2023 Summer Camp Guide
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Dates: May 30 - August 4
Where: Defy Tucson Trampoline Park
Hours: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $289 per week. (Choose 4 weeks or more - $269 per week)
Description: Campers will be enjoying all the attractions of Defy Tucson Trampoline Park while participating in themed-week activities. We import field trips to Defy, so during Animal Week campers will do horseback riding & petting zoos; Water Week - foam parties; More..
Dates: May 30 - June 2; June 5-9; June 12-16; June 20-23; June 26-30; July 5-7; July 10-14; July 17-21; July 24-28; July 31 - August 2
Where: SouthRec - Campus Recreation
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Cost: In the month of March receive $35 off for Early Bird Pricing on camp weeks! Full Week Pricing - UAz Student: $240 / Member: $260 / Non-Member: $280 Holiday Rate (Weeks 1 & 4) - UAz Student: $195 / Member: $215 / Non-Member:$235 Week 6 & 10 (3 day week) - UAz Student: $155 / Member: $175 / Non-Member: $195
Description: “A” Camp is Campus Rec's traditional day camp for campers ages 5-11 and Counselors’-In-Training (CIT) ages 12-14. A typical day at camp consists of playing active groups games, creating arts and crafts, and swimming. Optional field trips, swim lessons and More..
Dates: June 5-9
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $290 for Non-members, $265 for Presidio Museum Members 10% discount for siblings (Family Memberships start at $40, so it may be worth becoming a member if you are registering more than one child.
Description: Campers will learn how archaeologists work through hands-on activities including: **Using prehistoric tools, **Excavating a simulated site **Making string from agave **Analyzing artifacts found during excavation More..
Dates: June 26-30; July 17-21
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for one week of camp. Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: Let’s create a YouTube Channel! Join us to develop your YouTuber skills and create and customize your own YouTube channel complete with unique channel art, video thumbnails, uploads, and more! More..
Dates: June 5-9
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Use your creativity and critical thinking during this week-long STEM camp where campers will have the opportunity to explore different building techniques in a classroom full of interlocking parts. More..
Dates: June 26-30; July 10-14
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200. Per week
Description: Learn the art of creating and solving coded messages and combine it with the power of computer science to write programs that encrypt and decrypt secret messages. Ninjas will create unique puzzles and build their very own escape room to More..
Dates: June 19-23; July 10-14
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $250. Per week
Description: If you love retro arcade games, then this is the camp for you! Enhance your programming by remaking classic games and then bring them to life on your own handheld gaming device to share with friends! More..
Code Your Own Robot in Minecraft
Dates: June 12-16; June 26-30; July 24-28
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200. Per week
Description: Attention Minecraft® masters! Learn how to use code to control a virtual robot in Minecraft®. You can even program it to complete all of the boring tasks in Minecraft® for you… That’s right! Teach your robots to dig, farm, build, More..
Dates: June 19-23; July 17-21
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200. Per week
Description: Calling all artists, designers, and creators! Learn 3D modeling skills using Tinkercad software and watch your builds come to life on our 3D printers. More..
Dates: July 10-14
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Dig in to all the fun activities and exploration regarding dinosaurs, fossils and more! More..
Dates: June 5-8
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Time to become part of the Family Madrigal! Learn about the Madrigal's magical powers, and discover what your own gift will be. Camp includes dance, music, art, and science. More..
Dates: July 17-20
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Time to become part of the Family Madrigal! Learn about the Madrigal's magical powers, and discover what your own gift will be. More..
Dates: June 5-9; July 17-21
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for one week of camp. Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: In this hands-on, fully guided experience, Ninjas will learn the basics of game building and creative development in Roblox, an exciting, online gaming platform. More..
Junior Adventures in Game Design
Dates: June 5-9; July 5-7
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for a full week of camp. $100 is the full price for 4th of July week camp (3 days). Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: In this amazing game-building camp, Ninjas will learn some of the basics of computer science by coding mini-games such as a maze, hide-and-seek, and even your very own creation! More..
Junior Makers with Microcontrollers
Dates: June 5-9; July 5-7
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for a full week of camp. $100 is the full price for 4th of July week camp (3 days). Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: JR Ninjas, come explore the magical world of physical computing and storytelling with a microcontroller called micro:bit. You will learn how to make objects come to life using sensors, electronics, play dough, cardboard, LED lights, aluminum foil, and more. More..
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23; June 26-30
Where: The Mini Time Machine Museum
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $175 per camp session for Non-Members. Members receive 10% off (each camp session lasts a week).
Description: Session 1: Degoba: Create a miniature misty swamp for carnivorous plants to live in harmony with the alien hermit that lives in the bog! Craft a mini spaceship crash and warrior in search of the mysterious alien master who lives More..
Kids Summer Cooking Camp + Teens Culinary Camp
Dates: June 5 - July 31
Where: Cuisine Classique Cooking School
Hours: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $264 for kids camp, $349 for teens camp.
Description: Cuisine Classique Cooking School is hosting two camps this summer, one for kids and another for teens! Kids camp, weekly June 5-July 31 for kids ages 5-12. Shout out to our Kid Chefs, we have lots of fun planned for this summer’s More..
Dates: June 12-16; July 10-14; July 24-28
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for one week of camp. Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: Robotics adventures await! Join us for a camp full of creativity, fun and collaboration as we introduce your ninja to the worlds of engineering and computer programming using the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime set and Python Programming Language. More..
Dates: July 10-13
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Refine your mind with Mind-Craft! Use STEM skills to engineer and create all week long. More..
Dates: June 5-9; June 26-30
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200. Per week
Description: Attention advanced Minecraft® players! Learn how to make your own mods with custom textures, weapons, armor, enemies, and more. More..
Dates: June 12-16; July 24-28
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $200. Per week
Description: Spark your imagination and explore game concepts by digging deeper into the game making side of Roblox, including writing scripts in the Lua – the programming language of Roblox! More..
Dates: June 12-16; June 19-23; July 10-14; July 24-28
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for one week of camp. Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: LEGO® builders, come explore the LEGO® SPIKE™ Prime robotics kit as you learn how to build and code your own silly dancing robot, a working safe, charging rhino, and more! More..
Dates: June 19-23; July 5-7; July 17-21
Where: Code Ninjas Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $200 is the full price for a full week of camp. $100 is the full price for 4th of July week camp (3 days). Discounts available for early enrollment.
Description: Tap into the incredible world of Stop Motion Animation and learn techniques from the ground up to create your own movies! Use media such as clay, LEGO® Minifigures pipe cleaner creatures, and more! More..
Summer camps with the Presidio Museum
Dates: June 5-9; June 12-16; June 19-23
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $290 for non-members, $265 for Presidio Museum Members, 10% discount for siblings (Family Memberships start at $40, so it may be worth becoming a member if you are registering more than one child.)
Description: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum is offering three camps this summer, including Archaeology Camp, Living History & Reenactment Camp, and The Cultures of Tucson Camp. Archaeology Camp, June 5-9: Campers will learn how archaeologists work through hands-on activities including: **Using prehistoric tools, **Excavating More..
Dates: June 5-8
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Welcome Under the Sea! You will transform into a magical mermaid to experience aquatic crafts, underwater science, mermaid music, and MORE! We can not wait for you to become Part of Our World <3 More..
Dates: June 12-15
Where: Centre Stage Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $165. per camp
Description: Welcome to the Unicorn Princess Club! You will learn how to be the most regal Unicorn Princess in the Kingdom. At the end of your training, you will be crowned at our official Coronation Ceremony! More..
Dates: June 12-16
Where: Children's Museum Tucson
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $155 for nonmembers; $125 for Museum members
Description: Fun and engaging exploration of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through hands-on activities! More..
Youth Earn-A-Bike Summer Camp, 9-13 yo.
Dates: May 29 - June 2
Where: BICAS
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: Sliding scale: $25-$200 for the whole camp
Description: Youth Earn-A-Bike is a 5-day bicycle repair camp. Youth ages 9 to 13 learn how to overhaul a bicycle through engaging hands on activities. At the end, students demonstrate safe riding skills on a neighborhood ride and take home More..
Youth Earn-A-Bike Summer Camp, 13-18 yo.
Dates: June 26-30
Where: BICAS
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: Sliding scale: $25-$200 for the whole camp
Description: Youth Earn-A-Bike is a 5-day bicycle repair camp. Youth ages 13 to 18 learn how to overhaul a bicycle through engaging hands on activities. At the end, students demonstrate safe riding skills on a neighborhood ride and take home More..
Youth Earn-A-Bike Summer Camp, 13-18 yo.
Dates: July 10-14
Where: BICAS
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: Sliding scale: $25-$200 for the whole camp
Description: Youth Earn-A-Bike is a 5-day bicycle repair course. Youth ages 13 to 18 learn how to overhaul a bicycle through engaging hands on activities. At the end, students demonstrate safe riding skills on a neighborhood ride and take home More..