2017 Maker Faire!


I had a lot of fun at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire.


Especially since I’ll be going off to the east coast for college next year, I really wanted to make sure that I attended this one before I leave. It’s practically been a tradition now in my family, started back when my dad took me to the very first one in 2006 when I was only 6 years old.

I love going to the Maker Faire every year because I always learn something new and get to see something amazing and interesting. Whether it be a new way of 3D printing which only costs $99, to different ways to grow food, to trying out new foods.

Overall, it was a lot of fun and being only 20 feet away from Adam Savage is now definitely a highlight in my life:



I feel even more motivated now to create projects over summer!




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