Session 1: Fantasy Character Design
June 14 - June 25
Instructors: Alyssa Winans and Dennis Chan
In Fantasy Character Design campers will work with a range of different materials: paper, clay, and chipboard to design their own creatures and characters. The second week will focus on wearable creations, where campers become their own “fantasy character!”
Monday, June 14th
9:00am Instructor Intro and kit pick-up at AYA Makerspace
Attendance & registration forms
10:00am Travel and Lunch Break
Noon Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Review of Kit contents
12:30pm – 12:35pm Break
12:35pm Warm Up: “Origami Creatures”
Campers will practice origami (paper folding)
Materials: Origami Paper (square sheets), Construction Paper, Glue, Scissors
1:00pm – 1:05pm Break
1:05pm Activity 1: Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets
Campers will create simple creature finger puppets,
customized with assorted accessories and paper.
Materials: Pipe Cleaners, Googly Eyes, Pom Poms, Scissors
1:30pm – 1:35pm Break
1:35pm Activity 2: Pipe Cleaner Bugs
Campers will get their feet wet with free-standing characters
by creating selected bugs out of pipe cleaners.
Materials: Pipe Cleaners, Scissors
2:00pm – 2:05 Break
2:05pm Pipe Cleaner Bugs continued
2:20pm – 2:35pm Break
2:35pm Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard,
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Tuesday, June 15th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
Campers will use paper and crayons for quick sketching
Materials: Paper & crayons
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Construction Paper Crocodilomorphs
Each kit will come with a creature silhouette.
Campers will adjust their animal based on how it might be different if it lived in a different biome.
Materials: Silhouette, Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Crayons, Colored Pencils & decorations
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Crocodilomorphs continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Crocodilomorphs continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, June 16th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Clay Speed Sculpts
Campers will make creatures using clay
Materials: Air-dry Clay
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Cardboard/Construction Dioramas
Now that campers are thinking about creating creatures that fit their environments,
they will build their own creatures, as well as small dioramas of where they might live.
Stencils will be provided for ease of construction.
Materials: Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Glitter, Buttons, Misc. Decoration Materials
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Cardboard/Construction Dioramas continued
Description
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Cardboard/Construction Dioramas continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, June 17th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Diorama activity continued
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Diorama activity continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Diorama activity continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, June 18th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
Materials: Paper and Crayon
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Alien Egg Carton
Campers will learn about silhouettes as they build small alien creatures using an egg carton.
Materials: Soft Egg Carton, Decoration Materials, Scissors, Glue
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Imaginary Anthropology
Campers will try to imagine what a whole outfit would look like based on a found clothing item.
Materials: Paper, pencil, colored pencils
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Imaginary Anthropology continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
Pick up of additional materials at Makerspace
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Monday, June 21st
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Cardboard/Chipboard Helmets
Using the provided frame, campers will design and build their own custom helmets.
Materials: Cardboard/Chipboard Frame Pieces, Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Decoration Materials
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Helmets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Helmets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Tuesday, June 22nd
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Figure Drawing
Materials: Paper, Cayons
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Helmets continued
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Helmets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Helmets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, June 23rd
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Customizable Doll
Materials: Construction Paper, Crayons, Colored Pencils, Markers, Glue)
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity 1: Cardboard/Chipboard Gauntlets
Using the provided frame, campers will design and build their own custom gauntlets.
Materials: Cardboard/Chipboard Frame Pieces, Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Decoration Materials
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Gauntlets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Gauntlets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, June 24th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
Materials: Paper and Crayon)
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Gauntlets continued
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Gauntlets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Gauntlets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, June 25th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Showcase Project Review
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on projects
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Continue work on projects
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Continue work on projects
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Project Sharing
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Sharing on Miroboard
Daily Evaluation and Session evaluation
3:00pm Final Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Check Out
June 14 - June 25
Instructors: Alyssa Winans and Dennis Chan
In Fantasy Character Design campers will work with a range of different materials: paper, clay, and chipboard to design their own creatures and characters. The second week will focus on wearable creations, where campers become their own “fantasy character!”
Monday, June 14th
9:00am Instructor Intro and kit pick-up at AYA Makerspace
Attendance & registration forms
10:00am Travel and Lunch Break
Noon Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Review of Kit contents
12:30pm – 12:35pm Break
12:35pm Warm Up: “Origami Creatures”
Campers will practice origami (paper folding)
Materials: Origami Paper (square sheets), Construction Paper, Glue, Scissors
1:00pm – 1:05pm Break
1:05pm Activity 1: Pipe Cleaner Finger Puppets
Campers will create simple creature finger puppets,
customized with assorted accessories and paper.
Materials: Pipe Cleaners, Googly Eyes, Pom Poms, Scissors
1:30pm – 1:35pm Break
1:35pm Activity 2: Pipe Cleaner Bugs
Campers will get their feet wet with free-standing characters
by creating selected bugs out of pipe cleaners.
Materials: Pipe Cleaners, Scissors
2:00pm – 2:05 Break
2:05pm Pipe Cleaner Bugs continued
2:20pm – 2:35pm Break
2:35pm Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard,
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Tuesday, June 15th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
Campers will use paper and crayons for quick sketching
Materials: Paper & crayons
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Construction Paper Crocodilomorphs
Each kit will come with a creature silhouette.
Campers will adjust their animal based on how it might be different if it lived in a different biome.
Materials: Silhouette, Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Crayons, Colored Pencils & decorations
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Crocodilomorphs continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Crocodilomorphs continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, June 16th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Clay Speed Sculpts
Campers will make creatures using clay
Materials: Air-dry Clay
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Cardboard/Construction Dioramas
Now that campers are thinking about creating creatures that fit their environments,
they will build their own creatures, as well as small dioramas of where they might live.
Stencils will be provided for ease of construction.
Materials: Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Glitter, Buttons, Misc. Decoration Materials
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Cardboard/Construction Dioramas continued
Description
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Cardboard/Construction Dioramas continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, June 17th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Diorama activity continued
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Diorama activity continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Diorama activity continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, June 18th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
Materials: Paper and Crayon
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Alien Egg Carton
Campers will learn about silhouettes as they build small alien creatures using an egg carton.
Materials: Soft Egg Carton, Decoration Materials, Scissors, Glue
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Imaginary Anthropology
Campers will try to imagine what a whole outfit would look like based on a found clothing item.
Materials: Paper, pencil, colored pencils
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Imaginary Anthropology continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
Pick up of additional materials at Makerspace
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Monday, June 21st
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity: Cardboard/Chipboard Helmets
Using the provided frame, campers will design and build their own custom helmets.
Materials: Cardboard/Chipboard Frame Pieces, Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Decoration Materials
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Helmets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Helmets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Tuesday, June 22nd
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Figure Drawing
Materials: Paper, Cayons
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Helmets continued
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Helmets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Helmets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Wednesday, June 23rd
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Customizable Doll
Materials: Construction Paper, Crayons, Colored Pencils, Markers, Glue)
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Activity 1: Cardboard/Chipboard Gauntlets
Using the provided frame, campers will design and build their own custom gauntlets.
Materials: Cardboard/Chipboard Frame Pieces, Construction Paper, Glue, Tape, Scissors, Decoration Materials
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Gauntlets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Gauntlets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Thursday, June 24th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Warm-up: Drawing Games
Materials: Paper and Crayon)
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Gauntlets continued
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Gauntlets continued
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Gauntlets continued
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Intro to next day
Wrap up and Sharing on Miroboard
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Tinker time sharing on Miroboard
- 3:00pm Daily Evaluation and Check out
Friday, June 25th
9:00am Welcome and Introductions (Zoom)
Intro & Attendance
9:30am – 9:35am Break
9:35am Showcase Project Review
10:00am – 1:05am Break
10:05am Work on projects
10:35am – 10:35am Break
10:35am Continue work on projects
11:00am – 11:05am Break
11:05am Continue work on projects
11:30am – 11:35am Break
11:35am Project Sharing
Noon – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm TINKER TIME (Asynchronous)
2:35pm Sharing on Miroboard
Daily Evaluation and Session evaluation
3:00pm Final Prep for Showcase
3:30pm Student Showcase
4:30pm Camper Check Out
