Meet the Makers · 11th Annual · 2025

80+ projects.
200+ student makers.

The 11th annual Piedmont School Maker Faire showcased more than 80 projects featuring the STEAM creativity, passion, and effort of over 200 makers in our community. Here's the full lineup from May 18, 2025 — kept for posterity, and as inspiration for whatever comes to the 13th annual in 2027.

91 exhibits across 9 sections

Hands-On Making

· Air Rockets
· Apple Juice Making
· Bead Buddies: Bracelet Making Activity
· Calligraphy Demos
· Henna Tondos
· Laser Cutting with 8033
· LEGO Pinewood Derby
· Maker River
· Mini Golf Links
· Nerdy Derby
· Water Rockets!

Wildwood Elementary

· 3D Hover
· The Animals
· Chainlink Challenge
· Eraser Games
· Fancy Locke
· Fusilli Funhouse
· Garage Band
· LEGO "S.S. Onion"
· MakerRobot
· Make your own paintbrush
· Making Herbal Tea
· Organic Candles
· Paper Mazes
· Potato Nightlight
· The Slime Lab
· Supreme SCRATCHERs
· Wildwood Poppies Artwork

Havens Elementary

· Art Booth
· Find your "Force"!
· LEGO Robots
· Mini Mannequin Design
· Spaceship & Camera
· Wildlife in Layers!

Beach Elementary

· 4th Grade Light Up Plushies
· Creative Kid Maker Projects

Piedmont Middle School

· Cotton candy making
· Crochet items
· Kenji and Jude's Print Shoppe
· MadebyEvan! Crochet
· Piñatas — Spanish 1
· Pavilion of Gathered Fragrance
· Rocket Engine Injector Designs
· Slime Club

Piedmont High School

· ECG sensor and blood pressure sensors
· Guitars, Speakers and More…
· Math, Art, Magic!
· Therapals

Robotics

· FIRST LEGO League Explore
· FIRST LEGO League Challenge
· FIRST Tech Challenge
· FIRST Robotics Competition — Team 8033 Highlander Robotics
· Lockwood STEAM "Bionic Ocelots" FIRST Robotics Club
· Robotics with ViNee

Music & Community

· 10th Grade Jazz Combo
· Camino's — Jazz/Latin/Flamenco Guitar
· ALPS: Advanced Learning for Piedmont Students
· Berkeley Chess School
· DIY Ice Cream
· Dress Best for Less — The Denim Project
· Glass-Vox
· It's Your Move game store
· Jewelry-making, fashion design, mini-making!
· July 4th Committee
· LEGO Build Table
· Non-Preserved Heart Tissue for Dissection
· Maker Faire Bay Area
· Maker Illusions
· Maker Studio Kidz' DIY Button Making Station
· Miner's Gambit
· Nimble Repair
· Oakland Tool Lending Library
· Paper Sculptures
· Piedmont Education Foundation
· Piedmont Fire Department
· Piedmont Girl Scouts
· Piedmont Police Department
· Police Car Alarm Symphony
· Purrfleecrochet — crochet kits, gifts, plushies, and accessories
· Puzzle Game AI
· Renewables: Bug Hotels for pollinators
· Rock the Bike
· San Francisco Microscopical Society
· Science Experiments
· Seafox Studio: Now UV Me, Now You're Done
· STEAM Toy Swap
· Vacuum Chamber Shenanigans
· Vermiculture and seed planting

Food

· Delaney's Kitchen — mustards and jams
· Quirksnflavors — vegan and gluten-free cupcakes and macarons
· Robert Dorsey Catering and Events

Inspired?

Bring your own project to the 13th annual.

Exhibit signups for the next faire open in spring 2027. In the meantime, scroll through the A–Z project ideas for inspiration, and subscribe to the newsletter so we can tell you when the signup form opens.

80+ projects.200+ student makers.