We are BACK!

After a long haitus due to the pandemic, we are back to offer camps and classes. This will be an exciting year because we will be moving into our space of our own. All camps are from Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 3pm
What's more, we are hosting two Saturday Pop-up events. Bring the kiddies and let's build something together (TBA).


 
Tinker Camp Offerings
 
The YOUseum
Starts Mon, Jul 10th 2023
 
For tinkers 3rd-8th Graders

Where have you been? Where are you going? What are your dreams for the future? Who is your family? What are the good things you have lived? The bad? Tell the world about you by building and curating a museum about you -- a Youseum. Build a marble run that tells the story of how your family came to America. Create a small model of your family home. Create a game that tells your story. Create a model showing what you will be when you are grown up. Create all of these. Create a small museum of items that tells us about you.

Time & Date: 9am to 3pm, Mon, Jul 10th 2023 through Fri, Jul 14th 2023
Cost: 360.00
Location: Tinker Central, 6635 N Baltimore Ave., Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97203
Hosted by Blake Swensen
Registration closes in 33 days

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The Play's the Thing
Starts Mon, Jul 17th 2023
 
For tinkers 3rd-8th graders

New Narrative! "The Play's the Thing wherein I will catch the conscience of the king" is a famous line from Hamlet who uses a play to start his evil plot. We don't plan any evil. but you will be the one producing a new play. So, get your show on! Your skills are needed to mount the next Tinky Award winning play. If you want to write a script, if you have a passion for costumes, if you like building sets or if acting is your gig, then it is showtime at Tinker Camp.

Time & Date: 9am to 3pm, Mon, Jul 17th 2023 through Fri, Jul 21st 2023
Cost: 360.00
Location: Tinker Central, 6635 N Baltimore Ave., Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97203
Hosted by Blake Swensen
Registration closes in 40 days

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Cities of the Future
Starts Mon, Jul 24th 2023
 
For tinkers 3rd - 9th graders

Be the ultimate civic engineer and help your community design a city of the future. Using your engineering skill and your knowledge of history, design and build a city that represents a period in US history. Light the streets, create zoning laws, protect wetlands, expand the water system. And All to scale.

Time & Date: 9am to 3pm, Mon, Jul 24th 2023 through Fri, Jul 28th 2023
Cost: 360.00
Location: Tinker Central, 6635 N Baltimore Ave., Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97203
Hosted by Blake Swensen
Registration closes in 47 days

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Intergalactic Exodus
Starts Mon, Jul 31st 2023
 
For tinkers 3rd-8th Graders

Our space mission summer camp is our most favorite adventure. Imagine if it was your responsibility to save humanity. We will be doing just that by creating a spacecraft capable of carrying a select crew into the furthest reaches of space. Using everything in our mad collection of materials and tools we will undertake a number of tinkering challenges designed to get us all into space.

Time & Date: 9am to 3pm, Mon, Jul 31st 2023 through Fri, Aug 4th 2023
Cost: 360.00
Location: Tinker Central, 6635 N Baltimore Ave., Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97203
Hosted by Blake Swensen
Registration closes in 54 days

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