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Ages 12+5 live sessionsOnly 8 seats

Real design skills, starting from zero.

A live online class, best for kids 12 and up. They learn to design actual objects in 3D — then we print them, package them, and ship them to your door.

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Early bird · ends Sept 20
$129$149

Five weekly sessions · starts the week of Sept 26, 2026
Three times offered — you pick, we run the best fit
Goes to $149 on Sept 21.

  • Five live Zoom sessions, one hour each
  • Four projects, printed and shipped
  • Filament, packaging and US shipping
  • Onshape — professional CAD, free in any browser
  • Eight students — that's the whole class
What they build

Four projects they get to keep

Each one teaches a new skill and ends with a real object in the mail. Nothing downloaded — they design all four from an empty workspace.

Two-part star cookie cutter, printed in pink
Project 1

Cookie cutter

Shapes, sketching, and how a design becomes something printable.

Name keychains reading David and Grace
Project 2

Name keychain

Text, curves, and why holes need to be bigger than you think.

Blue and white desk organiser holding pencils and a glue stick
Project 3

Desk organizer

Measuring real objects and designing around them.

Blue rocket on a printed smoke cloud
Project 4

Their own idea

Anything they want to make. They design it, I help, we print it.

What arrives

All four, boxed and mailed to you

Every project your child designs gets printed on my machine, packed together, and posted to your door after the final session. Filament, box and US shipping are already in the price — there is nothing else to buy.

The four finished 3D prints packed together in a shipping box
An actual cohort box — cookie cutter, two keychains, desk organiser and rocket.
The schedule

What happens each week

One hour a week, live on Zoom, capped at eight kids so everyone gets help by name. One class of eight runs this fall — tell me which of these three times works and I'll run whichever fits the most families.

Saturdays8:00 – 9:00 PM ETSept 26 – Oct 24
Mondays6:00 – 7:00 PM ETSept 28 – Oct 26
Thursdays7:00 – 8:00 PM ETOct 1 – Oct 29
Week 1Onshape basics — sketching, constraints, and a first solid part
Week 2Designing the cookie cutter from scratch
Week 3Text, curves and holes — the keychain
Week 4Measuring, multi-part design, the desk organizer
Week 5Their own project, plus how a 3D printer actually works
Who's teaching

Every print comes off my own machine

I'm a high school student with more than two years of CAD and 3D printing behind me. Every project in this class gets designed with your kid on the call, printed on my own printer, packed by me, and mailed by me.

Eight students max, so nobody gets lost. If your kid isn't into it after the first session, email me and I'll refund you in full.

Questions

Things parents ask me

If yours isn't here, email me — I answer everything myself, usually the same day.

Do we need a 3D printer?
No, and that's the whole point. Your child designs on a normal computer; I print every project on my own machine, box it, and mail it to you. Filament, packaging and US shipping are all included in the price.
Does my kid need to be good with computers?
No. Session one starts from an empty screen and assumes zero experience. Onshape runs in a normal web browser and is free. If they can use a mouse comfortably, they can do this.
What exactly is Onshape?
Professional CAD software — the same category of tool used to design real products. It runs entirely in the browser, so there's nothing to install, and it's free for personal use. Learning it is a genuinely useful skill, not a toy version of one.
What do we need to have ready?
A computer or laptop with a mouse (a trackpad works but a mouse is much easier), an internet connection, and Zoom. That's it. A free Onshape account takes two minutes and I'll walk you through it before session one.
What if my kid doesn't like it?
Email me after the first session and I'll refund you in full, no questions. I'd rather give the money back than have a kid sitting through four more weeks of something they aren't enjoying.
Who are you, exactly?
I'm a high school student who's been doing CAD and 3D printing for more than two years, and this is my own small business. I teach every session, I print every project on my own printer, and I mail every package myself. Parents are welcome to sit in on any session — several usually do the first week.
When do the projects arrive?
All four ship together after the final session, in one package. That keeps shipping free and means nothing gets lost in transit halfway through the course. US addresses only for now.
My child is younger than 12 — can they still join?
Maybe. Twelve is a recommendation, not a rule — it's about attention span across a full hour more than anything else. If your child is younger but genuinely keen, email me and we'll work out whether it's a fit.
How does payment work?
Fill in the form below and a secure Stripe checkout appears straight away — seats are held in the order they're paid. You can pay by card, Cash App, or bank transfer, and Klarna and Afterpay let you split it into four payments of about $32 at no extra cost to you. If you'd rather talk first, just submit the form and I'll email you within a day.
Enrollment

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Tell me who's joining, then pay securely by card — or split it into four with Klarna or Afterpay. Seats are held in the order they're paid.

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