🔧 Inventor’s Day – One-Day Camp Highlights for 4-6yrs & 7-9yrs

• Rotating Mini Inventors Lab (All Ages): Campers rotate through different stations, each with a mini challenge or project — like building a balloon-powered car, pitching a new game idea, or designing an eco-friendly product.

• If I can Invent (4-6 yrs): Kick off with a fun imagination icebreaker where campers dream up their wildest inventions — the crazier, the better!

• Invention Station for (4-6 years): Rotating mini-labs with one min challenges like:

  • Marshmallow tower challenge

  • Bridge building with popsicle sticks

  • Spinning top makers

• Design Challenge (7-9 yrs): Create a new invention using recycled materials (mini “Shark Tank” style presentation at the end)

• Invention Station for (7-9 years): Collaborative Project

  • Timed Team Challenges eg. Longest paper airplane flight, Tallest straw tower

  • Design and sell your handmade products

  • Strategize marketing ideas for maximum sales

• Camp Showcase: End-of-day gallery walk where kids present their inventions to peers and families

🔧 Inventor’s Day – One-Day Camp Highlights for 10+yrs

• Favorite Invention Debate: Campers share and discuss the favorite inventions in history, then vote on which one deserves the title of “Coolest Invention of All Time.”

• Reverse Engineer: Take apart a toy or simple device (safely, with guidance) to see how it works, then brainstorm ways to improve or redesign it.

• Becoming a Shark: Learn what it takes to be an investor! Campers practice asking smart questions, spotting good ideas, and thinking like a “Shark Tank” judge.

• Invention Station for (ages above 10 years): 

  • Business marketing strategy for accessories brand

  • Design a product that reuses or recycles something at home.

  • Pitch a new game idea to your “team investors” in 60 seconds.

• Rotating Mini Inventors Lab

  • Marketing Jingle: Create a catchy ad for a product.

  • Eco-Invention: Design a product that solves an environmental problem like waste or water use.

  • Pitch a New Game: Invent and pitch a fun new game idea in 60 seconds.

• Invention Games & Relays: High-energy team challenges like building the tallest straw tower, the longest-flying paper airplane, or a quick marble run.

• Big Challenge & Shark Tank Prep: Work in teams to design an invention using recycled and everyday materials, create a prototype, and prepare a final pitch with posters and demos.

• Face the Sharks: Present inventions in a mini “Shark Tank” showcase. Campers explain their prototype, answer questions, and try to win over the panel of “sharks” (instructors/parents).