Young Innovator Awards

Sparking the next generation

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Define the Problem

With hordes of children descending on Bayfair during the school holidays, we wanted to introduce hands-on innovation to them in its simplest form – through the creation of paper planes.

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Design the Solution

The YIA Paper Plane Make-a-thon encouraged the kids to design and create a paper plane that would fly accurately enough to make it through a small target. The kids had to continually go back to the drawing board – innovating new ways in which they could make their plane better. This promoted an open discussion about innovation – kids were constantly questioning, learning and creating.

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Deliver the Experience

Over the course of five days, more than 2,500 kids entered the Make-a-thon and learnt about the YiA Awards. The event was so popular that the display was then taken around schools throughout the Bay of Plenty and Waikato region.

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