Come create with us!
Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. we offer awesome activities in Fulton's Workshop. Each will have a focus or theme, but you can also come and explore the workshop if that week's activity isn't up your alley. Alternate activities include micro:bit hands-on, our Lego Wall, cardboard construction, magnet wall challenge, wind tunnel and much more. Come on in and we'll show you around!
Explore hands-on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) projects for all ages!
We want to:
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Create a fun interactive learning environment
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Emphasizes imagination and creativity
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Make curious and thoughtful learners
Free for museum members | Regular admission rate for non-members
* Additional costs will always be noted
Make It! Schedule
July 23: Straw Rockets Design and launch paper rockets using air-powered straws, testing shape and aerodynamics.
July 30: Tissue Paper Painting Create layered color artwork by bleeding tissue paper pigments onto wet paper.
August 6: Tangram and Pattern Puzzle Lab Explore tangrams, geometric pattern puzzles, and visual problem-solving challenges. A tangram is an ancient Chinese puzzle. It turns a square into seven smaller geometric shapes, called "tans.” You use all seven pieces to make pictures like animals, people or letters.
August 13: Zentangle and Mandala Pattern Art Create detailed line art using repeating shapes, calm patterning and circular mandala designs. Zentangle involves drawing structured, repetitive patterns—known as "tangles" focusing on the process rather than the outcome. Mandala patterns are symmetrical geometric designs organized around a central core, representing the universe, wholeness and connection.
August 20: To be determined...
August 27: Build a Paper Automaton Create a simple moving paper machine using hand-turned mechanisms such as cams, sliders, or tabs. By turning a small paper handle, you rotate an internal axle (or crank) that pushes vertical shafts up and down, making paper characters move, wave or dance.
September 3: Chemistry of Color Lab Investigate how color can change, separate or react through quick chemistry stations. The lab will include pH color changes, chromatography, UV color effects and simple color-mixing exploration.
September 10: Balance Sculpture Build Design and build small sculptures that balance in surprising ways. You’ll combine art and physics while experimenting with weight, symmetry and center of mass. Balance sculptures are engineered to rest perfectly on a single focal point, often using precise physics, counterweights or kinetic movement to defy gravity.
September 17: Make a Weather Station Build simple weather tools and learn how people measure wind, rain, temperature and cloud conditions. Stations can include a wind vane, rain gauge, weather wheel or a simple barometer.
September 24: LEGO Mosaic Mural Work individually or together to create mosaic-style designs using LEGO bricks or tiles. Explore patterning, color planning, teamwork and collaborative art-making.