Nothing creates a more adventurous season for kids than a summer camp experience. Whether your child desires a sports camp, STEM adventure, classic overnight experience or any number of area day camps, you can be guaranteed they’ll have fun, learn something new, and get the opportunity to grow socially.
To help get the whole family in the summer camp spirit, we’re sharing the following 100 things kids can do at summer camps and programs.
1. Go for a hike.
2. Make a new friend.
3. Improve in their favorite sport.
4. Conduct science experiments.
5. Build something with their own hands.
6. Cook a meal.
7. Learn to garden.
8. Learn archery.
9. Work with farm animals.
10. Improve their storytelling skills.
11. Complete a scavenger hunt.
12. Learn a new language.
13. Tell stories around the campfire.
14. Complete an obstacle course.
15. Build a robot.
16. Learn to sail.
17. Have a water balloon fight.
18. Improve their art skills.
19. Learn woodworking.
20. Go on a field trip.
21. Learn a magic trick.
22. Picnic outdoors.
23. Practice photography skills.
24. Fly a drone.
25. Make a friendship bracelet.
26. Improve their dance skills.
27. Shoot a video.
28. Ride a zipline.
29. Learn outdoor survival skills.
30. Create a journal or scrapbook.
31. Identify animal tracks.
32. Build in a Lego competition.
33. Write a poem.
34. Paddle a canoe.
35. Climb a tree.
36. Learn to knit or crochet.
37. See old friends.
38. Decorate their cabin.
39. Play capture the flag.
40. Make ice cream.
41. Get messy.
42. Improve math skills.
43. Learn how to sing.
44. Go bird watching.
45. Try a ropes course.
46. Strengthen leadership skills.
47. Listen to spooky stories.
48. Learn to water ski.
49. Drive remote control vehicles.
50. Play parachute games.
51. Complete team-building activities.
52. Play paintball or laser tag.
53. Learn to play an instrument.
54. Play and learn chess.
55. Learn STEM lessons.
56. Perform in a concert.
57. Learn coding.
58. Write a letter home.
59. Learn to juggle.
60. Improve their writing skills.
61. Go horseback riding.
62. Learn about animation.
63. Meet exotic animals.
64. Go snorkeling or learn to scuba dive.
65. Have a jump rope or hula hoop contest.
66. Learn animal care.
67. Improve their swimming skills.
68. Play track and field games.
69. Solve a mystery.
70. Learn to build a campfire.
71. Improve their painting skills.
72. Perform a play.
73. Use a Fab Lab.
74. Create in Minecraft.
75. Improve their manners.
76. Tie-dye a shirt.
77. Become more independent.
78. Climb a rock wall.
79. Learn origami.
80. Cook over the campfire.
81. Practice yoga.
82. Compete in a relay race.
83. Catch a ball.
84. Go kayaking.
85. Catch a fish.
86. Learn to create balloon animals.
87. Go biking.
88. Study astronomy.
89. Learn to sew.
90. Make their own playdough.
91. Improve problem solving skills.
92. Learn a new sport.
93. Play charades.
94. Compete in a talent show.
95. Make a 3-D sculpture.
96. Complete a community service project.
97. Sleep under the stars.
98. Go geocaching.
99. Compose a song.
100. Make unforgettable memories.
