Mid-Winter Break Camps for Seattle-Area Kids

Mid-winter break will be here before you know it, so it’s time to start planning!

I’ve found a great selection of camps for 2026 to keep kids, from preschoolers to teens, active and engaged. Campers can hone their skills in the kitchen with cooking camps; get creative with art and carpentry; sing and act their hearts out; engage the brain with STEM activities; or stay active with parkour, circus and sports camps. 

The mid-winter camps below are divided into the following categories to help families find the one that works best for them:

• Adventure camps
• Sports camps
• Arts and theater camps
• Science and learning camps
• Cooking camps

Adventure camps

City of Auburn camp, Auburn

If you have younger children, the city of Auburn has a camp for them too! This camp offers four days of activities including crafts, sports, games and a one-time outing to a bowling alley. Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with early drop-off and later pickup available.

Ages: 6–10
Dates: Feb. 17–20
Cost: $230 for residents; $287 for nonresidents

Heartwood Nature, Seattle

In this 100 percent outdoor camp, kids will explore Saint Edward State Park with crafts, games, activities, campfires and tea time.

Grades: K–5 
Dates: Feb. 17–19
Cost: $85 per day

SANCA, Seattle

SANCA offers four weeklong, full-day circus camps over mid-winter break. Campers will try out various circus skills such as aerial rope, fabric, static trapeze, German Wheel, juggling, trampoline, tightwire, object manipulation and tumbling. Extended care is available.

Ages: 6–15
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $595

Seattle Bouldering Project, Seattle

These Seattle-area camps offer obstacle courses, climbing instruction, team challenges and more in single-day sessions. Feel free to choose one or more days of camp for your young climber.

Ages: 6–10
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $100 per day

Steve and Kate’s Camp, Bellevue

This unique full-day camp offers lots of choices for kids, and meals and snacks are included! You can buy any number of day passes which are refunded if unused. Kids choose from a variety of activities throughout the day.

Ages: 4–12 
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $129 per day

Sports camps

Kong Academy, Seattle

Ninja Parkour Training Camp combines movement with social-emotional learning. Kids will learn to navigate their environment while jumping, vaulting, climbing, balancing and having fun at this half-day camp.

Ages: 6–10
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $80 per day; $340 for the full week

Arena Sports, Issaquah

At Arena Sports School’s Out Camps, coaches lead engaging and active activities that keep campers off their gadgets and entertained all day. Choose one day or more. Kids ages 3–5 can attend for a half-day only.

Ages: 6–12
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $80 per day; $58 for a half-day

Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island

School’s Out J Camp offers a wide variety of activities to keep kids active and engaged when school is out. Extend your child’s day at camp until 6 p.m. with the Wacky Water add-on, which includes a swim lesson and pool games!

Grades: K–5
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $86–$95 per day

Arts and theater camps

Sit and Kit, Bellevue

Kids in the Bellevue school district can learn about famous artists and get messy in this three-day, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. camp.

Grades: K–5
Dates: Feb. 12–18
Cost: $225

Kids’ Carpentry, Seattle

Kids will build toys while learning the basics of carpentry and the safe use of hand tools. Campers can join for just one day or all five. Although many camps are almost full, you can join the waitlist.

Grades: K–5
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $100 per day

Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle

Seattle Children’s Theatre’s February break camps offers budding thespians the chance to explore music, comedy and general stagecraft. There are 12 camps offered, each with a different theme. Most camps run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (with two exceptions), and four camps are offered off-site: two at National Nordic Museum, one at SIFF and one at Seattle Children’s Museum.

Ages: 4–11
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $380–$560

Sing Out Seattle! Musical Theatre, Seattle

In the Best of Broadway camp, kids will learn and perform scenes and songs from five smash hit Broadway musicals.

Ages: 7–14
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $395

Youth Theatre Northwest, Mercer Island

Alice’s Wonderland is the backdrop for this year’s mid-winter break camp at Youth Theatre Northwest. Campers will learn the ropes of stage production including acting, blocking, character study and more during the day (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Scholarships and payment plans are available.

Grades: 2–5
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $525

Neo Art School, Seattle

Get messy and make art for one or more days of mid-winter break. Each day, kids will experiment with a variety of art techniques.

Ages: 6 and older
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $105–$125 per day

Taproot Theatre, Seattle

Taproot is offering two mid-winter break camp options this year that your young actors are sure to love:

• Drama Quest: Who’s in Rabbit’s House?: Kids in grades K–3 will learn and rehearse this fun play throughout the week, then perform it for parents on the last day, complete with costumes, lights and props.
• Youth and Teen Showcase: How to Survive Being in a Shakespeare Play: Kids and teens in grades 4–12 will improve their acting skills and perform the play on the last day.

Grades: K–12
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $295–$475

Stone Soup Theatre, Seattle

Have a budding thespian on your hands? Channel the drama in the right direction at this hands-on theater camp. Younger kids (grades K–2) can act their hearts out in the classic tale “Peter Pan” (with music), while older kids (grades 3–8) craft a compelling story, K-pop style, in “K-Pop: Drama Hunters.” These five-day camps are full of fun, and aftercare is available for an additional cost.

Ages: K–8
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $495

Science and learning camps 

Chess4Life, Issaquah, Bothell and Bellevue

Students can choose from all-day chess, chess plus Lego, chess plus table tennis, or chess plus robotics at these day camps. Beginners through advanced players are welcome and will rapidly improve their chess skills while having fun.

Ages: 6–12
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $425–$550

PlayWell (Lego), Shoreline

Young Lego lovers can enjoy this mid-winter break camp in Shoreline that’s all about Winter Wonderlands. Kids will explore STEM concepts as they embrace the cold by building bobsleds, snowmobiles and more.

Ages: 5–9
Dates: Feb. 17–20
Cost: $178 for residents; $214 for nonresidents

Kids Science Lab, Seattle

In this five-day weeklong camp kids will explore science through hands-on activities, experiments and take-home projects. Each day starts with a quest and is followed by science-themed classes, both indoor and outside, including time in the art studio. Extended care is available.

Grades: Pre-K–8
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $450 members; $550 nonmembers

Cooking camps 

Blue Ribbon Cooking School, Seattle

Mini chefs ages 7–12 can cook, bake and sauté to a different theme each day. Sign up for one day or all four days of this fun culinary camp.

Ages: 7–12
Dates: Feb. 17–20
Cost: $200 per day

Tilth Alliance, Seattle

Tilth is offering two mid-winter break camps this year: Cozy Cooking: Winter Cooking Camp (full-day, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Rainier Beach location) and Garden Cookbook: Kale Five Ways (half-day, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Wallingford location). In these multi-day camps, kids will learn to cook from seasonal produce, work in the garden and explore the outdoors while learning stewardship of the garden.

Note: A Junior Counselor Cozy Cooking camp is also available for kids in sixth through eighth grade this year.

Grades: 2–5
Dates: Feb. 16–20
Cost: $250–$500

Editor’s note: This article was originally published several years ago and was updated most recently by ParentMap's editorial team on on Jan. 13, 2026, with information for 2026 mid-winter break camps and a thorough fact-check.