KIDS + PLUG & PLAY

Bongos: Play some bongo drums with the space bar and left arrow. Turn anything into a drum!

Piano
A piano designed for Makey Makey. Play a melody with the arrow keys and space bar (and click, too).

MK-1
A sampling synth made by Eric Rosenbaum for Makey Makey. Record your own sound, use preset scales, and set the keys to play just the notes you want.

Scratch Piano
This is a piano you can play with the arrow keys. It was created using Scratch, an easy-to-use graphical programming language, so you can remix it and make your own version.

Thisawesomemidi app was created by Makey Makey Ambassador Liam Baum (aka MrBombMusic.) He built this app with p5.js & Soundfont-Player. Plug in your Makey Makey, and choose an instrument from the dropdown and begin playing a full scale with the instrument of your choice! (Note: you will need to remap a few pins on the back of the board for keys h and j.)

This app was created by Johnny Tal as a way to easily upload any sound you want for any input, or choose an instrument from the list and easily monitor what's being triggered on the virtual Makey Makey.

Another great piano app! Click the Settings wheel to change the piano keys to Makey Makey keypresses and start playing!

Sound Effects
This page turns your keyboard into a sound effects machine. By connecting to the letters on the back of your Makey Makey, you can create your own way to trigger sounds.

Chamber Music Piano
You can play 10 different notes on this piano (using w, a, s, d, f, left, up, right, down and space). Play along with the video for a piano duet!

This downloadable app is great if you just want to drag and drop sounds onto keys on a keyboard, then press the keys to play them. Try it with the example keymap we made with drum and marimba sounds formacorwindows.

Owlie Boo (For Younger Students- Prek)

This is a series of very simple computer games that could be handled by toddlers and young children: by just pressing any key whatsoever, something happens on the computer screen. There are also games with mouse control!

Canabalt
This is a running game, with just one button: press the space bar to jump, or invent your own way.

Tetris
You can play this Tetris game with the arrow keys... or make your own custom controller.

Flash Flash Revolution
Make your own pads so you can play this dancing game with your feet instead of the arrow keys... or invent a totally new way to play.

Works on a spacebar, but requires Flash!

Create your own apps, games, and animations in Scratch!

Here are some great guides for getting started!