summer camp · ages 6 and up
3D Modeling Advanced Camp for Kids in Frisco, TX
This camp uses Tinkercad and Blender to teach ninjas how to code, design, and print their own 3D models. Ninjas in this camp can explore their creative skills, creating custom models such as trophies, necklaces, castles, and even sculpted monsters.
- Tinkercad
- Blender
In the camp
What they do
The projects they work through in the camp, one at a time.
A nametag
The first thing on the print bed. Simple enough to finish in a morning, and a real print at the end of it.
A necklace
Built to a brief rather than freely: it needs a hole you could thread a string through and at least three pieces of negative space, and it has to print without failing.
A trophy for something they are good at
They share a skill they are proud of with the person next to them, then design a trophy that represents it.
A model with moving parts
Printed as one piece and working when it comes off the bed, which only happens if the tolerances were right in the design.
What they leave with
By the end of camp
Taken from the camp's own curriculum, not written for this page.
- Learned the basics of 3D printing
- Been introduced to Tinkercad, a beginner-friendly computer-aided design platform
- Studied the nomenclature of 3D objects
- Learned the properties of 3D objects
- Started working in Blender, for both 3D modeling and sculpting
After camp
Loved our camp? Keep building all year.
Create is our core coding program, where a ninja builds real games in JavaScript and works up through the belts. The first session is free, so they can try it before you decide.
Before you ask
Common questions
Does my child need to be able to draw?
No. Tinkercad builds everything out of basic solids - cubes, spheres, cones, cylinders, tubes - pushed together and cut out of each other.
Is there much to it for an older ninja?
Yes. It starts in Tinkercad, which anyone can pick up, and moves on into Blender for modeling and sculpting, which is the same software used professionally.
What is negative space?
The holes. A lot of 3D design is cutting shapes out of other shapes, and the necklace brief asks for three examples of it on purpose.
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