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RecipeForge

A fold-a-recipe toy for ages 6–8: a string of coloured beads folds into a shape. Change a bead and predict — will the shape change, or is it just filler? Only the ends and the hinge matter. Save your recipe as a code. On-device.

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Built for sittings of about 15 minutes on the screen. That is our design budget, not a measurement.

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Mentored by Crimp

RecipeForge mascot
Live NGSS MS-LS1-1 (structure & function — order decides shape) CS / sequences & encoding (a recipe as a shareable code) Predict-Observe-Explain (will this change the shape?) Hero color: #7c3aed
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Characters who teach

Meet the cast

RecipeForge's little friends string beads with Beadle, who folds each recipe into a shape and asks — which beads really matter? Most are just filler; only the ends and the hinge decide the fold.

Crimp portrait

Crimp

folds each bead-recipe into a shape and asks which beads matter (sequence decides structure)

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Hushly

Loves the filler beads — change one and nothing happens; the shape stays the same (most parts are silent)

Kink portrait

Kink

Watches the key beads — the ends and the hinge — that change or break the whole shape (a few parts carry the fold)

Keeper portrait

Keeper

Saves every recipe as a little code to share and load back (a recipe is a file you can keep)

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What's inside

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Learning goal

A fold-a-recipe toy for ages 6–8: a string of coloured beads folds into a shape. Change a bead and predict — will the shape change, or is it just filler? Only the ends and the hinge matter. Save your recipe as a code. On-device.

Mentored by Crimp — no data leaves the device.

How RecipeForge handles your kid's data

  • ✅ All progress, settings, and AI-generated content stays on the device
  • ✅ No analytics, no tracking, no third-party SDKs
  • ✅ Free — no ads, no in-app purchases
  • ✅ No personal information collected from children — in line with COPPA (updated by the 2026 FTC amendments)
  • ✅ No chat with strangers — play-together rooms use a short code and preset emotes, never typed messages

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