Why do sporty kids have all the fun with end of term activities? Try our school incursion for creative tweens and teens and set them up with real-world skills and income generation!
Join 700+ young creatives turning ideas into action — learning, earning, and thriving in a fun, creative community!
Choose either a 3 or 5-day program, which sees your students gain the confidence to bring their ideas to life and then sell their creations directly to real customers at the Old Bus Depot Markets and/or Capital Food Markets.
Our Maker2Market School Incursion Program helps students build hands-on experience, connects curriculum to the real world, making learning relevant, practical, and fun—while showcasing your school’s commitment to preparing students for future skills.
Perfect for teens and tweens who love making, tinkering, and experimenting – this experience lets participants test in the real world how their creative ideas can earn real money.
The Maker2Market Business Taster Experience school incursion is a fun, deep dive into a full business cycle: exploring their passion, designing and creating products, developing a logo, and testing their ideas and products with real customers. Along the way, they build crucial life and 21st-century skills, gain confidence, and start developing an entrepreneurial mindset that will serve them long after the program ends.
Design Thinking in Action – Empathise, define, prototype, and test your ideas.
Problem-Solving & Business Basics – Learn key business concepts.
Know your Customer – Identify who you’re designing for and the problem you’re solving and the value you are giving them.
Prototype your Ideas – Practice prototyping by turn a design brief into a hands-on product using simple materials.
Create a test product – Make one hand-made product from scratch to test in the real world.
Brand It – Design your own logo using online tools.
Pitch & market-test – Practice your sales pitch, present your product, and give + receive feedback.
Conduct real market research – Gather insights from actual customers to improve your product prototype
Cost & sell smart – Calculate product costs, price your items, and sharpen financial literacy.
Merchandise & plan – Organise your product display and develop your market-day execution plan.
Experience selling at a Real Commercial Market – Sell your creations at pop-up events at Old Bus Depot Markets (Kingston) or Capital Food Markets (Belconnen).
Thanks to our Collaboration partners, our workshops and Market- Days and Pop-ups are held at:
