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Makedo

Creating Art for Social-Emotional Learning

Makedo inspires children and adults alike to explore their imagination through creative and educational tools. They offer a unique construction system called "Makedo Kits" that helps you turn everyday materials into functional objects and structures for every explorer! Makedo aims to foster creativity, innovation, and resourcefulness by encouraging hands-on learning experiences that support the development of problem-solving, collaboration, and design-thinking skills.

Through the My Good Brain x Makedo collaboration, we’ve created a brand new collection of art-based social-emotional health activities using the Makedo tools!

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Discover a set of six art activities designed to support social-emotional learning using recyled cardboard! Get creative and transform an ordinary object into a new and exciting creation!

What’s inside?

  • Create a puppet of your favorite version of yourself and use it as a form of encouragement and to show kids that their confidence is always within reach.

  • Create a framed 3D picture of your dreams and goals to keep you motivated!

  • When remembering memories of the past, it can sometimes be difficult to understand them, especially when much emotion is involved. Mountains represent good times (high times), and valleys represent bad times (low times). Little cardboard figures on top of the mountains or the valley could symbolize what happened during those good or bad times (a cardboard cupcake, a cardboard dog, a cardboard toy, etc.).

  • A portable cardboard box that functions like a transportable puppet show. Essentially, all the figures inside the box will be cardboard cutouts of items the child feels comforted by. Stuffed animals, specific colors, or furniture items can be displayed within the safe place and give visually comforting stimulus. The child can play with these items, move them around, screw them to the walls of the box, and color over them even while on the go!

  • Be proud of who you are and your accomplishments with a confidence crown!

  • Have you ever done something so enjoyable and fun that you lost track of time? Engaging in mindfulness activities is a great way to feel like time is limitless. You feel really satisfied with what you are doing, and you might also feel really energized by the activity even though you’ve been busy with it for quite some time.

Check out more resources, purchase tools, and see what others are creating at Makedo

In collaboration with Makedo, My Good Brain will be hosting a FREE cardboard art party booth at the Fremont Street Eats event hosted by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. We will be showcasing how you can use upcycled art for social-emotional learning! See below for more details:

  • Friday, 6/23, 7/14, 8/18

  • 5:00-9:00pm PST

  • Downtown Event Center, 3500 Capitol Ave., Fremont, CA 94538

  • FREE Event, Donations accepted to support our arts nonprofit organization for children's mental wellness

  • For all children and families who love art!

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