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Mr. McGroovy's is a microbusiness
established in January 2005 to develop educational activities that promote learning, creativity and pretend play. But my wife thinks I should focus more on selling all the rivets in the garage.
"Mr. McGroovy" was the nickname given to me by some fifth grade students my first year teaching elementary art in 1995. I taught elementary art from 1995 to 2000, and switched careers shortly after my first son was born. When I'm not spending time with my family or trying to grow a business in my garage, I work as a laser technician for a national laboratory.
Mr. McGroovy's Box Rivets™ grew out of a project idea from my days as an art teacher. Building box structures is an absolutely great activity for kids, (visit my Learning page) so... when my son turned five and needed a backyard castle for his “knights and princesses” party theme we built it ourselves. The response from parents and other children at the party encouraged me to share this great activity, and the idea for Mr. McGroovy's was born.
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