Paletero Man tells Read more
This project was inspired by The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee, written by Julie Leung @jleungbooks and illustrated by Read more
This project was inspired by A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa, written and illustrated by Andrea Read more
February is Black History Month, so this month’s book features “Hidden Figures,” written by Margot Lee Shetterly. The inspiring story Read more
This project was inspired by Boxitects, written and illustrated by Kim Smith. Boxitects is a picture book about a young Read more
Use upcycled materials to create a wind turbine tower! This project was inspired by “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," Read more
Use upcycled materials to create finger puppets and tell a story! This project was inspired by Zonia's Rain Forest, written Read more
We’ve created an activity guide on making stenopeic glasses out of recycled materials! This project was inspired by Patricia's Vision: Read more
Let's have an International Kite Festival at home! We’ve created an activity guide on making a kite from recycled materials! Read more
We’ve created an activity guide on creating stoplight-inspired door signs! This project was inspired by The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan written Read more
We’ve created an activity guide on prototyping transportation vessels! This project was inspired by Rosie Revere, Engineer, written by Andrea Read more
We’ve created an activity guide on making a fun, recycled Super-Soaker to get you through the heat this summer! This Read more
We’ve created an activity guide on making a gadget to help your senses! This project was inspired by Ada Twist Read more
We’ve created an activity guide on Spinning Selfies inspired by The Girl who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Read more
Sofia Valdez and the Vanishing Vote by Andrea Beaty is the story of a girl and her second-grade class learning Read more
Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed is a story of a young girl who loved space and science, then Read more
Amara Leipzig is a Lead Facilitator, working at reDiscover Center since the beginning of 2019. They are an artist and Read more
A scissor mechanism lets you give high fives while social distancing! Young builders may need help cutting out the cardboard. Read more
reDiscover is thrilled to launch our new GoFundMe Campaign, to bring Tinkering Tool Kits and scholarships for our online classes Read more
reDisccover Tinkering Camp was featured on Spectrum News 1! Check out the segment here! REGISTER NOW for camps and classes! Read more
Lets dig in our recycling bin! “Oo, there’s a bunch of bottle lids in here, grab those.” “Oh, and that Read more
This project is a mini version of the big stomp rockets we like to do at reDiscover, and can be Read more
reDiscover has 10+ years experience putting powerful tools in the hands of kids ages 7-12. We've tried out countless hand Read more
15 years ago, reDiscover was founded to serve preschool and early elementary classrooms with creative reuse materials. 10 years ago, Read more
[Aaron Kramer is a reDiscover Board Member, artist, and educator who will be leading the 7/15-7/19 Tinkering School LA Masters Read more
At reDiscover, we use a lot of cardboard. From playgrounds built of appliance boxes to eight foot ball run tubes Read more
reDiscover Center launched Product Design Club at Beverly Vista School in February 2019. Supported by the Beverly Vista PTA, this Read more
One of reDiscover’s favored phrases is “A Culture of Safety.” It’s the name of our core professional development workshop and Read more
ReDiscover is proud to partner with researchers at UCLA to help kids get more involved in science! The project, The Read more
Young minds have a distinct advantage: their minds are flexible in a way that adult minds aren't. They have great Read more
Part of the magic of reDiscover Center is that you never know exactly what materials might be waiting for you Read more
What exactly is tinkering? A question we often get asked at reDiscover Center. Our response? Tinkering is more than just Read more
This is the second installment of mask-making here at reDiscover Center! Today we are looking at helmet masks: a simple Read more
Have you ever dreamed of a car that is also a house? A car that can fly? A car that Read more
Turkey Time is upon us all! Regardless of your food preferences around Thanksgiving, a turkey centerpiece is a great, festive Read more
Based on the traditional folded tissue or crepe paper method, this flower was made using donated Mylar sheeting (a factory Read more
Repurpose paper scraps, fabric and yarn to create your own personal journal or sketchbook. All you need is some stationery, Read more
Create a spooky mask! Masks can be made with recycled materials like cardboard, egg cartons and bottle caps. And they Read more
There are countless ways to make a puppet! One fun way with tinkering is using found objects to create a Read more
