We are big fans of Makedo (quite possibly the greatest making kit there is) so we thought we’d share the love this holiday season and give some away to you our loyal green things. Think of this as pain-free Christmas shopping, win your presents instead of buy them.
Makedo is a set a connectors for making stuff from things around you. It’s reusable and connects all kinds of materials. Best of all, it knows no age. Anyone can make things with it from children (3+ years) to those who prefer to nap without their teeth in.
It’s perfect for turning bits of waste and scrap materials into useful and unique objects.
Here are some brilliant creations from Makedo:
To enter all you have to do is visit our Facebook page and tell us what you’d make (or someone you’d like to give it to would make) with a kit. Be creative. Think wrapping paper. Think empty boxes and packaging.
Tell us on our Facebook wall and hopefully we’ll help you check someone off your list.
Katherine Hui is currently the Social site editor at Green Thing, a web-based public service in London that inspires people to lead greener lives through creative content.
Before this, she worked as the Development Manager at Social Innovation Camp, an organization that encourages people to use web and mobile-based technology to mobilise social change. She oversaw 300 ideas submission and helped build 20 prototypes – five of which have gone on to get further funding or investment.
Katherine’s came over to the UK form Canada in 2007 for an MSc program at the London School of Economics. Before arriving in London, she managed a small environmental start-up in Vancouver called the Canadian Climate Change Alliance.
Katherine is football mad. She is a loyal supporter of Arsenal FC, plays for Islington Borough Ladies FC and coaches for Gunners in Islington in her spare time. Her second favourite hobby is kite surfing and she can sometimes be found chasing the wind.
