How People Make Things

The Montshire has a great exhibit going on now called “How People Make Things.” Our afternoon plans were cancelled at the last minute so we headed to the museum instead. It was super fun! The exhibit is about factories and how things are made. The kids could see how plastic items are molded and pressed, how wood is carved, and how things are built. It was pretty cool.

die cutting

Die cutting exhibit. They cut cardstock to make stand-up horses and fold up boxes.

crayons

A crayon exhibit showing the wax balls and each step. The colors on the right are all crayons.

bowl

The kids each got to put a piece of plastic through a machine that softened it. Then they turned on a vacuum (pressed the button) and it sucked the plastic into a bowl shape!

car

After seeing all the different ways to make things, there is a car at the end that you can take apart and put together and they talk about how each piece was made.

I’d recommend it if you’re in the area.

By the way, it’s March already! Happy March and Read Across America day. Eve’s class read a lot of Dr. Seuss and she dressed the part today.

eve

Eve, dressed for school.

3 thoughts on “How People Make Things

  1. we had pajamas and stuffed animal day today! the montshire exhibit looks awesome! i hope the kids will be ready to go back when the grandparents get to town (and i hope the exhibit will still be there)…
    love you guys!

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