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Projections and Playtronica. Day 3 of The Yaksha, Summer Programme 2025

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Welcome to the EarthLab Club’s Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 – The Yaksha.
This unique summer programme offers children the chance to explore their passions through expert-guided sessions—from tech labs to interactive design. Day 3 was a fun, creative, and inspiring journey into visual storytelling through animations and projections.

Day 3 –Design Lab Log | Young Creators Summer Programme 2025

Day 3 of the Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 was a vibrant celebration of creativity, collaboration, and curiosity.  Guided by our expert mentors, they explored emotions through art, experimented with DIY projectors, and learned about light, reflection, and storytelling through visuals. 

  • The day 3 of summer programme began with students cutting and repurposing their sun-dried screen prints from Day 2 into creative stickers and mini artworks. As the session moved forward the children started getting into discussion about design with our  design expert Ansh Kumar, and later they gathered around the table for a fun collaborative drawing activity. The activity was that each child folded a sheet into 4 parts—feet, limbs, torso, and head—drawing one part before passing it on. This happened across 3 rounds, sparking surprise and delight as the final characters were revealed, and students were encouraged to name those characters and tell a story about it. Here are the creations made by our students during the summer programme, shared for your kind perusal.
  • A second round of drawing focused on emotions—students illustrated happiness, sadness, anger, and curiosity on each fold, helping them express and recognize feelings through visual storytelling. These activities nurtured creative confidence and offered a safe space for self-expression.
  • As the day 3 session moved forward a hands-on science-meets-art activity, children made DIY projectors using transparent glasses, cellophane, and tape. They drew colorful images on their slides and, using flashlights in a dark room, projected their artwork onto the walls. This engaging activity introduced students to basic concepts of light, reflection, and visual design.
  • After a nourishing and refreshing lunch around 1:30 PM, students were introduced to the fascinating world of Playtronica by our tech expert Sai K. Mulpuru. In this activity students learned how to make music using vegetables and everyday objects through sensors and conductive touch. The day 3 session covered the basics of physical computing, sound design, and how grounding and circuits work—all in a playful and hands-on format. Some students also showcased their piano skills during this interactive music session.
  • In the final segment, students explored digital creativity by drawing on iPads and seeing their artworks projected live onto the wall. They took turns having their faces animated or sketched and experimented with layering visuals using technology.

Reach out to Earthlab Club directly for more details about the  Earthlab club summer programme.

Stay tuned — and get ready to create!

We can’t wait to welcome a new group of young creators in the next edition of Earthlab Club summer programme !

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Twisted Words, Moving Images, and Printing Stickers. Day 2 of The Yaksha, Summer Programme 2025

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Welcome to the EarthLab Club’s Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 – The Yaksha.
This unique summer programme offers children the chance to explore their passions through expert-guided sessions—from tech labs to interactive design. Day 2 was all about being fun, creative, and inspiring a love for linguistics and sustainable designing.

Day 2 –  Storytelling and Design Log | Young Creators Summer Programme 2025

The day started with a bang as students were introduced to the amazing and jumbled world of words in form of riddles and puzzles, guided by the expert Prashant Nawani, students explored different types of word games, their formation, history, and types. 

  • As the workshop began, students were introduced to the intriguing world of riddles and wordplay. They learned about the two main categories of riddles, which are enigmas, they are metaphorical and require careful thinking, and conundrums, which are often based on puns or wordplay. The session opened with a series of interactive flashcard-based challenges, where students worked in teams to solve classic and modern riddles, ranging from logical problems like “What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?” to humorous conundrums like “Why was the math book sad?” 
  • Under the guidance of our mentor, they explored the structure of riddles, understanding how clues are layered, how ambiguity is built, and how tone and language affect interpretation. Students were also introduced to linguistic devices such as double meanings, metaphors, misdirection, and homonyms, which are commonly used in crafting riddles. Later, they moved into a creative writing segment where each student selected a word such as “mirror,” “shadow,” or “time” and experimented with forming ambiguous cues and clever misdirections to challenge their peers. They crafted original riddles using what they had learned, sharing them aloud and seeing if others could solve them.
  • This engaging activity not only helped students appreciate the nuances of language and logic, but also enhanced their critical thinking, listening, and communication skills. The atmosphere was electric with curiosity and laughter as teams solved, created, and performed riddles, truly embodying the spirit of playful learning.
  • At 1 PM, students took a lunch break, and post-lunch, they resumed watching Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, continuing from where they had left off on Day 1. After the film, students reflected on memorable characters and scenes through sketching and visual storytelling. They wrote brief recaps and created visual interpretations of the characters they liked the most. The creative outputs like the images and written pieces from students captured the film’s emotional depth and connection to nature beautifully.
  • In the second half of day 2 of the summer programme, students entered the world of design and printing with our expert mentor Ansh Kumar. They learned the basics of screen printing, including how paper is made, the materials used for screens and inks, and how sustainable printing can be achieved.
  • Each student got hands-on experience printing their designs on paper using a variety of colors and textures, promoting creativity and teamwork. They discovered how everyday items like T-shirts are printed and explored the connection between art and sustainability.
  • Students concluded day 2 sessions by drying their prints in the sun and creatively repurposing them into stickers and mini artworks. This final activity encouraged fine motor skills, creativity, and reuse, rounding off the day with joy and hands-on experimentation.

Reach out to Earthlab Club directly for more details about the  Earthlab club summer programme.

Stay tuned — and get ready to create!

We can’t wait to welcome a new group of young creators in the next edition of Earthlab Club summer programme !

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Discovering Earth, Gods, and Forest Spirits. Day 1 of The Yaksha, Summer Programme 2025

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Welcome to the EarthLab Club’s Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 – The Yaksha.
This unique summer programme offers children the chance to explore their passions through expert-guided sessions—from tech labs to interactive design. Day 1 was just the beginning of a fun, creative, and inspiring journey into storytelling, science, and imagination.

Day 1 –  Storytelling Log | Young Creators Summer Programme 2025

Our first workshop of the Young Creators Summer Programme 2025 kicked off with great excitement! As students arrived, they explored the EarthLab space, browsing through displays and resources that set the tone for a day of discovery.

  • The session began with a fundamental question: How old is the Earth? and students were introduced to Earth’s formation and ancient history.
  • They used the interactive tool Ancient Earth – dinosaurpictures.org to visualize how Earth looked 240 million years ago, and witnessed Dehradun’s transformation through time when the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collided 55 million years ago, tracing it from prehistoric landmasses to its present form.
  • Students then selected their hometowns and other global locations to explore similar transformations, they also learned about the concepts like continental drift, plate tectonics, and geological time were discussed.
  • Students were also introduced to biomimicry and the idea of a regenerative future through simple, relatable examples from nature and design.
  • Later students spent 25 minutes independently researching the history of Earth, taking notes and comparing it with today’s geography, which was followed by a real-world comparison using globes and collaborative peer discussion.
  • At 1 PM, students took a break for lunch, and post-lunch, they watched Studio Ghibli’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, which was followed by a group discussion on the film’s environmental themes, mythology, and its relevance to Earth’s current ecological challenges.
  • The session moved into mythological geography, focusing on the Himalayas and the students were introduced to the spirit god Yaksha and the river goddess Saraswati. They searched about the forest gods from the regions of The Himalayas, Northeastern India, Thailand, Korea etc and started taking inspiration for their sketching from these folklore of forest spirits.

It was a fun and enriching day filled with experimentation, learning, creativity, and collaboration. Students engaged in discussions, worked as teams, and brought together science, mythology, and imagination in the true spirit of the Young Creators Programme.

 

Reach out to Earthlab Club directly for more details about the  Earthlab club summer programme.

Stay tuned — and get ready to create!

We can’t wait to welcome a new group of young creators in the next edition of Earthlab Club summer programme !

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FAQ’s – The Yaksha, Summer Programme 2025

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Your Yaksha Guidebook Starts Here
 Not sure how The Yaksha works? Don’t worry. We’ve compiled answers to all the FAQ’s to help you understand what makes this summer programme unlike any other.

If you have further questions or require more information, feel free to reach out to our team. We’re here to ensure that both parents and students have a clear understanding of what Earthlab Club Young Creator’s Summer Programme 2025- The Yaksha offers and how it can benefit every young learner.

 

What are the dates and timings of the programme?

 The programme runs from 5th June to the 21st June, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily, including Sundays.

Where will the programme take place?

 All activities will be held at the EarthLab Club Studio, Shivam Vihar, Jakhan, Dehradun.

Who can join the programme?

Children aged 7–17 years can join. Participants will be divided into small age-based cohorts to ensure age-appropriate engagement and mentoring.

 How many students per batch?

We cap participation to 30 children only, divided into:

  • 7–9 years: 6 participants
  • 10–14 years: 14 participants
  • 15–17 years: 10 participants
  What is the theme of this year’s programme?

This year’s theme is “The Yaksha: Myth, Memory, and the Future of Nature”, combining storytelling, environmental awareness, and immersive technology.

What will the children be creating? 

An interactive, tech-driven storytelling installation inspired by the mythical Yaksha of Bandarpunch and the Last Keepers of Tons—featuring sound, light, movement, and narrative.

Can my child join just one module?

Yes! You can enroll your child in a standalone module (Storytelling, Visual, Tech, or Music/Media). However, only full-programme participants will be part of the Set Design Lab and immersive exhibition build.

Is any prior experience required to join? 

None. The programme is designed to be inclusive and welcoming for all children.

What’s so different about this programme?

Unlike routine hobby classes, The Yaksha is an original, immersive EarthLab creation—where myth meets motion, creativity meets cause, and every child finds their thread in a larger story. It’s not about making projects. It’s about discovering purpose.

Is this more like a summer camp or a course?

It’s neither—and both. It blends the freedom and fun of summer with the depth and direction of a creative lab. Think of it as a purposeful adventure—part workshop, part quest, and entirely unforgettable.

What safety protocols will be followed? 

The venue is child-safe and fully supervised. All tools are age-appropriate. First aid is available on-site.

What happens after the programme ends?

 The installation will remain open for public viewing for two weeks—inviting families, schools, and visitors to experience what the children have created.

Can children from outside Dehradun join the programme?

Yes, absolutely! The Yaksha is open to students from all across India. We welcome young creators from different cities and cultures to be part of this unique experience.

Can stay arrangements be made for people coming from outside of Dehradun?

If there are a group of students or families traveling from outside Dehradun, EarthLab Club will help coordinate safe and convenient accommodation options in nearby guesthouses or homestays. Please note that the cost of accommodation is not included in the programme fee.

Will transport be provided for students?

If there are enough participants coming from a particular place or school group, we can assist in coordinating shared transport. Transport charges, however, will be separate from the programme fee and discussed case-by-case.

Are accommodation and transport included in the fee?

No, the standard programme pricing excludes travel, stay, and food unless explicitly mentioned. However, our team is happy to support parents with recommendations and logistical help.

What’s included in the fees?
  • Daily sessions with mentors
  • Tools, kits, and workshop materials
  • Photography/videography (with prior consent)
  • Participation in the public showcase
Are meals provided during the programme?

While EarthLab Club does not serve meals as part of the programme, there is a designated space and ample time provided for lunch. We offer storage and heating facilities for home-packed meals. Children get an hour-long break in the middle of the day for lunch and rest.

What will my child learn?

Through a blend of art, storytelling, tech, and design, they will learn:

  • Basics of coding and IoT
  • Light and sound design
  • Installation art and spatial storytelling
  • Myth-based narrative creation
  • Music production and soundscapes
  • Environmental consciousness and regenerative thinking
Will my child be overwhelmed or lost in a creative/tech programme like this?

Not at all. Each child is guided through age-appropriate activities. The emphasis is on curiosity, collaboration, and joy—not pressure or perfection. We create a supportive environment where all voices matter, and where trying something new is celebrated.

What if my child is shy or introverted?

We work in small groups, and our mentors are trained to help every child find their pace and space. Many of our most thoughtful contributors have been quiet observers who surprised even their parents with what they created.

Who are the mentors?

Our mentors include installers, storytellers, engineers, musicians, and designers with global experience. Each brings hands-on guidance to help children build original projects.

What is the student-to-mentor ratio?

To ensure meaningful guidance and hands-on mentorship, we maintain a low student-to-mentor ratio. Each small group works directly with a mentor, receiving personal attention and support.

How does the wide age group (7–17) work out?

Participants are grouped into small, age-based cohorts, each exploring ideas at a level suited to their stage of development. While each group tackles different complexities and creation challenges, the overall experience is deeply collaborative. From the youngest to the oldest, everyone contributes—and learns not just from mentors, but from each other.

Is there a dress code?

There’s no strict dress code, but we recommend comfortable clothing that allows for movement and creative mess! 

What is included in the fee?
  • Daily sessions with mentors
  • Tools, kits, and workshop materials
  • Snacks & refreshments
  • Photography/videography (with prior consent)
  • Participation in the public showcase
Will participants receive certificates?

Yes! All students whether they join individual workshops or the full summer programme will receive official EarthLab Club certificates acknowledging their participation, effort, and creativity.

Are there any offers, scholarships, or incentives available?

We do have occasional offers if you’re interested in learning more about available discounts or special packages, feel free to reach out to our team directly on WhatsApp at 9997014663. 

Can I meet or speak with the team before the programme begins? 

Yes. You’re welcome to call or visit our studio by appointment to learn more and meet the team.

How do I register?

Call or WhatsApp us at 9997014663

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Reach out to Earthlab Club directly for more details about the upcoming Earthlab club summer programme.

Stay tuned — and get ready to create!

We can’t wait to welcome a new group of young creators in the next edition of Earthlab Club summer programme  !