The Potato Awakens
Zoom. Kids prep/extract the potato starch part at home with a parent.
Potato Plastic Party
A tiny parent-present science adventure for gifted/asynchronous 7-10-ish kids who need true peers, not just another activity.
One potato. Three episodes. A handful of kids. Actual homemade plastic.
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Free
Parent-present
Small group
Exact location after parent contact
Some kids do not need more activities. They need the right three or four kids.
Gifted and asynchronous kids can have a hard time finding true peers: kids who get excited by the same strange questions, move quickly, go deep, and still know how to be kind.
Potato Plastic Party is a tiny, fit-screened science hang for kids who need that kind of peer energy. We are matching for curiosity, kindness, and fit, not collecting resumes.
Three Episodes
A science trilogy, because one meetup is not enough time for plastic to dry.
Attack of the Polymers
In person. Kids make and cast potato plastic together using starch, water, glycerin, vinegar, heat, variables, and patience.
Revenge of the Starch
Zoom. Everyone reveals what dried, cracked, bent, failed, or worked.
Who This Is For
Not a general enrichment class. A small peer-fit experiment.
- Loves science, making, experiments, weird materials, or how-things-work questions
- Reads, thinks, builds, or asks questions ahead of age level
- Has intense interests or deep rabbit holes
- Is gifted, asynchronous, twice-exceptional, homeschooled, unschooled, or underfed by ordinary age-group activities
- Does better in small groups than big noisy groups
- Needs kind peers who can keep up
Small + Safe
The public post does not include the exact location. Parents connect first.
This is small and parent-present.
- Parent or trusted adult stays
- No drop-off
- Exact location shared after parent contact
- Kid-safe kitchen chemistry with adult handling of heat
- Please tell us about allergies, sensitivities, and anything we should know