Little Inventors

Making Waves: Inventing for a better ocean!

Let's make waves and help look after our beautiful seas together! Children of South Tyneside, we're challenging you to come up with awesome inventions inspired by our magnificent ocean. Dive right in and take on the challenge!

Meet maker Craig Fox!

Mechanical design engineer Craig Fox is on track to bring an idea to life for our Powering the Future challenge using all his industry expertise. Say hello to this magnificent maker!

Little Inventors Open Challenge!

What is the Open Challenge you ask? Well, it's what it says on the tin, it's wide open for you to let your creativity flow and invent whatever you want!

Mini Challenges - time to be creative!

There's problems aplenty, serious or funny, that you can use your incredible imagination to solve! So time to get creative and take up a Mini Challenge!

The Plant of Fitness

FEATURE INVENTION
By Maddie, age 10 from Australia

So this is a plant that sits in your house and tracks your fitness. So the watch is a normal watch but it connects to track where you're up to with your fitness goals. The plant is solar powered and it grows and grows until you’ve reached your goals.

Run your own Little Inventors activities!

Are you a teacher wanting something fun to inspire your students or a parent looking for a creative activity for a rainy day? Sift through our free curriculum-linked resource packs and challenges and bring on the creativity!