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It's a Summer Celebration in Innovator's Studio! Craft all the festive flair you need for the best bash ever: colorful paper party blowers, a wild one-of-a-kind party hat and a lavish layer cake slice with as much frosting and sprinkes as you can imagine. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

It's time for Taking Flight in Innovator's Studio. Aim for the sky with an original flying machine complete with propeller. Add turbines, tails and skids to your liking. Design a butterfly with big, bright flapping wings and an airy parachute for a paper-cup skydiver. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

You're invited to an Innovator's Studio Slumber Party! Create a nightlight to illuminate your room and a textured-paper owl to hold it. Dream up a pop-up book inspired by the night sky and a soft and snuggly bedtime buddy. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

Embark on a River Adventure in Innovator's Studio. Create a watercolor river painting and a three-dimensional rocking boat to sail along it. Make a rubber band-powered jumping frog, a pair of stamped fish and a magnetic fishing pole to catch them. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

Open your own Make-Believe Market in Innovator's Studio. Set up shop with an eye-catching storefront and create an assortment of enticing play food to sell. Ring up sales on a custom cash register with a tray that really opens and closes. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

Experience a week of Enchanted Forest Fun in Innovator's Studio. Invent a fanciful forest friend that magically disappears (and reappears!) into it's mushroom home. Craft a fierce and fringy paper dragon puppet and a twisty magic wand. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

It's a Summer Celebration in Innovator's Studio! Craft all the festive flair you need for the best bash ever: colorful paper party blowers, a wild one-of-a-kind party hat and a lavish layer cake slice with as much frosting and sprinkes as you can imagine. Then work with friends on fun, fast challenges in Idea Lab! Every week is full of new open-ended activities that are all about teamwork and testing. Take on challenges like making a ball-throwing game to feed hungry monsters, building customized cup and card houses for animals or helping monkeys find hidden treasure in a Storybuild expedition. Finally, look forward to getting your wiggles out during Outdoor Adventure. Play two or more active, collaborative games every day, such as standing statue-still in Night at the Museum, strutting your stuff in Dance Tag or slithering through an obstacle course with your team in Snake Race.

Steal the show with your own Puppet Theater in Innovator's Studio. Build a performance-ready stage with moving props, dazzling decorations and curtains that open on a track. Create a puppet with hinged jaws to be the star of your show. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

Hit the pavement for Destination Downtown in Innovator's Studio. Design an array of city spaces and structures, including a cut-paper street scene, a pop-up apartment with three-dimensional furniture and a weight-tested pneumatic drawbridge. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

It's all about Thrill Rides & Theme Parks in this week's Innovator's Studio. Design a dizzying spinning ride with an electric rotating base, safe seating and symmetrical designs. Invent a one-of-a-kind themed ride with a smooth track and pop-out elements. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

Investigate the hidden depths of Teeming Tide Pools in Innovator's Studio. Paint a sea-inspired scene awash in rocky texture and crawling with moving, hiding creatures. Engineer a hermit crab with motorized legs that can climb over tough terrain. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

Get your game face on for an Innovator's Studio Tabletop Tournament. Design a one-of-a-kind foosball-inspired game with a visionary theme, sturdy field and strong players. Engineer a sling puck game with an inventive setting and custom score markers. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

Buddy up with a bevy of Backyard Bugs in Innovator's Studio. Create a magnetized board game where ants carry picnic foods back to their colony. Engineer a pair of jumping bugs that can leap at least five feet and a trio of beetles that creep along on pulleys. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

Steal the show with your own Puppet Theater in Innovator's Studio. Build a performance-ready stage with moving props, dazzling decorations and curtains that open on a track. Create a puppet with hinged jaws to be the star of your show. Next, team up with your fellow Stars on awesome design challenges in Idea Lab, where the goal is collaboration and wild experimentation. Every week offers new things to test and try, like designing a working zipline, constructing a sturdy bobsled track or free-building a custom wheeled vehicle. Then move to Outdoor Adventure, your daily destination for exciting games and classic camp fun. Try different activities every week, including circle games like the blindfolded Bat & Moth, active games like the Shipwreck with silly commands from the captain and team-building games like the group heist Chicken Thief.

Be a Roving Robot Inventor in Innovator's Studio. Engineer a driving robot that never gets stuck, complete with directional changer and drive system. Modify your bot to create art and use it to draw. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Try your hand at being a Custom Furniture Crafter in Innovator's Studio. Build your own bespoke nightstand with a latching cabinet, sliding drawer, stylized handles and shelves. Add a false bottom and security system for safekeeping and geometric patterning for style. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Step into the shoes of an Arcade Game Designer in Innovator's Studio. Create a mechanical game of your own design with a sturdy frame, eye-catching sign and dazzling lights. Add animated elements that use rotary motion and tricky targets for players to aim for. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Hone your skills as a Master Shipbuilder in Innovator's Studio. Engineer your own model ship, outfitted with a rocking mechanism to simulate sailing the high seas. Build a hull, decks, masts, sails and any scenic elements you choose to make your vessel shipshape. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Become a Personalized Print Maker in Innovator's Studio. Work with a lino cutter to carve designs into your own printing blocks, then build a mini printing press to use them. Fine-tune your press until your printed pages are ready to assemble into an original zine. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Take on the role of Giant Costume Creator in Innovator's Studio. Design a wearable, oversized mask made from a mix of 3D materials. Give it a window to see out of, add uniquely stylized facial features and playful movable elements for extra expressiveness. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Be a Roving Robot Inventor in Innovator's Studio. Engineer a driving robot that never gets stuck, complete with directional changer and drive system. Modify your bot to create art and use it to draw. Then take your designs and confidence to the next level in Idea Lab, where it’s all about rapid testing and iteration. Collaborate on new STEAM challenges every week, like creating a mini golf hole as part of your team’s course, inventing an original game where your head takes the lead or free-building a spinning machine. Last, build problem-solving and creativity skills kinesthetically in Outdoor Adventure. Take on a new batch of epic active and team-building games every week, like complex ball maneuvers in Galaxy Pass, collaborative maze solving in the Matrix or mythical creature chasing in Giants, Wizards and Elves.

Break out of a Galileo-designed room, then use what you learn to design your own Epic Escape Room. Investigate a range of puzzle types and flows. Experiment with padlocks, hydraulics, simple circuitry, magnets and more as you build out custom features. Create a captivating theme, along with clues and interactive objects for your players to find. Invite your fellow designers to puzzle their way out of your uniquely mysterious room.

Get behind the wheel of your own Custom Go-Kart. Learn how to handle handsaws, drills, rasps and files. Work with hand and power tools to assemble your kart's wheels, axles, steering column, hood and seat. Dream up an original design, crafting functional features like doors or foot brakes and adding personalized styling with paints. Debut your kart at an end-of-week show, then roll home in your one-of-a-kind ride.

Create the relaxation station of your dreams with a portable DIY Camp Chair and Table. Hone some basic woodworking skills as you measure, saw and drill to build your two-part chair frame. Personalize the size, seat and back design, opting for wooden slats, canvas panels or woven strips. Embellish your chair with custom stencils and add handy pockets or carrying straps to suit every situation, from camping to backyard barbeques. * For the 4-day June 16th week, Meteors will only create the Camp Chair due to the shortened week.

Break out of a Galileo-designed room, then use what you learn to design your own Epic Escape Room. Investigate a range of puzzle types and flows. Experiment with padlocks, hydraulics, simple circuitry, magnets and more as you build out custom features. Create a captivating theme, along with clues and interactive objects for your players to find. Invite your fellow designers to puzzle their way out of your uniquely mysterious room.

Get behind the wheel of your own Custom Go-Kart. Learn how to handle handsaws, drills, rasps and files. Work with hand and power tools to assemble your kart's wheels, axles, steering column, hood and seat. Dream up an original design, crafting functional features like doors or foot brakes and adding personalized styling with paints. Debut your kart at an end-of-week show, then roll home in your one-of-a-kind ride.

Create the relaxation station of your dreams with a portable DIY Camp Chair and Table. Hone some basic woodworking skills as you measure, saw and drill to build your two-part chair frame. Personalize the size, seat and back design, opting for wooden slats, canvas panels or woven strips. Embellish your chair with custom stencils and add handy pockets or carrying straps to suit every situation, from camping to backyard barbeques.

Break out of a Galileo-designed room, then use what you learn to design your own Epic Escape Room. Investigate a range of puzzle types and flows. Experiment with padlocks, hydraulics, simple circuitry, magnets and more as you build out custom features. Create a captivating theme, along with clues and interactive objects for your players to find. Invite your fellow designers to puzzle their way out of your uniquely mysterious room.