Maker Days for Kids 2026

We are excited to be part of Maker Days for Kids again this year. The Living Lab Team at ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig is hosting the AI workshop and offering participants the opportunity to use AI to create images, text, and videos. We look forward to hearing your ideas and are eager to answer your questions.

Date and Time

The Maker Days for Kids will take place from October 20 to 23, 2026, and will begin at 9:00 am each day and end at 4:00 pm.

Location

Völkerfreundschaft
Stuttgarter Allee 9
04209 Leipzig

Program

In addition to the ScaDS.AI workshop, the program includes:

• a woodworking workshop
• a game design workshop
• a 3D printing workshop
• a robot workshop
• a bookbinding workshop
• a textile workshop
• an upcycling workshop
• an audio workshop and
• a knot-tying Workshop

How to participate

At the Maker Days for Kids, children between the ages of 10 and 14 can tinker, build, learn about and try out different tools, media, technologies, and materials in the temporary workshop. Participation is free of charge and includes a warm, vegetarian lunch.

Registration is currently open only to girls. Find the regsitration form on the official website.
Boys who want to attend, can write an e-mail to leipzig@makerdaysforkids.eu and ask to be put on the waiting list.
The venue is the Völkerfreundschaft in Grünau (Stuttgarter Allee 9).

Closing Event

There will also be a closing event on the last day, October 23 2026 from 14:00 to 16:00, to which we would like to invite all interested parties. On this day, the workshop will be open to adults and guests – parents, siblings, relatives, and anyone else who is interested – to come and see what has been created. And even more: The children will be responsible for the activities and will show the adults how it’s done!