Maker Camp is your kiddo's guided access to all our fun maker materials, tools, and project ideas. Makers will get to choose their creative path with lots of support and guidance from our instructors. They can make something new each day or work for multiple sessions on a more extensive or detailed project. Think woodworking, fiber arts, creative build & play with some good old-fashioned arts & crafts. We'll introduce a new material, technique, or tool daily to keep things interesting. We're all about the process here, and when your kids are at Maker Camp, they'll practice valuable skills like creative thinking, planning, problem-solving, fine motor skills, collaboration, personal responsibility, follow through, reflection, taking and giving feedback, and failing (yup, it's good for everyone to fail a little sometimes.)

Forget the big box toy store. Put down the Legos. In this week-long camp, makers will explore various building techniques to design and create the most awesome playthings. We will use tools, wood, and wheels to develop rolling toys, we'll stitch together dolls and stuffed animals. We'll even use recycled materials to invent games and activities to keep your child engaged long after camp is over. On the last day of camp, we will collaborate to create a child-run pop-up market for those who would like to sell their creations. Kids will learn about design, craftsmanship, safety, business, marketing, and more while having a blast.

It's so much fun to make and play your own DIY games you won’t remember what a screen is for! Makers will spend the week designing and building their own games and toys. Projects include a life-size ladder toss, table top pinball and sling puck, and mhandheld games for those summer travels. Our last day will be dedicated to an arcade challenge where the kids design and build cardboard arcade games for their campmates to play!

We were so inspired by the recent Maurice Sendak exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, we decided to make a whole camp dedicated to Where the Wild Things Are. First things first, we’ll get into character by making our own crowns and wolf costumes, complete with tails and claws. Makers will then craft toy boats to sail to the Land of Wild Things. Days three and four will be dedicated to making wild dioramas with moving parts (automata). On our last day, we’ll stitch wild thing stuffies and have our own wild rumpus! All you have to do is have dinner ready when your little Max gets back from the Land of Wild Things.

Think of Craft Club as the softer side of open workshop. Each day, we’ll demo a few new crafts, techniques, or materials. Makers can choose the crafts of the day or go their own way. They’ll have the choice to work on friendship bracelets, boondoggler (lanyards), shrinky dinks, wood burning, popsicle stick bowls, hand sewing, needle felting, linoleum block printing, weaving, macrame, and cooper tooling. This is the perfect camp for those who would like to listen to some good music, make some cools stuff, and hang with friends.

Woodworking is a time-honored craft skill that can help kids build confidence, self-sufficiency, and spatial reasoning. Think of this as Shop Class 101. Makers will learn the foundations of woodworking while we build some super fun projects. Practices include safe use of hand tools, planning, cutting, drilling, basic joinery, sanding, and finishing. We’ll have a new project and set of skills to learn each day. Your kiddo will leave this camp with real woodworking skills that will last a lifetime (read about all the projects on the registration page).

Who wouldn’t want to spend a week crafting their very own miniature dream house? Makers will each receive one laser cut wood doll house to assemble. After the walls go up, the renovations begin! Paint, flooring, and curtains go in first. Then, makers will learn all sorts of miniature-making techniques while they craft tiny wood furniture, beds, sofas, and more. The last day will be all about the details. Books, tiny food, dishes, toys, and all the little things that make a dream house a dream home.