Featured Maker

Ellie Learns Through the Community! Featured Maker Ellie taught herself to code, and she’s thriving with Tynker! Ten-year-old Ellie is from Victoria, Australia, and loves coding and art – especially drawing. We chatted with her and learned more about her and why she loves to code! What do you want to be when you grow up? I would like to […]

Multi-Talented Nathan Loves Coding! When Nathan isn’t acting in commercials, doing Taekwondo as a first degree black belt, or attending rehearsal for theater, he’s coding amazing games! Ten-year-old Nathan is from Sulphur Springs, Texas, and his projects really impressed us. Luckily, Nathan had a bit of time in between his cool activities to chat about why he likes to code […]

Noelle Spends Her iPad Time on Tynker! Noelle is perhaps the most enthusiastic maker we’ve ever met! When we gave her a call from our office in Mountain View to her home in Kansas, her mother Heather told us Noelle had been excited about the interview for days! Noelle has limited iPad time but always chooses Tynker for her allotted […]

Sarah Codes to Prepare for the Future! Nine-year-old Sarah is a dedicated student and programmer who’s looking toward the future! Her father told us she’s won various academic awards during her 4th grade year. After school she likes to head to her home in Perth, Australia, and “start coding, but sometimes I like drawing and sketching.” When we spoke with […]

Mckenna Channels Her Overflowing Creativity into Code! Ten-year-old Mckenna’s Tynker projects are the definition of multimedia art! Mckenna is in 5th grade and hails from southern California. Her biggest hobbies are drawing and writing, both of which she incorporates into her coding projects in amazing ways – she told us she makes “character sketches of what a character will be […]

Meet Sophie: Programmer by Day, Author by Night! Why is eleven-year-old Sophie known as Purpleberry on Tynker? Because “Blueberry” was already taken! Sophie is in 6th grade and hails from Canada. She’s an animal lover who has a cat and volunteers at the Humane Society, draws and writes in her free time, and loves being outside. Sophie’s always been interested […]

Keira Combines All Her Hobbies to Create Awesome Games! Keira was a dream interviewee – before we even began asking questions, she excitedly told us, “I really like Tynker because I like to draw, I like to sing, I like to ride my scooter – and you can program almost anything in Tynker!” Because she’s homeschooled, Keira learns all year […]

Cheyanne Loves Making Games! When we asked this week’s Featured Maker what she wants to learn to create, she told us, “Google!” We love that nine-year-old Cheyanne dreams big, and we think she definitely has a future in coding. Cheyanne is in 5th grade and lives in Maryland, and in her spare time she enjoys playing video games like Animal […]

Gibson Gives Encouraging Advice to Fellow Programmers! This week’s Featured Maker is successful on the ice – and on Tynker! Eleven-year-old Gibson is in 7th grade and loves playing video games, Minecraft, and hockey. He’s created some excellent projects and even coded a winning project during this summer’s Code-A-Thon! We spoke with Gibson to learn a bit more about him […]