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Today's mission:
Paper Cup Tower

Stuff you already have. Five minutes. Zero screens. Tinker Ted times you.

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Every mission on the website, plus a whole lot more, right on your phone. Works offline.

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  • 🌙 Bedtime storiesTed tells how he did each mission, softly, with music. One for every mission.
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  • 👧👦 Brothers and sistersEach child gets their own name, stamps and stickers.
  • 🗺️ 107 missionsEvery mission here plus 35 that are only in the app.

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What is Five Minute Maker?

One new hands-on challenge every day. Stuff you already have. Real play, real learning, zero screens. Tap play (sound on).

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Pick your kind of fun

Four flavors of five minutes.

Build it

Science and engineering you can do at the kitchen table.

Make it

Crafts from stuff you already have.

Beat it

Quick mini-challenges. Beat your own best.

Move it

Get the wiggles out with songs and games.

Kids' favorites

Hover or scroll to watch them move.

Paper Cup Tower kids challenge
Build it

Paper Cup Tower

Ages 4-10 · 5 minutes · 2 supplies
Balloon Rocket kids challenge
Build it

Balloon Rocket

Ages 5-10 · 5 minutes · 4 supplies
Paper Airplane Distance Contest kids challenge
Build it

Paper Airplane Distance Contest

Ages 5-10 · 5 minutes · 2 supplies
Spaghetti and Marshmallow Bridge kids challenge
Build it

Spaghetti and Marshmallow Bridge

Ages 6-10 · 5 minutes · 4 supplies
Straw Rollercoaster kids challenge
Build it

Straw Rollercoaster

Ages 6-10 · 5 minutes · 3 supplies
Lemon Volcano kids challenge
Build it

Lemon Volcano

Ages 4-10 · 5 minutes · 5 supplies
Floating Egg kids challenge
Build it

Floating Egg

Ages 4-10 · 5 minutes · 4 supplies
Walking Water Rainbow kids challenge
Build it

Walking Water Rainbow

Ages 4-10 · 5 minutes · 4 supplies

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Why parents love it

Screen time that ends in real play.

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Gets them off the screen

The video is 30 seconds. The fun is 5 minutes of real hands-on play.

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No shopping trip

Cups, paper, tape, a balloon. Stuff already in your kitchen drawer.

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They learn something

Every challenge has a one-breath "why it works" you can explain.

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Nothing to sign up for

No accounts, no ads aimed at kids, no data collected from children.