Our most popular makerspace/STEM/Library of Things

As of April 2018, we did a kit circulation report.  We had 106 kits which have circulated 1,047 times since it's inception in 2015.  Here is the top 10 list of most circulated. These include hobby kits, puzzles, cake pans, instruments, science robots/STEM, and American Girl dolls.

The ukulele kits (we have one soprano and one concert kit) have been around the longest and have circulated 106 times total.  Just remember someone should change the strings yearly and definitely include a tuner (we like the snark) as new strings on a uke take a while to break in.

Surprisingly our meditation toolbox comes in second with 51 checkouts.  It is just some CDs and a DVD.  This one has also been around since the inception of our kits.

Next up is our virtual reality headset toolbox.  It is a Homido Virtual Reality headset. If that is too pricey, I recommend Google Cardboard. 

Our sewing machine comes in 5th. 

Knitting is a great idea for a toolbox and very popular but limit the number of needles if circulation plans on counting them during every check in.

The Bongos come in 7th. Also to note it is easier to care for than ukulele.

Banjo comes in 8th with 33 checkouts. Just make sure someone knows how to restring and care for this..perhaps the local music shop?

Polymer clay sculpting kit would need some materials replacement if you want to include clay but it comes in 9th with 32 checkouts.

Last in our list, is the Go Pro Camera which has been replaced once already due to wear and tear.  I would recommend NOT including all the other crazy pieces in it for the camera unless it is nicely labeled.

The lowest circulated items for us are the cake pans, a computer maintenance kit, world travel adapter kit (for apple and other), and some of the fancier but lesser know board games like Trophy Buck and Chupacabra.

In case anyone is interested here is our full list of kits. See attached. 

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