Design & Construction Camps

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  • Cardboard Box Car Designs Camp

    Ages 813
    August 5 – August 9
    9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus
    $375
     
    In this fun-filled camp, campers will design their own cars out of cardboard boxes. They will be supplied with a wide range of supplies such as tape, construction paper, pipe cleaners, poofs, and more to assist with turning their boxes into cars. On the final day of camp, campers will have the opportunity to race their “cars” on the racetracks they create during the week.
  • Fort Builders

    Ages 6 – 9 
    July 15 – 19 
    9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus 
    $375

    This camp is for all who are curious and creative. Campers will construct structures using a variety of building materials and their imagination. They can transform cardboard boxes into multiple levels with window treatments and entryways as well as explore surface textures and design on the interior and exterior using paint, recycled, and found natural materials. We will also go outside to create forts made of sticks and other items from nature. The skills of problem-solving, cooperation, and imaginative play will be the focus of this very fun and exciting week of camp.
  • Builders/Creators Club

    Ages 4 – 6 
    July 29 – August 2 
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus 
    $200

    Calling all inventors, builders, and designers. Come and build some awesome creations with us! Get ready to use your imagination for hands-on action and fun. We will create our own designs and make structures using Legos, recyclable materials, and many other interesting items. Skills necessary: none! Skills gained: communication, problem-solving, reasoning, developing creativity, and teamwork.
  • Think it, Design It, Build It

    Ages 9 – 13 
    July 29 – August 2
    9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus 
    $425

    In this completely hands-on camp, campers will learn the basics of woodworking. Everything from using hand tools such as hammers, saw, drills, and sandpaper to simple machines including the drill press, jigsaw, and hand sanders will be covered. A heavy emphasis on teaching shop safety will be incorporated into the week. Each camper will select a beginning project to hone his/her skills before developing a self-created signature piece. All pieces will be finished with varnish or paint and ready to be taken home at the end of the week.
  • Putt-Putt Design

    Ages 9 – 13 
    July 22 – 26 
    9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus 
    $425

    Fore! Off the bumper, over the drawbridge, and into the hole. Spend a week learning woodworking skills such as measuring, cutting, hammering, sanding, and much more while using your imagination to design Putt-Putt holes. Each hole can have a different theme with varying degrees of difficulty; you make the choice. Campers will work collaboratively to create putt-putt holes Jack Nicklaus would be proud of. Through the course of the week, campers will learn the process of going from design to model, to making playable holes.
  • Young Lego Builders

    Ages 4 – 6 
    July 22 – 26 
    9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus 
    $375

    This camp is for our youngest and emerging Lego builders. Campers will spend an exciting week of Lego-building fun, using imagination and creativity to guide them in making original Lego creations. In addition to open-ended Lego play, campers will receive instruction in basic building design, learning how to create a solid base for buildings, incorporating wheels to make things go, bridging large gaps, and much more. If your child can’t get enough time building with Legos, this is the camp for him/her.
  • Lego Creators and Inventors

    Ages 7 – 10 
    July 29 – August 2 
    9:00 am – 3:00 pm
    Lyndhurst Campus 
    $375

    This camp is for the child who simply loves to imagine, build, and create new and wonderful creations out of Legos. During this week-long camp, campers will work in teams and individually. In addition to city planning, campers will create their own Lego catalog. Using their imagination, campers will create different categories of Lego creations, create and build, and then photograph them to put together into their own unique catalog, just like the ones that arrive at the house throughout the year. This camp is perfect for the outside-the-box Lego enthusiast.
  • Fashion Design Camp for Sustainable Style 

    Ages 8 – 10
    August 5 – 9 
    9:00 am – 12:00 pm

    Ages 11 – 13
    August 5 – 9 
    1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    $375 
     
    Do you have a passion for fashion? Well, this is the camp for you! Brought to you by fashion industry professionals (LA/NY) and fashion university educators (Kent State University), this camp was specifically designed to focus on creativity that is both educational and fun. Campers will learn about fashion design principles with hands-on activities such as Color - Fabric - Silhouette/Shape/Proportion - Fashion Illustration - Flat Sketching - Design Creation - Trend Spotting - Social Media - Styling - Sewing - Sustainability in Fashion and more. Campers will learn how to upcycle clothing from our upcycle shop (or their own closets!) and share their reimagined designs in our lookbook photoshoot as well as a culminating fashion show for family and friends.