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Low Tech Materials

The Maker Pantry There are certain basic things you should always have in a kitchen pantry and there are certain things you should always have in a Makerspace. Most makers call what you see below in this list low tech. They are. And there are other low tech things you can put in your make space. But these items go in the Maker Pantry!

Pencils	Markers	Crayons	Construction Paper

Butcher Paper (Roll this out on the floor, table or other area and watch the imagination flow on paper.)	Paper Clips	Cardboard	Legos (lots of legos)

Plastic Bottles	Scissors	Popsicle Sticks/Tongue Depressors	Newspaper

Empty Boxes	Balloons	Straws	Craft Glue

Duct Tape	Masking Tape	Clear Tape	Cans

Bottle Tops (from plastic; milk bottles, medicine bottles, plastic containers)	Brads	Clothes Pins	Plastic Hangers

Styrofoam Trays	Additional Low Tech items Tennis balls Old phones & clocks Dials Gears Alligator clips Anything else you could possibly tinker with

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