Amazing Upcycled Materials
Everything a maker needs — sourced, curated, and ready for your next project.
Rediscover collects and curates donated materials to provide maximum sustainable creative possibilities. Come and browse the unique and familiar objects, available for a nominal fee to schools and artists. Preselected kits for specific projects are also available for pickup or delivery (S&H fees may apply).
Rediscover sources upcycled materials from hundreds of LA-based businesses and households for maximum creative maker potential. We curate hands-on maker tools for transforming those materials into art, STEM, and practical projects, with toolsets for general making, cardboard crafting, and woodworking. We build classroom and makerspace furniture, customized to your facility and needs. Rediscover's materials, tools, and equipment are great for schools, community centers, libraries, and companies that want to help their communities start making and tinkering. Rediscover's materials span the familiar and the unusual. Stock up on standard recycled materials like jar lids, corks, plastic cups, CDs, tennis balls, twist ties, and magazines. We have so, so much cardboard, including cereal boxes, shipping boxes, appliance boxes, precut panels and strips, paper towel tubes, mailing tubes, carpet tubes, and double-ply industrial-strength cardboard. Browse our donated art supplies, like art papers, crayons, yarn, beads, and fabric. Explore the fascinating offcuts and overstock we receive from our commercial and industrial partners, including rolls of mylar, plastic hosing, lamp parts, wire, caps, stone samples, and wood scraps and plywood.
Tool & Equipment Kits — Rentals and Sales
Our Tool and Equipment Kits are available for rental if you're prototyping a new element of your maker education program, or for sale if you're ready to dive in.
Tinkering Toolkits
The perfect platform for independent making with cardboard and recycled materials. Whether it's a school project, a backpack repair, or a 3D prototype, just add the contents of your recycling bin and junk drawer. Packed with kid-sized tools and safety equipment, a Tinkering Toolkit provides everything needed to independently complete any Rediscover Activity Guide.
Classroom Set of Woodworking Tools
Workbenches, measuring tools, drills, clamps, saws, and student-sized safety equipment. Packages can include scrap and dimensional lumber, hardware, and all the materials needed for a semester of tinkering — real tools selected to accommodate child-sized hands.
Single Activity Tool Kits
- Cardboard Playground Construction Kit — cardboard saws, punches, scissors, heavy-duty tape dispensers, and markers, plus an activity guide and volunteer orientation sheet. Just add cardboard — the bigger, the better.
- Clamp Bridges Activity Kit — clamps and wood scraps for up to 24 participants, with an activity guide.
- Vertical Wind Tunnel — a 5' wind tube for exploring wind and motion, with an optional bin of flying-object materials (tulle, mylar, berry baskets, popsicle sticks) for up to 30 participants and activity guides for TK–2 and 3–5.
Furniture and Equipment
We build classroom and makerspace furniture, customized to your facility and needs.
Tool Wall
A fully stocked tool wall displaying curated, age-appropriate tools for making. A basic wall is 4' wide, scaling to 8' or 12' for groups larger than 25. Cardboard Construction Tool Walls include everything in the Tinkering Toolkit plus specialized punches, motorized cutters, and fasteners. Woodworking Tool Walls include drills, saws, clamps, hand tools, measuring tools, and safety equipment.
Tinker Carts
Not ready to dedicate a room to become your school's makerspace? Mobile Tinker Carts bring tools and key materials to any classroom for shared use. Custom cabinetry holds dozens of tools, and a solid tabletop with hideaway sections supports hot-glue crafting or up to four simultaneous clamped woodworking projects. Fully loaded, a Tinker Cart includes a starter kit of creative reuse materials plus four additional bins for extended making.
Tinkering Lab Installation
A complete, permanent makerspace installation — mounting hardware, workbenches, tools, and a starter kit of materials. Purchase a standard installation, customize your fitout, or book a workshop where students design and construct the makerspace themselves, turning it into a collaborative project with high buy-in and enthusiasm. Includes 12V drills, hand saws, clamps, and hand tools for a class of 30, creative reuse materials like wood scraps, cardboard panels, bottle caps, wire, and leather, and suggested K–6 curriculum for art-led STEAM education.
Tool and Equipment Rentals
Try before you invest — rent what you need for a day, a week, or a semester.
Classroom Set of Woodworking Tools
For a day, a week, or a semester, Rediscover can rent you a classroom set of woodworking tools, including workbenches, drills, clamps, and saws. Packages can include scrap and dimensional lumber, hardware, and all the materials needed for a semester of tinkering — real tools selected to accommodate child-sized hands.
Thinking about expanding into prototyping with wood? Renting is a great way to try out tool use in the classroom or school makerspace before investing in equipment your school may not be ready to own permanently.
Call 310-393-3636 to discuss your level of existing expertise teaching safe tool use, or to set up a package that includes tool rental and professional development.
Single Activity Tool Kits
- Cardboard Playground Construction Kit — cardboard saws, punches, scissors, heavy-duty tape dispensers, and markers, with an activity guide and volunteer orientation sheet.
- Clamp Bridges Activity Kit — clamps and wood scraps for up to 24 participants, with an activity guide.
- Vertical Wind Tunnel — a 5' wind tube for exploring wind and motion, with an optional bin of flying-object materials for up to 30 participants.
Ready to browse materials or book a rental?Reach out and we'll help you find the right fit for your space and budget.
