Kids Camps and Spark The Imagination
Sparks Library, 1125 12th St, Sparks, NV 89431
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Kids Camps and Spark The Imagination includes hands-on activities such as mixed media projects, maker skills, a mask-making workshop, metal stamped jewelry, and creating a custom hammer stamped pendant on a macrame necklace with beads. Kids Camps activities also include hand-binding and decorating art journals from recycled materials, making silk flowers, tortilla making, and space painting. Spark The Imagination includes music, painting, dancing, and theatre, along with a presentation followed by a related hands-on activity.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps run for two weeks during WCSD spring break, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; Spark The Imagination is a free, hour-long workshop held the 2nd Sunday of the month from 11:00 a.m.–noon (dates may change due to holidays)
• Price: $275/week, $250/week with a membership for Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps
Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps take place in a community makerspace that includes fabrication shops such as a wood shop, hot metal shop, and cold metal shop, as well as smaller shops including a textiles shop, tech lab, laser shop, and screen printing lab, plus day-use spaces including Paintlandia. Participants use real tools and equipment in this fully equipped maker space, and workshops there are taught by community members who are paid based on class attendance. Students attending Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps are asked to bring a packed lunch, a water bottle, layered clothing, and their creativity.
Spark The Imagination is a partnership between The Generator and the Sparks Library and is described as a free hour-long workshop designed for kids 6–12 that includes a presentation and then a hands-on related activity. The Generator states that it fosters a broad group of people from all walks of life to create in an informal learning institution and collaborative community, and describes itself as an inclusive makerspace driven by the power of art and community that is available to anyone who wants to make things. The Generator also hosts public outreach events and kids activity booths, and volunteer opportunities support its mission. Tours of the makerspace are offered every hour on the hour from 12–5 p.m. for individuals and small groups without appointments.
Last updated February 21, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps run for two weeks during WCSD spring break, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; Spark The Imagination is a free, hour-long workshop held the 2nd Sunday of the month from 11:00 a.m.–noon (dates may change due to holidays)
• Price: $275/week, $250/week with a membership for Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps
Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps take place in a community makerspace that includes fabrication shops such as a wood shop, hot metal shop, and cold metal shop, as well as smaller shops including a textiles shop, tech lab, laser shop, and screen printing lab, plus day-use spaces including Paintlandia. Participants use real tools and equipment in this fully equipped maker space, and workshops there are taught by community members who are paid based on class attendance. Students attending Kids Camps 2026 Spring Break Camps are asked to bring a packed lunch, a water bottle, layered clothing, and their creativity.
Spark The Imagination is a partnership between The Generator and the Sparks Library and is described as a free hour-long workshop designed for kids 6–12 that includes a presentation and then a hands-on related activity. The Generator states that it fosters a broad group of people from all walks of life to create in an informal learning institution and collaborative community, and describes itself as an inclusive makerspace driven by the power of art and community that is available to anyone who wants to make things. The Generator also hosts public outreach events and kids activity booths, and volunteer opportunities support its mission. Tours of the makerspace are offered every hour on the hour from 12–5 p.m. for individuals and small groups without appointments.
Last updated February 21, 2026.
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