Creative Works: Art, Culinary, Sewing, Movie Making

 

NEW! Art Magic! – Gr. K-2

Step into a world of imagination, color, and make-believe! ART Magic! is perfect for our youngest creative minds as we bring fairy tales to life and create whimsical, fantastical artwork like a superhero panda, a penguin on skates, Kandinsky-inspired cats, musical instruments, and quirky art creatures. Through stories, imaginative play, and hands-on artmaking, children will explore a wide variety of materials including watercolor, paint, soft pastels, clay, illustration markers, and AquaStic along with manipulative-based engineering activities and storytelling magic in our BrickLAB “Magic Beans” adventures. Campers work together to build characters and stage props for different folktales. Best of all, this camp nurtures creativity, confidence, and a lifelong love of art—sprinkled with plenty of fun and magic along the way!

 

Enchanted Creatures of the World – Gr. K-2

Welcome boys and girls to our fantasy world of enchanting creatures ike a Niffler, Elves, Fairies, Hobgoblin, Dragon, Narwal & Merpeople, Sea Serpents, Gnomes, Pixies, Will-o-wisp, and Unicorn! Projects include creating magical wands and good luck potions, sculpting clay creatures and houses, making goblin slime, painting, drawing, and dressing up as their favorite fantastical beast. We will read stories, make masks, and use a variety of mixed media to create a magical world! LOTS of artsy fun, reading, and make-believe! While exploring this magical world, children develop fundamental art skills—learning how lines, shapes, and colors work together to create the creatures they imagine.

 

Mini Masters – Gr. K-2

Young artists will paint whimsical animals, sculpt colorful creations, and explore the work of famous artists like Matisse, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, and Yayoi Kusama. Through drawing, painting, collage, and clay projects, campers discover how to bring their ideas to life using professional-quality art materials—from watercolors and soft pastels to markers, paint and clay. Each project builds confidence and fundamental art skills, helping children learn how lines, shapes, and colors work together to create the pictures they imagine. Expect lots of creative exploration, hands-on fun, and masterpieces to take home!

 

Sew For Fun! – Gr. 2-4

Campers will learn to translate an idea to a design on paper, sew by hand and on a machine under carefully managed sewing machine time. They will learn basic pattern making skills, safety skills and how to create patterns for their designs.  Once patterns are made campers will construct their designs using hand-sewing techniques and simple sewing machine stitches (straight and zig-zag). At the end of the week they will create a custom project from start to finish.  Examples of projects include: plush toy, tote bag, house shoes, apron, play cape and mask, pillowcase, and more! Sewing machines, fabric, and all sewing tools are provided. Students will take home their own personal sewing kit. Maximum of 10 students per camp.

 

Great Masters of the World! – Gr. 2-6        

Design, draw, build, paint, construct, engineer and sculpt as you explore the great artists, designers and architects of the world while creating your own distinctive flair! Travel throughout time as you experiment with thick paints like Van Gogh, go wild with clay a la Pablo Picasso, design 3D Nevelson sculptures, experience first-hand the challenge of doing Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings, discover the playful art of Matisse, and create the amazing works of Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe. Learn design engineering skills to build architect Julia Morgan’s Hearst castle and imaginative fairground rides, construct a prototype flying machine like Leonardo da Vinci, create 3D abstract architectural designs, and fashion rescue bots via Robin Murphy. This camp offers hands-on projects while combining art, architecture and engineering!

 

NEW! Traveling Artists – Gr. 2-6 

Grab your passport and head out on a bold adventure throughout the world to learn about art, architecture and culture! From the Pacific Northwest to Mexico, Europe, Russia, Japan and China we will construct 2D and 3D art projects using clay, watercolor, acrylics, charcoal, oil pastels, foil, metal, wood and paper. Some examples include: Alaskan Totem Poles, Aztec masks, Taiko drummers and Poi/Hula dancer paintings, Origami paper folding, Stonehenge sculpture, Inuit wood burning, Japanese Kokeshi dolls, Greek Pottery, Chinese Dragons, Ghanaian cloth, Indonesian Batik creations, a Gauguin landscape, and lots more.  

 

Famous Faces & Places – Gr. 2-6 

Explore your way through the world of ART that spans the globe! Create artwork in the style of famous artists like Rivera, Höch, Kandinsky, Dali, Klimt, Monet, Warhol, and Delaunay using clay, watercolor, acrylics, charcoal, oil pastels, scratchboard, illustration markers, and soft pastels! From the Eiffel Tower, to deserts, igloos, the Colosseum, windmills, and famous cities, travel throughout time and location. Inspired by work from France, Germany, North American, Mexico, Holland, India, Japan, and Italy, campers create exciting projects that bring together art and architecture from around the world!

 

Pokémon & Stop Motion Animation – Grades 3-6

Welcome Trainers! Do you love the world of Pokémon and animation? Learn to draw, paint, and create your favorite Pokémon characters, sculpt them to life from clay and make your own Pokémon stop motion films. Stop motion animation is a fun filming technique in which objects (such as clay figures) are photographed in a series of slightly different positions so that the objects seem to move. Campers create their own video full of action and suspense, learn storyboard techniques, character development, film angles, lighting, special effects, and methods to add titles and rolling credits. For extra fun, bring your own Pokémon cards to camp and battle with other trainers at break or lunch times. Pokémon Characters include: Lugia, Alolan Vulpix, Poké Ball, Leafeon, Ditto, Squirtle, Charmander, Mew, Togedemaru, Magnemite, Bulbasaur and Pikachu and Pokémon Trainer self-portrait.

Campers take home ZU3D Stop Motion Animation Kit: software licenses, webcam, green screen, modeling clay, mini-set background, and handbook and a flash drive with camper’s video creation.

 

NEW! Harry Potter 2: The Legend Lives On! – Gr. 3-5

Let your imagination run wild as we celebrate Harry Potter’s Birthday with all new projects! From fiery phoenixes, devious Cornish pixies, and screaming mandrakes, to a tri-wizard cup, sorting hats, potions, spells…and all things magical, come join us for the time of your life! Search for Horcruxes throughout the week, team up for our Harry Potter Trivia Game, design the sword of Gryffindor and your own wand. Make a house points counter and track how many points you earn throughout the week. Create a crystal ball and learn the art of divinations! Become Rita Skeeter and write articles for the Daily Prophet and design a Quibbler cover! Draw your favorite heroes (Harry, Hermione & Ron), sculpt Slytherin’s locket and ring, a basilisk, and Ravenclaw’s Diadem. Make Tom Riddle’s diary, brew up Butter Beer, and create a chocolate frog card, dark mark sticker, patronus, and lots, lots more! Bring your favorite HP book(s) to camp to freshen up on spells, characters, and discuss analogies to the muggle world today. So much magic to do! REQUIREMENT: READ THE BOOKS!!

 

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Gr. 3-6

Grab your suitcase, catch the train, and join the hunt to find the fantastic beasts who await your arrival! Explore our guide to Mythical Creatures and learn where to find them. In this special wizard camp away from the muggles of the world, you will design your own suitcase, construct a Bowtruckle, paint an Occamy egg and Merpeople, draw a Phoenix and Doxy, sew a loveable Niffler, make a Deathly Hallows necklace, sculpt the wild Erumpent, and invent your own incredible creature! Throughout the week, take notes, create a map and draw sketches in your special journal. When our travels come to an end, take home your suitcase of beasts and note-worthy journal.

 

 

Culinary Arts & Food Science

 

Mini-Chef Gr. 1-3

This camp is for young kids who love to help in the kitchen. Our Mini-chefs will try different foods, eat what they prepare, and learn some basics of cooking and kitchen safety! With a focus on yummy, nutritious foods, campers will prepare healthy snacks and dishes, cook, make finger-foods, blend smoothies, and discover low sugar desserts. We will explore the science behind cooking, test out experiments, learn how to set a table and clean-up, mix, measure, shake, and enjoy the taste of our own creations! On the last day of camp, our Mini-chefs take home their recipe cards for future cooking!

 

Engineering, Robotics & Technology

 

Little Toy Engineer- K-1

Young engineers will dive into our Toy Workshop, as they craft kaleidoscopes with swirling colors, launch pocket rockets, design musical instruments, construct sailboats, and create ring toss games. Campers also build marble runs and structures with marshmallows, test catapults, experiment with floating and sinking a cartesian diver, make a lava lamp and use engineering skills to construct towers and contraptions. Each day combines hands-on building, playful experiments, and creative problem-solving—plus every camper goes home with their own handmade toys. If your child loves making things, this is the camp for them!

 

Jr. Robot Maker – Gr.1-3

Entry-level robotics and programming. Using LEGO® WeDo2™, our young creators are introduced to robotics and coding by building Milo the Science Rover and other creations such as an Alpine Skier, a glowing snail, a space satellite, and a T-Rex dinosaur that roars! All with Lego bricks! Students will then program their creations using visual drag-and-drop software. Throughout the week, campers make robots that move and discover how to add sounds, use sensors and motors, and when ready, create more advanced building and programming projects such as a Spirograph, a cooling fan, a goal kicker, or even challenge other bots to a Sumo wrestle!

 

Jr. Robot Imagineer – Gr. 1-3

Entry-level robotics and programming. Campers will build and code imaginative robots inspired by real-world engineering challenges and the incredible inventions of nature. Using LEGO, KEVA, and K’NEX bricks and blocks, campers will design a bot to assist persons with limited abilities, create a rover to explore space, and construct motorized structures like a Ferris wheel and carousel to create an amusement park. They will engineer animals and insects such as a turtle that hides when danger is near, a scorpion that strikes when it senses movement, a charming gorilla that loves bananas and a Venus flytrap that snaps shut. Campers discover how real animals move, hunt, protect themselves, and adapt. Our young Imagineers progress through creative challenges that encourage problem-solving, communication, and teamwork. With endless ways to build, code and imagine, every day is a new adventure!

 

SPIKE Robotics – Gr.1-4

What if your LEGO creations could move, light up, and tell a story? Using the latest LEGO SPIKE Essential Robotics kits, campers become inventors, engineers, and storytellers as they design and build awesome creations like space rovers, helicopters, catapults, carnival games, swamp boats, and even friendly battle bots. With motors, sensors, and block-based coding, kids learn how to make their projects move and react. Campers go beyond robots by creating whole worlds for their LEGO minifigure characters—building ziplines, marble mazes, bridges, vehicles, and Plinkoboards. using a combination of LEGO bricks and KEVA planks. They’ll add Scratch coding and virtual backgrounds to tell stories, solve challenges, and show off their inventions. Along the way, students build confidence while learning the basics of engineering, robotics, architecture, and programming. Create, build, test, repeat!

 

Young Robot Builder – Gr. 1-4

Do you know how robots actually work?  In this camp, you will discover the mechanics of how robotic machines work and move. Using snap circuit technology, build your own remote controlled “Mars -like” RC Snap Rover which can perform up to 23 activities and explore the world with you! Learn the physics behind conductivity and circuitry and the principles that allow robots to function with Makey Makey. Design complete electrical circuits with unexpected items – like playdough, bananas, or liquids and explore the science behind this phenomenon! Using K’NEX Exploring Machines, create simple machines and discover how they are incorporated into more complex machines. Wrap up the week by designing your own Roll-A-Robot project! This camp is packed with engineering concepts, fun and excitement! Campers take home the Mars RC Rover and Roll-a-Robot project created in camp.

 

Space Engineer – Gr. 2-4

Five, four, three, two, one…Blast Off! Have you ever wondered how rockets get into outer space? Or maybe you’re curious about how rovers and robots are used on Mars and in space exploration? Then this is the camp for you! Throughout the week campers will track the International Space Station while learning about the Solar System, design and launch stomp rockets as they discover propulsion, friction, force, gravity, and aerodynamics, make their own “space gloves”, and investigate how space suits are made safe from the environments astronaut’s encounter. Campers use Lego WeDo2 to create brick models of a Satellite, Mars Rover, Lunar Lander, Space Shuttle, Droid and Space Fighter and then program them with Scratch! Make way for the final frontier… this is a camp your child will not want to miss! Make way for the final frontier… this is a camp your child will not want to miss!

 

Programming & Gaming

 

Little Bot Programmer – Gr. K-1

Yes, 5 year-olds can learn to code through fun and engaging play! We use KIBO, Dash & Dot Robots, Puzzlets, Scratch Jr., Snap Circuits, and KEVA Planks to introduce beginning programming and engineering to young children. By snapping together graphical programming blocks: kids create characters in interactive games and stories, add voices and sounds, make their characters move, jump, dance, and sing. They discover electrical circuits, create mazes, build 3D models, code robots with light, sound, sensors, and movement, and learn about structural, mechanical and electronics engineering. Kids increase logical thinking, visual processing, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities. This camp appeals to both technically minded kids and those that connect to art and stories! Warning! Be prepared…your child will not want to leave camp at the end of each day!

 

Code & Design with SCRATCH & Makey-Makey- Gr. 2-5.

Go to the next level of coding with Scratch & Makey Makey!  Program with, quirky graphics, and fun sounds to make a character (sprite) walk, speak, play music, or interact with other sprites. Add in “Makey Makey” microcontroller that uses resistive sensing and turn everyday objects into keyboards, including random items like fruit, graphite, ice, modeling clay, and more! Scratch has a rich library of built-in features to create animated stories, interactive movies, games, and an art block to create images, illustrations, and sculptures. Learn fundamental coding concepts such as sequences, loops, conditionals, variables, and functions.
Scratch never ends, students can take it continually and develop more skill and sophisticated projects! 

 

NEW! Smart City with Lego & Scratch Gr. 2-5

In this hands-on robotics and coding camp, campers use Lego WeDo2 and SCRATCH to BUILD a busy city, MAKE it move and PROGRAM how it works! Each day focuses on a different part of city life, from transportation and construction to energy, rescue, and exploration. Campers will: construct city vehicles like fire trucks, forklifts, cranes, helicopters, and trains; build important city systems like elevators, wind turbines, pumps, and cargo lifts; and use Scratch programming to bring their creations to life with motors, sensors, and interactive behaviors. As the city grows, campers discover how real machines help people work, travel, and stay safe. Through teamwork, creative building, and coding, they learn core engineering and computer science ideas. No prior coding or robotics experience needed—just imagination and a love of LEGO!

 

Beginning Minecraft Adventures – Gr 1-4
(no experience needed)

Think Minecraft is just a video game? Think again. Create, explore, and put your problem-solving skills to the test in Survival or Creative Mode adventures. In Survival Mode there are many hidden dangers, and you have only minutes to find food and shelter before darkness falls and the monsters come looking for you. What do you do? What we teach you might just save your life! Learn how to find resources; make a shelter; craft tools, armor, and weapons, and protect yourself from monsters. In Creative Mode there are no monsters, and you will be able to fly around and have unlimited resources to build amazing creations and buildings. Campers create their own adventure map as design, production, and test playing guide them. What kind of adventure will you choose?
NO Minecraft account is needed for THIS CAMP as we have licenses ready for in class use. Just come and learn the basics, as well as techniques and strategies of this great game!

 

Minecraft Supreme – Gr. 3-8

No experience? Take Beginning Minecraft first! Campers must be able to use a computer keyboard, not just tablet or IPAD use. Minecraft™ has taken the world by storm with its block-building, digital game design that allows players to build, explore, create, collaborate, and even survive. Students take on the real-world jobs of programmer, game designer, artist, and architect. With no set rules, you can build anything you can possibly imagine. Students learn Creative and Survival modes of playing. They use cool mods as they escape monsters, build amazing structures, create maps, mine the world under their feet, climb the tallest mountains, and utilize robotic “turtles” to manipulate the vast world around them. They will learn real coding techniques to program their turtles to accomplish tasks while working as a team with other campers to unleash their creativity!

 

Science

 

NEW! Jr. Biologist – K-1

Did you know scientists discover new animals every year? In this unique camp, you will discover incredible creatures from tiny stick bugs to massive alligators, sleepy sloths to soaring birds of prey, learn about a bee’s “waggle dance”, how zebra stripes are like fingerprints, and that porcupine quills are coated with natural antibiotics! You’ll learn where different animals live, what they eat, and the fascinating things that make them unique. Create animal habitats, sculpt your favorite creatures, paint wildlife scenes, and do hands-on experiments as you explore mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds. Every day brings new animal facts, creative projects, and wild fun. Who knows—you might even solve the mystery of why the chicken crossed the road!

 

Jr. Chemist – Gr. K-1

Explore the fun of Chemistry with all that is ooey, gooey and just plain slimy! Young scientists become chemists as they mix up amazing creations—bouncy putty, colorful bubble paint, explosive blobs, and even homemade chewing gum. Through hands-on experiments, campers discover how chemistry works: what makes pennies shine, why fruits change color, how candy reveals hidden colors, and what happens when ingredients react. Children learn to measure, predict, observe, and explore like real scientists—all while making wonderfully messy concoctions. Every day brings new experiments, surprising reactions, and plenty of ooey-gooey discoveries!

 

Weather Wizards – Gr. 1-3

Have you ever wished it would snow on a hot summer day? Or wondered what the weather will be like tomorrow, where rain comes from or why our weather changes? Become a Weather Wizard for the week and learn how to whip up a twister, make “snow” that never melts, create a mini ecosystem in a terrarium and build a multi-functional weather station. Other projects will include a wind vane, anemometer, rain stick and a portable water cycle. End the week with a yummy science experiment as you create ice cream using the three states of matter. Before you know it Weather Wizard, YOU will on the local 5 o’clock news doing the weather report!

 

Sea Adventures – Grades 1-3

Arrrrrrrg! Welcome Me Hearties! Dive into our hands-on ocean adventure as we explore the many facets of marine biology! Sea Adventures will explore the crystal blue oceans studying the structure of our ocean zones, marine life like jelly fish and sharks, and environmental issues. In addition to our oceanography experiments and activities, no sea adventure would be complete without some pirate escapades in search of gold, gems, and of course, map making for buried treasure or learning the skill of orienteering with a compass as your guide.

Sample Projects: Ocean Zones in a Jar, Map Making, Knot Tying, Ocean Wave Bottle, Shark Tooth Necklace, Urchin Wind Chime, Shark Survey and Orienteering just to name a few. An exciting week with lots of make and take projects!

 

Young Scientist – Gr. 1-3

Does your child enjoy doing hands-on experiments and learning how things work? Then Young Scientist is for you!  Designed to meet the needs of children ages 6-8, this camp covers a broad range of fun and exciting science topics such as: Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Lab Process Skills. Sample Projects include a Grow–Beast Experiment, Wacky Window Paint, Super Bouncing Balls, Cosmic Rocket, Wurmz and Dirt, Diving Submarines and more! All activities meet or exceed the National Science Standards. Fun and excitement is fostered by great lessons and active involvement..

 

NEW! The Art & Science of Superpowers – Gr.1-4

In this STEAM based camp of art, science and engineering projects, we will dive into the comic book world full of heroes, villains, challenges and triumphs to discover the secrets of superpowers! Explore what makes flight possible, investigate web-slinging and grip, and test strength, speed, and balance as we connect science to real-world action. Discover how forces like gravity, friction, and motion show up everywhere—from sports fields to everyday life. Construct a glove with claws like Wolverine, make a Bat Cave diorama, draw your favorite comic book characters, make a mask to keep your identity a secret, and learn to pencil and ink like professional comic book artists. From comic-book heroes to real-life role models, campers are empowered to become heroes of creativity, science and community awareness! Whether you’re an amazing avenger or an uncanny mutant, this camp is sure to be a lot of fun.

 

Secret Agent– Gr. 2-4

Everybody loves a good mystery. Mysteries can take us out of ourselves and lead us to explore the far reaches of our imagination. But mysteries don’t just happen in books or movies, “Who Dunnit” investigations happen in real life as well. Our young detectives will collect evidence and facts to find the culprit of a devious plot.Through hands-on projects, we will learn about forensic science and how detectives and forensic scientists use science and critical thinking to do their job. We will search for clues, collect and analyze evidence, draw reasonable conclusions and leave no stone unturned! In no time at all, you will be thinking like a detective.

Sample Projects include: spy decoder and missions, maze obstacle course, footprints, invisible ink, DNA, special agent badges and disguises, fingerprinting, and lots more!

 

NEW! Starry Night Far…Far Away! – Gr. 2-5

Look out into the night sky as we travel across the Milky Way to investigate the universe and other galaxies far, FAR away. Explore the cosmos in a challenging trivia game that will have you guessing about everything under the sun, and some things over it! Learn about planets, constellations, and the Greek Mythology behind them. Discover the Galaxy of Horrors and planets beyond our Solar System. Construct a Solar System model, galaxy in a bottle, constellation medallion, moon phase game, sun dial and telescope. Solve universe mazes and make a spaceship diorama. Let your imagination run wild as you venture into galaxies FAR, FAR away and create models of your favorite aliens or imaginary creatures. When you reach your final frontier, drive around in the Rover Robot you build to learn about Mars and the three Rovers, Sojourner, Oppy, and Perseverance, that explored its surface. Then wrap up the week making Moon Cookies together!

 

NEW! Detective Academy– Gr. 3-6

What does a stolen bunny, a broken cookie jar, a dollhouse, and a footprint all have in common? Find out as you put your deductive reasoning skills to work solving crimes and mysteries that would unravel any student! Do some serious sleuthing as you use real-world techniques and equipment to analyze evidence found at mock crime scenes. Play out the role of investigators, witnesses, and suspects as you work together to solve these crimes. Learn about, Frances Glessner Lee, the “mother of forensic science”, who created crime scene models from dollhouses to train investigators. Will you be able to discover who broke the cookie jar, figure out whose footprint was left at the crime scene, find the real bunny thief, and save Honey the Bunny before it’s too late?