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Online 3D printing course for kids aged 8–12Six weeks to go from "what's a 3D printer?" to holding your own design.

A live online course for curious 8-to-12-year-olds. One session a week for six weeks, ten students maximum. They learn to design something real — then we print it on our Prusa machines and post it to their door.

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No printer needed at home. The design software is free to start.

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₹11,999
for the six-week course
Price includes all applicable taxes — nothing added at checkout.
Our first course — ten places, then the price goes up.
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What the fee covers
  • All six live sessions, taught by us
  • One printed model per child, posted to you anywhere in India
  • Their design file, theirs to keep and reuse
  • A certificate at the end of the course

Not included: prints larger than about a coffee mug, extra copies, or painting and finishing — we quote those separately. Prints are delivered anywhere in India. Paid in full at booking; no payment is taken through the enquiry form.

Online course · ages 8–12

Teach a kid to print,
and they'll never stop making

A live online course for children aged 8 to 12. One session a week for six weeks, ten students maximum — they learn to design something of their own, we print it on our Prusa machines, and we post it to their door.

No printer needed at home. They design in Tinkercad — free, beginner-friendly 3D design software that runs in a web browser — on a computer or iPad.

Live online, once a week
Six weekly sessions taught by us — not pre-recorded videos
Ten students maximum
Small enough that every child gets asked what they think
One printed model included
Their design runs on our machines and is posted to them — included in the fee, delivered anywhere in India
What they learn
How printers work, designing in Tinkercad, slicing in PrusaSlicer, spotting failed prints, finishing
They keep what they make
The printed object ships to them; the design file stays theirs
How it works

They design it here. It arrives at your door.

The hardest part of teaching 3D printing online is that most families don't own a printer. So we removed that problem entirely — our machines do the printing, and the finished piece comes to you.

STEP 01

Join the live session

A video link each week. Your child joins from a laptop at home — no equipment beyond that, and a parent is welcome to sit in.

STEP 02

Design something real

Over the first weeks they learn the software and build their own object — a nameplate, a phone stand, something entirely their own idea.

STEP 03

We print it live

We put their file on a real printer and they watch it build, layer by layer, and learn to spot what goes wrong when it does.

STEP 04

It arrives in the post

We clean the print up, pack it and post it — included in the course fee, nothing extra to pay. We deliver anywhere in India. A week or so after they designed it, they're holding it.

Curriculum

Six weeks, start to finish

Every week builds on the last. By week six they've taken an idea in their head all the way to a physical object in their hand — and understood every step along the way.

Week 01

Introduction to 3D printing

How printers actually build objects layer by layer. The basics of materials — starting with PLA plastic, the one we use for everything. We'll show them our own printer fleet running as live examples, and cover the safety basics of working around a machine with a hot end.

How printers workPLA basicsLive printer tourSafety
Week 02

Introduction to design software

We teach in Tinkercad — real 3D design, made simple enough that children feel at home straight away. Everything is built by dragging, stretching and stacking shapes, so there's nothing intimidating to learn first. They'll learn to work with basic shapes, then the two moves that unlock everything else: combining shapes together and subtracting one from another.

TinkercadBasic shapesCombine & subtract
Week 03

Design your own part

The week it becomes theirs. Each student designs something simple and personal from start to finish — a nameplate, a phone stand, a small container. Whatever they pick, they take it all the way to a finished design.

Own projectStart to finish
Week 04

From design to print-ready file

Exporting the design as a printable file, then an introduction to slicing software — PrusaSlicer, the same tool we use professionally. They'll learn what infill density, supports and layer height actually do, and why each one changes how the finished object turns out.

ExportingPrusaSlicerInfill · supports · layers
Week 05

Printing and troubleshooting

Each student's design gets printed, and they watch it happen. Just as importantly, they learn to recognise the things that go wrong — warping, stringing, poor bed adhesion — and what causes each one. Knowing why a print failed is most of the skill.

Their print runsWarpingStringingBed adhesion
Week 06

Finishing and wrap-up

Post-processing — sanding, cleaning up supports, making a print look finished rather than just made. Then a show-and-tell where everyone presents the thing they designed, and a certificate to mark the end of the course.

Sanding & cleanupShow-and-tellCertificate
Before you book

What you'll need at home

A computer or iPad

Tinkercad runs in a web browser, so a Windows PC, Mac or Chromebook all work, and there's an iPad app too. Nothing to install. A laptop with a mouse is the easiest way to design.

A steady connection

Enough to hold a video call and run a browser design tool at the same time. Headphones help, but aren't essential.

Curiosity. That's it.

No prior experience with design software, 3D printing or coding. We start from "how does this machine even work" and build from there.

Questions

Course questions parents ask

Does my child need a 3D printer?
No — that's the whole point of how we've set this up. They design on their own iPad or computer, and the printing happens on our machines. We run their file, they watch it build during the session, and the finished piece is posted to your address.
Is the printing included, or is that extra?
Included. The course fee covers all six live sessions and one printed model per child — printed on our machines, cleaned up, and posted to you. There is nothing extra to pay to get the finished object in their hands.

The one limit is size: the included print should be no bigger than about a coffee mug, which is comfortably enough for everything we design on this course. If your child wants something larger, or a second copy, or the piece painted, we'll quote that separately as a normal print job. And if a print fails on our side, we reprint it at our cost — that's never yours to worry about.
Where do you deliver?
Anywhere in India. The course itself is online, so a child anywhere in the country can take part, and the printed model at the end is posted to any Indian address. We print in Chennai, so Tamil Nadu deliveries tend to arrive fastest — but nowhere is out of reach.
Is my child old enough — or too old?
The course is built for 8 to 12. Younger than eight and the design software gets frustrating rather than fun; older than twelve and they'll want to move faster than the group. If your child is close to either edge, message us and we'll be honest about whether it's the right fit.
What software do we need, and does it cost anything?
Tinkercad for designing and PrusaSlicer for preparing the print. Both are completely free — you won't need to pay for anything to take part. Tinkercad runs in a web browser with nothing to install, and there's an iPad app too.
Do they keep what they design?
Yes, both the printed object and the design file. The physical print is shipped to you, and the design stays in their own Tinkercad account so they can keep editing it, reprint it later, or build on it.
What if we miss a week?
Tell us and we'll catch your child up before the next session so they're not lost. Each week does build on the one before, so we'd rather spend fifteen minutes getting them back on track than have them quietly fall behind.
Does a parent need to sit in?
You're very welcome to, and with younger children some parents like to for the first session or two. It isn't required — we run the session so that an eight-year-old can follow it on their own.
When does the next course start?
Send us your details through the form below and we'll come straight back with the next start date, the session time and everything else you need to know. Places are capped at ten, so we allocate them in the order enquiries come in.