Malheur Maker Faire

Four Rivers Cultural Center

(676 SW 5th Ave, Ontario, OR 97914)

Saturday, April 5, 2025

10:00 am - 4:00 pm MDT

What is Maker Faire?

Maker Faire is a family-friendly gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From crafters and artists to scientists and engineers, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show their hobbies, innovations, and projects.

We call it the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth - a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness.

Glimpse the future and get inspired!

Maker Fair Flyer Updated March 25.pdf

In coordination with the Malheur Maker Faire, Frontier STEM Hub - Malheur ESD and OSU Extension are hosting an

Art Challenge for 4th-12th Grade Students of Malheur County!

The theme of the challenge is: A Day in Our Community.

Depict our community: The nature, people, and spaces, by showing moments of work, rest, play, connection, and joy.

Click HERE for ART CHALLENGE Information

Schedule of Workshops and Demonstrations

Featured Makers for 2025!

Dr. Pickelstein's Traveling STEM Show: Energy, Food, and Cow Farts!

Presentations at 11:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Join Dr. Picklestein (a.k.a. Dr. Henry Charlier, from the BSU Chemistry Department) for an interactive presentation that looks at how the sun's energy is created and then transferred to our food. This presentation will also look at the composition and properties of cow flatulence. Dr. Picklestein’s unique brand of edutainment (educational entertainment) is custom-made to inform and delight audiences of all ages!

Lavender Gardens of Payette

Enjoy lavender? Come join this workshop at 11:00 a.m. and learn how to make lavender sugar scrub. You’ll be rewarded with the relaxing aroma of lavender and the exfoliating element of sugar. Leave with the recipe and your own sample.

Gunpla Build Hangar

Build your own Mecha Shield! Join this workshop at 2:00 p.m. and learn about plastic model building. Did you know Gunpla are model kits depicting the mecha machinery and characters of the fictional Gundam multiverse by Bandai Spirits?

The Gemini Talks Beeswax Food Wraps

The Gemini Talks, Beeswax food wraps are a plastic bag alternative for food storage that help keep your foods fresher. Reusable by hand washing them in cold water & soap, lasting for a year or longer. Handmade with local beeswax, and are compostable! I’m using cute fabrics that make sustainable options super fun.

Learn to Solder

Learn to Solder Skill Badge Kits have been used to teach thousands of people of all ages how to solder at Maker Faires across the country. It's a simple, fun way to learn how to solder or teach others to solder.

Once complete, you'll have a great blinky robot that you can proudly wear and when people ask where you got it, you get to reply "I made it!"

Vale High School VEX Robotics

Six Robots will be competing on a 12x12 field. Hands-on demonstrations will be available throughout the day.

Treasure Valley MultiGP Drone Racing

Watch live-action Drone Racing and try out your own pilot skills on a drone flight simulator.

Learn to Crochet

This class will guide participants through crochet basics—how to hold your hook, choose the right hook for your project, and make your very first stitch. In addition, they'll have handmade creations on display and available for sale.

Student Tech Creations

Advanced CS students will share their Maker creations including:

Glowing Magnetic Crystals
Astronomical Emboidery
Music Boxes and Race Cars

Star Rune - The Ultimate Typing Game

Star Rune is the ULTIMATE TYPING GAME. You play as Nova, the Last Star in cyberspace. Slash and dash through Evil Letters to save the world! Each stroke = ACTION.

STEMfinity

A Boise, Idaho, based team of passionate people who search daily for the finest STEM products and services to STEMulate the immersive educational experience in our @school, our @home and @afterschool learning communities.

OSU Extension Master Gardeners

Create a tiny, take-home pollinator garden in a biodegradable cup! Decorate your cup, plant native wildflower seeds, and learn how to attract bees and butterflies. A fun, hands-on way to support pollinators and bring a little nature home with you!

Nyssa High School
Business Professionals of America (BPA)

Will be sharing their 3D printed creations and selling items to help raise funds to get them to Nationals.

Who are Makers?

Tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, homesteaders, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and entrepreneurs are all considered Makers. Maker Faires give Makers the opportunity to come together to show their projects and to talk about what they have learned. This community-based learning event inspires everyone to become a Maker, and connect with people and projects in their local community. Yet, Maker Faire is a “fair” — fun, engaging, and exciting.

We invite local youth organizations to join in the fun at Malheur Maker Faire. Some of the nationally organized groups that participate at Maker Faires around the world include 4-H, Future Farmers of America, FIRST Robotics, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Boys & Girls Clubs.

Schools, especially those with educational programs in Engineering, Art, Science, and Crafts from pre-K to college, should consider signing up as makers at this event. This an excellent opportunity to show the community what students are learning and creating in school.

By participating in Malheur Maker Faire, local artists, community art centers, and art collectives can inspire creativity and create public awareness of their programs. From Origami to watercolors, Makers share their art with visitors at Maker Faires hosted around the world.

Other groups such as master gardening programs, quilting clubs, and afterschool programs are sharing what they are doing and learning. Drone racing leagues, LEGO user groups, amateur aviation groups, amateur radio clubs, Audubon and bird-watching groups are just a few of the many interests that find their way to a Maker Faire.

Maker Faire originated in 2006 in the San Francisco Bay Area as a project of the editors of Make: magazine. It has since grown into a significant worldwide network of both flagship and independently-produced events. Read more on Maker Faire history, the Maker Movement, as well as how to start a Maker Faire or a School Maker Faire where you live.

Tech enthusiasts, crafters, homesteaders, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and entrepreneurs all come together to show their projects and to talk about what they have learned. Each year Makers inspire others to become Makers, too. There are more than 150 different categories of Makers that participate in the events around the world.

Show and Tell vs Selling Maker

A show and tell maker is our entry point to participating. In this category makers show off their projects, educate others on how it’s done, and often have a hands-on activity or demonstration to show off the process. Our attendees love the process almost as much as the end product. So even if you simply are a garage hobbyist, this category is designed so you can participate too!

A selling maker is someone that would like to open up the opportunity to promote and sell their projects and products onsite at the event. A selling maker is an extension of the show and tell maker and simply opens up the sales opportunity. We still highly recommend having a hands-on activity or demonstration. Keeps people at your booth longer.

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