Make things, friends & memories!
Have your child spend their day meeting new friends & learning tech skills at The Maker Bean Cafe at 1052 Bloor St. West! Using tools such as laser cutters, 3D printers & wood-working tools, and with 1 laptop per child, your children will create something straight out of their imaginations!
Next PAs in 2025/2026:
- January 16, 2026
- February 13, 2026
- June 5, 2026
- June 26, 2026
Each day has a different theme, so you can sign your child up for multiple camps, and they won’t repeat the same activity. Themes for each day are described below.
For kids 6-12 years old, both experienced & new makers alike.
Kids also head outdoors for at least 1.5 hours per day to Dufferin Grove or Dovercourt Parks (5-minute walks from The Maker Bean) for active games & fresh air. Please ensure your kids are dressed for outdoor time during the winter.
Pricing
$135/day
Lunch and snacks available (veggie options available too), +$18, use drop down menu and add lunch to cart
Times
Camps run 9 AM – 4 PM daily, drop off from 8:50 AM, pick up promptly at 4 PM
Themes for each day:
January 16 - Ski-Bot
Today, campers will combine art and engineering to create super cool skiing robots! In the morning, we’ll learn about energy by wiring up a single axis motor, then we’ll build the frame of our ski-bots and attach some gears to make the legs of our robot move. In the afternoon, we’ll add the final touches to our ski-bots by building some arms, colouring them and crafting some winter gear out of felt!
February 13 - Animated Valentines & Candy Catapults
Today, STEAM lovers will complete two fun activities! In the morning we’ll have a crash course in animation and create digital Valentine’s that we can send to our friends and family! Then in the afternoon we’ll learn about physics by building catapults out of laser cut wood pieces and candy baskets out of paper! We’ll wrap up the day with a game where we’ll use our catapults to launch candy into each other's baskets!
June 5 - DIY miniature foosball table
To celebrate the World Cup coming to Canada, campers will combine digital and hands on design to create their own mini foosball tables! We’ll start the day with a crash course in Adobe Illustrator where campers will design two different characters to be the players on their soccer teams! With the help of the Maker Bean Team, we’ll cut out and engrave our players with the laser cutter! In the afternoon we’ll assemble our foosball table with laser cut pieces, dowels and the player pieces we designed in the morning!