Featured Chapel Hill Area Summer Camps


Belle Vie Farm Summer Camp

Belle Vie Farm near downtown Chapel Hill offers weekly summer camps for ages 3-11 from June 10-August 16. Our camps take place on our 34-acre farm, complete with green pastures and comfy-cool forest playgrounds. While our camps are mostly outdoors, we do have an 1800-square foot air-conditioned building for those times when children need to cool off! Our facility is equipped with a full kitchen, three restrooms and an expansive (and well-stocked) artist’s studio. The art studio offers a huge variety of art explorations from clay creations and acrylic painting to digital photography and printmaking.

Standard weekly activities that all campers will get to experience include:

  • hay rides
  • gem mining
  • photography
  • cooking
  • gardening
  • farm animal care and play (donkeys, goats, chickens, bunnies)
  • forest play (we have multiple dedicated forest classrooms)
  • Swingtopia
  • water play
  • pickle-making
  • ice cream-making
  • soap- and/or candle-making

Additionally, each week has its own theme – Adventure Quest, Maker Camp, Wizards and Such, Fairies, Elves & Gnomes and more! A separate theme for all 10 weeks of camp with new, exciting activities for each theme.

Morning Camp runs from 8:30am-12:30pm and Extended Afternoon Camp runs until 4:30pm. We offer a half-day camp for children ages 3-5 (children who have completed kindergarten can attend full day camp if they choose, even if they are 5). Our full-day camp is for children ages 6-11.

Belle Vie Farm follows a gentle and fun approach to working with children. Our counselors are trained to offer activities and to allow campers to engage in those activities if they choose. We never force campers to join! Safety is also essential for our camps to be successful, and all of our counselors are trained for handling tough situations while keeping campers safe and secure and are CPR/First Aid certified.

Belle Vie Farm

belleviefarm.org | 919-360-3280


School of Rock Chapel Hill Summer Camps

Want your young person to play in a real rock band for a week this summer? These camps are designed for all skill levels / for rising 4th through 12th graders.

Act fast to claim a spot…we expect all camps to Sell Out Quickly!

SUMMER CAMP SIGNUPS ARE OPEN!

We’re running three (3) summer camps in 2024:

Click to register!

 

School of Rock Chapel Hill

chapelhill.schoolofrock.com | (919) 338-1011


Emerson Waldorf School Summer Camps

EWS offers specialty camps for children ages 4 – 18. Join us for active, healthy, summer days filled with arts, crafts, ceramics, music, sports, skateboarding, games, farming, nature exploration, and more on our 54 acres of fields, forests, and farm.

Camps will be held primarily outdoors. Childhood Magic camps are limited to 10 children. Theme camps for grade school campers are limited to 12 children. At check-out you may either pay in full or submit half the total amount as a deposit, paying the second installation by June 10, 2024.

 

 

Emerson Waldorf School            

summercamps@emersonwaldorf.org| 919-967-1858

Join us for a week of hands-on outdoor discovery and natural science learning on our beautiful campus — featuring native plant gardens, woodland trails, ponds, stream, and LEED-certified Education Center. Kids will explore the wonders of North Carolina plants, wildlife, and habitats through nature hikes, games, stories, arts/crafts, and more. Camps feature small group sizes (camper to staff ratio of 4:1), experienced environmental educators and naturalists, and loads of fun!

Our unique program is designed to:

  • Connect children to nature through direct experiences,
  • Foster respect and appreciation for the environment,
  • Cultivate a love for science-learning, and
  • Promote conservation ethics.

Ages: 4 to 10
Dates: June to August
Contact: (919) 962-0522

All camps offer a balance of indoor learning and outdoor field experiences designed and taught by staff educators, certified in CPR/First Aid, and supported by trained volunteer teen Counselors-in-Training (CIT).

North Carolina Botanical Garden
(919) 962-0522

Click here to sign up!


ArtsCamp at The ArtsCenter

Allow your camper to unleash their inner creativity! From molding with clay to digital photography and everything in between; The ArtsCenter offers over a dozen different courses tailored to your child’s interests and needs. The ArtsCenter’s ArtsCamp & Summer Youth Workshop program offers full and half-day programs for artists entering grades K-12 in a wide variety of disciplines. With small classes, taught by professional artists,  campers are enabled to focus on skill building and creative expression. The ArtsCenter offers unique visual and performing art camps each and every week of CHCCS summer vacation. Whether online or in person, ArtsCamp has the perfect experience tailored for your camper.

Campers will be able to engage with a variety of art forms, including: Dance, Theatre, Sculpture, Digital Media, and more. Through hands-on projects campers will learn how to express themselves through their art and have a ton of fun in the process.

Ages: 5 to 18

Dates: June to August

Contact: (919) 929-2787

Registration for general public January 30th

The ArtsCenter 

Click here to sign up!


Morehead Planetarium Science Camps

Science is an adventure – an amazing opportunity to explore the world around us. Children naturally love to explore our world, and Summer Science Camps at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center are the perfect way to encourage your child’s curiosity and intellectual growth in a fun, nurturing environment. There are over 20 topics, or ‘camp sessions,’ available, ranging from Fossil Finders to Wetlands to Chemistry Reactions In Action. For K through 8th graders.

Dates: June to August
Cost: Click here for cost breakdown.
Contact: (919) 962-1236

Morehead Planetarium & Science Center

Click here to sign up!

 

 

 

 


Kidzu Summer Camp

Join us for another summer filled with creative exploration, tinkering, and making at Camp Kidzu! We’ve partnered with Mad Science to offer camps for ages 6-11 in addition to Kidzu’s camps for ages 3-5. We have an exciting lineup of 13 camps, including our popular Bees, Bats, & Butterflies and Around the World camps. Plus, explore themes like Robots & Rockets or Kidzu on the Farm, which takes place at Hillsborough’s Coon Rock Farm! There’s so much to discover at Camp Kidzu, and we can’t wait to see YOU!

Camp Hours: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. Drop-off begins at 9 AM. Pick-up ends at 4 PM.

Ages: Kidzu Camps: 3-5. Mad Science Camps: 6-11.

Masks required for all campers and staff.

Kidzu Members receive a 20% discount on Kidzu camps! Please note that member discounts do not apply to third party camps facilitated by Mad Science. Advance registration is required. Space is limited.

Have questions? We’ve answered a bunch of them in our Summer Camp FAQ! You can also reach out to our Camp Coordinator, Darien Cropper, at camp@kidzuchildrensmuseum.org.

Registration opens to members on 2/1 and to non-members on 2/8!

Dates: June to August
Cost: $325 per camp for non-members; $260 for members
Contact: (919) 933-1455 | info@kidzuchildrensmuseum.org

Kidzu Childrens Museum

Click here to sign up!


 

Alphabetical Listings


Area Youth Ministry Level Up! Middle School Enrichment Camp

Dive into exciting hands-on STEM projects and gain real-world experience beyond the classroom with AYM Level Up Camp. Make lifelong connections with like-minded peers and mentors who share your passion for STEM. Join us for a summer where hands-on fun and friendship meet innovation! June 17th through June 21st.

Potential topics include: coding, robotics, biochemistry, physics.

We are also looking for high school volunteers to help host our middle school camp. Earn volunteer hours by helping us out!

Click here to learn more.

Area Youth Ministry

(919) 929-2787


Area Youth Ministry Free Sports Camp

Area Youth Ministry are hosting a free sports camp for middle schoolers and high schoolers July 19th and 20th from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The camp will include archery tag, pickleball as well as other workshops in between.

Click here to register.

Area Youth Ministry

(919) 929-2787


The ArtsCenter Summer ArtsCamps

Allow your camper to unleash their inner creativity! From molding with clay to digital photography and everything in between; The ArtsCenter offers over a dozen different courses tailored to your child’s interests and needs. This is a Chapelboro Summer Camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

Click here to learn more.

The ArtsCenter
300-G East Main St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

(919) 929-2787


Ballet School of Chapel Hill

Come dance with us! We offer a full schedule of ballet, modern, hip hop, contemporary jazz, rhythm tap, and fencing for students of all ages. Click here for the full list of summer classes we offer. 

Ballet School of Chapel Hill
(919) 942-1339


Barriskill Dance Theatre School

At Barriskill they are committed to cultivating lives through the highest quality of dance training and opportunities. They provide dancers of all ages an encouraging environment to grow and excel. They strive for all of our dancers to be hard working, independent, responsible, and intelligent people in all aspects of their lives and encourage our students to achieve their fullest potential both in and out of dance class.

Barriskill Dance Theatre School
(919) 489-5100 | contact@barriskilldance.com


Belle Vie Farm Summer Camp

Belle Vie Farm near downtown Chapel Hill offers weekly summer camps for ages 3-11 from June 10-August 16. Our camps take place on our 34-acre farm, complete with green pastures and comfy-cool forest playgrounds. Standard weekly activities include: hay rides, gem mining, photography, and more! This a Chapelboro summer camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

Belle Vie Farm
919-360-3280


Blue Skies of Mapleview Horsemanship Camp

We are a year-round working horse farm. We don’t ship horses in for camp. These horses are our beloved family members. The camp is specifically designed for young people 8-18 years of age who love EVERYTHING about horses!! We began this camp in 1996 to answer a need and work to improve it every year! We are outdoors all day playing in the beautiful natural setting of a farm. We get dirty, get wet, learn how to do groundwork with horses, learn to catch and lead, to groom, clean hooves, tack up, ride bareback to feel all the muscles at work for the horse ride in an English balanced seat, play games on horseback, earn saddles and reins, have fun, laugh a lot, and drink oodles of water! In the heat of the afternoon, specialists come in to teach equine-inspired art projects, lifeguard at the pool, teach horse massage, teach about horse health and wellness, and other topics so each week is different. Enrollment limited to three weeks per student.

Learn more at: blueskiesmapleview.us

Blue Skies of Mapleview, LLC
(919) 933-1444 | dpmblueskies@hotmail.com


Camps at Woodcroft Tennis and Swim Club

The Woodcroft Club has year round camps, including a summer full of programming available for two different age groups! We offer camps for children ages 3 – 5 (children who have not yet attended Kindergarten) and children ages 6 – 12 (children who have completed their first year of Kindergarten up to 12-year-olds). Our longest standing and most popular camp is our full day Summer Camp for 6 – 12 year olds. Beginning in 2024, we expanded our Summer Camp for Preschoolers (ages 3 – 5), and offer a half day option for 3 – 5 year olds as well as an extended day option for 5 year olds. In addition to these two options, we also offer a half day Summer Tennis Camp for ages 6 – 12 with an extended day option if desired. Click through the links and learn more about our camps.

Woodcroft Club
919-489-7705 | camp@woodcroftclub.org


Camp Flytrap at North Carolina Botanical Garden

Join us for a week of hands-on outdoor discovery and natural science learning on our beautiful campus — featuring native plant gardens, woodland trails, ponds, stream, and LEED-certified Education Center. Kids will explore the wonders of North Carolina plants, wildlife, and habitats through nature hikes, games, stories, arts/crafts, and more. This is a Chapelboro summer camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

NC Botanical Garden

(919) 962-0522


Camp Hollow Rock 

Summer camp is a time that children will remember for the rest of their lives. They make friends, play games, learn about the outdoors, play a new sport, and learn how to swim. They try something new or they teach someone something they know. But the main thing they do is have fun in a safe, constructive, supervised environment. Camp hours are from 8:30am – 3:30pm with an optional after camp until 5:00pm.

Camp Hollow Rock is divided into two age groups. The Pebbles camp is for the 4-6 year olds.  The Boulders camp is for 7-12 year olds. There is no exception to the placement of campers so keep that in mind if you are registering siblings.  All campers will still interact throughout the day during certain activities. Campers must be at least 4 years old to register for CHR.

Members, please register on the link provided above. Non-members, click here.

Hollow Rock 
(919) 489-1550 | info@hollowrock.com


Camp Phoenix: Unify Athletics Gymnastics Sumer Camp

Camp Phoenix at Unify Athletics is so much more than a gymnastics camp. Participants ages 4-13 will get opportunities to explore movement and gain confidence with all the physical challenges that the gymnastics events offer, and lots of obstacle courses and outdoor games in between.


Campers will also:

    • Learn about mental and emotional well-being through changing weekly virtues themes
    • Explore the beautiful, diverse nature on our property with special guest conservationists
    • Participate in STEM activities with a guest mobile science lab
    • Create unique arts and crafts with a local artist
    • Have a blast with water games on our weekly water day (weather permitting)

 

2309 Sparger Rd, Durham, NC, 27705

hello@unify-athletics.com  | 919-797-2004


Camp Riverlea

Camp Riverlea offers three camp sessions each summer, two or three weeks long, each open to youth entering Kindergarten to youth entering 7th grade. Tuition includes bus transportation from one of three stops in Durham.

Session 1: June 10, 2023 – June 28, 2024 (3 weeks, Cost: $1425).

All campers are invited to stay at camp until 7:45 p.m. on June 20, 2024 for the cookout and extended day program, and campers Trolls (completed 3rd grade) and older are invited to sleep over. Full payment due by April 1st.

Session 2: July 1, 2023 – July 12, 2024 (2 weeks, Cost: $950).

All campers are invited to stay at camp until 7:45 p.m. on July 11, 2023 for the cookout and extended day program. Full payment due by April 1st.

**Camp open on June 4th.

Session 3: July 15, 2023 – August 2, 2024 (3 weeks, Cost: $1425).

All campers are invited to stay at camp until 7:45 p.m. on July 25, 2024 for the cookout and extended day program, and campers Trolls (completed 3rd grade) and older are invited to sleep over. Full payment due by April 1st.

Camp Riverlea
(919) 477-8739 | campersupport@campriverlea.com


Carolina Friends School Summer Programs

Our Summer Programs courses offer something for everyone, with experiential, hands-on learning for future artists, coders, performers, activists, mathematicians, athletes, and more. Each summer, students can return to a course with a favorite teacher or try one of our many new options, all driven by the expertise and passions of our instructors.

Inspired by Quaker values of respect, the search for truth, and the power of community, we aim to create a welcoming and affirming space where students and staff alike are comfortable bringing their authentic selves.

Courses meet from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (with optional Extended Day care available starting at 8:00 am and running until 5:45 pm).

Carolina Friends School
(919) 383-6602 |info@cfsnc.org


Carolina Tiger Rescue Summer Camp

Campers will experience the incredible world of the sanctuary. They will visit the animals daily, learn about the essential role carnivores play in their natural habitats, find out what it takes to be a wildcat veterinarian, practice wildlife biology skills, and help some of the tigers express their creativity through painting!  Each week of camp is limited to 14 campers.

Carolina Tiger Rescue
(919) 542-4684 | info@carolinatigerrescue.org


Carrboro Recreation & Parks Summer Camps

The Carrboro Recreation, Parks, & Cultural Resources Department offers a variety of summer camps from June through August. Summer camps include, but are not limited to, adventure, art, music, and sports. Ages are determined by the start date of each camp. For a complete listing of the summer camps that are offered, see the Winter/Spring brochure that is released in late-December.  Camp registration will begin the January before the camps are scheduled to occur. Registration for programs is accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Please check our current program brochure or our online registration system for more information about each program.

Carrboro Century Center
919-942-8541


Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA Day Camps

At Chapel Hill Y Day Camp, kids connect with new friends, discover new passions, and make memories that will last a lifetime. Through sports, swimming, crafts and fun games, our counselors teach lessons like caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. So if you’re looking for a fun summer filled with adventure, you’ll find it at Chapel Hill Y Day Camp. Chapel Hill Y Day Camp is open to campers in rising grades K – 8.

Chapel Hill YMCA Day Camp is located at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA at 980 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Chapel Hill.

(919)-452-4191| Zia.Cuthbertson@YMCATriangle.org


Chapel Hill Gymnastics

Chapel Hill Gymnastics offers classes for children ages 12 months and up.

Full Day Summer Camp hours are 9:00am-3:00pm (Ages 5 and up)

Morning Half-Day hours are 9:00am-12:00pm (Ages 4 and up)

Chapel Hill Gymnastics
(919) 942-3655 | info@ChapelHillGymnastics.com


Chapel Hill Parks & Rec

 Each week campers ages 5 to 15 years old will create lasting memories as we offer diverse recreational experiences while promoting FUN! From swimming, arts and crafts, gym games, team building, field trips, and more, our counselors help campers develop new skills and friendships.

Chapel Hill Parks & Rec
919-968-2784


Duke School Summer Camps

Duke School is dedicated to providing children ages 4-15 with recreational and educational summer programs in a safe and nurturing environment. Camps are open to the public—all children are welcome regardless of the school they attend. Our campus is easily accessed from Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro.

We strive to maintain a staff of educators and counselors who are not only positive role models, but skilled and knowledgeable in the programs they present. Our camps allow new friendships to develop and established ones to grow. Whether you spend one week with us or several, we are hopeful that you will look back on a summer experience full of fond memories that will last a lifetime!

We have dozens of camps from outdoor adventures to creative and educational workshops, including cooking, sports variety, Lego, coding, Vault Theatre, Spanish, and so much more!

Duke School

(919) 287-2194 | camps@dukeschool.org


Duke University Youth Programs

The Duke Pre-College Program provides advanced academic opportunities and an introduction to the college experience to students currently in grades 6-11. Our courses are created to give students access to cutting-edge curriculum and technology beyond the average classroom while connecting them with transcendent peers from around the world and influential professionals in their future field. In addition to accessing university facilities and labs, our students interact and learn from renowned faculty and researchers. Participants gain valuable experiences that prepare them not only for their college curriculum and careers to follow, but also their futures as empowered, influential leaders.

View the 2024 Duke Pre-College Viewbook.

Duke University
(919) 684.6259 | summer@duke.edu


Durham Academy Summer Programs

DA Summer is a transformative all-day camp experience that keeps campers close to home but feeling a world away as they gain independence and confidence.

With camps hosted at Durham Academy’s 84-acre campus and state-of-the-art facilities, we have the space and resources to offer a range of camps that appeal to the interests of 4-year-olds to high school seniors. DA Summer camps grow minds and foster character, equipping campers with the tools to lead moral, happy and productive lives — this summer and beyond.

Durham Academy
919-489-3400


Durham Arts Council Art Camps

Durham Arts Council offers a variety of one and two-week camps in visual and performing arts, including Cultural Camps with global themes that introduce youth to the arts of the world, Dance Intensives, and Teen Intensives

Durham Arts Council, Inc.
(919) 560-2787 | wleigh@durhamarts.org


Durham Bulls Baseball Camp

The Bulls’ annual Nature’s Twist Summer Baseball Camp returns in 2024, featuring instruction from professional players and coaches for kids ages 7-14. Registration is now open, with cost per camp $250. Note that cost per camp will rise to $300 beginning on February 12, 2024.

In addition to instruction and learning fundamental skills from professional coaches and players, registration price also includes:

  • 1 Durham Bulls Baseball Cap
  • 1 Ticket Voucher to a Durham Bulls Game
  • 1 Nature’s Twist Giveaway Item
  • Lunch for the registered athlete each day

Durham Bulls Baseball Club
(919) 687-6508 | camp@durhambulls.com


Durham Parks and Recreation Summer Camps

Play More this summer with Durham Parks and Recreation! We offer a variety of traditional summer day camps for all ages and interests! Children ages 5-12 enjoy fitness fun, arts and crafts, friendship-building activities, swimming, day trips, and much more at our Youth Summer Camps. And because camp is an experience every child deserves, we are excited to offer summer programming for teens ages 13-17. Our teen summer connect camp provides an opportunity for Durham teens to engage in age-appropriate activities focused on a particular interest.

Durham Parks and Recreation
(919) 560-4355


Emerson Waldorf School Summer Camps

Discover the magic of Emerson Waldorf School’s summer camps.
EWS offers specialty camps for children ages 4 – 18. Join us for active, healthy, summer days filled with arts, crafts, ceramics, music, sports, skateboarding, games, farming, nature exploration, and more on our 54 acres of fields, forests, and farm.This is a Chapelboro summer camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

 Emerson Waldorf School

(919) 967-1858 | summercamps@emersonwaldorf.org


The First Tee of the Triangle

This pilot program took place at Wil-Mar Golf Club from 9am-1pm, Monday through Friday. In addition to golf and character education, campers played board games and participated in arts & crafts. We are happy to announce that we will continue to offer Trackout Camps again in 2024! Look for updates in our Chapter Chatter emails. If you do not receive those, or if you have any other camp–related questions, please let us know by emailing Jeanna@FirstTeeTriangle.org or Darian@FirstTeeTriangle.org. Thank you!

Camp Details: The cost is $199 per five-day session for half-day and $299 for full-day camps. Half-Day camps run from 9am-1pm and full-day camps, 9am-5pm. Ages 6-12 and all abilities are welcome! Please note that a roster of at least 10 participants is needed in order for us to proceed with a week of camp.

The First Tee of the Triangle
(919) 239-8056 | Info@TheFirstTeeTriangle.org


Glazed Expectations Summer Camps

Working with clay develops coordination, concentration, and teaches kids how to transform ideas into creative expression. Campers will learn such techniques as: pinching, coiling, slab, figurative and abstract work. We will be working with glazes and acrylics. Tuition includes firings, glazes, and acrylic paints. No experience is necessary. **Please send your child along with one snack and drink every day. ** If you are late to pick up your child, you will be charged a fee of $15 per 15 minutes. We reserve the right to dismiss children with bad behavior. No refunds will be given under these circumstances. The camp is taught by the owner, Susannah Sloan and one assistant. The maximum number of campers per week is 20, the minimum number per week is 5.

Glazed Expectations
(919) 933-9700 | susannah@glazedexpectations.com


Grow Your World “I Came to Create” Summer Camp

Grow Your World’s “I Came To Create” camp is dedicated to providing a safe and inclusive environment for youth to learn, grow, and have fun. The camp will balance mental, emotional, and physical enrichment throughout each day and week. Through their workshops and camp culture, they will practice and embody the core values of equity, care, collaboration, and self-actualization. Activities include podcasting, spray-painting, DIY projects, and more.

Ages 10-15 years old.

Grow Your World
sophie@growyourworld.org


Hill Center Summer Offerings

Hill Summer provides five weeks of daily instruction in reading, writing, and math for students in rising 1-8 grades. Modeled after Hill School and based on the Orton-Gillingham approach, this program uses research-based methodologies and individualized, multisensory instruction, delivered in a 4:1 student-teacher ratio by caring, expert educators, to support students’ academic needs.

Hill Learning Center
919-719-7547 – smiller@hillcenter.org | 919-719-7541 – hmckenna@hillcenter.org


Hollow Rock Tennis Camp

Summer camp is a time that children will remember for the rest of their lives. They make friends, play games, learn about the outdoors, play a new sport, and learn how to swim. They try something new or they teach someone something they know. But the main thing they do is have fun in a safe, constructive, supervised environment. Camp hours are from 8:30am – 3:30pm with an optional after camp until 5:00pm.

Camp Hollow Rock is divided into two age groups. The Pebbles camp is for the 4-6 year olds. The Boulders camp is for 7-12 year olds. There is no exception to the placement of campers so keep that in mind if you are registering siblings.  All campers will still interact throughout the day during certain activities. Campers must be at least 4 years old to register for CHR.

Members, please register below. New non-members please register with the Camp Form button below. Returning non-members can log in and register your child with the non-member button below. If you have a summer membership that will renew in May, please e-mail Kateri through the link below.

Hollow Rock
(919) 489-1550 | info@hollowrock.com


iD Tech held at UNC Chapel Hill

Get a taste of collegiate life this summer at UNC-Chapel Hill! Our STEM camps strike the perfect balance between skill development and summer fun, allowing kids and teens to experience a week at one of the best teaching and research universities in the country. Your child will work alongside new friends and learn from expert tech mentors, while taking breaks in between to enjoy UNC-Chapel Hill’s outdoor playing fields for ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, kickball, board games, and more!

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1-888-709-8324 | hello@iDTech.com


Ivy Bell Farm Summer Camp

Ivy Bell Farm offers camps for kids where they can discover nature with support from certified teachers. Ivy Bell farm is an open farm environment with many free play activities such as a ninja course, trampoline, hiking trails, rock climbing tree, and a large “rock pit” for construction play. Children will be well-supervised while also encouraged to discover nature.

Farm Camp is designed to give children the opportunity to freely play with others while engaging with nature. Children will participate in the full array of farm life activities, with lots of time to play and explore our small animals: goats, chickens and bunnies. In addition children will have the opportunity to participate in story time with goats, play in the stream, garden, craft, have a picnic lunch in the field and enjoy a popsicle to cool down.

Click here to register.

Ivy Bell Farm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Hillsborough, NC
ivybellfarm@gmail.com


Kidsplex Summer Camps

KidsPlex Summer Camps are all about keeping your child engaged, happy, and active during the summer! They will have daily opportunities for new experiences and to make new friends along the way. Our Platinum Camp and Specialty Camps include swimming, ice skating, indoor/outdoor play, sports activities, arts & crafts, and so much more! For specific camp descriptions, the weeks offered, and to register, please click here.

Orange County Sportsplex
919-644-0339 ext. 228.


Kidzu Summer Camps

Join us for another summer filled with creative exploration, tinkering, and making at Camp Kidzu! We’ve partnered with Mad Science to offer camps for ages 6-11 in addition to Kidzu’s camps for ages 3-5. This is a Chapelboro Summer Camp featured listing. For more information, see above. 

Kidzu Children’s Museum
(919) 933-1455 | camp@kidzuchildrensmuseum.org


Learning Outside Summer Camp Programs

Learning Outside offers week-long outdoor summer camps.  Each camp is led by experienced, knowledgeable naturalists, artists, and educators, with a low camper-to-instructor ratio of 5 to 1. Camps are full-day, with drop-off between 8:45  and pick-up at 3:15, and cost $350 per week. ALL camps include time in the learning garden, arts and science activities, and caring for our chickens and goats. Activities are all hands-on and experiential, integrating the arts, sciences, and humanities with outdoor learning. Participants should come dressed for adventure! Campers bring their own healthy snack, labeled water bottles, and a substantial lunch to keep them fueled and hydrated throughout their busy day.

Triangle Land Conservancy’s Irvin Nature Preserve
learningoutside.org/summer-camps


Lerner School Summer Camps

The award-winning and National Inclusion Project accredited Camp Shelanu Summer Day Camp is one of the Triangle’s most beloved summer camps, earning it INDY Week’s Best Summer Day Camp in Durham County recognitions from 2019-2023. With programs that allow campers to experiment with visual and performing arts, sports, teamwork and leadership, nature conservation, STEAM, and so much more, campers are always having fun. So many things set Camp Shelanu apart from the other great camps in the Triangle, including our broad focus with specialty camp options, commitment to inclusion and diversity, and that all campers get to swim every single day, with swim lessons for those who need them included in your tuition!

Click here to register!

Lerner School
(919) 286-5517 | camp@jewishforgood.org


Little House Playschool Summer Camp

Each year we are pleased to offer summer camp fun for children ages 3 ½ years up to age 12.  Our summer camps are good old-fashioned splashy, messy fun. Summer camp is all about enjoying the sunshine, running around barefoot, and singing camp songs at the top of your lungs. It’s about sprinklers and shaving cream slip-n-slides. It’s about exploring, arts and crafts and creative expression. And it’s about making friends.

In 2024 Little House Playschool will offer a ten-week Summer Semester from June 17 through August 23.  Summer camps are for children ages 3 1/2 to 12.  We love our family groups!  Children must be fully potty-trained by the start of camps.

Little House Playschool

littlehouseplayschool@gmail.com 


Marbles Kids Museum Summer Camp

Playful, fun, creative and original, Camp Marbles has long been the community’s favorite choice for summer camp.

  • Enjoy weekly themed camps, museum exhibits, and active outdoor play.
  • Explore engaging activities with a fun mix of hands-on play, crafts and games.
  • We recommend registering for no more than 3 consecutive weeks during the summer.

Marbles Kids Museum
(919)-857-1040 | camps@marbleskidsmuseum.org


Montessori School of Durham

Montessori School of Durham provides a quality and fun summer camp experience for your child. With options for children 3 years old – rising 7th grade, students will express creativity while refining artistic skills in art and pottery camps, delve into the world of musical theater, practice martial arts, and more! This is a Chapelboro Summer Camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

Montessori School of Durham
(919) 489-9045


Morehead Planetarium Summer Science Camps

Science is an adventure – an amazing opportunity to explore the world around us. Children naturally love to explore our world, and Summer Science Camps at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center are the perfect way to encourage your child’s curiosity and intellectual growth in a fun, nurturing environment. This is a Chapelboro Summer Camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

Morehead Planetarium
(919) 962-1236 | mpsc_gr@unc.edu


Morningside School Summer Camp

Morningside School are offering camps for ages 3-13, including Let’s Get Messy where campers are invited to explore and create with hands-on activities; Adventure Camps where camps will explore the world around them and hike trails, and virtual Minecraft Camps where camps will be invited to play in groups and collaborate together. For more information about each camp offered, click the link above.

Morningside School 
(919) 619-8288 |themorningsideschool@gmail.com


Museum of Life and Science Summer Camps

Museum Camp in Durham offers fun, discovery, and learning at our main campus. Your kids will enjoy indoor and outdoor learning environments, exciting activities, plus the best of the Museum.

Camp Curiosity at the Montessori Community School in Chapel Hill provides learning experiences with more opportunities for outdoor play, connection between camp groups, and elective activities.

Museum of Life and Science
(919) 220-5429 ext. 313 | summercamp@lifeandscience.org


NCSSM Summer Accelerator Camp

Summer Accelerator courses offer students’ academic growth through engaging, challenging STEM courses on topics they can relate to. Students learn with like-minded peers and are taught by scientists, university professors, engineers, and others who bring real-world experience and activities to the Accelerator learning experience.

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
summer@ncssm.edu


NCSSM Summer Early Accelerator Camp

Early Accelerator programs offer younger students exciting and innovative ways to explore STEM concepts. Through interactive and hands-on activities, students will embark on a series of STEM adventures. These non-residential, day programs are held on our Durham and Morganton campuses.

North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
summer@ncssm.edu


New Hope Camp and Conference Center Summer Camp

Week-long sessions of full-day and overnight camps with activities such as archery, canoeing, games, energizers, arts and crafts, gaga ball, and much more! For rising 1st to 9th grade

New Hope Camp and Conference Center
(919) 942-4716 | jessie@newhopeccc.org


Orange County Arts Commission Arts Immersion Summer Camp

Join us this summer for an immersion in the arts geared especially towards youth. One-week full-day camps feature multi-disciplinary arts immersion that includes visual, literary, and performing arts throughout the week. at the Eno Arts Mill. With a variety of projects and activities throughout the week to engage campers, every day is a new adventure. All supplies provided. A refrigerator is provided for snacks/lunch. Ages 5-10.

Orange County Arts Commission
(919) 245-2335


Piedmont Wildlife Center Summer Camp

This summer, join your friends at Piedmont Wildlife Center as we connect with nature (and each other!) at our award-winning outdoor camps. Explore some of the Triangle’s best parks, play exciting forest games, go creek crawling, meet native NC wildlife, and more. Experience the Best Summer Camp in Durham (INDY Week Best of Durham 2023) for yourself this summer!

Piedmont Wildlife Center
919-489-0900


Pittsboro Youth Theater Summer Camps

With your choice of plays and activities, your child is sure to have some summer fun with Pittsboro Youth Theater. Pittsboro Youth Theater offers plays for ages 6 to 18 from June to August. Register your child today!

Pittsboro Youth Theater
(919) 533-6997


PlayMakers’ Theatre Quest Camps

Our Theatre Quest programs, for both middle and high school students, provide the opportunity for students to grow their theatre skills in these two-week long camps. Students will have the opportunity to learn from talented instructors and will showcase their abilities together on the final day.

Our Theatre Intensive and Theatre Tech programs are for high school students who are ready to take it to the next level. PlayMakers offers a six-week practicum for high school students—both on stage and behind the scenes—combining top-notch teaching with unparalleled practical experience. Students work with professional directors, choreographers, musical directors, and theatre technicians at PlayMakers Repertory Company, which culminates in a professional-quality production for the entire Triangle to enjoy.

For more information, email PlayMakers at syc@unc.edu


Primrose School Summer Adventure Club

At Primrose Schools Summer Adventure Club, children become engineers, artists, explorers, and more as they discover the joys of design thinking, a fun and innovative way to learn. Engineering design challenges, experiments, and themed activities await as children unlock new ways of thinking—all while having a blast! Ready for the best summer? Contact your local Primrose School to learn more and sign up.

Primrose School of Chapel Hill at Briar Chapel
(919) 441-0441


Progression Climbing Summer Camp

Summer is just around the corner, and it’s time to get excited for Progression Climbing’s 3-day and 5-day camps! Our camps provide your children the opportunity to develop courage, perseverance, and lasting friendship through challenging themselves and supporting one another. Every session starts with an introduction to bouldering, team-building activities, and goal-setting. From there, trained staff will guide campers through arts & crafts activities, games, educational experiences, and bouldering. Whether they are focused on progressing at bouldering or developing their artistic side, our trained staff foster a supportive environment where campers strive for their personal best, all while making friends, learning, and having fun! All camps provide bouldering, team building, educational activities, arts and crafts, and tons of fun!

Progression Climbing Bouldering Gym
(919)904-7217 | info@climbprogression.com


Schoolhouse of Wonder Summer Camps

At Schoolhouse of Wonder, we love that every person, young or old, is different. We celebrate diversity and encourage campers to embrace their unique identities and perspectives. We believe that this creates a richer, more vibrant community where everyone can learn from and inspire one another. Whether your child is outgoing and loves to make new friends or is more introverted and prefers to explore the world around them at their own pace, our Chapel Hill County summer program is designed to help them discover their full potential.

Schoolhouse of Wonder
(919) 477-2116


School of Rock Chapel Hill Summer Camp

Do you want to learn how to play in a band or learn to write songs? School of Rock Chapel Hill offers a wide variety of music camps and workshops that cover topics such as these. Our local music camps are perfect for musicians of any skill level who want to play guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and vocals. This is a Chapelboro Summer Camp featured listing. For more information, see above.

School of Rock Chapel Hill
https://www.schoolofrock.com/ | (919) 338-1011


Sisters’ Voices Summer Camp

Summer camp options for theater and choral are available for current 2nd – 9th graders (rising 3rd – 10th graders). These camps will help singers connect to each other and build musical skills that will be important for the coming year.  All camps will take place at Binkley Church in the Fellowship Hall and on the Playground. Binkley is located at 1712 Willow Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

If you have any questions regarding camps or ensembles, please email Leandra Strope at leandra@sistersvoices.org.

Scholarships are available, as with all SV programs. Please email Jenny Walters at jenny@sistersvoices.org to request a scholarship.

Sisters’ Voices, a community of girls who love to sing. 


Strouds Creek Farm Summer Camp

We have designed our summer camp programs to offer a unique and fun filled experience for your child. Summer camp is intentionally limited to 15 children per week. This group size allows children to develop friendships and enjoy calm and joyous days on the farm, while also providing the intimate feeling one might get at a friends birthday party, or a playdate with friends.

Down to earth, nature based days spent outside are the vibe around here. We lean into a routine of activities that are loosely defined so that we allow for flexibility. We strive to balance the structure and supervision that is necessary with a “free ranging approach”. We feel that some unstructured play and the freedom to just be a kid throughout the day is what makes our summer camp program so much fun!

Strouds Creek Farm
(919) 406-4552 | stroudscreekfarm@gmail.com


Studio School of Durham

Summer Camp gives your child the opportunity to discover, explore, and engage in hands-on learning all summer long. We offer a variety of themes for children in ages 6-10 that are guaranteed to spark their creativity in a safe and naturally inspiring environment.

Studio School of Durham
emilybell@ourplayhousepreschool.com


Southern Village Day Camp

Camp sessions fill rapidly. A variety of age and time options are provided to allow you to find the camp that best fits your needs.   Camp weeks are typically not transferrable. Camps are non-refundable. More details will be available on the registration form. In the meantime, you can participate in a variety of age and ability appropriate clinics and get geared up for summer! Register through your Court Reserve account! If you don’t have a Court Reserve account, you might as well go ahead and create one.

Southern Village Club
(919) 969-8442 | josh@southernvillageclub.com


Triangle Day School Summer Program

Triangle Day School offers a safe and nurturing summer program for students ages four to fifteen.  We provide a full-day summer program, with after care until 5 pm.  You can register your child for individual weeks, or register for multiple weeks at a time.

Our talented and caring staff members offer a wide variety of programs that allow students unique opportunities to learn a new craft or hobby, enhance their skills, dig deeper into their passion, expand their interests, visit local attractions, make new friends, and much more.

Triangle Day School is a warm and welcoming community, and our summer program promotes the school’s core values: Respect, Responsibility, Integrity, Compassion, Resilience, and Joy. Our dedicated summer program staff members offer fun and creative workshops for students, and each child’s safety and well-being is always our top priority.

Triangle Day School
(919) 383-8800 | summer@triangledayschool.org


Triangle YMCA

YMCA camps offer kids a chance to unplug and safely explore places, activities, and ideas. At camp, children discover new talents, and new interests and make new friends.

Parents have trusted YMCA camps for generations because of our caring, trained staff foster skill development, inclusion, and a fun environment.

The YMCA
(919) 719-9622


Trinity School of Durham

With a variety of camps to choose from, including a soccer camp, your child is sure to find something they love! Registration begins January 31st. To learn more, click the link above.

Trinity School of Durham
(919) 402-8262 | stroudscreekfarm@gmail.com


USA Ninja Challenge

USA Ninja Challenge offers exciting summer day camp experiences for Durham, North Carolina! Our camp program focuses on building confidence through fun and fitness. Kids will have the chance to test their limits in a safe environment, navigating obstacles with children their own age.

Ninja summer and special camps are the best way to provide a fun week of specific skills training, ninja games, and ninja course creation that will keep you kids engaged day after day!

USA Ninja Challenge
(984) 219-2559


UNC COACHES’ PRIVATE SUMMER CAMPS

Over 20 summer camps hosted by UNC athletic coaches. See the full listing of camps here!

UNC Coaches Private Summer Camps


Victoria Park Florist Summer Flower Camp 

Recommended for ages 8 – 15.  Campers get hands-on designing experience in a real life working florist environment.  Our low teacher to camper ratio ensures lots of personal attention and a wide variety of projects, games and learning – all related to plants and flowers.

Date is July 22 – 26, 2024.  For more information go to: https://www.victoriaparkflorist.net/page/summercamp

Victoria Park Florist | (919)967-9394 | admin@victoriaparkflorist.net

6113 NC86, Chapel Hill


Woodcrest Farm & Forge Summer Camps

Calling all 6–16 year-olds to join us on the farm for week-long, half-day camps this summer! Each week will offer a unique opportunity to explore the farm, make new friends, and learn new skills while immersed in the natural world. Get a good foundation in plant and animal care during Farm Camp, bring your creative energies to Art Camp, and learn new skills at Teen Blacksmithing and Basket Weaving camps. All camps take place entirely outside or in the shelter of the open barn.

We value Curiosity, Courage, Kindness, Creativity, Resourcefulness, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Community. Camps are led by a licensed educator together with a farmer and teaching artists as appropriate.

Woodcrest Farm & Forge 
dan.woodcrestfarm@gmail.com


YMCA Camp Cheerio

Cheerio Traditional Camp offers summer residential camping for children entering 2nd grade to rising 10th graders. During the four weeks of girls’ camp and six weeks of co-ed, Cheerio offers campers the chance to participate in various activities that help them explore and develop their potential and lives as young Christians in a safe and supportive environment. Perched atop the eastern side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Camp Cheerio sits on 135 acres of pristine land with plenty of room to run, play, and grow!

Cheerio offers over 35 different activities for campers to participate in, including aquatics, challenge sports, creative arts, field games, and target sports. When evening rolls around, the fun doesn’t stop! Campers will have more opportunities to let their athleticism, creativity, and performance skills shine in various evening programs

The YMCA
(336) 363-2604


Youth Mentoring Collaborative Summer Social Justice Academy

The Youth Mentoring Collaborative’s Summer Social Justice Academy is an intensive three-week paid hybrid summer experience for youth to explore how to respond to some of society’s most pressing issues impacting. Curriculum topic exploration will include mental health, access to high-quality education, contact with the criminal justice system, and economic opportunities.We will accept twenty-five (25) rising 9th through 12th graders in mentoring programs in NC. Students will be paid a $250.00 stipend for participating. Travel to Durham, NC is required.

Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from Monday, July 10 to Thursday, July 27

Youth Mentoring Collaborative
hmckinney@youthmentoringcollaborative.org | 1-800-956-3920


1870 Farm

Each day offers new ideas and activities! One day we may be making pickles, and the next day inventing a new ice cream flavor. We may go miniature frog collecting or attempting to teach some of the more social animals new tricks. The older children are encouraged to participate in the entrepreneur program and come up with ideas for products to be sold at the farm stand on Fridays.

As a farm we are always on top of the weather and will adjust schedules accordingly. The farm offers its own micro-climates and activity spaces so we have lots of flexibility in our activities. Barn games might include “steal the bacon”, potato sack races, corn hole, or a game we actually build and play such as “four in a row”. Every child will have a chance to go gemstone mining and fishing each week. Every Friday we invite parents and guardians to come at 2:00pm to leisurely explore the camp, have an ice cream, and see what their campers have been up to all week! 

1870 Farm
Info@1870Farm.com


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