Online Design Bootcamp for Kids — 8 Weeks, Ages 8–12

A live, small-group online design bootcamp where your child turns their own idea into a real mobile app prototype — and presents it at a final showcase.

Eight weekly sessions, taught live by the KraftStories studio team. Never pre-recorded, never follow-along busywork. Built for complete beginners: no design, art, or technology experience required.

What's included

• 8 live small-group sessions, one per week, at after-school-friendly times
• All materials and tools — a computer or tablet with a camera is all you need
• Weekly feedback on your child's actual work, plus presenting practice
• Final showcase where they present their finished app prototype
• Parent progress notes throughout

What they learn

• Graphic design — visual storytelling, layout, and color
• Digital art & illustration — sketching characters, scenes, and ideas
• Interface & web design — turning drawings into real screens
• Creative technology — AI as a thinking tool to question, not a shortcut

The 8 weeks

1. Big Ideas Begin — imagination becomes sketches others understand
2. Design Is More Than Decoration — finding what isn't working and improving it
3. Designing for Real People — empathy challenges
4. Art, Emotion & Meaning — why designs make us feel something
5. Storytelling & App Thinking — planning a real app
6. From Sketches to Digital Screens — interface design
7. AI as a Creative Thinking Tool — using it thoughtfully
8. From Ideas to Real Concepts — final prototype and showcase

Ages 8–12. Small cohorts so every child is seen and heard. Available anywhere in the US — any time zone.

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