Make it real.

StarStack teaches users to design and 3D print their own creations. Self-paced lessons, a 3D printer you build yourself, and no experience required from students or teachers.

For schools & camps For families

Tested with 50+ students · Built on Onshape, the CAD software professionals use · Aligned to ISTE and K–12 CS standards

Build

Assemble your own 3D printer and learn how every part works as you put it together.

Design

Learn 3D design through step-by-step lessons you move through at your own pace.

Create

Turn your designs into real objects. Then customize them and make them unique.

For schools and camps

Everything you need to run a 3D design program: curriculum, teacher resources, and the materials to go with it. Teachers start in about two hours with no CAD background.

→ See how it works for schools

For families

A 3D printer your kid builds themselves, plus the lessons that teach them to design for it. Ages 9 and up.

→ See the family kit

The difference

Why it works

No CAD experience needed.

Students are taught directly by the lessons. Teachers learn alongside them.

Works with any 3D printer.

Already have one sitting unused? This is how it gets used.

Real professional software.

Students learn Onshape — the same CAD tool used in industry and by FIRST robotics teams.

Self-paced by design.

Every student moves at their own speed keeping every student engaged and learning at a pace that's right for them.

Curriculum

Standards

Aligned to ISTE Standards for Students (1.1 Empowered Learner, 1.4 Innovative Designer, 1.5 Computational Thinker, 1.6 Creative Communicator) and the K–12 Computer Science Framework — mapped lesson by lesson.

Student work

What students make

Four prints in copper filament: a telescoping lightsaber hilt, a chess piece, a UFO spinning top, and a bag tag stamped MO on a carabiner. — Lightsaber hilt, chess piece, spinning top and bag tag.

Bag tags and Smiley faces.

Proof

From our summer camps

In June and July 2026 we ran StarStack at a school summer camp with 24 students aged 9 to 13. Over two weeks they designed and printed smiley faces, bag tags, spinning tops, chess pieces and lightsaber hilts — then kept going, designing creations of their own to take home.

Ready to start?

Schools and camps get a quote within one business day. Families can join the printer waitlist.

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