Camp CrunchLabs – Mark Rober is turning his hands-on STEM energy into a 12-week virtual summer camp with CrunchLabs, offering weekly Build Box projects, exclusive videos with celebrity guests, and a chance to win a trip to build with him—at a single upfront cost of $329.40.
By the time summer rolls around, the math can feel brutal. One week of traditional summer camp can cost about $1,200 per child, and for many parents, that price doesn’t leave much room for alternatives.
Mark Rober is aiming straight at that gap.
The former NASA engineer and popular YouTuber is launching Camp CrunchLabs, a virtual 12-week summer camp built around a weekly “Build Box” STEM toy. The program is designed to keep kids engaged through the summer with hands-on science activities and videos featuring Rober plus celebrity guests.
The camp is structured as a weekly drop rather than a monthly one. Every box comes with exclusive Mark Rober videos and components for the projects. along with a booklet that uses picture-based instructions and explains STEM concepts. Each delivery also includes activities and challenges intended to take the toys to the next level. plus a gear badge tied to the engineering “superpower” featured in that box.
Camp CrunchLabs is also offering a prize: every box gives families a chance to win a trip to CrunchLabs to build alongside Rober himself.
Enrollment information is framed around families looking for a cheaper option than overnight camp, while keeping the draw of a creator kids already follow.
CrunchLabs is a STEM-focused subscription box company that offers three build-it-yourself options. While monthly deliveries start as low as $27.45, Camp CrunchLabs uses the Build Box format on a summer schedule.
For the standard subscription, the company’s box types are organized by age and approach:
The Creative Kit is aimed at kids ages 6–10 and is described as fostering creativity, with a different box delivered every month for up to two years.
The Build Box targets kids ages 8–13, with a different box delivered every month for up to four years.
The Hack Pack is for ages 14 to 101, focused on robotics and engineering. Unlike the other options, the Hack Pack requires computer access, and it delivers a different box every month for up to four years of coding and hacking.
All CrunchLabs boxes—across the subscription options—include the exclusive Mark Rober videos, high-quality project components, picture-based instruction booklets with STEM concept explanations, and the gear badge recognizing the engineering superpower in that box.
For summer camp enrollees, the schedule changes. Families will receive the “Year 1 Build Box series” on an accelerated timeline for the Camp CrunchLabs Summer Special. Instead of receiving 12 boxes over 12 months, the plan calls for all 12 boxes to be delivered across the 12 weeks of summer break.
The camp also comes with a consistent video component. Camp CrunchLabs is described as delivering access to exclusive Mark Rober videos every Saturday as part of “Summer Saturday,” with celebrity guests.
Cost is built around a single upfront payment. Camp CrunchLabs matches the standard subscription price of $27.45 per box, but it requires paying the full amount in advance. The summer camp is priced at $329.40 as a lump sum. rather than being billed on a monthly subscription cycle such as annual. quarterly. or month-to-month.
Rober, whose content focuses on science, is the face behind the program’s projects. He is known for building a massive squirrel obstacle course and for punishing porch pirates with glittery explosive decoys. and his stated goal through the years has been to inspire kids to become interested in science and engineering and to develop a lasting passion for it.
The 12-week format appears designed to turn that inspiration into a steady routine: one weekly Build Box delivered across summer, exclusive videos with celebrity guests, and a chance to win a trip to build with Rober and the CrunchLabs team.
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