Summer Sizzle 2012 Camps!
We've gathered up some of the BEST camps in Central Texas just for you!
Be sure to tell 'em you saw 'em in Parent:Wise!
| Name | Location | Camp Kind | Ages | Description | Phone | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abrakadoodle | Cedar Park, West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Austin, Round Rock, Pflugerville and surrounding areas | Half Day | Ages 3-5 and 5-12 | Voted Austin's Best Place to Learn Art for Kids since 2009! Abrakadoodle is excited to offer 8 half-day Art Camp themes for Summer 2012 at many convenient and inspiring locations throughout the Austin Metro area! Splash 'N Splat, Once Upon a Time, Presto Arto!, Garden Art Safari and more SUPER FUN themes. | 380-7555 | www.abrakadoodle.com/tx03 |
| Austin Girls Choir | Austin | Full Day June 4-8 (ages 8-16 beginner to advanced singers) and June 11-15 (ages 10-17, advanced singers only) | 8-17 | Instruction includes vocal skills, sight reading, basic music theory and fun songs with choreography. Guest artists plus other activities, too! Lunch and snack provided. Public concert provides great finish. | 453-0884 | www.Girlschoir.com |
| Austin Toros | Austin | Full Day | 3rd-9th Grades | Learn basketball while having fun! This camp is organized in a unique way for young kids to experience some of the same drills, skills, and concepts that are taught to the Toros players. | 236-8333 | www.AustinToros.com |
| Austin Waldorf School Summer Program | Austin | Full Day & Half Day (with extended day option also) | 4-18 | A world away from the fast pace of daily life, minutes from downtown, offering a variety of programs for children of all ages. Discover the Waldorf Difference! | 288-5942 ext. 252 | www.austinwaldorf.org/summercamp |
| Brandy Perryman Shooting Camp | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 7-16 | Shooters are developed, not born. We take great pride in developing campers to their fullest potential. We strive to do this by providing a positive upbeat experience that provides positive competition while promoting self-esteem, repetition, team concepts, self-discipline, and most importantly FUN. | 799-8891 | bperrymanshootingcamp.com |
| Camp Lantern Creek | Montgomery | Overnight | 7-17 | Lantern Creek is a creative overnight camp for girls. We focus on leadership and the visual and performing arts as a way to teach critical and creative thinking skills. No auditions - everyone welcome! | 936-597-8225 | www.camplanterncreek.com |
| Childbloom Guitar | Austin | Half Day | 7-12 | This camp is devoted to the beginner. Kids will learn to play properly through fun classes in guitar-lore, skill, basic literacy and performance. Each student will receive a FREE GUITAR (a $310 value)! The camp will be held June 18-22, you must register by June 1st! Limit 15 students. | 452-8765 | childbloom.com |
| Children's Center of Austin | Austin, Bee Cave, Steiner Ranch | Day Camp | K-5th Grades | This camp offers colorful, fun, fresh, open-ended activities, field trips, and the best in-house presenters. The Children’s Center of Austin is known for its curriculum, which promotes learning and exploration in a warm and fun environment in a state of the art facility with the lowest teacher-to-child ratio in the Austin area. | Austin: 795-8300; Bee Cave: 329-6633; Steiner Ranch: 266-6130 | childrenscenterofaustin.com |
| Dance Discovery's Storytime Ballet | Austin | Half Day | 3-5 | Storytime Ballet Camps: June 12-15 Twelve Dancing Princesses, July 17-20 Little Mermaid, June 19-22 Cinderella | 419-7611 | www.austin-dance.org |
| Empower School Camp | Austin | Half Day/Special Needs | 5-12 | The Empower School will be offering a seven week summer camp for its prospective students on the Autistic spectrum disorder Mondays – Fridays 9 am – 1 pm. | 351-7837 | www.empowerschool.com |
| Extend-A-Care Kids Camp | Austin | Full Day | 2-12 | Weekly sessions consisting of softball, basketball, soccer, field trips, swimming, cooking, games & puzzles, reading, arts and crafts & more. Weekly themes are based on literature. Choice one of our 11 locations! | 472-9402 | eackids.org |
| Fantastic Magic Camp | Austin (at Highland Mall) | Full Day | 5-12 | Twenty spectacular years of sharing our magic with children. Learn magic, juggling, puppetry, ventriloquism, clowning, balloon sculpture and life skills, plus daily shows by professional magicians and variety entertainers. | 850-4677 | www.MagicCamp.com |
| Flying Theatre Machine | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 5-13 | Kids learn the basics of improv, storytelling, and stagecraft while having more fun than the law should allow. With improv, kids will learn: Positivity, Creativity, Team work, Confidence, Performance Skills. | 443-3688, ext 4 | hideouttheatre.com/improv-for-kids/summercamp |
| Georgetown Palace Theatre Camp | Georgetown | Full Day | 7-18 | These workshops are full day, June through August. Using age appropriate mini-musicals and plays we teach acting, singing, and dancing developing team building skills through hands on experience. | 868-3643 | georgetownpalace.com/workshop.php |
| The Girls' School of Austin "Super Girl" Summer Camp | Austin | Half Day | 6-10 | Each day campers will play a different sport or game, do a camp craft, learn songs, and do dances! Campers will receive a t-shirt and get a healthy daily snack! | 470-0525 | www.thegirlsschool.org |
| The Greenwood School | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 4-7 | This "living arts camp" includes handwork, sewing, cooking, sculpting, animals care, art and much more for kids in pre-K through first grades. Give your child an opportunity to slow down this summer while being nurtured and learning to nurture others. | 394-9171 | greenwoodschool.net |
| iD Tech Camps | Austin | Full Day & Overnight | 7-18 | Gain a competitive edge! Create iPhone apps, video games, movies, and more at weeklong, day and overnight programs held at St. Edward’s, Trinity, TCU, Stanford, and others. Also 2-week, Teen-only programs. | 1-888-709-TECH (8324) | www.internalDrive.com |
| John Knox Ranch Camp | Fischer | Overnight & Full Day | 4-17 | Residential/overnight and day camp opportunities that foster experiences of Christian community in God's creation. | (830) 935-4568 | www.johnknoxranch.com |
| kidsActing Camp | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 4-19 | kidsActing award-winning camps in 14 locations! From fairy tale musicals to adventure plays, there is something for everyone and they'll learn about cooperation, collaboration, and the magic of theatre! | 836-5437 | www.kidsactingstudio.com |
| LEGO Robotics Camp/Winning Learners | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 5-15 | Learning fun 101’s, LEGO Robotics & Engineering program facilitates teamwork, critical thinking, problem solving, applying science principals, and mathematical solutions while children have fun playing with LEGOs. Our program integrates reading and presentation skills preparing students for the workforce of tomorrow. | 740-3024 | www.learningfun101.com |
| McKinney Roughs Nature Camp | Bastrop County (just East of Austin) | Full Day | 6-15 | Nestled along the Colorado River and the Lost Pines is your child’s summer home away from home. With 1,100 acres of pine forests, box canyons and post oak meadows to explore, McKinney Roughs Nature Camp is the natural place for your child to discover the wonders of the outdoors in a safe, fun and educational day camp setting. Campers discover the importance of water, energy and land stewardship as they combine outdoor exploration and recreation, science and nature activities. | 303-5073 | www.lcra.org/naturecamp |
| The Money Academy | Austin, Cedar Park, Lakeway, Leander, Round Rock, Steiner Ranch | Full Day | 8-16 | Giving kids get real life, real money experience! Through starting and running a business, kids learn how money works, basic business development, teamwork and leadership. PLUS they get to keep their business profits! | 443-8851 | themoneyacademy.net |
| Paramount Academy for the Arts | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 4-18 | Kids in K-2nd grades participate in themed creative drama, movement and improvisational activities to help further develop their skills, while older kids get more serious about artistic discipline. Kids in 3rd-12th grades end the camp with a performance in the newly refurbished State Theatre! | 692-0527 | austintheatre.org/classes |
| Rowing Dock Camp | Austin | Full Day (Middle School); Half Day (Elementary School) | Grades 3-12 | Rowing Dock is Austin's best destination for summer fun. Kayak, row, swim, hike and explore all that Lady Bird Lake and Zilker Park have to offer. | 799-6666 | rowingdock.com |
| Schoolhouse Academy Summer Camp | Austin | 3 days per week, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | 4-10 (flexible) | Summer is a time to have fun and relax. Our campers will play games, run around, curl up and read books (or be read to) and come home tired and happy. | 382-9632 | SchoolhouseA.com |
| Summer Wonders | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 4-16 | This hands-on, activity-based program for gifted kids will expand their horizons and enrich their minds. A multi-discipline curriculum offers lots of challenging fun for young scientists, artists, actors, readers, writers, detectives, code-breakers and all kids who love learning! | 206-4070 | summerwonders.com |
| YMCA of Austin | Austin | Full Day & Half Day | 4-14 | The YMCA offers a variety of exciting camps for kids, including a Kinder Camp, a Theme Camp, a Sports Camp, and an Adventure Camp. Please visit the website for complete descriptions of each camp. | 236-YMCA (9622) | austinymca.org/programs/camp |
| YPW Camps | Austin | Half Day & Full Day | Ages 3-12 | YPW Camps offers more than 28 varieties of half or full day week-long summer camps in art, science & technology, math and Spanish for children ages 3 years (must be potty trained) to 12 years. You can register your camper for one week or for the entire summer session. You can select from: Around the Latin World in 55 Days (A.K.A Spanish Immersion Camp), Cooking Up Science, Disaster Science, LEGO Robotics, Art Explorers, Modern Art Marvels, Computer Game Design, Chess and many more! | YPWKids.com |
