Printellect Labs brings hands-on STEM to Scout groups right across the UK. Young people design something on screen, watch a 3D printer bring it to life, and take it home. It is real technology, run at your hut, hall or campsite, and for Scouts and Explorers we shape the session around genuine badge requirements.
Every young person gets hands-on. They design their own piece, send it to a 3D printer, and take home something they made themselves. Along the way they meet the ideas behind it: how a design becomes a set of instructions a machine can follow, and how small changes change the result. It is a proper first taste of STEM, and for many it is the moment they realise they could do more of it. No prior knowledge is needed, and the activity is built to be inclusive so every young person finishes with something to be proud of.
Real machines and tools, and a finished item to keep.
Problem solving, sticking with something, and confidence with technology.
No experience needed, pitched to your section and ability.
We set the level to match your section, so the activity feels right whether it is a first look or a genuine design challenge.
A simple, guided design and a quick print, with plenty of wonder at the machine doing the work. A great fit for a fun, memorable night that supports your section's activity and challenge work.
More say over their design and a first look at how the technology actually works, still light and hands-on.
The full journey: design, print and troubleshoot, built around real badge requirements. Enough depth to feel like a genuine skill.
They design their own pieces, dig into how it works, and can help run the activity for younger sections, which maps onto their own awards.
For Scouts and Explorers we build the day around real badge requirements, so the fun doubles as progress. We are careful with wording: the activities map onto and support work toward the badges below, and sign-off is always the leader's call. We make that call easy with a post-event sheet.
We also work with Cubs and Beavers, and with Guides, Brigades and other youth groups. Tell us your section and we will map the activity to fit.
After we pack up, you get a single sheet per section that lists what each young person did against the specific badge requirements it supports. That turns "was this close enough?" into a documented, confident yes, without you having to work back through the requirements yourself. It is the reason a lot of leaders book us, and it is included as standard.
Plan a Scout activityWe run on a normal meeting night, at a camp or sleepover, or as a headline activity at a district, county or area event and jamboree. We bring the printers, laptops, tools and everything else, and we only need space and power. Our facilitators are DBS-checked, we carry public liability insurance, and we provide a risk assessment for your records.
Everyone from Beavers to Explorers, and we are happy to talk about Squirrels for a very simple version. We set the level to match.
Yes. Everyone leaves with something they designed and printed themselves.
The activities map onto the badges above. The leader signs off, and our post-event sheet makes that quick and confident.
Yes, as long as there is power. We run indoors and out.
We scale to your group and the time you have, from a single six to a full section evening. Tell us your numbers and we will suggest a format.
Yes. We work with Guides, Boys' and Girls' Brigade and other uniformed and youth organisations.
Tell us your section, venue and numbers, and we will suggest a format and a price.
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