Spring 2025
Expressive STEM Bookmaking. Join us for creative family fun making games, art, and stories using computers, microcontrollers, circuits, craft materials, and code! Three sessions available: Saturday, March 22 from 10am-1pm; Saturday, April 12 from 10am-1pm; and Sunday, May 4 from 2-4pm. Participants will receive a Playshop Passport (collect stamps at each session to earn a surprise reward). All activities will be held at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos. Free participation with limited spaces available. Full details and registration at bit.ly/smtx1.
Fall 2024
Sensitive Machines. This program successfully took place at the San Marcos Public Library on September 9, 2024, from 6:00-8:00 PM. Families explored creative robotics and coding through hands-on activities with art machines—small robots designed to draw, dance, and sing. Participants of all ages engaged with provided craft materials and robotic components in an art-rich environment, learning basic engineering concepts through playful experimentation. This event required no prior technical experience but emphasized curiosity and creativity.
Spring 2024
Robots and Wearables with micro:bit. This program was offered at Texas State University’s Alkek One makerspace throughout April 2025. Participants built light-up Mother’s Day cards, interactive wearables, and responsive robot pets using micro:bit microcontrollers during Friday afternoon sessions. The May 6th special session focused on crafting personalized electronic greeting cards, with attendees choosing to either purchase micro:bits or use provided sample kits. No prior coding experience was required, with Texas State mentors guiding collaborative making sessions.
Spring 2022
Coding Club. This weekly program took place at the San Marcos Public Library, with sessions held every Monday evening from January 24 through April 25, 2024. Families explored introductory coding concepts using Scratch programming before advancing to hands-on physical computing projects with Makey Makey interfaces, micro:bit microcontrollers, and craft circuit materials. Designed for participants aged 7+ with basic reading skills, the program emphasized intergenerational learning through parent-child collaboration. All materials were provided free of charge.
Scratch Maker Sundays. This program was successfully hosted at Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos. The free four-week series featured Sunday afternoon sessions on February 20, February 27, March 27, and April 3 from 2:00-4:00 PM. Families with children ages 5+ explored creative computing through hands-on activities with Scratch programming, Makey Makey interfaces, micro:bit microcontrollers, and circuit crafting materials, emphasizing intergenerational learning through collaborative making.
Summer 2020
Scratch Game Team. The Scratch Game Team summer program successfully concluded its remote-learning series in June 2025. This creative initiative brought together students entering 5th and 6th grades to design, build, and play computer games using Scratch programming. Sessions ran weekly on Wednesdays from June 3 through June 24, with participants collaborating via Zoom from 4:00 to 5:30 PM each session. The program was offered free of charge.
Fall 2017
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FLT events are community-focused and almost always free. Advance registration is sometimes required.