"Children will enjoy this inventive book, which uses the principles of Makerspace to introduce them to how materials can be shaped to serve different uses and purposes. Simple text describes how natural and human-made materials are shaped for their purposes, and how the properties of those materials support their purpose. Readers are then provided with strategies to start their own creative projects using the ideas they have learned. Along the way, tips and helpful hints guide children on how to brainstorm and solve problems working as a team."-- Provided by publisher.

You can be a maker! -- Matter and materials -- Be a property explorer -- Natural and human-made -- Maker tips -- Metal materials -- Make a metal structure -- Shape for strength -- Changing temperatures -- Make a treat -- Shape up! -- Make many shapes -- Endless ideas.