We Need Your Help!
Become a Maker Faire Volunteer
The Philadelphia Mini Maker Faire celebrates invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. This is an exciting opportunity to share and promote home-grown innovation and creation in the Philadelphia region.
We need your help to make this event an inspiring, magical experience.
Volunteer opportunities include assisting with set-up, marketing and promotion, ticket collection, answering questions, assisting with workshops and demonstrations, logistics and operations, programming, and more.
Day of event volunteers will work for a few hours and will have the rest of the day to enjoy the event with free admission. Plus a free staff t-shirt!
If you would like to help make our Faire enjoyable, please complete the volunteer form below and we will contact you.
About Volunteering with the Philadelphia Mini Maker Faire
Meet the Philly Makers
Temple Formula Racing
Temple Formula Racing is a student professional organization within Temple University's College of Engineering that uses hands-on automotive engineering skills to fully fund, prototype and assemble a formula racecar that competes internationally.
Day Cycle Clock
The Day Cycle Clock, simulates the Philadelphia Skyline at the current time, with accurate Moon Phases, Sunrise and Sunset times. At Maker Faire, you'll be able to control the inputs and watch the display change in real time.
Shapes the Game
Shapes the Game is a shape stacking dexterity game with cards.
East Falls Glassworks
A team of Glass Artists will show various techniques out of a Mobile Glassblowing furnace, creating all kinds of objects, including drinking vessels to home decor, and demonstrating a variety of other techniques as well as explaining the process!
FOLKFUTURISM! Parade of Spirits, Liberty Lands
"The Parade of Spirits is one of my favorite Philadelphia traditions. It's like being *in* a Miyazaki movie, and that's a wonderful place to be." -- (a Mystery Participant) Make, become, and vanquish monsters. Folkfuturist-friendly.
Stephan Copeland Studio
Copeland Studio designs and builds products to enhance human mobility. Taking utilitarian products and enabling their mobility to release user potential.
CNC Carving and Wood Block Printing
Check out a Carvey CNC router cutting custom designs on-site, and take part by using our CNC-carved wood block prints to make your own art to take home with you.
Battlebot SubZero
Battlebots!! Come see the combat robot SubZero who fought on the tv series that was filmed in April 2018. Ask the builder questions about the bot and how its like to fight in the battlebox. KIds, get your picture taken with this 250 lb beast!!
Sponsors
Goldsmith Sponsors
Silversmith Sponsors
Coppersmith Sponsors
Blacksmith Sponsors
Media Sponsors
