2026 Camp Invention Helps Children Spark Creativity and Confidence
The Leading Summer Camp Every Parent Wants, Featuring Learning and Fun
NORTH CANTON, Ohio — April 1, 2026 — For more than 35 years, Camp Invention® has developed confidence and problem-solving skills in young innovators through authentic, hands-on STEM activities. In the 2026 program, Spark, curious campers will transform into confident creators as they explore entrepreneurship, launch a space mission, solve an animal mystery and spark their innovative superpowers!
Camp Invention, a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame® in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, provides a unique experience for children to make discoveries about the importance of intellectual property while exploring, creating and designing. Camp promotes STEM learning; builds leadership, perseverance and resourcefulness; and encourages entrepreneurship — in an exciting and engaging environment.
“I love that this camp lets my kids step out of the usual roles that they have at home and in school, and explore different parts of themselves,” said the parent of 2025 Camp Invention campers. “At camp my son learns to be more creative and my daughter learns to be more independent.”
Each year, the program features a new curriculum inspired by some of our nation’s most world-changing inventors — the National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees. This year’s Spark program encourages children to be confident in their ideas and explore their innovativeness though hands-on activities including:
- Space Morphers™: Kids build a DIY rocket and launch an epic mission to transform a new planet’s atmosphere, terrain and ecosystem. After a high-energy Rover Race to collect samples and data, they grow dazzling crystal trees and hatch a mysterious animal egg in a Space Lab.
- Make Waves™: Campers ride the waves of entrepreneurship and invention! Inspired by a surfer’s journey, they create prototypes, pitch their innovative products to hook investors and build a billboard boat to set sail and “make waves” in the market.
- Fur-ensics™: Kids sharpen their animal detective skills with Cap E. Bara and a fleet of robotic capybaras. They investigate a trail of footprints, collect bits of fluffy fur and examine suspicious paint splatters before forensically analyzing evidence that has a surprising twist.
- The Infringers™: Campers use their invention superpowers to solve challenges in their community and around the world. They miniaturize top-secret innovations, safeguard their designs using cryptography and protect their intellectual property from the Infringers.
Local programs are facilitated and taught by qualified local educators. Annually, Camp Invention programs benefit more than 147,000 children and partner with 2,600 schools and districts across the nation. To find a camp near you, visit our Camp Finder or for additional information, visit invent.org/camp.
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About Camp Invention
Camp Invention is the only nationally recognized summer program focused on creativity, innovation, real-world problem solving and the spirit of invention. Through hands-on programming, Camp Invention encourages children entering kindergarten through sixth grade to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum inspired by some of the world’s greatest inventors. Camp Invention is a program of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. This nationwide, nonprofit organization is committed to the curious minds and innovative spirits of the past, present and future. Since 1990, our education programs have served more than 3.3 million children, and 297,000 teachers and Leadership Interns. For more information, visit invent.org/programs/camp-invention.
CONTACT:
Ken Torisky
National Inventors Hall of Fame
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234-901-6085