Tiny Planet Cardboard Engineering and 3D Printing Class

Creative courses for kids: A playful introduction to cardboard engineering, storytelling, and 3D printing.


Wonder Tinker
Wonder Tinker
5.0 (5)

6 to 12 years     3 x 2 hours Location Concord West Class size 1 to 8 guests   $220 (Afterpay available)

If your planet were wonderfully, ridiculously tiny, what would it look like?
Inspired by the Little Prince’s extraordinary little planet, we’ll give our little brave inventors the ultimate creative power: to imagine a tiny planet of their own and decide who and what belongs on it. In Tiny Planet Makers, children move from imagination to 3D design to a handmade cardboard world. The course combines character design, 3D modelling, cardboard engineering, storytelling, and beginner-friendly technology.
Over three relaxed Saturday sessions (14, 21 and 28 November, 3-5pm), each child works at their own pace. Beginners are very welcome.
Week 1: Character design and 3D modelling
Children will:
  • Dream up a character who lives on their tiny planet
  • Set up Tinkercad, a free 3D design app, with a child account created together on day one
  • Learn the basics of 3D modelling and start building their character on an iPad
  • Explore how 3D printing works: watch a real printer at work from a safe distance, look closely at layers and material, and discover in simple language how a computer turns a model into instructions the printer can follow
Week 2: Cardboard engineering
Children will:
  • Learn to use Beaver, a safe cardboard cutting tool that cuts cleanly and quickly, much more satisfying than a normal cutter
  • Design and build their own planet or maze from cardboard
  • Test, adjust, and improve their build as they go
Week 3: Glow-in-the-dark decoration and planet reveal
Children will:
  • Decorate their planet or maze with colour, texture, and glow-in-the-dark paints
  • Explore prepared glow-in-the-dark 3D-printed objects
  • Give their world a name and a short story
  • Reveal their tiny planet and its story in a friendly group show-and-tell
  • Take home their cardboard creation and their 3D prints

Upcoming dates for Tiny Planet Cardboard Engineering and 3D Printing Class

Times are Sydney time. Dates and prices as of 12 Nov 2026, 5:09am; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

1 upcoming date between 14 Nov 2026 and 14 Nov 2026.

  • Sat 14 Nov 2026, 3pm-5pm then Sat 21 Nov, 3pm-5pm then Sat 28 Nov, 3pm-5pm
What you'll get
  • A planet or maze model and its short story.
  • A small 3D-printed object
  • 01 Printed version of their creation (available to pick up after a week)
  • More importantly, they will have practised imagining, building, observing, explaining, and improving an idea.
Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly!
What to bring
  • Morning tea and lunch
  • A water bottle
  • An iPad with the free TinkerCAD app downloaded and ready to use
If your child doesn’t have an iPad, no worries, they’re welcome to use one from the studio.
Clothes suitable for hands-on crafts
Session repeats

This class series runs over 3 consecutive sessions, at the same time every week.

Suitable for

Suitable for kids from 6 to 12 years old.

Adult accompaniment is not required.

Location

Concord West, NSW

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Wonder Tinker
Wonder Tinker

5.0 (5)
female Women-owned

Wonder Tinker is a creative making studio in Concord West for kids aged 5+, where children learn through hands-on projects that bring together art, design thinking, and simple technology.
We help children become confident creative thinkers by observing the world around them, asking thoughtful questions, making things with their hands, and bringing their own ideas to life.
In our classes, kids create toys, characters, machines, mini worlds, stories, prototypes, and simple tech enhanced projects that can move, light up, animate, or respond.
Our classes are designed to help children build confidence, curiosity, resilience, imagination, judgement, and original thinking.
We believe the future belongs not only to those who can find answers quickly, but to those who can ask remarkable questions, notice details, make creative connections, and develop their own taste.
Ha Le & Vivi

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