Invention Convention Displays Ames Elementary Students Creativity

If you've ever lost something and couldn't find it, filled your garbage can too full or just didn't have time to match your socks before you left the house, Ames area elementary students have some good ideas for you.

hosted a district wide invention convention Monday that brought innovative ideas such as the Move to Grove that turns off your radio and your lights after you've left the room and also the Kitty Toy Finder in which you attach small beepers to the toys cats often lose.

Kira Simmons said her cat constantly lost toys.

“I didn't want to have to spend any more money on cat toys,” Simmons said.

Simmons and her partner Gabby Lorenz did spend $19.95 for a Maxi Aid, a remote control beeping device, to attach to the often lost items.

Simmons and Lorenz discovered that most people wouldn't pay that much to find a cat toy, but Simmons said she might use it to locate other things she can't find, like her umbrella.

And for dogs there was a dog exercise swing. Jaedyn Koehn said in their first trials there was lots of yelping, but her partner's dog Toby seemed to like it after awhile.

For more on the convention just play the video.  

A full list of inventions and participants follow below:

The Automatic Turner, Dakshina Paudyal

Batter Bowl Buddy, Moriah Conner and Madeline Taylor

Dog Exercise Swing, Jaedyn Koehn and Myah Broders

Easy Toothbrush Holder, Helen Hu

Edible Toothpicks, Nikita Swanson and Ana Denison

Expand-a-Can, Noah Sinclair

GO Nailpen, Julie-Michelle Manohar

The Kitty Toy Finder, Gabby Lorenz and Kira Simmons

Light-n-Write, Franklin Zhu and Cole Hillier  

Mail Slide, Julia Greenlee and Hana Qamhieh

The Mechanical Marker, Katelyn Courtney and Gretchen Webber

Move to Groove, Sara Joerger

S.W.S. - Shoes With Socks, Leah Wolter

Touch n’ Match, Aaliya Husain and Laura Kerton