TinkerLab Schoolhouse
855 El Camino Real, Suite 13A-144, Palo Alto, CA 94301
About
TinkerLab Schoolhouse is an online kids creativity and art club where children take part in process art, drawing, painting, and STEAM activities. The program shares art experiments that spark creativity, along with tips and resources that families and teachers can use. Families who subscribe receive free art prompt cards and access to free guides to start creative projects at home.
• Ages: 3–10 years old
TinkerLab Schoolhouse is part of TinkerLab, a creative studio dedicated to sparking curiosity and a love for art through hands-on making. The mission of TinkerLab is to inspire creativity and experimentation in makers and artists of all ages, transforming everyday moments into creative adventures. TinkerLab activities are described as fun for kids, child-led, open-ended, process-driven, and tested by kids repeatedly, and makers can enter at all levels of curiosity and expertise. Rachelle, the founder of TinkerLab and TinkerLab Schoolhouse, studied costume design at UCLA, worked on Hollywood films, became a K–8 art teacher, and pursued a master’s in art education at Harvard. TinkerLab emerged in 2010 and has been featured in Real Simple magazine, Family Fun magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Americans for the Arts, the Washington Post, Visual Thinking Strategies, PBS Parents, Apartment Therapy, ABC Bay Area Life, Kiwi Co, Baby Center, and Palo Alto Online. TinkerLab acknowledges that it operates on ancestral Ohlone land and makes annual donations to support Ohlone communities. One parent notes that TinkerLab offers a variety of fun activities ranging from process art, drawing, painting, and STEAM, and another parent highlights the wide spectrum of activities, including the calendar, videos, and online availability.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
• Ages: 3–10 years old
TinkerLab Schoolhouse is part of TinkerLab, a creative studio dedicated to sparking curiosity and a love for art through hands-on making. The mission of TinkerLab is to inspire creativity and experimentation in makers and artists of all ages, transforming everyday moments into creative adventures. TinkerLab activities are described as fun for kids, child-led, open-ended, process-driven, and tested by kids repeatedly, and makers can enter at all levels of curiosity and expertise. Rachelle, the founder of TinkerLab and TinkerLab Schoolhouse, studied costume design at UCLA, worked on Hollywood films, became a K–8 art teacher, and pursued a master’s in art education at Harvard. TinkerLab emerged in 2010 and has been featured in Real Simple magazine, Family Fun magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Americans for the Arts, the Washington Post, Visual Thinking Strategies, PBS Parents, Apartment Therapy, ABC Bay Area Life, Kiwi Co, Baby Center, and Palo Alto Online. TinkerLab acknowledges that it operates on ancestral Ohlone land and makes annual donations to support Ohlone communities. One parent notes that TinkerLab offers a variety of fun activities ranging from process art, drawing, painting, and STEAM, and another parent highlights the wide spectrum of activities, including the calendar, videos, and online availability.
Last updated March 17, 2026.
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