Upcoming June and July STEM Fun Workshops 2026

STEM Fun Workshops are 1 session workshops with fun STEM activities.  Each activity will have it’s age range listed.

Classes that don’t meet minimum registrations will be cancelled.  Please let us know you are planning to come!

Catapult Skeeball Game 

Design a launching mechanism and a game with your own unique theme. Create a fun game with a way to score points. You’ll get to test out your creation and take it home to play with the family.

Tuition is $10 for the first child and $7 for each additional child. Registration is required.

String Powered Robot Puppet – Mon, June 1 10:30-11:15, Mon, July 13 1:00-1:45

Unleash your inner engineer and artist! In this hands-on class, you’ll discover the cleverness of hinges and use them to design and build your own unique, string-powered dancing robot from cardboard. Learn how to make your robot groove and move with a simple pull of a string! Our small class size (limited to 6 participants) ensures plenty of individual attention and guidance for all learners. We encourage younger makers (ages 5-6) to join in the fun with the assistance of a parent or guardian. 7 and up will be able to do most of this project independently.

Tuition is $10 for the first child and $5 for each additional child in the same family. Registration is required.

Marshmallow Launcher -Tues, July 14 1:00-1:50

Create a pyramid-catapult to launch marshmallows!  This is a great project for ages 5-7 with an adult helper and 8+ on their own or with a helper.  When our catapults are finished, we’ll build some cup-castles to knock down!

Tuition: $12 for one child, $20 for two. Registration is required.

Pneumatic Crane –  

Build a pneumatic crane to take home.  Makers younger than 8 should have a hands-on helper.  You’ll use air power to make your crane move. Tuition: $10 Registration is required.

Magnetic Sculpture – Wed, June 17, and Thur, July 9, 10:30-11:20

Play with our magnetic pendulums and then make your own magnetic sculpture that you can take home.   What will you create?  A butterfly that visits flowers, a sea turtle swimming through the ocean?  We can’t wait to see what you create!

Ages 7+ can do this project pretty independently, but adults are always welcome to stay and help with the creation.  Under 7 are welcome, but must have a hands-on adult helper.

Tuition is $10 for the first child and $5 for each additional child in the same family. Registration is required.

Cardboard Grabber – Wed, June 10, 1:30-2:20, Wed, July 15 1:00-1:50

Build a cardboard grabber that you can take home!  We’ll make a cool, extendable grabber arm and learn how to use brads to attach pieces together so they can move.

Ages 8+ can do this project independently, but adults are always welcome to stay and help!  Under 7 are welcome, but must have a hands-on adult helper.

Tuition: $12 for one child, $20 for two. Registration is required.

Straw Rockets- 

Explore the power of elastic potential energy as you make straw rockets and a cool device to “fling” them with! This is a family class, we ask that parents stay and work with their children who are 5-8 years old.  Older children can do this project independently.

Tuition: $8 to admit 1, $16 for a family admission. Registration is required.

Brownie Girl Scouts, this class will complete the requirements for Brownie Mechanical Engineering Badge 2.

Build a Crane! – 

Build a cool crane that you can take home at the end of the workshop!  We’ll test to see how much our cranes can pick up and then, we’ll experiment with ways to make them stronger!  This is a family class, we ask that parents stay and work with their children who are 5-8 years old. 

Tuition is $10 for the first child or a family registration is $15 for up to 3 siblings.

Please note, the mall opens at 11:00.  If your class starts before the mall opens,  you’ll need to come to the entrance nearest LabSpace so we can let you in.  Park on the HyVee side of the mall between Ross and the car wash.  Come to the mall entrance nearest the car wash.  We’ll have someone there to let you in.  If there isn’t someone there, just call (573) 645-0800 and we’ll be right there. I’m sorry, but before 11, we’re not allowed to walk in the halls, but we have lots of toys in the front to occupy younger siblings.