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Kids Camp is not a daycare. It is a community driven village that utilizes the resources of actual attendees. It is not officially hosted by ToorCamp. You are responsible for your own children, not Toorcamp or the volunteers who are staffing the village.

Kids workshops for your little ones! Hang out space with kid focused things and light snacks. Make sure to register them! Adult guardians volunteering to be in the space during the time that talks are happening, quid pro quo setup.

Reach out on discord channel #kids-camp for more info.

TLDR

register your kid
Volunteer for a couple shift to hang in the space.
Bring a workshop/activity to share. Let us know in the registration the details.

Registration

Please make sure to fill out the Kids Camps Registration form so we can make sure to have enough guardians and activities setup for your little ones!

What is Kids Camp?

We're setting up a kid friendly space to cover all of the time that talks are going on at the camp. We are also hosting kid-focused workshops for those older kid hackers that are able to make it out! Location is still TBD but will be announced in the days leading up to the event. If you're interested in registering your kid to participate(out of diapers, able to go to the bathroom without assistance, etc), we just ask that you volunteer for a couple shifts during the time you are at ToorCamp.

Kids Workshops

If you're bringing an older kid (out of diapers, semi independent), there will be activities and workshops. These aren't the same as the hang out space, they're activities for you to work on with your kid. If you have an idea for a Workshop let us know in the registration form above. NOTE: you can do this even without a Kid to register.

2026 Schedule

Schedule is being published at https://talks.toorcon.net/toorcamp-2026/schedule

Wednesday (Day 1) — Arrival

Time	Activity	Host
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM	S'mores Session	nikkia34

Thursday (Day 2)

Time	Activity	Host
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Mesh Radios / GMRS	Baller/rik / tishbite / SalusaSecondus
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM	Alien Leaf Painting	Antitree / Mark Manning
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM	Nature Arts: Rock Painting	josh armour
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM	Crypto & Invisible Ink Demo	SalusaSecondus & meowmeans.hello
6:45 PM – 7:45 PM	Switch Tournament	BigSir

Friday (Day 3)

Time	Activity	Host
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Minecraft / Pokopia	Ryan Nelson
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM	Alien Leaf Decorating Redux	Antitree
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM	Perler Beads (Conspiracy Mode)	jacqueshimself / BigSir / Nan4Pres
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM	Switch Tournament	BigSir

Saturday (Day 4)

Time	Activity	Host
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM	Drone Race	Josh Armour
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM	Perler Beads (Session 2)	jacqueshimself / BigSir / Nan4Pres
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM	Metal Detector Treasure Hunt	grind
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM	Switch Tournament (Grand Finale)	BigSir

josh armour

synthesizer stimming/jamming
drawing with Stable Diffusion
intro to 3d printing
Racing + Flight Sim setup
Nature Arts: Rock Painting
Drone Racing

Chris Gorski

Make it mine-craft
- Make your own mob for minecraft
- Learn how to model a mob using Blockbench and import into Minecraft
- Bring your own laptop and copy of Minecraft. We will supply the rest of the software.

Sonya Neal

Hardware Jewelry Making
- Make a necklace, bracelet or keyring out of hardware from your local hardware store.
Want to try your hand at a STEM challenge? There are 6 different challenges available in blind bags, pick a bag and see what challenge awaits you. Return it and choose a new challenge!

BigSir

Tactile Pixel Art Using Perler Beads
- Learn to make physical pixel art using perler/fuse beads
- Make your favorite video game characters, other pixelated friends, logos, or your own ideas into keychains, coasters, bracelets, and trinkets.
- We will provide all the needed supplies (lots of colors of perler beads, pegboards, and an iron)
- We are planning a Nightmrkt booth for the kiddos. Feel free to keep the art creations or sell them to make a few shadybucks!
- It would be great for this workshop to be scheduled somewhat early in Toorcamp for maximum Nightmrkt opportunities.
Nintendo Switch Tournament
- Running across multiple days with a Grand Finale on Saturday evening

Antitree

Alien Leaf Painting & Decorating
- Paint and decorate alient leaves to hang around camp or decorate your own campsite with
- Running Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon

SalusaSecondus & meowmeans.hello

Crypto & Invisible Ink Demo
- Thursday evening hands-on demonstration

Ryan Nelson

Minecraft / Pokopia
- Friday morning session

grind

Metal Detector Treasure Hunt
- Saturday afternoon — hunt for buried treasure around camp

TBD - $Your_Name_Here

Disclaimer

Kids Camp is not a daycare. It is a community driven village that utilizes the resources of actual attendees. It is not officially hosted by ToorCamp. You are responsible for your own children, not Toorcamp or the volunteers who are staffing the village.

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+'''Kids Camp is not a daycare. It is a community driven village that utilizes the resources of actual attendees. It is not officially hosted by ToorCamp. You are responsible for your own children, not Toorcamp or the volunteers who are staffing the village.'''
+Kids workshops for your little ones! Hang out space with kid focused things and light snacks. Make sure to register them! Adult guardians volunteering to be in the space during the time that talks are happening, quid pro quo setup.
+Reach out on discord channel #kids-camp for more info.
 ==TLDR==
-# [http://toorcamp.toorcon.net/toorcamp-kids-registration/ register your kid]
+# [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP9ZYUD5bMgeoFRFcRLd-kyyDUrc_n_02CNLJ7V3fVzlm3PQ/viewform register your kid]
-# Daycare-share for hackers under 6
+# Volunteer for a couple shift to hang in the space.
-# Bring a workshop/activity to share for hackers over 5
+# Bring a workshop/activity to share.  Let us know in the registration the details.
 ==Registration==
+Please make sure to fill out the [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeP9ZYUD5bMgeoFRFcRLd-kyyDUrc_n_02CNLJ7V3fVzlm3PQ/viewform Kids Camps Registration form] so we can make sure to have enough guardians and activities setup for your little ones!
-Please make sure to fill out the [http://toorcamp.toorcon.net/toorcamp-kids-registration/ ToorCamp Kids Registration form] so we can make sure to have enough sitters and activities setup for your little ones!
+==What is Kids Camp?==
+We're setting up a kid friendly space to cover all of the time that talks are going on at the camp.  We are also hosting kid-focused workshops for those older kid hackers that are able to make it out! Location is still TBD but will be announced in the days leading up to the event. If you're interested in registering your kid to participate(out of diapers, able to go to the bathroom without assistance, etc), we just ask that you volunteer for a couple shifts during the time you are at ToorCamp.
-==Daycare==
+== Kids Workshops ==
+If you're bringing an older kid (out of diapers, semi independent), there will be activities and workshops. These aren't the same as the hang out space, they're activities for you to work on with your kid.  If you have an idea for a Workshop let us know in the registration form above.  NOTE: you can do this even without a Kid to register.
-We're setting up a [[daycare]] to cover all of the time that talks are going on at the camp and kid-focused workshops for those older kid hackers that are able to make it out! Activities will be set up near the Retreat House in the lower part of the upper field. If you're interested in registering your kid for daycare (<6 y/o), we just ask that you volunteer for an hour each day that your kid is in daycare.
+==2026 Schedule==
+Schedule is being published at https://talks.toorcon.net/toorcamp-2026/schedule
-== Kids Workshops ==
+=== Wednesday (Day 1) — Arrival ===
-If you're bringing an older kid (> 5 y/o), there will be activities and workshops. These aren't daycare, they're activities for you to work on with your kid.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Time !! Activity !! Host
+|-
+| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM || S'mores Session || nikkia34
+|}
+=== Thursday (Day 2) ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Time !! Activity !! Host
+|-
+| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM || Mesh Radios / GMRS || Baller/rik / tishbite / SalusaSecondus
+|-
+| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM || Alien Leaf Painting || Antitree / Mark Manning
+|-
+| 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM || Nature Arts: Rock Painting || josh armour
+|-
+| 6:00 PM – 6:45 PM || Crypto & Invisible Ink Demo || SalusaSecondus & meowmeans.hello
+|-
+| 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM || Switch Tournament || BigSir
+|}
+=== Friday (Day 3) ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Time !! Activity !! Host
+|-
+| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM || Minecraft / Pokopia || Ryan Nelson
+|-
+| 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM || Alien Leaf Decorating Redux || Antitree
+|-
+| 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM || Perler Beads (Conspiracy Mode) || jacqueshimself / BigSir / Nan4Pres
+|-
+| 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM || Switch Tournament || BigSir
+|}
+=== Saturday (Day 4) ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Time !! Activity !! Host
+|-
+| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM || Drone Race || Josh Armour
+|-
+| 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM || Perler Beads (Session 2) || jacqueshimself / BigSir / Nan4Pres
+|-
+| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM || Metal Detector Treasure Hunt || grind
+|-
+| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM || Switch Tournament (Grand Finale) || BigSir
+|}
+=== josh armour ===
+* synthesizer stimming/jamming
+* drawing with Stable Diffusion
+* intro to 3d printing
+* Racing + Flight Sim setup
+* Nature Arts: Rock Painting
+* Drone Racing
+=== Chris Gorski ===
+* Make it mine-craft
+** Make your own mob for minecraft
+** Learn how to model a mob using Blockbench and import into Minecraft
+** Bring your own laptop and copy of Minecraft. We will supply the rest of the software.
-From about 10AM to Noon each day, we'll have some organized activities running.
+=== Sonya Neal ===
+* Hardware Jewelry Making
+** Make a necklace, bracelet or keyring out of hardware from your local hardware store.
+* Want to try your hand at a STEM challenge? There are 6 different challenges available in blind bags, pick a bag and see what challenge awaits you. Return it and choose a new challenge!
-The rest of the day, there'll be some activities for you do work on yourself with your younger hacker
+=== BigSir ===
+* Tactile Pixel Art Using Perler Beads
+** Learn to make physical pixel art using perler/fuse beads
+** Make your favorite video game characters, other pixelated friends, logos, or your own ideas into keychains, coasters, bracelets, and trinkets.
+** We will provide all the needed supplies (lots of colors of perler beads, pegboards, and an iron)
+** We are planning a Nightmrkt booth for the kiddos. Feel free to keep the art creations or sell them to make a few shadybucks!
+** It would be great for this workshop to be scheduled somewhat early in Toorcamp for maximum Nightmrkt opportunities.
+* Nintendo Switch Tournament
+** Running across multiple days with a Grand Finale on Saturday evening
-If you've got a kid and would like to add an activity, take a look at this google doc to put your name down for an activity to share with the other kids at camp. A few ideas were previously brainstormed on the [[ideas for kid workshops]] page. Check them out for inspiration.
+=== Antitree ===
+* Alien Leaf Painting & Decorating
+** Paint and decorate alient leaves to hang around camp or decorate your own campsite with
+** Running Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon
-==Legacy: 2018 Kids Activities Schedule==
+=== SalusaSecondus & meowmeans.hello ===
+* Crypto & Invisible Ink Demo
+** Thursday evening hands-on demonstration
-===Thursday 10AM-Noon===
+=== Ryan Nelson ===
-* joe fitz - jovo building tiles
+* Minecraft / Pokopia
-* joe fitz - DIY Newton's Cradles
+** Friday morning session
-===Friday 10AM-Noon===
+=== grind ===
-* joe fitz - CO2 bubbles
+* Metal Detector Treasure Hunt
-* joe grand - coke and mentos
+** Saturday afternoon — hunt for buried treasure around camp
-===Friday Noon-4PM===
-* [https://frab.toorcon.net/en/toorcamp2018/public/events/19 Tyler Menezes - Mini Code Day]
-===Saturday 10AM-Noon===
+=== TBD - $Your_Name_Here ===
-* joe fitz - assorted soldering projects (pending equipment)
-* anna - snap circuits?
-===Any Time on your own===
+==Disclaimer==
-- Large newtons cradle
+Kids Camp is not a daycare.  It is a community driven village that utilizes the resources of actual attendees.  It is not officially hosted by ToorCamp.  You are responsible for your own children, not Toorcamp or the volunteers who are staffing the village.
-- AR sandbox
-- Jumbo Jovo building tiles
-- Snap Circuits