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Camp Invention is a weeklong summer day camp filled with fun, hands-on STEM adventures. The program includes hands-on challenges and open-ended adventures where participants miniaturize top-secret innovations, safeguard their designs using cryptography, protect their intellectual property and time travel to ensure their ideas are patented and protected. Kids investigate a series of mischievous pranks, create sleuthing gadgets, collect bits of fluffy fur, reveal a trail of animal tracks, examine suspicious splatters and forensically analyze the evidence. They also take part in hands-on buoyancy experiments, paddle their way through salty challenges, generate ideas for unique, innovative products, 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, encounter a dazzling crystal surprise and join high-energy morning games that encourage creativity and teamwork.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: A weeklong STEM experience
• Price: Pricing starts at $285 or approximately $9 per hour. Payment plans are available at checkout up to eight weeks before camp start date.
Camp Invention is designed for curious kids entering grades K-6 and is led by qualified local educators. Over 1,500 Camp Invention programs run nationwide, and some locations offer Before and After Care. The 2026 program, called Spark, features four themed modules: Infringers, Fur-ensics, Make Waves and Space Morphers. Education programs are created in collaboration with National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees, integrate 21st-century learning with fun, hands-on activities and align with state and national education standards.
Camp Invention is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which has been honoring the spirit of innovation and promoting inventors as role models since 1973. The organization’s mission is: “We inspire emerging creators and entrepreneurs through our education programs and honor the history of innovation through our museum and Hall of Fame Inductees.” The National Inventors Hall of Fame has impacted more than 4 million children, students, educators and innovators across the nation since 1973 and offers several programs promoting innovation for all ages, in all communities. It partners with over 1,400 districts nationwide and in Puerto Rico and is founded and supported in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Camp Invention is led and supported by a team that 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 describe a range of experiences with Camp Invention. Sonia S. from Durham, NC, says her daughter came home beaming with excitement and that it has been beautiful to see her confidence and love for learning blossom. Katie J. from West Lafayette, OH, notes that her quiet son now wants to try everything and be more involved with friends. Heather D. from Westminster, MD, says her daughter was excited to bring inventions home and teach her little brother, and that they are already signing up for next year. Meghan M. from Mansfield, TX, shares that all three of her children attended and that the conversations on the way home every day made her happy. Apryle S. from Leavittsburg, OH, says her autistic and gifted son loves the camp and that it has helped his social skills tremendously. Lisa D. from Moultrie, GA, calls Camp Invention a highlight of her summer as both a parent and educator. Alison F. from Easton, PA, says the camp fostered her daughter’s creativity and built her self-confidence. Alexa N. from Anderson, SC, reports that her grandchild gained knowledge, confidence, friends, a sense of cooperative learning, an openness to others’ ideas and an opportunity to have fun while learning. Amanda H. from Richardson, TX, says her typically hesitant camper was up early and excited to go every morning and cannot wait to return. Courtney S. from Lewisburg, PA, notes that her 6-year-old, who struggles with focus, has shown growing excitement for education by doing hands-on activities and being fully engaged. Beverly L. from Akron, OH, says her son had zero complaints and loves all the hands-on creative play. Tara T. from Wayne, NJ, describes her son’s experience as phenomenal and says the focus on creativity, problem solving and innovation sparked his curiosity and imagination. Amie J. from Ingleside, IL, shares that her three initially skeptical kids ended the program with her oldest saying his new hobby is inventing things. Jenna M. from Lowell, IN, says the camp exceeded her expectations, that her son was excited to show off his inventions, that it spiked his creativity and that he made friends. Jennifer M. from Canton, OH, says her son, who had never done anything like this before, loved the long day, was never bored, enjoyed making the projects and made friends.
Last updated May 14, 2026.
• Ages: 5–12 years old
• Schedule: A weeklong STEM experience
• Price: Pricing starts at $285 or approximately $9 per hour. Payment plans are available at checkout up to eight weeks before camp start date.
Camp Invention is designed for curious kids entering grades K-6 and is led by qualified local educators. Over 1,500 Camp Invention programs run nationwide, and some locations offer Before and After Care. The 2026 program, called Spark, features four themed modules: Infringers, Fur-ensics, Make Waves and Space Morphers. Education programs are created in collaboration with National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees, integrate 21st-century learning with fun, hands-on activities and align with state and national education standards.
Camp Invention is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, which has been honoring the spirit of innovation and promoting inventors as role models since 1973. The organization’s mission is: “We inspire emerging creators and entrepreneurs through our education programs and honor the history of innovation through our museum and Hall of Fame Inductees.” The National Inventors Hall of Fame has impacted more than 4 million children, students, educators and innovators across the nation since 1973 and offers several programs promoting innovation for all ages, in all communities. It partners with over 1,400 districts nationwide and in Puerto Rico and is founded and supported in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Camp Invention is led and supported by a team that 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 describe a range of experiences with Camp Invention. Sonia S. from Durham, NC, says her daughter came home beaming with excitement and that it has been beautiful to see her confidence and love for learning blossom. Katie J. from West Lafayette, OH, notes that her quiet son now wants to try everything and be more involved with friends. Heather D. from Westminster, MD, says her daughter was excited to bring inventions home and teach her little brother, and that they are already signing up for next year. Meghan M. from Mansfield, TX, shares that all three of her children attended and that the conversations on the way home every day made her happy. Apryle S. from Leavittsburg, OH, says her autistic and gifted son loves the camp and that it has helped his social skills tremendously. Lisa D. from Moultrie, GA, calls Camp Invention a highlight of her summer as both a parent and educator. Alison F. from Easton, PA, says the camp fostered her daughter’s creativity and built her self-confidence. Alexa N. from Anderson, SC, reports that her grandchild gained knowledge, confidence, friends, a sense of cooperative learning, an openness to others’ ideas and an opportunity to have fun while learning. Amanda H. from Richardson, TX, says her typically hesitant camper was up early and excited to go every morning and cannot wait to return. Courtney S. from Lewisburg, PA, notes that her 6-year-old, who struggles with focus, has shown growing excitement for education by doing hands-on activities and being fully engaged. Beverly L. from Akron, OH, says her son had zero complaints and loves all the hands-on creative play. Tara T. from Wayne, NJ, describes her son’s experience as phenomenal and says the focus on creativity, problem solving and innovation sparked his curiosity and imagination. Amie J. from Ingleside, IL, shares that her three initially skeptical kids ended the program with her oldest saying his new hobby is inventing things. Jenna M. from Lowell, IN, says the camp exceeded her expectations, that her son was excited to show off his inventions, that it spiked his creativity and that he made friends. Jennifer M. from Canton, OH, says her son, who had never done anything like this before, loved the long day, was never bored, enjoyed making the projects and made friends.
Last updated May 14, 2026.
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