What Are STEM Toys? A Parent's Guide
What are STEM toys, and which ones actually get used? A parent's guide to the four STEM types, with real examples and how to choose one that lasts.
Cardboard Projects & Craft Ideas For Kids
Get the ChompSaw and start creating!
Best STEM Gifts for 10 Year Olds: Builds That Keep Up With Their Skills
The best STEM gifts for 10 year olds, sorted by what they have already outgrown. Hands-on picks that survive past the first weekend.
DIY Halloween Crafts for Kids: Easy Ideas by Age, Mess, and Time
projectsFrom bat garlands to cardboard candy buckets! Here are a bunch of quick craft ideas to bring to your spooky season!
Sensory Activities for Preschoolers: Simple, Screen-Free Play for Little Hands
projects13 sensory activities for preschoolers you can set up in five to ten minutes with things already in your kitchen. Organized by sense, with the mess level and setup time listed for each one, so you can match the activity to the day.
Everything to know about using the ChompSaw in your classroom
educationSo you've got a ChompSaw (or a whole bunch of them!) and a room full of inventors who are ready to build. Here's everything you need to know to run a smooth, creative, and fun making session with your students....
Teacher Appreciation Week: Donation Update
education125 ChompSaws Donated! 🍎 Thanks to your support, we donated 125 ChompSaws to some of the most creative, resourceful, and inspiring people we know... teachers! Over the past year, more than 3,600 educators have applied to bring a ChompSaw into...
Free Pattern! Valentine's Day Postbox
projectsA little something special to hold all your valentines! 💕 Follow these step-by-step instructions to build your own cardboard Valentine’s mailbox! What You'll Need: A solid piece of cardboard (under 3mm thick) Our Postbox Pattern (PDF Download Here). Scissors Double...
Supporting Children and Families in Minnesota
Today, our team at Chompshop is making a company donation of $10,000 to organizations in Minnesota that are supporting children, families, and schools during a time of fear and disruption. We believe that every kid should have access to education,...
The Inventor's Club is NOW LIVE! 🎉
We’ve been actively working on a subscription since 2023… AND IT’S FINALLY READY!!! 🎉 Timestamped proof from Kickstarter 👇 When we launched on Kickstarter, our very first (and most ambitious) goal was to create a thoughtful product that solved a real-world...
300 Repaired ChompSaws Headed to Classrooms
educationAll year long, our engineers have been saving and refurbishing every ChompSaw that gets sent back to us due to manufacturing issues. There aren’t that many (luckily), but we repair each machine thoroughly for the educators, nonprofits, and schools on...
Free Pattern! Advent Calendar
projectsIt's the countdown to Christmas! Follow the steps below to build your own 12-day advent calendar out of cardboard. Make Your Own Advent Calendar Fun Fact: 💡 Did you know advent calendars started in Germany in the 1800s, when families...
Holiday Update & Delivery Timelines
WOW 😳 ChompSaws went fast this year (!!) and all we can say is thank you, truly, one million thank-you’s! Here’s the full scoop on when to expect your order if you're in the US or Canada. Backorders after Dec....
Cardboard Genius Contest
In August, we challenged everyone to a Cardboard Genius Contest for the chance to win $1,000 (cash money!) and you all showed up to win! 🙌 Entry was open to all ages, and every participant was required to build and...
Now Certified for Ages 3+
We've put our ChompSaw through all sorts of safety tests to make sure our machine is 100% kid-friendly. For the last while, we could only recommend the ChompSaw for kids ages 5 and up... until now! We just completed another...
Cardboard Gift Ideas for Dad!
projectsWe love any excuse to get crafty, and Father’s Day is the perfect time for it. Whether you’re making something special for Dad (like a cardboard puppet of him) or building a project together, these ideas are easy to pull off with a ChompSaw and are a fun way to celebrate.
Free Pattern! Cardboard Grad Cap
projectsSummer break is almost here! Let’s celebrate our students with a fun project to mark the end of the school year. Follow the steps below to build your own cardboard grad cap and remember, no graduation is complete without a...
Cardboard Gifts for Mother’s Day That She’ll Love!
projectsMother’s Day doesn’t have to mean last minute flowers or basic store bought cards. This year, skip the spending and make something thoughtful with what you’ve already got, because the best Mother’s Day gifts come from the heart (and a...
Buy One, Give One to a Teacher!
education138 ChompSaws Donated! 🍎 With your help, we were able to donate 138 ChompSaws to some of the most creative, resourceful, and inspiring people we know! Over the past year, more than 1,000 educators applied to receive a ChompSaw for their classroom! So for...
Free Pattern! Earth Day Planter
projectsHappy Earth Day! 🌏We're big believers in reducing waste by using what we already have on hand for creative projects... SO this Earth Day, we're sharing a super cute, super functional project pattern: a cardboard planter that's good for your garden!...
Getting Started With Your ChompSaw!
This guide is here to share tips and tricks for operating your tools, working with cardboard, and provide insights for troubleshooting!
Over half of your Shopify Pre-Orders are SHIPPED!
📦 Orders made before 11/15 are on their way! 🚀 That's right, we received the first batch of Shopify inventory to our warehouse early this week and are in the process of packing and shipping them all to you! If you...
Coming to Shark Tank 11/15!
🦈That’s Right! — We’re Diving Into the Tank!🦈 Our founders Kausi and Max are pitching to the sharks and putting our invention to the test next Friday, November 15th at 8PM on ABC! Tune in to watch us 🤞 hopefully...
We’ve Started Shipping! 🚀
🚚 Kickstarter Update: When Can You Expect Your Order?👇📦🪚 We’re thrilled to share that our first shipping wave is officially underway! Here’s what just arrived at our warehouse and is ready to be sent out to our early Kickstarter backers: ...
We’re Now Chompshop!
… and we’re so excited about it! 🚀 ✏️ Why The Change? 👀 As our production partners were scaling up back in September, our team unfortunately received a cease-and-desist order for our old name. This meant we needed to think...
September Update - ChompSaws on a boat!
🦺 We’re Officially Kid-Safe Certified! ✅ We’ve always designed the ChompSaw with safety in mind, but now it’s official! We’ve completed and passed all third-party safety certifications, including ASTM F963 and the Children’s Product Certificate (CPC). This is a huge milestone for us,...
August Update - Timeline Delays & Production Progress
If you haven’t been following our updates on Kickstarter, you might be wondering “What’s the latest with Chompshop?” and, more importantly, “When am I going to get mine??” Timeline Update First things first, let’s talk timeline. As of February...
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The return of the grid [Industrial Design Update 2]
We heard you, and we brought the grid back! We are so excited to present the final ChompSaw design. These are renders created by our industrial designer Bart from Loket Design. There may be slight changes as we finish our prototyping...
A Super Transparent Timeline Update
We estimated that we would be able to deliver our product in May for our Kickstarter orders, July for our BackerKit orders, and September for our Shopify orders. It now looks like all three sets of orders will be shipped...
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Working with Loket Design [Industrial Design Update 1]
I did not expect how big of a difference industrial design would make in the final stages of Chompshop's product development. The version of the ChompSaw that you see in most of our pictures and videos, which we built ourselves in...
The ORIGINAL ChompSaw Prototype
I originally came up with the idea for the ChompSaw as a project for a studio course for the Integrated Product Design Masters program. The goal of the project was to address a growing trend in education towards teaching kids design thinking skills as a way...