What you'll do
Put your imagination to the spine-tingling test with your own ferociously fun monster puppet. Investigate innovative paper printing and construction techniques to craft your movable monster, build background scenery and rehearse for its on-stage debut.
You’ll start by practicing new printing methods, making personalized paper to build and embellish your design throughout the week. Be determined as you spend midweek crafting a stable body, strong head and monstrous mouth, complete with teeth and a handle to open it. Explore 3D paper forms, including tubes, cones and cubes, then be visionary in using them to add appendages to your monster and make detailed, dimensional stage scenery. At the end of the week, pick up some performance pro tips and get your one-of-a-kind creation ready to scare up applause in a class-wide puppet show.
Note:
This weeklong class is more than an innovation-igniting project—it’s an immersive experience full of delightful details, including interactive games, silly traditions, stories and snacks* designed to build community, bolster confidence and deliver loads of camp-away-from-camp fun.
- Please have a snack and drink ready for your child approximately one hour into class.
What you'll need
Materials
For the week:
- Scissors
- 1 set of washable markers
- 15+ sheets standard-size paper (preferably a mix of white and colored; at least 6 white)
1 thin cardboard box (cereal or other food packaging)
Additional materials for Monday’s printing project:
1 ink pad (any size or color)
2 paper towels
2 plastic grocery bags
1 small bowl with a little water in it
1 pencil with eraser head
1 rubber band (medium size and thickness)
Newspaper or scrap paper (see Additional Prep, below)
Additional materials for Tuesday – Friday:
Printed papers from Monday
Tape (clear preferred)
2 cardboard toilet paper tubes (for Tuesday)
1 glue stick (for Wednesday – Friday)
Technology
- Computer or tablet with speaker and camera
- Internet access
- Zoom application installed
- Signed in with your child’s name
- Unmuted (the instructor will manage class muting/unmuting)
Additional Prep
As Monday’s paper printing project can get a little messy, lay down some newspaper or scrap paper on your child’s work surface and make sure they’re dressed in clothes that can get dirty.
What you'll take away
- Paper printing and construction techniques
- The skills to be determined and persevere until you reach your goal
- The skills to be visionary and imagine things that don’t yet exist
- Puppet performance tips and practice
- A strong, silly, scary movable monster puppet and stage scenery
Join the community
The last step in the Galileo Innovator’s Process is share. Great learning can come from sharing successes and failures—to solidify your own experience as an innovator and to inspire others.
ELL
Some bilingual staff & support for multilingual families.
Special Needs
Support for Students with Special Needs (Oakland Camp Director has a Masters in Special Education).
Deals
Yes. Every year, we award thousands of weeks of specially priced camp through our financial assistance program. Apply on our Financial Assistance page. Scholarships available.