

Mister Maker
★ 5.9 · 4 seasons
Mister Maker is a pre-school children's arts and crafts programme commissioned by Michael Carrington at the BBC for CBeebies. The programme launched in 2007 and also airs on BBC One and BBC Two. In the United States and Latin America the show airs on the Discovery Familia network, dubbed in Spanish. To date three series have been commissioned from The Foundation. It also airs in Australia on ABC2. The programme comprises a mixture of animation and real time content, and a spin-off programme Mister Maker Comes to Town began in 2010. Mister Maker is played by Phil Gallagher.
Season 1 · 20 episodes
- E1
Junk Picture
Mister Maker makes a fantastic junk picture, shows how to paint with cardboard and creates realistic beans on toast that look good enough to eat. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a gigantic rocket picture.
- E2
Stone Footprint
Mister Maker makes a stone footprint, paints a fun firework picture, and squeezes a ship into a jar, sailing on a sea of blue rice. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker kids make a gigantic snail.
- E3
Mini Twig Tree
Mister Maker makes a mini tree out of twigs, shows how to make alien eyes and makes an ancient treasure map with a teabag. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker Kids create a huge desert island.
- E4
Hole Punch Patterns
Mister Maker makes pattern pictures using a hole punch, shows how to make a pencil pen pal and a futuristic pasta robot. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a huge desert island.
- E5
Shell Picture
Mister Maker creates a picture out of shells, makes a pop up card in under a minute, and shows how to make a seriously spooky bouncy bat. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a huge tin of paint.
- E6
Pressed Clay Picture
Mister Maker creates a pressed clay picture, makes an elephant peg holder in under a minute, draws into paint with a fork and shows how to surprise friends with a bug in a box. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make an enormous crab.
- E7
Blow Pictures
Mister Maker uses all of his huff and his puff to make blow pictures and shows how to make a crown fit for a king or a queen. Find out how to make a wonderful wool doodle. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a fabulous fish picture.
- E8
Ancient Buried Treasure
Mister Maker shows how to make ancient-looking buried treasure, splat monster pen pals and a super-squashy foam boat that really can float. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a brilliant butterfly picture.
- E9
Wooly Picture
Mister Maker shows how to paint a wonderful woolly picture, create crazy creatures with cotton buds, and makes a musical instrument with straws. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build an extraordinary duck picture.
- E10
Cobweb Picture
Mister Maker shows how to make a crazy cobweb picture, use rubbish to make brilliant art and create terrific animals out of tissue paper. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make an enormous boat.
- E11
Printing With Hands
Mister Maker shows how to paint great pictures by printing with hands, makes a chalk dust picture that's out of this world, and builds a sandcastle that will last forever. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a brilliant bat picture.
- E12
Gloopy Glue Patterns
Mister Maker uses splodges to make gloopy glue patterns, makes a marvelous mouse finger puppet in a minute, and shows how to grow a hilarious head with a grass hairdo. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make an enormous birthday cake.
- E13
Splat Picture
Mister Maker demonstrates the perfect boredom buster for a rainy day - splat painting. Make a perfect pet pooch out of a pebble, and find out how to make a handy house to keep bits and pieces in. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build an amazing ice cream.
- E14
Snowflake Patterns
Mister Maker makes perfect patterns with a paper snowflake, shows how to make terrific art with the help of a cuddly toy and transforms an egg box into incredible insects. Guess the answer to today's shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a brilliant picture.
- E15
Springing Picture
Mister Maker creates a 'springing' picture, builds a magnetic bug with its own race track, and shows how to make a handy totem pole to keep bits and pieces in. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and discover how kitchen roll can be turned into underwater art.
- E16
Torn Paper Road
Mister Maker makes a torn paper road, transforms a scouring pad into an insect and shows how to make a space-age city that's out of this world. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build an extraordinary umbrella.
- E17
Splat Monsters
Mister Maker turns splats, dribbles and dollops into monsters, makes an wallpaper owl, and transforms paper plates into a fantastic puppet. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker Kids make something new.
- E18
Modelling Clay Picture
Mister Maker creates a modelling clay picture, makes brilliant bugs in under a minute, transforms lentils into an amazing dinosaur and shows how to have a monster game of skittles. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build an extraordinary train.
- E19
Cardboard Cactus
Mister Maker makes a clever cactus that never needs watering, shows how to make perfect prints with bubble wrap, and recycles old tin foil into an out-of-this-world alien. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids create a hilarious picture.
- E20
Invisible Picture
Mister Maker makes an incredible 'invisible' picture, creates crazy cake-case creatures, and shows how to make a magnetic worm-catching game to play with friends. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a brilliant picture.
Season 2 · 20 episodes
- E1
Tennis Ball Picture
Mister Maker makes a fantastic picture using tennis balls, shows how to paint with sponges and creates realistic spaghetti bolognese that looks really tasty. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a gigantic caterpillar picture.
- E2
Fun with Bubbles
Mister Maker has fun with bubbles, creates a fabulous fish out of shiny wrappers and makes some space skittles that are out of this world. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a gigantic fire engine.
- E3
Ancient Picture
Mister Maker makes an ancient-looking picture out of bandages, shows how to make a hilarious one-eyed monster and paints a jungle picture with his finger! Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a huge parrot.
- E4
Splattered Space Picture
Mister Maker makes a splattered space picture, and shows how to create coin clackers and hilarious worms in a can. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make an enormous pencil.
- E5
Surprising Picture
Mister Maker makes a surprising picture, creates a wobbly clown in under a minute and shows you how to make a brilliant bubble wrap cactus that never needs watering. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a huge lion.
Season 3 · 20 episodes
- E1
Spray Paint Picture
Mister Maker demonstrates a brilliant spray paint picture, shows how to make a fancy dress dog nose with a paper cup, and creates a giant-sized pencil to use as a pencil case. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make an enormous chameleon.
- E2
Cotton Wool Breakfast
Mister Maker makes breakfast out of cotton wool and tissue paper, turns a plastic spoon into a funny alien, and creates ferocious plants from yoghurt pots. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a huge hummingbird.
- E3
Cereal Box Street
Mister Maker builds a box street out of old cereal boxes, makes a fake cake that looks good enough to eat and shows how to create hilariously ugly rocks. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make a huge lifeboat.
- E4
Pirate Dress Up
Mister Maker turns himself into a pirate, shows how to make a fantastic flying saucer out of paper plates, and creates a cardboard castle to keep bits and bobs in. Guess the answer to the shape puzzle and watch the Mister Maker Kids make an enormous country cottage.
- E5
Wobbly Pictures
Mister Maker creates wobbly pictures, makes a funny sock creature in less than a minute and shows how to fool your friends into thinking that you have spilt your drink! Guess the answer to the shape puzzle, and watch the Mister Maker Kids build a huge pen.
Season 4 · 20 episodes
- E1
Episode 1
Mister Maker takes to the road in his magical Makermobile in search of Mini Makers. He makes a marvellous monster with paint splodges. See if he can create a hilarious disguise with an egg box in under a minute, and look out for some crafty under water antics when he surprises some unsuspecting Mini Makers.
- E2
Episode 2
Mister Maker takes to the road in his magical Makermobile in search of Mini Makers. He discovers how lots of old lids can print a super circle picture. We see if he can create a crazy crab grab in a minute, and look out for some piratey pranks when he surprises some unsuspecting Mini Makers. Ahoy me hearties!
- E3
Episode 3
Mister Maker takes to the road in his magical Makermobile in search of Mini Makers. He discovers how lots of old lids can print a super circle picture. We see if he can create a crazy crab grab in a minute, and look out for some piratey pranks when he surprises some unsuspecting Mini Makers. Ahoy me hearties!
- E4
Episode 4
He creates a fishy work of art from an old piece of jigsaw puzzle. See if he can make a marvellous metallic Maker Medal in a minute, and look out for a creepy crawly or two when he surprises some unsuspecting Mini Makers and creates a gigantic spider.
- E5
Episode 5
Mister Maker takes to the road in his magical Makermobile in search of Mini Makers. He makes a marvellous mask using scraps from the Doodle Drawers. See if he can create a glittering jewel covered jazzy jar in under a minute, and Mister Maker surprises some unsuspecting Mini Makers and builds them a fantastic full size fruit and vegetable stall.
Cast

Phil Gallagher
Mister Maker