Hey! I’m Prisila Samaniego Marin, and I’m an 8th grader at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders. As an 8th grader, I take the class PLTW, or Project Lead The Way. In my past blog post, I’ve talked about modules, but today I’m going to talk about the maker project.

The maker project is a big project that we do and then present our (hopefully) finished products at the Maker Faire. For this project we first have to submit an application. After it gets approved, we can start working on our project. In this project, we have the option to work alone or in group, to make a big project or a small one. I’m working in a group, and honestly my motto is “Go big, or go home.” I’m saying this because my group and I are deciding to do a big project.

My idea was to make a playhouse for little kids ages 3-6. This would be a little house that children could claim for themselves. As a kid you always want to “grow up”, and with this house, this would give them a place to take care of themselves. They can play here, store their toys, or do whatever they want. We want to make this a fun but safe environment for the children.

You may see a picture of a mini house at the top of my post, and you may wonder what it is. That house is what I want my playhouse to look like. It’s something simple and easy to do, yet it still looks nice. The house I make isn’t going to be 100% like the one in the picture, although I’m planning to base the design off of that picture.

Even though this seems like a super hard project, I’m really excited for it. I really like using the saw and the power tools, so this gives me a chance to use the things I like. I feel like this project is going to be very difficult because we are making a mini house. It’s stressful to think about where we’re going to store the house. I’m scared that the house will be too big that it won’t fit anywhere in the school. Oh well, hopefully my fear doesn’t come true.

I know this will all pay off in the end when my group and I put together an awesome house. I’ll keep y’all posted in my next few blog post on how the house is going. Talk to y’all later.