Important Camp Details:
Experience One-Day Camps for Kids Ages 6-12
Our Summer 2025 Camp Guide is available for download!
Details about the registration process and individual camp offerings will be available on our website on January 13!
Register your child for a Friday Fun Day camp, or a One-Day camp during July 4th week. In addition to hands-on activities with our STEM focus, campers enjoy museum exploration, outdoor games, and a pizza lunch.
Featuring weekly themes such as Extreme Cardboard Castles, Roller Coasters and Marble Games, or LEGO City, these one-day camps are great as stand-alone experiences or as additions to your child’s week of camp with us.
Return to camps:
Main, Pre K, Ages 6-8, Ages 9-12, One-day Camps, LEGO Camps, Robotics Camps, STEM Camps for Girls, Coding Camps
2025 Summer Camps at the Works Museum
January 20: Innovators Club* registration begins.
January 22: Works Museum Member registration begins.
January 27: Public registration begins.
⚙︎ HINT: If you’re registering for 2 or more camps, an Innovators Club membership could save you money. See details at theworks.org/support-us/innovators-club/
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Learn the basics of cardboard construction, then build a themed structure and customize it with amazing features that you design. You get to be the designer, the architect, and the engineer all rolled into one!
Castles: Build a castle, then add features like secret rooms, trap doors, and drawbridges.
Monday, June 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum
Friday, August 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Learn the basics of cardboard construction, then build a themed structure and customize it with amazing features that you design. You get to be the designer, the architect, and the engineer all rolled into one!
Fun House: Build a fun house, then add features like wobbly floors, mirrored rooms, and secret passages.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Learn the basics of cardboard construction, then build a themed structure and customize it with amazing features that you design. You get to be the designer, the architect, and the engineer all rolled into one!
Mansions: Build a model mansion and add features like chandeliers, grand staircases, and fancy furniture.
Tuesday, July 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, August 1 , 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Calling all young builders! Learn beginning carpentry skills and construct hands-on projects that move. Practice using hammers, saws, screwdrivers, and more to build a wooden catapult and a pinewood derby-style car.
Wednesday, July 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum
Friday, July 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Practice your carpentry skills to build a wobbling labyrinth game. Explore forces like gravity and momentum as you tilt the board to navigate marbles through the maze. Place the board on the floor or a table and use your body to move the ball from start to finish.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Create a future city. Flying cars? Rockets? Bring your imagination and make it a LEGO reality.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Engineer creative rescue tools like ziplines, catapults, and air-powered systems to save LEGO minifigs from perilous situations. Team up and become a hero in this thrilling one-day camp!
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Ignite your imagination in this illuminating camp! Explore the science and art of light as you build a spinning light-up toy, craft a glowing origami lamp, and design vibrant LED artwork.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Engineer roller coasters for balls and marbles. Construct a marble maze game to take home.
Tuesday, July 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | At Minnesota Children’s Museum
Friday, July 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Concoct your own recipes using a variety of ingredients to mix up different kinds of slime, and take home your best designs.
Monday, June 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Friday, August 22 , 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
$115 per day, $103.50 members
Unleash your inner wizard and create some STEM magic! Use electrical circuits to build a light-up wand, concoct “potions” and experiment using dry ice, then learn to cast floating “spells” with static electricity and magnets.
Tips for camp registration:
- Want a 5-day experience for your camper? Add on a One Day Camp to the regular camp week.
- Want to try a 1-day experience? Register just for a Friday One Day Camp or look at our July 4th week camps.
- The session you wanted is full? Get on the wait list to be notified if we’re able to add extra sessions.
- We supervise campers while they enjoy lunch. There is no need to register for lunch supervision for children attending a One Day Camp.
- Drop-off begins at 8:30 for a.m. camps and at 12:30 for p.m. camps.
- Pick-up is from 12-12:15 for a.m. camps and 4-4:15 for p.m. camps.
- By registering for camp you attest that you have read and agree to the camp and cancellation policies of The Works Museum.
Save money on camps and more when you become a member of The Works Museum. Purchase a membership today!