Gift the JOY of Play | Unwrap Fun, Learning, & More…
Gift the JOY of Play | Unwrap Fun, Learning, & More…
Tinkering promotes creative problem solving, flexible thinking, a failure-positive mindset, and to top it off. . . it is incredibly fun! Working with other like-minded children and adult collaborators, Campers will have a chance to bring their imaginations to life.
Participants will spend the morning designing, building, and tinkering with DCM. This single day program gives young artists and makers a chance to experience the joy of making!
Location: The majority of Tinkering Fridays will be held outdoors at DuPage Children’s Museum. We will have access to outdoor work space as well as playtime in the Museum.
Adult:Child Ratio: 1:6
Group Breakdown: 8 to 10 children per group
Tinkering Friday Drop-Off Program | 9 am – Noon
Member: $40/Friday | Non-member: $50/Friday
Pricing is per child/per Friday
Friday, July 15
Launch Pad | REGISTER NOW
Launch means many things: get going, start, begin, embark on, initiate, originate, create, pioneer, mastermind, commence… Tinkerers will build unbelievable gadgets and gizmos that will reach new heights of creativity.
Friday, July 22
Crazy Contraptions | REGISTER NOW
Have you ever heard of a Rube Goldberg machine? (Google it!) What better way to learn about cause and effect while exploring the necessary interconnectedness of all the pieces and parts that make machines work.
Friday, July 29
Let It Roll, Make It Fly | REGISTER NOW
Tinkerers will create their own wheeled vehicles to test on a track of our very own creation! Then take flight; explore all things that fly and make the world’s greatest paper airplanes, cardboard boomerangs, gliders, and kites!
Questions?
Contact Dustin Thacker, Arts & Maker Specialist
[email protected]
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