Featured Maker

Ryan Made His Dad’s Birthday Present in Tynker! Rock climber and programmer Ryan is planning a future as an inventor or game designer! Eleven-year-old Ryan is in the 5th grade in Vancouver, Washington. He’s always been engineering-minded – he climbed a 30-foot-tree when he was just six years old by simply viewing the branches as a spiral staircase to the […]

From Competitors to Collaborators: Meet Co-Creators Sid and Darsh! Meet Sid and Darsh, a dynamic duo who first competed with code and now collaborate! In Sid’s words, “Collaboration’s this year – last year was competition!” The 12-year-old friends – who attend 6th grade in Texas – have been in school together for two years. They both code in their free […]

Hannah Codes for Causes She Cares About! Hannah is a homeschooled 5th grader from California who loves reading books and learning about animals. In her words, “Dogs are my favorite. We have a dog who’s four and he still hasn’t outgrown his puppy phase. He’s really energetic – you should see him!” Hannah dreams of a career as a writer, […]

Noah Gets Inspiration from Comics! Get ready to be blown away – ten-year-old Noah’s only been coding for a couple of months, but he’s already had five featured projects! Noah lives and codes in Tianjin, China. When he’s not kept busy with his homeschool curriculum, he’s coding, reading, drawing, making comics, and stamp collecting! We’ve been really impressed by Noah’s […]

Learn How Gabe Combines Code and Toads! Meet amphibian lover and ambitious programmer Gabe! He lives in Oklahoma and just turned ten – although he told us he feels like he’s always been ten! When Gabe isn’t working on his 4th-grade homeschool curriculum, he’s squeezing video games into his schedule, raiding the fridge, or playing with his pet toads and frogs! […]

Chess Champion Braden Found Tynker Through His Friends! Featured Maker Braden is a budding young programmer and future inventor! The fourth grader lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, so as he told us, he’s a Packers fan. He’s been coding for a year and has created some really fantastic projects! When he’s not coding, Braden enjoys drawing, playing video games, or camping. […]

Gabriel’s Been Coding with Tynker for Four Years! Gabriel, an eleven-year-old 6th grader from Indiana, loves to code! He’s been learning to code for years – his dad taught him JavaScript and HTML, and he’s been using Tynker since he was just seven. When we asked him about his hobbies, he told us, “I play Minecraft! I actually own a […]

Jesse Builds Water Systems…and Tynker Projects! When ten-year-old Jesse isn’t busy building water reticulation systems in his front yard in Perth, tinkering around with electricity and computer parts, biking and camping with his dad, or playing drums in his school’s band – he’s coding! Jesse is only in 5th grade but already has an idea of what he’d like to […]

Boyan Sees the Difference Between Playing and Making! Eight-year-old Boyan played video games long before he started making them – now that he’s creating them, he’s seeing all the possibilities that come with being a maker! In his words, “When you make a game there are a lot of possibilities, but when you play it you’re limited.” Boyan, a 2nd […]