Mr. Rogers - MakerEd before the Maker Movement

Before the Maker movement, before Tinkering Spaces and Fab labs, Mr. Roger's helped children learn how things are made through his tours of factories and workshops. At our house we love these little segments. We've watched how backpacks, crayons, markers, ball machines, umbrellas, wagons, tricycles, bicycles, etc are made. Yesterday we watched the 10 minutes of an episode where Mr. Rogers learns how carousel horses are made 4 times in a row. We've been keeping a list of these because it's the only thing my child likes to watch -- and we enjoy them as adults too. Here is a list of episodes where something is made. Many of these show factories. Others show individual artists.
The above photo is from episode 1734, where Mr. Rogers first plays with the expandable sphere shown in the photo and then visits the inventor of the sphere.
 

1481 - How people make crayons.

1487 – Toy factory

1492 - How people make dolls.

1495 – How people make blankets.

1496 - How people make stuffed animals.

1501 – How people make spoons.

1503 – How seatbelts are installed in cars.

1509 – How to make a variety sounds using bottles filled with water.

1510 – How to make a small village with recycled materials.

1511 – How people make towels.

1512 – Making a rocking chair

1513 – Inventions. How people make robots.

1517 – How people make zippers.

1518 – How people make balloons.

1520 – How people make graham crackers.

1531 – How people repair trolleys

1532 – Mr. Rogers makes a wind chime. How people make straws.

1536 – How people make applesauce

1537 – How people make tofu

1539 – How people make canned soup

1556 – Children making a miniature golf course. Making a costume for the trolley

1558 – How people make rocking horses.

1561 – How people make trumpets.

1567 – How people make wagons.

1569 – Mr. Rogers makes a toy neighborhood. Making toy instruments.

1578 – How people make erasers

1594 – How people make bicycle helmets.

1598 – A sculptor at work.

1607 – How people turn film into photographs.

1613 – How people make peanut butter.

1628 – How people make toothbrushes.

1630 - How people make toothpaste

1653 - How people make colored construction paper.

1660 - How people make balloon animals.

1665 – Soap bubbles

1666 – Experiments with food coloring

1667 - How people make light bulbs.

1680 - How people make tortilla chips.

1694 - How people make steel drums.

1704 - How people make chalk.

1710 - How people make yogurt.

1715 – Bill Nye the Science Guy visits

1716 – How people make macaroni

1722 - How people make batik fabrics

1723 - How people make toilets

1724 - How people make carousel horses.

1728 - How people make eyeglass lenses.

1733 - How people make grape jelly.

1734 – Inventor. Expandable sphere.

1737 - How people make ribbons.

1742 - How people make sidewalks.

1743 - How people make traffic signals.

1748 - How people make ball machines (George Rhoads).

1750 - How people make marbles.

1752 - How people make ice cream cones.

1763 - How people make clay pots.