The next generation of makers
Future makers have fun at the 2015 Kids at Autodesk Day on June 25 in San Francisco.
Last week we held 1 of our favorite events: Kids at Autodesk Day, or KAAD. Each year we open our doors to Autodesk employees’ kids, ages 5-18, for an exciting day of hands-on learning and exploring how to create, build, and make things. It’s almost like a mini AU just for the littles—they are the future of making things. This year over 300 kids came along for the fun.
After a quick welcome session, we launched straight into a packed morning of hands-on activities and tours. We offered sessions for different age groups in Sketchbook, Tinkercad, Tinkerplay, Fusion 360, and 123D Sculpt. Kids got to do fun things like design their own iron-on to take home, enter a robot competition, and make solar panel bugs and stomp rockets—which were launched at the Bocce Courts. (Woo-hoo!) We also took kids on tours of the Autodesk Gallery and Marin County Library, and played games like big Jenga, Soccket ball, PULSE jump rope, and more.
All in all it was a huge success, and we’re not sure who had more fun—the kids or the employees. Thanks to everyone who volunteered, and especially to all the kids who came out to make this a great day for all of us.
