Valley Makerspace

What fun this weekend's parade was! Thank you to all our volunteers who worked away behind the scenes preparing our float and costumes, and our volunteers who dressed up like Gardeners, Seamstresses, Woodworkers and Painters to animate the float.

Kudos to Rona Black Diamond and Country Food Mart AG Foods for your donations that helped us pull it all together!!!

Our amazing volunteers have been hard at work making our parade float and costumes for the Diamond Valley parade today.

Look for our float and walkers to get free goodies from the Valley Makerspace!

Come create with us.
Imagine it! Make it!

Join us at the Valley Makerspace for a fun family workshop making a 3D layered image using stacked laser cut pieces of wood. Choose from a mountain scene or a forest scene and create a unique piece of artwork for your home, or as a gift for someone special!

Participants will be able to paint their creation, then decide how their layered wooden scene is placed together. A great craft for the whole family!

Spots are limited, so please email us to sign up!

To register, email us at [email protected]

When: Saturday, May 30th, 2026. 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Valley Makerspace, 218 Kennedy Drive, Diamond Valley, AB
Cost: Free (Donations accepted to help cover material costs)

Makerspace members saw a flurry of activity at the Valley Makerspace during most weekends throughout March and April. This was because the local Star Wars charity costuming clubs worked together to create a brand new set as the backdrop for the Make-A-Wish photobooth at the Calgary Expo.

Make-A-Wish Canada works with communities across the country to provide children with critical illnesses the opportunity to realize their most heartfelt wish. These wishes are more than just moments of happiness; they are crucial in improving medical outcomes and enhancing the quality of life for both the children and their families.

Members from the 501st Legion: Badlands Garrison, Rebel Legion: Outrider Base, The Dark Empire, Mando Mercs, and Badlands Droid Builders all worked together to create the interior of a space ship from a galaxy far, far away.

The new set was used at the Calgary Expo, an event that takes place in April, to help raise money for Make-A-Wish. Patrons donate to have their photo taken inside the set with a huge line-up of various characters from Star Wars.

Over the course of the event, they were able to raise $6000 for Make-A-Wish!

This is just one of the many ways our local makerspace helps contribute to our community in fun and unique ways!

Thank you, BGC Southern Alberta Teen Night participants, for building such beautiful picnic tables for our community!

This one has been donated to the BGC Southern Alberta Kids Club Daycare and the kids are loving it!

Look closely for the signatures of the youth who built it engraved into the side!