Design Studio Camp
No printer neededFor: kids 7 to 9 and 10 to 12, in separate groups. No experience needed. The 7 to 9 group works at a gentler pace with a grown-up nearby. The 10 to 12 group takes on more design, and kids 10 and up can join on their own.
What happens: Before day 1, we mail a kit of printed parts so kids can build and test right away. Each morning they learn one design skill live and design a new part that fits the kit. On the last day they show the group what they made, then you choose how to get their designs printed.
What they'll learn: how a printer builds an object layer by layer; designing with shapes, holes, and exact measurements in a free design tool that runs in your browser; the design cycle (ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve); and how to explain one change they made and why.
Format: Monday to Thursday mornings, 90 minutes live, plus a short at-home challenge each day · Spring break and summer weeks (dates below)
Price: $189 per camper, per week, including the printed-parts kit we mail before day 1. Add the Made by Me box, their own designs printed and mailed after camp, for $35.
Print Lab Camp
Uses your printerFor: kids 10 to 13 whose family has a 3D printer and who want to print ideas they designed themselves. Some design experience helps but isn't needed. Kids can join the live sessions on their own; a grown-up at home only starts and removes each print.
What happens: Kids design a part in the morning, print it that night, and test it the next day. A grown-up at home starts and removes each print, so kids never touch the hot parts. On the last day they show the group their finished project.
What they'll learn: designing with exact measurements so parts fit together; choosing print settings like layer height, infill, and supports; the print-test-fix loop; why the way a part sits on the printer matters; and keeping a design journal of what they changed and why.
Format: Monday to Thursday mornings, 90 minutes live, plus an evening print · Spring break and summer weeks (dates below)
Price: $169 per camper, per week. Nothing to mail: your printer does the printing.
I Made You This: Gift Workshops
Printer optionalFor: kids 6 to 12 who want to make a gift themselves for a mom, dad, grandparent, or any grown-up they celebrate. A different grown-up helps at the computer. No experience needed.
What happens: In one live hour, kids pick a gift and make it theirs at the level that fits them: print it as is, make it their own with a name, colors, or a shape, or design their own. They finish with a “how I made it” card to give with the gift. Print it at home, or we'll help you get it printed. To have us print and mail it, order by the day of your session.
Format: 60 minutes live, in small groups · Before Mother's Day and Father's Day 2027 (dates below)
Price: $39 per family, per session. Siblings and a grown-up join at no extra cost. We'll print and mail the finished gift for $15.
