During Pop Culture Classroom’s summer camps, students can learn about creating comics and board games, the basics of cosplay and costuming, interactive storytelling, and more.
If you or a parent you know are looking for an experience to keep your kids inspired, connected, and learning during the summer, check out Pop Culture Classroom’s Summer 2024 camps.
2024 Summer Camps
Game On! @ Stanley Lake Library
For Grades 3-5
June 3-4 (Daily, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm)
8485 Kipling St,
Arvada, CO 80005
In this two-day intensive Game Design camp, students will learn the basics of how to design or modify a board game.
Registration opens May 20th
Heroes Origins @ Anythink Library: Brighton
For 3rd – 5th graders
Friday, June 7 (11:00 am -12:30 pm)
327 E Bridge ST
Brighton, CO 80601
“Our Quest begins Here.” Students create their own characters as they explore their our own superhero origin stories.
Registration opens soon
Comic Book Camp @ Lafayette Public Library
For Ages Ages 10-14
June 10-14 (Daily, 10:00 am -1:00 pm)
Lafayette Public Library
775 Baseline Rd
Lafayette, CO 80026
At this camp, you will learn to draw and write a script as you complete your own original comic. Design a cool cover for your comic and practice your drawing skills as you become a comic artist!
Game On! @ Lafayette Library
For Ages Ages 10-14
June 10-14 (Daily, 1:30 pm -4:30 pm)
Lafayette Public Library
775 Baseline Rd
Lafayette, CO 80026
Have you ever played a board game with your family and friends and thought “I could make this game better or more fun? ” Now is your chance to do just that in Game On! Board Game Design Camp. Level up your skills as a game designer by playing a collection of games to learn how they work and what you like about them. Next campers will plan out their own board game designs and using a variety of craft supplies they will make models of their new and improved games. Finally, our game designers will playtest their games to see how it does with real gamers just like professional game makers do with new games. Learn through play and GAME ON!
Comic Book Camp @ the Museum of Boulder
For Ages Ages 10-14
June 17-21 (9:30 am -3:30 pm)
Museum of Boulder
2205 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80302
Students will learn all about comics and manga, explore a plethora of comic content, and learn to create their own comics through storytelling and art techniques. By the end of the camp, they will have their own finished comic!
Character Creation Session @ Anythink Library Huron
For Grades 7-10
July 14 (2:30 pm -4:30 pm)
Anythink Library
9417 Huron St
Thornton, CO 80260
Learn how to make great characters for storytelling and gaming!
Registration opens soon.
Storytelling through Comics @ College Hill Library (Westminster)
For Ages 12-16
July 16 and 18 (2:00 pm – 4:000 pm)
College Hill Library
Located in Front Range Community College
3705 W 112th Ave
Westminster, CO 80031
Do you like to draw or have a story to tell? Learn from the professional comic artists of Pop Culture Classroom how to make comic-worthy characters for your original comic! We will teach simple drawing techniques to make you better visual storytellers.
Registration opens June 25, 2024
Comic Book Mini-Camp @ Columbine Library
For Grades 3-5
July 16-18 (9:30 am – 12:00 pm)
Columbine Library
Located in Front Range Community College
3705 W 112th Ave
Westminster, CO 80031
At this camp, you will learn to draw and write a script as you complete your own original comic. Design a cool cover for your comic and practice your drawing skills as you become a comic artist!
Registration opens July 2, 2024
Comic Book Mini-Camp @ The PACE Center (Parker)
For Ages 8-12
July 22-26 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm)
The PACE Center
20000 Pikes Peak Avenue
Parker, CO 80138
Explore comics and manga to create your own comics through storytelling and art techniques. Get creative and dream up your own superheroes, villians and fantasy creatures. Tell the stories of the crazy adventures they go on in your very own comic book! You’ll work with experienced artists and comic book writers. By the end of the camp, each student will have their own original cover and 2-page comic book!
Dungeons & Dragons: The Quest Begins! @ The PACE Center (Parker)
For Ages 10-14
July 22-27 (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
The PACE Center
20000 Pikes Peak Avenue
Parker, CO 80138
Dungeons & Dragons is a table-top role playing game (TTRPG) full of collaborative storytelling. This camp will help you learn more about D&D from how to play to building a cool character for your next campaign. We will paint mini figures before playing a one-shot campaign with your fellow camp adventurers!
Game On! Mini Camp @ Lakewood Library
For Grades 3-5
July 29-31 (1:00 pm – 3:30 pm)
Lakewood Library
10200 W 20th Ave
Lakewood, CO 80215
In this three-day board game design camp, students will learn the basics of game design, and then make a prototype for their own game and playtest it!
Registration opens soon