Five minutes, zero screens
How it works
Each day the home page shows one challenge. Your kid watches the short video, puts the screen down, and spends about 5 minutes building, making, or moving. Tap "We did it!" to keep a streak going.
Safety
Please stay nearby for every challenge. We avoid heat, sharp tools, and small parts where we can, but you know your child best. Skip anything that is not right for them.
Privacy policy
Last updated October 18, 2026
Who we are
This privacy policy is for Five Minute Maker: Kids Crafts, an Android app published on Google Play by Harris Apps Studio (package com.fiveminutemaker.app), and for the website fiveminutemaker.com. In this policy, "we" and "us" mean Harris Apps Studio.
The short version
FiveMinuteMaker has no accounts and never asks children for any information. Your streak is saved only on your own device. We do not sell data and we do not show ads aimed at children.
What the app keeps on the phone
The app runs from files on the phone and works offline. A maker's name if one is typed, their finished missions, streak, stickers and settings are saved only on the phone. The Maker Album keeps photos of what a child made, also only on the phone. Photos are optional, the camera is used only to take them, and they are never uploaded. Reminders are scheduled by the phone itself, so no server is involved. Uninstalling the app removes all of it.
What the app sends over the internet
When the phone is online, videos with sound play from fiveminutemaker.com, so our website server sees the basic technical details any website sees, such as an IP address. If a grown-up enters a Maker Club code, the app sends that code to fiveminutemaker.com to check that the membership is active, and checks again about once a week while the phone is online. The app has no ads and no analytics or tracking tools, and it does not send any information about a child.
The Share button
The Share button for grown-ups on the website loads one small script from our own server (growth.grademyhabits.com). It sends no counts and no identifiers, and keeps no cookie, referral code or device ID. It asks a grown-up a quick question before it opens the share sheet, and it shares only a plain link to the page. In the app, Tell another parent works the same way: a grown-up answers a quick question first, only a plain link to fiveminutemaker.com is shared, and nothing is sent to us.
Optional features for grown-ups on the website
- Daily email. If a parent signs up for the daily email, we keep only that email address, use it only to send the challenge, and never sell it. It is stored with our email service, Brevo, and every email has an unsubscribe link.
- Ted says a name. We only use the first name to make the audio, with Google's text to speech. Nothing is saved.
- Maker Wall. A grown-up can send a photo of something a child made. We receive the photo, the maker's first name and the parent's email, and we review every photo before it goes up.
- Purchases. Maker Club, the birthday video and the coloring book are paid through Stripe's secure checkout. For the birthday video we use only the first name and age to make it, and never share them.
Children
FiveMinuteMaker is made for kids ages 4 to 10 and is meant to be used with a grown-up nearby. The forms on the website are for parents only, and children are never asked for any information.
Your choices and contact
Uninstalling the app removes everything it stored on the phone. You can unsubscribe from the daily email at any time with the link in every email. Questions about privacy: ted@fiveminutemaker.com.
Questions parents ask
What is FiveMinuteMaker?
One fun 5-minute challenge a day for kids ages 4 to 10: build it, make it or move it, with stuff you already have at home. Your kid watches a short video with Tinker Ted, puts the screen down, and makes something.
Is it free?
Yes. The daily challenge, the videos and the coloring pages on the website are free. In the Tinker Ted app, today's mission is free every day and Maker Club unlocks everything for $3.99 a month or $29 a year.
What ages is it for?
Kids 4 to 10. Each challenge shows its own age range.
What supplies do we need?
Things you already have at home, like paper cups, straws, tape, paper and balloons. Each challenge lists exactly what it uses.
Does my child need an account?
No. FiveMinuteMaker has no accounts and never asks children for any information. The streak is saved only on your own device.
Is it safe?
Please stay nearby for every challenge. We avoid heat, sharp tools and small parts where we can, but you know your child best, so skip anything that is not right for them.
Is there an app?
The Tinker Ted app is coming soon to Google Play, with every website mission plus app-only missions, bedtime stories and a sticker book, and it works offline. On iPhone, the website works in Safari.