I had great luck with Anycubic as my first printer… If you want to have a larger variety of materials available I recommend a printer with an enclosure (depending on the age of your kid, it’s a bit safer too?)

I will try I haven’t used them recently but a friend of mine uses a Kobra 4 which produces prints very close in quality to my X1Carbon (I know…). That one has no enclosure, but the Kobra 3 is still available for even less if you really just want to see if the hobby takes hold. They have a Kobra S1 which seems like a decent option but I haven’t done any research.

My personal advice would be to not skimp too much on cost… Trying to stick with my older hardware nearly killed the hobby for me since everyone around me was printing higher quality it a quarter of the time…

Good point. We can just put US elementary school students in the top frame, then we can keep the year the same and simplify the format a bit.