Bay Area Geek Dads and Geek Moms, mark your calendars for October 24th! The Mini-Maker Faire is coming to Oakland, and they have a line-up you can’t miss, especially if you have mini-Makers under your roof. Just a sample of the over 100 exhibits, activities, rides, craft booths, and bands that await you and your kids:
- Author Michael Chabon is teaming up with Nick Dragotta of HowToons to teach a workshop on making comics
- Once you’ve designed your own super-hero, head over the to Swap-O-Rama to stitch up a costume for your creation, just in time for Halloween
- Scream with delight on the home-made, pedal-powered amusement park rides of Cyclecide
- Maker Faire founder Dale Dougherty will be on hand to talk about the Maker movement and how to encourage exploration and discovery in your kids, and to teach a workshop on pressing your own apple cider
- Alpha geek Tim O’Reilly reveals the secrets of his famous home-made jam, featured in the hit book Cooking for Geeks
- Help build the Bay Area’s biggest marble run, courtesy of the East Bay School for Boys
- Build and launch a rocket with the 4th graders at Park Day School
- Getting an early start on a home-made holiday season with dozens of craft and DIY kit booths
- Become an urban homesteader with exhibits on chicken-keeping, beekeeping, bread-making, bench-carving, and more
- Rock out with The Shes, the Devilettes, and other great Bay Area bands playing on a pedal-powered stage
And of course, GeekDad’s own Ken Denmead will be there with his radio-controlled Lego demolition derby (and copies of the book)!
Admission starts at just $7.50 but prices go up on October 7th, so get your tickets now at ebmakerfaire.com.
Geek Dad readers can take advantage of a 15% off tickets by using the code GEEKDAD at eventbrite.ebmakerfaire.com.
Ken Denmead
Ken is a husband and father from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he works as civil engineer. He became the Publisher of GeekDad in 2007, and the owner in 2010. He also wrote the NYT bestselling GeekDad series of project books for parents and kids to share.