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By Melissa Camacho
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Fun visits from expert inspire preschoolers to get creative.
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Mister Maker Comes To Town
What's the Story?
MISTER MAKER COMES TO TOWN is a British television series starring Phil Gallagher, a.k.a. Mister Maker, traveling around Britain to help preschool kids be more creative. The Mister Maker spin-off features the host driving around his magical Makermobile responding to requests delivered by Tocky, the cuckoo clock (via Makervideophone, of course) from mini-makers to help them use found items to make art projects. He also visits other sites to demonstrate how, with a few items and a little imagination, we can create some amazing things. Throughout it all, friends like Scrappz the puppet provide him with materials, the Shapes dance, and other popular features of the original show are mixed in.
Is It Any Good?
The energetic and colorful series uses The Mister Maker formula of live-action, puppetry, and magical moments to show young children how they can use seemingly ordinary things into extraordinary creations. From using random plastic pieces, glue, and string to create letters of the alphabet, to showing folks how to make drums out of rubber gloves and cans in under two minutes, it invites viewers to look at every day items as potential crafting and building materials. Like its parent series, it also offers quick (but clear) lessons about shapes, letters, colors, numbers, counting, and other things crucial to a preschooler's development. Overall, Mister Maker Comes To Town is a great show for teaching children how to work with their hands to be artists and builders, while being imaginative and creative throughout the process.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what kinds of lessons TV shows about making or creating things teach. What does creativity mean to you?
Kids: What are some your favorite projects that have been showcased on Mister Maker Comes To Town? Do you have any materials lying around that you think you can make into something interesting?
TV Details
- Premiere date : January 1, 2010
- Cast : Phil Gallagher , Josh Elwell
- Networks : YouTube , CBeebies
- Genre : Educational
- Topics : Arts , Fantasy ( Magic ) , Numbers and Letters , Puppets , STEM
- Character Strengths : Communication , Curiosity , Teamwork
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- Last updated : December 10, 2025
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