Come create magical memories with us this summer as we design art, interact with domestic farm animals, splash in the pool, play camp games and meet other fellow budding artists! Have fun creating two arts and crafts projects per day while exploring many mediums including: tempera, acrylic, watercolor, oil and chalk pastels, charcoal, ink and more. Explore collage, clay, printmaking, painting, drawing, decoupage, crafts and recycled art! Between art classes, have fun playing with the bunnies, cats, chickens, duck and goose, piggies and goats! And, in between camp games, there is always time to have fun on the trampoline or in the pool with friends. This week's theme: Under the Sea. Ahoy mermaids and pirates, get ready for fun in the sun and an interactive luau celebration!

Asia Pacific Language School offers elementary school children the opportunity to learn the Chinese Mandarin or Japanese language and culture while having fun. Our camp's morning program will focus on language study (conversational and writing skills) and cultural studies. In the afternoon, we will offer a variety of activities, including projects and arts to learn the Asian culture, going to parks for outdoor play, swimming, and field trips.

Camp Sprouting Spirits teaches your child how to regulate their emotions, be mindful, respond to stress, and changes in a healthy way. We make most of our snacks, like pizza, a smoothie bar, and “rainbow salad”, made with organic and locally grown produce whenever possible. We also have a yoga or music class every day plus an arts and crafts project. Our activities and games promote compassion, creativity, co-operation, teamwork, and patience. The entire camp is outdoors and we walk to the Rose Garden daily! We emphasize nature, yoga, dance, music, games, cooking, building fairy-houses. Every child has a blast at Sprouting Spirits! You will not be let down.

Discovery Days - where imagination comes alive...at camp! This day is part of the Seattle Children's Museum Summer Camp program which provides a create-your-own summer opportunity for families to select their own combination of single, half-day or full-day camps throughout June, July and August. Each day features its own theme. Learn more at www.thechildrensmuseum.org/summer.

Come join us in the fairy ring! This four-day camp is inspired by flowers and fairies from classical ballets and nature. Each day is split equally between dance and art. Culminates in an informal performance and gallery of student artwork.

Travel to fantastic new worlds without ever leaving the Museum! We’ll make believe with pirates, kings and queens, crazy creatures, fairies and elves.

Story Tellers: People, Place, or Thing Narrate your own story and express it through comics, paintings, and flip motion books. Realize your characters, settings and props through contour line drawing of objects, figure model drawing of classmates, and miniature set building. Throughout time art has evoked a sense of story…. what is yours?

Seattle may have a lot of rain, but we also have lots of lakes and beaches to play in during the summer. In this two day camp, kids will make beach necessities, a swimsuit coverup and floppy beach hat. They will learn the basics of sewing on the machine as well as oodles of other sewing techniques. A small materials list will be emailed before class.

Children ages 3 to 5 years will be able to use glue, scissors, crayons, & markers. Special projects with watercolor, easel painting, finger painting, color mixing, and dough art. We incorporate the Montessori philosophy in our program. Field trip to Klay Crazy Ceramics (Auburn) on July 12. We meet at Klay Crazy. Cost: You get to help your child pick a ceramic to paint and you pay at Klay Crazy. The prices range from $4 to $10 (plus 9.5% tax) for ceramic, painting, & finished product. Your whole family can attend the field trip.

This camp is all about putting things together and building. They will transform drawings into 3 dimensional works of art while working on concepts like visual balance and narrative. Students will create collages, wall-hangings, buildings, spaceships and cars out of cardboard, plastic, paper, wood and much more.

Are you ready to put your art on the map? Make collages, paintings and sculptures in response to art from around the globe. Along the way campers will create their own passports, mixed media maps, masks and more. This week will also include fun music workshops and a visit to the galleries at Seattle Art Museum Downtown. Drop-off and pick-up location: Seattle Asian Art Museum.

Engage in fun, hands-on activities as you create your own masterpieces in our Do-It-Yourself Camp! Get your hands dirty as you squeeze, coil, and build original sculptures out of clay. Put on the chef’s hat and make desserts that are both delicious and beautiful. Turn a pair of boring white canvas shoes into art by painting a fashion-forward design and showing them off on the runway. Become a chocolatier at Dawn’s Candy & Cake Chocolate 101 class. At D.I.Y. Camp, we empower our campers to say, “Yes, I did it myself!”

This class is for those eager to learn the basics and more on the potter’s wheel from professionals. We will provide you the license to drive this wheel! A concentrated class time on consecutive days will allow you to really dig in to clay. Centering, wedging, trimming, handles, and glazing all in the space of one week. If you know this already, OK! go further, lids, slip work, faceting on and on. You can sign up for either week or both. A dream come true? You are not dreaming, we look forward to seeing you here. We will provide the clay, a loaner tool kit, excellent instruction and a lot of fun.

Kids, bring a sack lunch and a sense of adventure! Each camp will consist of art, cooking, exploring, singing, dancing, and making new friends. Campers have the option to attend a drop-in camp on Friday or you may always choose to drop in for the day on other days ($40).

Wilderness Awareness School has partnered together with Oxbow Farm, and we are serving up something very special this summer! During this week of daily adventures your child will explore the edge where Farm and Forest meet. In addition to Wilderness Awareness School’s unique day camp experience learning about plants, mammals, tracking, birds and survival skills…we’re down on the farm! Kids will make their own sun tea, fresh fruit popsicles, and farm burritos. They will dig roots and pick fruits, save, sow, and snack on seeds. On the final day, we will harvest produce for an end-of-week Happy Camper Farmers Market! Each day we enjoy storytelling under the Maple Tree, as well as songs, crafts, and play surrounding food, farm and forest life. Camp is held at Oxbow Farm in the Snoqualmie Valley (about 15 minutes from Redmond). It is on a 120-acre property, with 20 acres of certified organic vegetables, berries and tree fruit in cultivation for the fresh market.