We know school’s not quite out, but believe it or not, summer camps fill up fast. If you have a future scientist, explorer, athlete, or artist on your hands, we’ve got a summer camp for them.
🎨 For the artist
Artspace Summer Camp | Grades 1-12
Choose from eight sessions between June and August to let your little artist shine. From learning color theory to unpredictable painting workshops, art has no limits here.
Artist Studio Summer Camp | Ages 12-15
Keep the fun in the community and give your young artists the opportunity to explore art through nature and creative expression.
Starbright Youth Theatre | Ages 6-16
Let your thespian-in-training be a part of productions like “Frozen Kids,” “Mary Poppins Jr.,” and “The Wizard of Oz”
⚽️ For the athletes
YMCA sports camps | Ages 6+
This day camp lets your kids let off some steam with basketball, soccer, flag football, baseball, or a little bit of everything.
Arts Together summer dance classes | Ages 13+
Arts Together offers summer dance classes for teens of all experience levels with modern, hip-hop, ballet, jazz, and creative choreography.
🐛 For the explorer
Summer Garden Camp | Ages 4+
This JC Raulston Arboretum camp offers kids the chance to learn, create, and explore nature through several week-long camps ranging from Nature Detectives to Backyard Farm.
Piedmont Wildlife Center | Ages 5+
Join Piedmont Wildlife Center at its award-winning outdoor camps at William B. Umstead State Park and Yates Mill Park. Explore local parks, play forest games, go creek crawling, and meet native NC wildlife.
🔭 For the scientists + tech enthusiasts
Mad Science | Ages 5+
Experience hands-on adventures like surviving on a deserted island, building rockets, exploring space, and creating inventions like catapults and trebuchets. Kids work together on fun science experiments and challenges that spark creativity and problem-solving.
Code Your Own Adventure | Ages 12+
Journey into computer science by creating a fantasy adventure game from scratch using Java-based language. Learn coding fundamentals, 3D modeling, and 3D printing.
🏕️ Overnight camps
Camp Kanata | Ages 6+
Pack your sleeping bag. Campers ages 6-15 can participate in a week of experiences ~40 minutes from downtown on 150 acres, from canoeing to challenges like the Alpine Tower.
Camp Clearwater | Ages 6+
This camp is set on Clearwater Lake,~45 minutes from Raleigh, where campers engage in outdoor activities like canoeing, archery, and crafts.
