For the Davis family, entrepreneurship is part of school.
Parents Nick and Miranda were introduced to learner-driven education through enrolling their son Emmet at Odyssey FM, a Moorhead private school built on the Acton Academy model, which emphasizes independence, projects, and real-world skill-building. From there, they leaned further in after going the homeschooling route to give them more reps in it.
That’s where Emmet’s Creations comes in, and it’s a full team effort with mom, dad, Emmet, and his sister Margo all working together. The business revolves around hands-on 3D wooden build kits. They offer flowers, moving models, and mechanical-style projects that they sell at vendor shows and events. The family unpacks inventory, builds sample displays, sets up a six-foot table booth, assigns roles, and then reviews what worked and what didn’t after each event.
A key piece of the story is the give-back element. The family is partnering with Garden of Healing, a Fargo nonprofit creating a reflection-andremembrance space near SCHEELS Arena.
Q&A
Q: How long does it take to build ONE of the big projects?
Dad — A big project takes 8-14 hours. Most projects take 1-3 hours.
Q: So you’re not just showing up and selling. There’s a whole process behind it.
Dad — Exactly. When inventory comes in, we rent a room, take everything out, organize it, build out inventory, and set up displays.
Q: Why are the displays such a big deal?
Dad — People need to see what it becomes. The kits come flat in a box, and you pop out the pieces and build it into something like the flowers or the bigger mechanical builds. When they see the finished result, it clicks.
Q: You said this started from homeschooling. How?
Dad — Last year, we were at Odyssey FM, their first year in the Fargo-Moorhead community, and they had an entrepreneurship unit. We loved that model. Eventually, we chose homeschooling to have more control over what the kids learn, introducing concepts earlier, and teaching entrepreneurship as a real-life skill. We want them to learn the process, and yes, we want them to fail sometimes. That’s where learning happens.
