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:
- September 26, 2025
- October 11, 2025
- November 14, 2025
- 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:
September 26: Skater Bot
Today campers will combine digital and hands on design to create super cool skate boarding robots! Campers will start the day with an intro to simple tools in Adobe Illustrator, where they'll create custom designs to be engraved on the bottoms of their boards with our laser cutter. In the afternoon, we’ll wire up a motor and some gears to make our skateboarder go, then put all the pieces together and have a skate board race!
October 10: Coding a Thanksgiving Game with Scratch and LED Fall Leaf Centerpiece
Two fun activities today! In the morning campers will use Scratch, a drag-and-drop coding platform for kids and beginners, to create a Thanksgiving-inspired game. Then campers will have the opportunity to share their games with the group! In the afternoon we'll switch to a hands on pressed leaf activity. Campers will choose fall leaves and lay them out in colorful compositions before pressing them between two panels of acrylic, then we’ll build the base for our fall leaf centerpieces and install an LED to make them glow.
November 14: Custom Design Plushie
In this two part activity campers will design their own custom plushies in Adobe Illustrator. We’ll start by learning how to use outlining tools to make cut lines for laser cutting, as well as how to create and use pattern brushes to add sewing holes to our design. Campers will each take turns selecting their felt colours and cutting them out with our laser cutter! Once everyone’s designs have been cut out, we’ll sew and stuff our plushies then decorate them to bring them to life!