Cardboard Engineers | Grades 3–5

Cardboard Engineers is an 8-week, hands-on engineering class for students in grades 3 through 5.

Each 60-minute session features a new project and introduces a skill that builds on the last.

All materials are included.

Students use the Engineering Design Process every session: define the problem, plan before cutting, build, test, and improve.

What we make:

• Week 1: Name Plate — Design a sign for a bedroom door or desk.

• Week 2: Picture Frame — Build a frame that stands on its own.

• Week 3: Spectator Hat — Create sun protection and team spirit for an outdoor game.

• Week 4: Mini Mailbox — Build a working door and flag, your first moving part.

• Week 5: Pencil Holder — Build a holder for at least 12 colored pencils upright.

• Week 6: Wristband or Cuff — Create your first wearable build.

• Week 7: Wallet or Coin Purse — Make something you can actually use.

• Week 8: Your Shoe — Design a shoe for a specific function, sized to fit your own foot.

Tools and materials include kid-safe ChompSaws, hot glue guns, cardboard, tempera paint sticks, maker materials, and safety gloves. Students receive direct safety instruction from day one.

Policies: Missed classes are non-refundable and cannot be made up. A minimum of 18 students is required for the session to run. If minimum enrollment is not met, the session will be cancelled and all fees fully refunded.

Location: NEWLAND Elementary School