This guide is to help schools and other organizations prepare for and bring their creativity to the Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo, or to other maker faires around the world!

In this guide, we will share guidelines on  how to prepare for the Maker Faire, so that future leaders at Lighthouse, or other schools who want to participate at local maker faires, can learn from our experience.  We recognize that every school faces different constraints regarding time, volunteers, and money; we hope that what we have learned over the past several years can help others bring making to their schools.