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Summer Classes

Each summer Leonardo's Basement provides six weeklong sessions of classes for children ages 6-16. Morning and afternoon classes offer creative project building experiences that mix art and science with technology. Sessions are held in June, July and August.

The summer class schedule is available in early spring. Popular classes fill quickly and if you want to increase your odds for getting a preferred class you should join our mailing list.

A couple of weeks after the summer schedule is available online it will also be sent via regular mail. You will be able to print a registration form from this site, fill it out and mail it along with payment by check or credit card information or return it via FAX with credit card information. Sorry, but we do not accept online payment at this time.

Questions? Call 612-824-4394 or email info@leonardosbasement.org


2007 Summer Class Photos!!!

View 2008 Summer Classes Schedule (pdf)

Print 2008 Summer Classes Registration Form (pdf)

Print 2008 Summer Class Scholarship Application (pdf)


Class Status Table

! ADDED !    Session 0.5 --- June 16-20    ! ADDED !
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Lego Robotics (ages 9-12) FULL Lego Robotics (ages 9-12) FULL


Session I --- June 23-27
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Puppet Pandemonium FULL Kids Needs Beads! FULL
M2 (Marvelous Mobiles) OPEN Tools FULL
Fantasy Architecture FULL Put Yer Head In A Bag! Bag-Head Animals FULL
Lego Machines For Young Builders (ages 7-9) FULL Build What You Want FULL
Physics Of Toys FULL Create A Creature FULL
K.O.P.S. FULL Wire Tango OPEN
Renewable Energy! FULL Design Your Own Website FULL


Session II --- July 7-11
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Ink, Paper, Books FULL Rube's Chemistry Set FULL
Discover Your Archetypes FULL Reimagined Toys FULL
The Art Of Invention FULL Ding Dong The... OPEN
The Art Of Resistance FULL Printmaking: The Pressure Is On! FULL
Oscar's Junkyard FULL Rockets For Small People FULL
Lego Robotics (ages 9-12) FULL Fabric Deconstruct OPEN
Massive Rube Goldberg Machine FULL Lego Robotics (ages 11-14) FULL
Ride The Trebuchet! FULL Live Role Playing Game Adventure FULL


Session III --- July 14-18
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Lego-nardo's Basement Robotics (ages 9-14) FULL Giant Maze FULL
Karpentry For Kids FULL Things That Spin FULL
Painting On Glass FULL Plaster Master FULL
Art Of Ancient Egypt FULL Going Green OPEN
Nifty Nature FULL Paint Like Pollock II FULL
Potions And Slime FULL Exploding And Imploding FULL
Poetry In Motion - Art Car FULL Rube Goldberg Lego Machine (ages 11-16) FULL


! ADDED !    Session III.5 --- July 21-25    ! ADDED !
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Lego Machines for Young Builders (ages 7-9) FULL Lego Machines for Young Builders (ages 7-9) FULL
Art of Invention (ages 7-9) FULL Art of Invention (ages 7-9) OPEN


Session IV --- July 28 - August 1
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Girls And Power Tools FULL Edible Housing OPEN
Lego-nardo's Basement Robotics (ages 9-14) FULL Cheap, Fast And Out Of Control FULL
Print! (ages 10-13) OPEN Mini Monsters And Wacky Wizards FULL
Faerie Houses FULL A Royal Round Table OPEN
Take Apart Class FULL Builders, Inc. FULL
Supermodels FULL Giant Submarine FULL
T-Wrecks OPEN Urban Photography (ages 13-16) FULL
Stilts: Build And Walk FULL Rube Goldberg Lego Machine (ages 11-16) FULL


Session V --- August 4-8
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Piñata Self Defense FULL Freaky Puppets With Working Guts And Brains FULL
Lego-nardo's Basement Robotics (ages 9-14) FULL Foam Food Fling OPEN
Beginning Sculpture FULL Happy Feet FULL
Baboons Waited On Tables OPEN The Art Of Invention FULL
Kids Build Furniture FULL Rock, Paper, Scissors OPEN
Deck Your Door OPEN Human-Powered Paddleboat FULL
Luminous Giants! FULL Rube Goldberg Lego Machine (ages 11-16) FULL


! ADDED !    Session V.5 --- August 11-15    ! ADDED !
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Lego Robotics (ages 9-12) FULL Lego-nardo's Basement Robotics (ages 9-14) FULL
Potions and Slime (ages 6-8) FULL Duck, Duck, Duct Tape (ages 9-12) FULL


Session VI --- August 18-22
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Urban Photography (ages 10-13) FULL Duck, Duck, Duct Tape FULL
Wild Wheels And Bouncing Balls FULL What Would Wood Do For You FULL
Stick Yourself In A Junk Box! Junk Box Robots! FULL Sound Explorers FULL
Archeologists Unite!!! FULL Design And Rule FULL
Punches And Rivets FULL Insect Aliens! Interstellar Entomology! FULL
Stop-Motion Mayhem FULL Minneapolis A-Z (ages 13-16) FULL
Duck, Duck, Duct Tape FULL You Can't Program A Cardboard Box (ages 12-16) FULL


! ADDED !    Session VII --- August 25-29    ! ADDED !
AM (9:30 - noon) status PM (12:30 - 3:00) status
Physics of Toys (ages 6-10) FULL Rockets for Small People (ages 6-9) FULL
Paint Like Pollock II (ages 7-11) FULL Supermodels (ages 6-9) OPEN
Art of Invention (ages 6-9) OPEN Lego-nardo's Basement Robotics (ages 9-14) OPEN
Lego-nardo's Basement Robotics (ages 9-14) FULL Urban Photography (ages 10-13) FULL
Giant Maze (ages 9-12) OPEN Exploding and Imploding (ages 12-16) OPEN
Minneapolis A-Z (ages 13-16) OPEN Live Role Playing Game Adventure (ages 12-16) OPEN
Design and Rule (ages 8-13) OPEN Archeologists unite!!! (ages 6-12) OPEN


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