Drop Lab | Young Minds Accelerator
🎨 DROP LAB · Places are by waitlist. Register interest and hear first.
Live online · Ages 9 to 18 · Foundations + 5 sessions

Your child designs it. Then they drop it.

In Drop Lab, your child comes up with an original idea, designs it with AI and turns it into a real, priced product. A mug, a tote bag, a cap, a t-shirt. Any physical product they choose. Their idea, their design, their drop.

£249 per mission · Foundations included · Max 15 children

£249
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Your child's design here

Idea, artwork, slogan and price: all theirs
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Watch the walkthrough
See it before you decide

The walkthrough. Watch it any time.

A short video tour with Tosin, ready whenever you are. Watch it together with your child and see if Drop Lab is for them.

  • The journey from an idea to a finished, real product
  • Real designs made by children in our trial cohort
  • How AI is used, and how your child stays in charge
Watch now → Free · About 30 minutes · On demand, no booking needed
From the founder
"Children don't need to wait until they're grown up to build something real. They just need the right tool, and someone to show them how."
Tosin, Founder, Young Minds Accelerator
The real outcome

By Demo Day, it's actually made.

Not a worksheet. A real, finished design, on a real product, with a price your child set.

01

Their idea

Your child turns something in their head into a real design: a character, a slogan, a pattern, the whole concept.

02

Made with AI

They prompt, generate and refine their design with AI. They make the choices; AI is the tool.

03

Theirs to drop

Applied to a real product, priced and presented. With your permission, it can go in the YMA Store.

Where the design goes

One design. Any product.

The skill is the design. Once it's made, your child chooses what it becomes.

👕T-shirts
☕Mugs
🎒Tote bags
🖼️Posters
🧢Caps
📕Book covers
Beyond the product

Six skills they keep.

🤖Using AI well
💡Critical thinking
🎤Pitching
🧠Problem solving
💪Confidence
💷Pricing
How it works

From idea to drop.

Watch the walkthrough

Any time, ideally together with your child.

Register interest

Waitlist families hear first when places open.

Book a place

£249. Then a short welcome and consent form.

Foundations, then Drop Lab

Every child starts with Foundations, then 5 live sessions with a facilitator.

Demo Day

Your child presents their product live to family and guests.

The tools

What they'll use.

Always guided by the facilitator. Younger children use tools through the facilitator's screen or with you, never on their own account.

ChatGPTCanvaWispr Flow (optional)Printful, for real product samples
Choose your pace

Weekly or intensive. Same mission.

Foundations plus five Drop Lab sessions, 2 hours each, live on Zoom.

6 weeks

Weekly, 2 hours a week

Time between sessions to sketch, test and refine. Ideal during term time.

1 week

Intensive, every day

The whole mission in one focused week. Ideal for school holidays.

From our trial cohort
"I was so impressed with myself and what I could create."

Trial cohort maker

Questions parents ask

Common questions

What exactly is Drop Lab?

A live online mission where your child designs an original graphic with AI, then puts it on a real product they choose. It starts with Foundations, then five Drop Lab sessions, and ends with Demo Day.

How much does it cost?

£249 per mission. That covers Foundations, the five live sessions, the session replays and Demo Day.

Does my child need design or AI experience?

No. Every child starts with Foundations, where we teach AI and prompting from scratch. Complete beginners are very welcome.

When can I book?

Register interest and you'll hear first when the next Drop Lab group opens, before it's announced publicly.

Is it safe?

Yes. Drop Lab takes no more than 15 children, split into Junior (9 to 12) and Senior (13 to 18). Facilitators are DBS-checked and only ever contact you, never your child directly. Sessions are on a private Zoom with a waiting room, and we have a Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Ready when they are.

Watch the walkthrough together, then register interest so you're first to hear when places open.

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