Camp Invention
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2025 Camp Invention
Two Locations: McAlder Campus and CCS High School
(Children entering grades K-6)
2025 Camp Invention Program
This year’s exciting new program inspires curiosity and helps kids build essential STEM skills through collaboration with friends and one-of-a-kind creative problem-solving experiences. Campers explore hands-on challenges and open-ended adventures designed to encourage new discoveries and bring big ideas to life!
Discover: Four All-new Adventures in Hands-on Invention Education
Uncover Spectacular Special Effects With Illusion Workshop
Campers step into the mesmerizing world of optical illusions, where things aren’t always as they seem! They discover how special effects work in art, movies, theater and animation, and they invent moving props with inspiration from real-life inventors behind special effects technology. Tapping into their curiosity, they build their own spinning animation device and become illusion experts, ready to design entertainment experiences of the future.
Create a Customized Claw Machine With Claw Arcade
Campers unleash the power of creativity as they construct their own functional claw machine, exploring physics concepts in easy-to-reach ways. Finding inspiration from claws in nature, they build, test and adapt their clawsome machine, then fill it with novel prizes. Along the way, they pick up entrepreneurship skills and uncover how to hook investors on their awesome new arcade experience!
Embark on an Eco-Expedition With Penguin Launch
Campers unlock their imagination as they head to Antarctica to explore penguin habitats in snowy landscapes. With the help of a Snow-ver – a rover equipped with a robotic research penguin – they glide across icy surfaces to enter penguin colonies undetected. To deliver planet-saving eco-messages, they design launchers to propel their own magnetic, wearable plush penguin across the South Pole and beyond!
Hop in the Driver’s Seat With In Control
Campers hit the road for the ultimate trip! They assemble a custom control panel complete with a transmitter and receiver, reference a travel map and explore the use of artificial intelligence in everyday items, such as the GPS. While inventing their way out of bumps in the road, they build confidence, overcome obstacles, and find joy in both the journey and the destination.
Cascade Christian McAlder Campus
15502 96th Street East
Puyallup, WA 98372
Program Dates: July 21–25, 2025
Program Times: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Camp Cost: $280
CLICK HERE for Extended Hours Option (McAlder Only) : $65
Cascade Christian High School Campus
811 21st St. SE
Puyallup, WA 98372
Program Dates: July 14–18, 2025
Program Times: 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Camp Cost: $280