2022 Summer Camp Guide
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Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 4-8; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29
Where: Circus Academy of Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $250 per week
Description: A great intro to circus arts or a way to deepen skills for experienced kiddos! Tumbling, theater, juggling, plates, poi, diabolo, stretching, tightwire, STILTS!, trapeze and back this year: SILKS and SLING!!! More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1
Where: Presidio San Agustín del Tucson Museum
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $290/child, $265/Presidio Museum Member
Description: Campers will learn how archaeologists work through a series of hands-on activities include using prehistoric tools, excavating a simulated site, and analyzing the artifacts that they have found. More..
Capoeira Mandinga Tucson Summer CAMP
Dates: July 25-29
Where: Capoeira Mandinga Tucson Academy
Hours: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: Camp price = $225/week. Camp fee covers all camp activities and art supplies that will give your child a fantastic week of camp. Drop-off 9:30 - 10:00 AM is included. Before/After-camp available daily 8:30 - 9:30 AM & 3:00-5:00 PM for extra cost.
Description: TRAIN/PLAY Capoeira. EXPERIENCE Afro-Brazilian culture. CAPOEIRA = Afro-Brazilian martial arts flowing like dance! Combine strength, flexibility, confidence in fun, challenging kicks, escapes, cool moves FEEL the RHYTHM: Afro-Brazilian PERCUSSION & DANCE SONGS in Portuguese Playing is Winning©️ More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 5-8; July 11-15; July 18-22
Where: Rita Ranch, Tucson, Marana/Oro Valley
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $225 for our weekly themed camps for ages 4 to 11/$475 for our performance 2 week camps including musical theater
Description: When school is out – Drama is IN! We offer different weeklong Tucson kids summer camps for acting and performing arts that are run on half-day and full-day schedules. Our summer camps help children develop fundamental skills that will benefit More..
First Spotlight: A Camp for Young Actors
Dates: June 29 - July 1
Where: Troubadour Theatre
Hours: 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $265. for 2 week session
Description: Students age 7-12 will learn acting skills, improv and theatre games, and rehearse a short play to be performed on the last day of camp in front of a live audience. More..
Gotta Dance! Matilda The Musical - Musical Theater Camp
Dates: July 5-30
Where: Gotta Dance Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: Before May 5th, $650. After May 5th, $720
Description: This is a month-long musical theater day camp for students ages 7-18. This camp is designed to be a fun and energetic immersion into the world of musical theater. Campers will learn the ins and outs of putting on a More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $175. Week
Description: Students will learn stop-motion animation techniques in a collaborative environment while creating miniature sets, figures, and props with repurposed materials. Each camp cohort will produce a collaborative short animated film. More..
Dates: July 11-15
Where: Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: $175. Week
Description: Students will learn stop-motion animation techniques in a collaborative environment while creating miniature sets, figures, and props with repurposed materials. Each camp cohort will produce a collaborative short animated film. More..
Dates: July 18-21
Where: Desert Dance Collective
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $200/week
Description: It's showtime! Build your skills as a triple threat as we act, sing, and dance our way through the week. We will build our own sets and make our own costumes too! Includes vocal lessons, acting games, and a mini More..
Play-Well Teknologies LEGO Camp
Dates: July 11-15
Where: Oro Valley Community and Recreation Center
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $165. 165 per week
Description: Dive into our massive collections of LEGOs®. And while they build elaborate objects, structures and vehicles, they explore fundamental principles of engineering and physics. They also learn to collaborate and create without fear of mistakes. The experience is joyful, and More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 4-8; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29; August 1-5; August 8-12
Where: Playformance
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Cost: $275/week
Description: At Playformance, children connect, learn, and PLAY through our active and engaging day camp. We offer a variety of physical play, games, and activities designed for children of all temperaments and athletic inclination. In our amazing 7,000 sq. foot facility, More..
Rock Solid Climbing Summer Camp
Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29
Where: Rock Solid Climbing and Fitness
Hours: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: $325 per week, Early Drop Off (7am-8am) available for $40 per week, Late Pick Up (4:00-5:30pm) available for $50 per week
Description: Don't let your kids climb your walls this summer. Let them climb OURS! Rock Solid Summer Camps are about being active, making friends, and having fun. Participants will pay games, run, jump, crawl, run our bouncy obstacle course, color, and More..
Scamp Camp: Summer of Shakespeare
Dates: June 29 - July 1
Where: The Scoundrel and Scamp Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: The camp is $225 per week or $850 for the whole month.
Description: Summer of Shakespeare can be either a modular weekly experience or a month-long extravaganza. Each week focuses on a different play: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Henry IV Part 1, and Winter’s Tale. Scamps can participate in one week, any combination More..
Dates: July 11-14; July 25-28
Where: This n' That Creative Studio
Hours: 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Cost: $240. per week
Description: Kids will enjoy fun-filled days of sewing. Projects will include re-purposing, learning applique, working with zippers, gathering, trims, hand embroidery, hand stitching, buttons and so much more! Open to children ages 7-12. More..
Sewing Camp Creating with Fabric
Dates: June 29 - July 1
Where: Camp Giggle Stitch Tucson
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $280.
Description: Creating with fabric, inks, dyes, paints and more! We will have some fun getting our hands dirty creating one-of-a-kind fabrics, and then turning those fabrics into our own works of art! More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 5-8; July 11-15; July 18-22
Where: Tanque Verde Elementary School
Hours: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Cost: Weekly rate: $200 Daily rate is $43 per day if spots are available Jr Leader rate is $27 per day (grade 6 and above) Field trips are additional fee
Description: STEM, social studies, literacy, drama, active games and field trips. Youth divide into several age groups where they explore learning, develop life skills and resiliency. In-house events and one field trip each week. It may be to Mt. More..
Dates: July 5-8
Where: International Wildlife Museum
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $172/week or $152/museum member
Description: Learn about the great outdoors while staying cool inside the museum! Some of the topics we'll explore are art in nature, camping and pond creatures, right from our own pond! Each day includes crafts, games, science experiments, live animal encounters More..
Dates: July 11-15; July 18-22
Where: CUMC room H232
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $170. Price is per week: Monday - Friday, 9am-12pm. Includes all supplies
Description: A fun creative experience for your budding artist. We explore a variety of different mediums and learn several techniques to include acrylic painting, watercolor, clay, mixed media and more! More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 11-15; July 18-22; July 25-29; August 1-5
Where: Alice Chaiten Baker Center for Art Education
Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $250.
Description: Inspired by the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum offers summer art classes for ages 5 – 13 to express their creativity and produce original works of art. Each weekly session is led by local teaching artists and art More..
Triple Threat Performing Arts Camp
Dates: June 29-30; July 5-29
Where: Arts Express Theatre
Hours: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Cost: Tuition: $300 a week for 4 weeks. Total cost: $1200 per session (with a 15% discount before 3/31/22)
Description: This summer AET's Triple Threat Camps will produce TWO youth musicals! Our full-day camps embody all you need to be an AET Triple Threat performer: Dance, Music, Drama, and Art. Young performers will also learn stagecraft and perform before a More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1
Where: International Wildlife Museum
Hours: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Cost: $215/week or $195/museum member
Description: Get a little wild this summer learning about mythical animals and creepy creatures along with doing some wild water and science activities! Camp will be packed full of crafts, games, science experiments, live animal encounters, hands-on activities, museum explorations and More..
Dates: June 29 - July 1; July 18-22
Where: BICAS
Hours: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.; 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Cost: Sliding Scale cost $25 - $200 for the week includes a bike, a helmet and a lock
Description: A fun bicycle repair course in which youth learn bicycle mechanics, develop tangible skills, build self confidence, and earn a bike! Over the week, participants will work together to overhaul a bicycle, learn safe riding skills and take home their More..