Makey Makey

For every classroom. No experience required.

Turn any classroom into an invention lab.

Makey Makey clips onto everyday objects — bananas, playdough, foil, friends — and turns them into a keyboard. Plug in, clip on, and students are inventing in minutes. No coding background, no lab, no setup headaches.

A young student smiling while holding alligator clips connected to a Makey Makey board in a computer lab
A young student smiling while holding alligator clips connected to a Makey Makey board in a computer lab.

Trusted in classrooms in 150+ countries · Works with any computer · No software to install

Easy to teach, easy to learn

If you can use a keyboard, you can teach with Makey Makey.

There's nothing to download and nothing to configure. Plug the board into any computer with the USB cable, clip an alligator wire to something conductive, and it just works — it shows up as a keyboard or mouse. Teachers are up and running on day one, and students grasp it in the first five minutes. That means less time troubleshooting and more time creating.

Hands touching a pencil-drawn Makey Makey sign wired with alligator clips to a Makey Makey board

Plug and play.

Works instantly with any Mac, PC, or Chromebook. No apps, no drivers, no accounts.

Ready-made lessons.

Free lesson plans, guides, and project ideas mapped to real classroom time.

Built to survive a classroom.

Simple, durable, and forgiving — perfect for first-timers and small hands.

Students lean in

Learning they can touch — and won't want to put down.

Makey Makey turns abstract ideas into something students can hold, build, and play. When a lump of playdough becomes a game controller or a row of bananas becomes a piano, curiosity takes over. Kids who normally hang back are suddenly leading the group. It's hands-on, it's a little bit magic, and it gets every learner off the sidelines and into the making.

An educator and students gathered around a paper controller wired to a Makey Makey and laptop

Instant "whoa" moment.

The first successful circuit hooks students immediately.

Everyone participates.

Collaborative by nature — great for pairs, teams, and mixed-ability groups.

Creativity over right answers.

Open-ended projects reward experimenting, iterating, and trying again.

One kit, every subject

From music to math to science — it fits where you already teach.

Makey Makey isn't a separate "tech" unit you have to make room for. It drops into the lessons you already teach and makes them hands-on. Build an instrument in music, a game controller in coding, a working circuit in science, an interactive map in social studies, a storytelling prop in language arts. Same kit, endless subjects — which makes it one of the most versatile tools in the building.

Cardboard ramps with metal spheres wired to a Makey Makey board

Science

Circuits, conductivity, and physics students can feel.

A multiplication chart wired to a Makey Makey board and laptop

Math

Interactive number lines, graphs, and fraction games.

A musical scale worksheet wired to a Makey Makey board and laptop

Music

Invent instruments from everyday objects.

Student coding a Scratch project connected to a Makey Makey

Coding & CS

Pair with Scratch and other tools for real interactivity.

An interactive poetry collage wired to a Makey Makey board

Language Arts

Talking posters, sound effects, and interactive stories.

A hula hoop turned into an interactive Makey Makey controller

Art & Design

Controllers and sculptures that actually do something.

Built to scale

A STEM investment that pays off in every room.

Makey Makey delivers hands-on, standards-aligned learning without the cost, training, or upkeep of a dedicated lab. One affordable kit works across grade levels and subjects, so a single purchase reaches more students and more teachers. It's low-maintenance, reusable year after year, and supported by a free, ready-to-teach curriculum — so adoption is fast and the value keeps compounding.

An educator and several students collaborating on a Makey Makey project with a paper controller and laptop
Workshop photo — educator and students collaborating on a hands-on Makey Makey project.

Affordable and reusable.

Low cost per kit, no consumables, no subscriptions — it lasts for years.

Standards-aligned & curriculum-ready.

Free lessons support STEM, ISTE, and NGSS-aligned goals.

Easy to roll out.

Minimal training for staff and works on the devices you already own.

Ready to see what your students invent?

Get the kit that's turned classrooms in 150+ countries into invention labs — no experience required.