The Big Book of Maker Camp Projects

1 An Introduction to Maker Camp
What Is a Maker Camp?
Making It Official
Planning Projects and Budgeting
Safety
Keeping It Campy
2 The Camp T-Shirt
PROJECT 1 Creating a Stencil with a Digital Cutter
PROJECT 2 Color-Changing Screen Printing
PROJECT 3 Permanent Marker “Tie Dye”
PROJECT 4 Spray-Painted Shirts
PROJECT 5 Bleached Shirts
PROJECT 6 Spin-Art T-Shirts
PROJECT 7 Dirt Shirts
3 Camp Wearables
PROJECT 1 Ultraviolet (UV) Color-Changing Sun Bracelet
PROJECT 2 Simple LED Crafts
PROJECT 3 Light-up Proximity Friendship Necklace
PROJECT 4 Stamped Leather Bracelet
PROJECT 5 Light-up Sunglasses
PROJECT 6 Cosplay at Camp
PROJECT 7 3D-Printed Backpack Tags
4 Fun and Games
PROJECT 1 Lego Labyrinths
PROJECT 2 Camper “Guess Who?” Board Game
PROJECT 3 Green-Screened Camp Photos and Videos
PROJECT 4 Light-up Letter Home
PROJECT 5 “Smack a S’more”
PROJECT 6 Makey Makey Dance Off
PROJECT 7 Nerf Wars
PROJECT 8 PVC Marshmallow Shooter
PROJECT 9 Marshmallow Poppers
PROJECT 10 Creating Resin Action Figures
PROJECT 11 Nerdy Derby
5 The Campfire
PROJECT 1 Color-Changing Flames
PROJECT 2 Roasting Spy Marshmallows
PROJECT 3 Building a LED Campfire
PROJECT 4 LED Fireflies and Other Origami Fun
PROJECT 5 Spooky Ghost Photos
PROJECT 6 Making Musical Instruments
PROJECT 7 Music with the Makey Makey
PROJECT 8 Coding a Robot Drum Circle
PROJECT 9 Making Up a Maker Camp Song
PROJECT 10 Mixing Music with the NeoTrellis
6 Camp Food
PROJECT 1 Making Marshmallows
PROJECT 2 Making Chocolate
PROJECT 3 3D-Printed Cookie Cutters
PROJECT 4 Solar Ovens
PROJECT 5 Edible Treehouse
PROJECT 6 Campfire Popcorn
PROJECT 7 Sorbet Toss Game
7 The Great Outdoors
PROJECT 1 Weather Stations
PROJECT 2 Citizen Science at Camp
PROJECT 3 PVC Stomp Rocket Launcher
PROJECT 4 Bubbles
PROJECT 5 Smashed Flower Scavenger Hunt
PROJECT 6 Seed Bombs
Project 7 Sun Prints
PROJECT 8 Pinhole Cameras
PROJECT 9 Live Model Stop Motion
PROJECT 10 Making an Outdoor Game
PROJECT 11 Maker Rocks
8 Making Your Community
Your Maker Camp Scrapbook
Digital Portfolios
Sharing Your Maker Camp
Index