How Girl Scouts Benefit From Camp Invention

If your child is a Girl Scout, give them a summer camp experience that will boost their confidence, expand their creativity and teach them the joys of STEM learning, all while providing the opportunity to earn Daisy, Brownie, Junior or Cadette badges! At Camp Invention^®, campers build persistence and learn to dream big, knowing that there is a place in STEM fields for everyone. 

Spark Summer Fun at Our All-New Program

With four brand-new experiences, exciting STEM challenges and never-before-seen take-home items, the 2026 Camp Invention program encourages campers to build STEM and life skills that align with the goals of the Girl Scouts organization. Throughout the program week, campers also learn how their interests can lead them toward awesome STEM careers. One way they experience this is by becoming young inventors themselves! Keep reading for a preview of each camp experience and the badges they can help your Girl Scout earn.

Make Waves^™ takes campers on a journey of entrepreneurship where they ride the ways of innovation. They paddle their way through salty challenges, generate unique ideas and learn to pitch their product to hook investors! Campers then advertise their product by building their very own billboard boat. 

In Space Morphers^™, campers make out-of-this-world discoveries as they launch their mission to locate and prepare a distant planet for human habitation. They collect vital data, set up a Space Lab and record dazzling observations. Along the way, campers are challenged to stretch their imaginations and build inventions to navigate intense conditions. No space mission is complete without an awesome DIY space rocket to help campers blast off on their next adventure!

Detective Cap E. Bara enlists campers’ help to sharpen their sleuthing skills as they solve a series of mischievous crimes committed by one of the animal residents in Fur-ensics^™. Each camper receives their own robotic capybara to help their investigation. As they explore animal antics, campers analyze evidence, narrow down suspects and devise a plan using the biopark’s largest social event to locate the mysterious prankster! 

With some of the nation’s most impactful inventors, National Inventors Hall of Fame^® Inductees known as the Innovation Force^®, by their side, campers unlock their innovative superpowers and keep their big ideas safe from mischievous idea-copying creatures in The Infringers^™. Campers team up to solve challenges in their community and around the world with miniaturized top-secret inventions. To safeguard their designs, campers create cryptography devices and learn about the power of protecting their intellectual property by filing a patent! 

Earn Badges at Camp

Camp Invention can help Girl Scouts explore new STEM interests while having fun and earning badges. To do this, Scouts must verify with their Girl Scout troop leader that they will approve the badges earned by participating in Camp Invention. This summer in our 2026 Spark program, Girl Scouts can earn badges in each of the below levels, from Daisy to Cadette. 

Daisy: Grades K-1

Campers can earn STEM and life skills badges as they solve problems, conquer challenges and uncover future career possibilities.

• Animal Observer
• Cybersecurity Basics
• Cybersecurity Investigator
• Digital Leadership
• Model Car Design Challenge
• How Robots Move
• Space Science Explorer
• Daisy STEM Career Exploration
• Craft and Tinker
• Create and Innovate

Brownie: Grades 2-3

Badges are up for grabs when campers discover their innovative potential by using STEM, life skills and entrepreneurship to develop great ideas and bring them to life.

• Cybersecurity Basics
• Space Science Adventurer 
• Fair Play
• Craft and Tinker
• STEM Career Exploration
• Create and Innovate
• Budding Entrepreneur 

Junior: Grades 4-5

Campers practice problem solving and creativity as they build upon their innovative ideas and learn how they can pursue STEM interests.

• Detective
• Paddle Boat Design Challenge
• STEM Career Exploration
• Craft and Tinker
• Create and Innovate
• Business Jumpstart

Cadette: Grades 6-8 

There are even more opportunities for STEM learning and entrepreneurship when campers are introduced to inspiring role models and business skills.

• Special Agent
• Space Science Researcher
• STEM Career Exploration
• Business Creator

Learn More

Keep exploring our website for more information about each of the brand-new experiences that make up Camp Invention’s inspiring 2026 program and to find a camp near you!