About
Camp Invention is a weeklong STEM experience where children take part in hands-on STEM adventures. Participants play morning games that encourage creativity and teamwork, miniaturize top-secret innovations, safeguard their designs using cryptography, and time travel to ensure their ideas are patented and protected. They investigate a series of mischievous pranks, create sleuthing gadgets, collect bits of fluffy fur to reveal a trail of animal tracks, examine suspicious splatters, and forensically analyze the evidence. Campers also conduct hands-on buoyancy experiments, paddle through salty challenges, sketch, design and build prototypes, create an innovative billboard boat, build a DIY rocket, launch a mission to transform a faraway planet’s atmosphere, terrain and ecosystem, race a Rover to collect important data and samples, design and build inventions for navigating intense planetary conditions, hatch a mysterious animal egg, and encounter a crystal surprise.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: A weeklong STEM experience; camp dates and hours vary by location, and some locations offer Before and After Care to fit families' busy schedules.
• Price: Pricing starts at $285 or approximately $9 per hour, with payment plans available at checkout up to eight weeks before the camp start date.
Camp Invention is led by qualified local educators. The program features the 2026 Camp Invention program “Spark,” which includes four themed modules: Infringers, Fur-ensics, Make Waves, and Space Morphers. Its education programs align with state and national education standards and are created each year by an education team that collaborates with National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees to fulfill its mission of making STEM education accessible and promoting innovation across the country. Camp Invention has been honoring the spirit of innovation and promoting inventors as role models since 1973, impacting more than 4 million children, students, educators and innovators across the nation through several programs promoting innovation for all ages in all communities.
Camp Invention operates in partnership with over 1,400 districts nationwide and in Puerto Rico over the past year and was founded and is supported in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The leadership and education team includes Rachelle Albrechta (Director of Program Development), Jayme Cellitioci (Senior Director of Education), Ashley Giordano (Manager of Program Management), Susie Duchon (Education Specialist), Rachel Lutes (Curriculum Writer), Emily Mitchell (Senior Content Writer), Sara Pompeo (Editor), Maggie Saine (Spanish Services Lead & Education Specialist), and Jennifer Sitton (Director of Science & Product Development).
Parents and caregivers describe a range of experiences at Camp Invention. Sonia S. shares that her daughter came home beaming with excitement and eager to share what she was learning. Katie J. notes that her son, who had been quiet before camp, wanted to try everything and be more involved with friends afterward. Heather D. says her daughter was excited to bring inventions home and teach her younger brother, and their family is already signing up for next year. Meghan M. reports that all three of her children attended, from the youngest group to the oldest group, and that their conversations on the way home each day stood out to her. Apryle S. states that her autistic and gifted son enjoys being around other kids who are creative and inventive at camp and that it has helped his social skills. Lisa D., a parent and educator, calls Camp Invention a highlight of her summer. Alison F. says the camp environment fostered her daughter’s creativity and built her self-confidence. Grandparent Alexa N. notes that her grandchild gained knowledge, confidence, friends, a sense of cooperative learning, openness to others’ ideas, and a chance to have fun while learning. Amanda H. explains that her child, who is typically hesitant about camp, woke up early and excited each day and wants to return. Courtney S. shares that her 6-year-old, who struggles with focus in school, has shown growing excitement for education after two years of hands-on activities at Camp Invention. Beverly L. says her son had no complaints and enjoyed the hands-on creative play. Tara T. describes her son’s experience as phenomenal, highlighting the camp’s focus on creativity, problem solving and innovation. Amie J. reports that her three children were skeptical at first but loved the program by the second day, and her oldest now calls inventing his new hobby. Jenna M. says the camp exceeded her family’s expectations, with her son excited to show off his inventions, increased creativity, and new friends. Jennifer M. notes that her son, who had never done anything like this before and faced a long day, enjoyed making projects, was never bored, and made friends.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: A weeklong STEM experience; camp dates and hours vary by location, and some locations offer Before and After Care to fit families' busy schedules.
• Price: Pricing starts at $285 or approximately $9 per hour, with payment plans available at checkout up to eight weeks before the camp start date.
Camp Invention is led by qualified local educators. The program features the 2026 Camp Invention program “Spark,” which includes four themed modules: Infringers, Fur-ensics, Make Waves, and Space Morphers. Its education programs align with state and national education standards and are created each year by an education team that collaborates with National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees to fulfill its mission of making STEM education accessible and promoting innovation across the country. Camp Invention has been honoring the spirit of innovation and promoting inventors as role models since 1973, impacting more than 4 million children, students, educators and innovators across the nation through several programs promoting innovation for all ages in all communities.
Camp Invention operates in partnership with over 1,400 districts nationwide and in Puerto Rico over the past year and was founded and is supported in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The leadership and education team includes Rachelle Albrechta (Director of Program Development), Jayme Cellitioci (Senior Director of Education), Ashley Giordano (Manager of Program Management), Susie Duchon (Education Specialist), Rachel Lutes (Curriculum Writer), Emily Mitchell (Senior Content Writer), Sara Pompeo (Editor), Maggie Saine (Spanish Services Lead & Education Specialist), and Jennifer Sitton (Director of Science & Product Development).
Parents and caregivers describe a range of experiences at Camp Invention. Sonia S. shares that her daughter came home beaming with excitement and eager to share what she was learning. Katie J. notes that her son, who had been quiet before camp, wanted to try everything and be more involved with friends afterward. Heather D. says her daughter was excited to bring inventions home and teach her younger brother, and their family is already signing up for next year. Meghan M. reports that all three of her children attended, from the youngest group to the oldest group, and that their conversations on the way home each day stood out to her. Apryle S. states that her autistic and gifted son enjoys being around other kids who are creative and inventive at camp and that it has helped his social skills. Lisa D., a parent and educator, calls Camp Invention a highlight of her summer. Alison F. says the camp environment fostered her daughter’s creativity and built her self-confidence. Grandparent Alexa N. notes that her grandchild gained knowledge, confidence, friends, a sense of cooperative learning, openness to others’ ideas, and a chance to have fun while learning. Amanda H. explains that her child, who is typically hesitant about camp, woke up early and excited each day and wants to return. Courtney S. shares that her 6-year-old, who struggles with focus in school, has shown growing excitement for education after two years of hands-on activities at Camp Invention. Beverly L. says her son had no complaints and enjoyed the hands-on creative play. Tara T. describes her son’s experience as phenomenal, highlighting the camp’s focus on creativity, problem solving and innovation. Amie J. reports that her three children were skeptical at first but loved the program by the second day, and her oldest now calls inventing his new hobby. Jenna M. says the camp exceeded her family’s expectations, with her son excited to show off his inventions, increased creativity, and new friends. Jennifer M. notes that her son, who had never done anything like this before and faced a long day, enjoyed making projects, was never bored, and made friends.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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