Events
Start Up Kids CAMP!

Blast Off Into Adventure at Startup Kids Camp Live!

Calling all future founders! Dive into hands-on STEAM fun, build wild inventions, and pitch your brightest ideas. Join us for a 10-week camp packed with creativity, teamwork, and full of startup magic—just for kids!

When

21 June 2025

5-8 year olds: 10am - 12pm CST
9-12 year olds: 1pm - 3pm CST

Where

Lake Forest Academy

Who’s Leading

Coach Azmat Hussain

Format

In-Person Instruction

CAMP Events

What's Inside Start Up Kids Camp

Check out our latest hands-on workshops and creative challenges in store for Start Up Kids Camp

Sat
21
Jun 2025
Innovation

Week 1: Camp Kickoff and Programming Foundations

LFA MakerSpace

Build & code mobile robots using sensors. Advanced coding using Python, and fun programming challenges.

Sat
28
Jun 2025
Inventioneering

Week 2:  Inventor’s Challenge

LFA MakerSpace

Team up, dream up, and pitch your wildest invention! Prizes for the most creative solutions. Ideate, prototype, and solve a major challenge.

Sat
05
Jul 2025
PROGRAMMING

Week 3: Coding Intensive

LFA MakerSpace

Learn Python coding basics and advanced concepts through games and automation.

Sat
12
Jul 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 4: Start Up Fundamentals

LFA MakerSpace

Design a product and a business plan. Create marketing and pitch materials for attracting investors.

Sat
19
Jul 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 5: Inventors Workshop

LFA MakerSpace

Brainstorm a product or service idea and build a wokring prototype using craft + tech. Present the idea.

Sat
26
Jul 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 6: The Art of the Pitch

LFA MakerSpace

Launch your own mini-business in a day! Learn, create, and sell—kid CEO style.

Sat
02
Aug 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 7: Hackathon!

LFA MakerSpace

Hackathon to the finish line. Learn how to develop games, animations and music using code. Build out your final vision. Learn about event-driven programming.

Sat
9
Aug 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 8: Intellectual Property and Patents

LFA MakerSpace

Meet with a legal professional to learn about patents and how you can file a patent with the United States Patent Office.

Sat
16
Aug 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 9: Demo Day Prep

LFA MakerSpace

Polish and practice your pitch. Final builds, pitches and marketing materials.

Sat
23
Aug 2025
Entrepreneurship

Week 10: Demo Day and The Pitch

LFA MakerSpace

Celebrate the innovation of your child. Present to real audiences (parents, local professionals). Real venture capitalists will be present to hear your child's start up pitch!

Learning Outcomes for Little Innovators

Start Up Kids Camp is where kids turn curiosity into cool creations! Explore, invent, and dream big with hands-on STEAM adventures. Here are some of the skills your child will learn with our camp.

Inventor’s Playground

Dive into fun projects that spark wild ideas and creative solutions. Every kid’s a maker here!

Code Like a Pro

Learn to code robots, games, and more—no experience needed, just imagination and a sense of play.

Teamwork Champs

Work together, share ideas, and build awesome things like a professional engineering team.

Startup Stars

Pitch, plan, and launch your own mini-business. Who says you’re too young to be a CEO?

STEAM Superpowers

Mix science, tech, art, and math for mind-blowing experiments and inventions. Superhero capes optional.

Challenge Accepted

Tackle real-world problems with engineering know-how and creative thinking. Ready, set, solve!

Future Leaders

Grow confidence, leadership, and big dreams—skills that last a lifetime, starting now.

Fun First, Always

Every session is packed with laughs, learning, and surprises. Because learning should never be boring!

Big Ideas, Kid Power

Inventor’s Toolkit

Start Up Kids isn't child's play. Students get hands-on with advance programming tools, cool gadgets, wild ideas, and creative challenges. Ready to tinker, test, and invent?


Students brainstorm their "big idea", working together in teams to bring together all the know-how and tools to make it a reality.

image of community event (for a auto dealership)

Dream, Design, Do!

Build Like a Pro

Snap together robots, code your own games, and make stuff that moves. Your imagination is the limit!


Students work collaboratively to build their M.V.P. (Minimum Viable Product) and then iterate each week to refine their design.

image of science experiment

Ready, Set, Start Up Kids!

Pitch Perfect

Show off your inventions, share your story, and pitch your next big thing. The world is your stage!


Pitch your idea to real V.C.'s (venture capitalist), investors, and others to take your idea to the next level. Start Up Kids isn't just play, it's a springboard to your child's success!

image of a school event (art exhibition)

Plans for Future Founders

Adventure Awaits!

Get started in sparking creativity, build skills, and launch big ideas—one kid at a time.