Creative and STEM Kits

Are you interested in using the Portage District Library but don’t have a project in mind? Check out our STEM Kits and our Creative Kits. These kits cover everything from 3D drawing to Jewelry making to simple electric circuitry. We are adding kits all the time! Pick up a kit to tinker with while visiting the Makerspace and return it when you are finished.

All kits are free to use at this time.

Creative Kits

	Paper Quilling Kit With our quilling kit you can easily use strips of paper to make beautiful art. Choose from designs provided or try your own.
	Recycled Guitar Picks Use recycled filament from our 3D printers to create unique and beautiful guitar picks. Limit four per visit.
	Knitting Machine Use our knitting machine to make knit items. You can use the instructions we have here or come up with your own design. Some yarn is provided, but feel free to bring in your own.
	Kumihimo Friendship Bracelet These beautiful woven bracelets are surprisingly easy to make. Choose your colors and create some jewelry for yourself or someone else.
	Bottlecap Magnets Easily turn old bottlecaps into magnets. Use designs we have provided or create your own!
	Card Making Kit Use stamps, cutouts, and a variety of patterned paper to make personalized greeting cards.
	Potholder Loom Use the loom and the materials provided to weave your own potholder! Choose from provided designs or create your own.
	Drawing and Tracing Use the lightbox and pencils to trace intricate and beautiful pictures.
	Jewelry Making Get ready to make your own jewelry creations. Start from scratch and make your own beads and charms. Get ready to get creative!
	Metal Stamping Get creative by using metal stamping to make personalized jewelry.

STEM Kits

	Edison Robots The Edison robots can be programmed to move by clapping, they can avoid obstacles, and can even follow a flashlight! Add Legos to them to customize your robot before you get it moving.
	Cubetto Robotics The adorable Cubetto robot will travel where you tell him to go when you put in the correct code. Give him a try using one of the maps we have available: Around the Town, Busy City, Deep Blue Sea, Ancient Egypt, or Outer Space.
	HexBugs Take the HexBug Challenge to see if you can get these buggy robots with a mind of their own to behave. Use the supplies in the kit to build courses to complete each challenge. The challenges get progressively difficult. Good luck!
	Kaibots Code the Kaibots using the supplied cards with coding information. Make your Kaibot move and turn based on your commands. Add Magnatiles to the Kaibots to build mazes and obstacles.
	Keva Planks See what amazing structures you can build with Keva Planks. Great for budding engineers and architects, these simple yet versatile construction tools are great for all ages.
	Magna-Tiles Explore geometry and building concepts with Magna-Tiles. See what unique structures you can create.
	Sphero Indi Coding Help the cars drive through mazes you design. Learn the basics of coding and computational thinking while racing your cars.
	Snap Circuits Use the Instruction Manual to follow the included experiments using Snap Circuts. Make your own temporary electronic projects using our kit. Projects cannot be taken home as the materials will be reused.
	Ozobots Use coding and colors to move the Ozobot robots back and forth and around.
	3D Pen Use our 3D pen to create 3D creations either by using our templates or coming up with your own design.