Please refer to the online registration system to determine if there is space available in a specific camp. Please sign up on the wait list if a camp you are interested in is ful. Plans change and spaces often open up as the summer progress. We will use our wait lists to fill available spaces.
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Minnows (ages 3-4)
HOP, SKIP, JUMP: June 30-July 3*, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Learn all about wild animals and how they move and groove. Sing wiggly animal songs and play animal movement games. Swoop with our costumed Kinder Critter Ollie Owl and make music in the Sound Garden! *No program Friday, July 4th.
DOWN IN THE DIRT: July 14-18, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Investigate the hidden world below your feet. Bake dirt pies at the Squirrel Kitchen, build sand castles, and create with clay. Plant seeds in the Learnscape Garden and make pretend beaver dams in our River Run play space!
BUG BUDDIES: July 28-August 1, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Go on crawly a critter safari in our Learnscape Garden and explore park meadows for insects that crawl, hop, and fly! Sing bug songs, play bug games, and build a bug friend to take home!
INCHWORMS: August 18-22, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Discover the many flavors of the garden as we gather ingredients for our very own Stone Soup. Sing harvest songs, play garden games, and splash in the Learnscape sprinklers. Make mud pies and sand cakes for pretend food fun!
Dragonflies (ages 4-5)
MAGIC FOREST: June 23-27, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Wander woodland trails, build forts in the Magic Forest, and get to know the trees in our Learnscape and park.Tell tall tree tales, create fairy houses, and make wood gnomes from forest finds.
FEATHERED FRIENDS: June 30-July 3*, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Get to know the birds that fly in the sky nearby. Check out real feathers and nests, explore bird habitats, and hear fine-feathered stories. Sing like a bird, build nests, and visit with our Kinder Critter, Ollie Owl. *No program Friday, July 4th. *Combine this camp with free lunch care and BUGS BY THE BILLIONS in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
BUGS BY THE BILLIONS: June 30-July 3*, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Explore ponds, look under logs, and swing nets through grass as you hunt for bugs of all shapes, sizes, and colors! Learn about insects and do the Dragonfly Dance! *No program Friday, July 4th. *Combine this camp with free lunch care and FEATHERED FRIENDS in the morning for an all-day experience!
BUSY BUILDERS: July 7-11, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Make nests, weave webs, and build beaver dams in this fun camp all about creative critters. Play with giant blocks in our Nature’s Builders Playspace, learn about earth-friendly human homes, and let animals inspire you to build your own mini shelters! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and COLOR CRAZY in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
COLOR CRAZY: July 7-11, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Get wild with colors! Go on a garden colors treasure hunt and create rainbow art from flowers. Meet our bright green costumed Kinder Critter Frannie the Frog and create your own colorful creature to take home! Combine this camp with free lunch care and BUSY BUILDERS in the morning for an all-day experience!
NATURAL TREASURES: July 14-18, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Dig into nature’s treasure chest as we create finger paints from flowers, Earth Art from our stones and cones collection, and critters from cool stuff we find in the forest. Enjoy edible art made from Learnscape Garden goodies!
HOOT, HOWL, & HUM: July 21-25, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Celebrate the sounds of nature in this naturally noisy camp. Hoot like owls, howl like coyotes, and hum like bees! Play music in our Sound Garden and tap out tunes on instruments you make from recycled and natural materials. Combine this camp with free lunch care and RAINBOW GARDENERS in the morning for an all-day experience!
RAINBOW GARDENERS: July 21-25, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Discover how the sun helps our Learnscape Garden grow like a rainbow! Hand pick zesty garden snacks, make rainbows with water, and sing a spectrum of songs. Tell colorful tales and paint with dyes made from garden and forest plants. Combine this camp with free lunch care and HOOT, HOWL, & HUM in the morning for an all-day experience!
FLUTTER & FLOAT: July 28-August 1, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Get up and go as you look for critters that float on water or flutter through air. Build a mini boat from natural materials, catch bugs, discover birds in the Learnscape Nest, and create fanciful wings.
WHO’S HIDING: August 4-8, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Explore our Learnscape and the park in search of concealed creatures – from birds to bugs. Play hide and seek games, go on a hidden treasures hike, and create camouflage costumes.
WILDLIFE WOW!: August 11-15, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Beavers and squirrels and moles, oh my! Learn about park mammals as you hunt for hidden homes, search for tracks and traces, and check out real animal pelt and bone specimens. Tell creature tales and make wild animal art! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and POND NYMPHS in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
POND NYMPHS: August 11-15, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Meet the cool critters in the water web of life. Go pond dipping, play in the Learnscape’s River Run, and watch for herons and ducks along the canoe canal. Do the Frog Hop with Frannie the costumed Kinder Critter! Combine this camp with free lunch care and WILDLIFE WOW! in the morning for an all-day experience!
EARTHLINGS: August 18-22, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Become an earth caretaker as you bake with sunlight, build recycled art, and forage for goodies in the organic Learnscape Garden. Discover the water cycle as you play Poohsticks at the park canal and listen to Earth tales in the Hazelnut Hollow.
EARTH MOVERS: August 25-29, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Move your body like the rocking and rolling Earth as we explore in the park and Learnscape! Whirl like the wind, grow tall like trees, and roll like the river as you learn kid-friendly yoga moves. Make music on our Star Stage and create instruments with gifts from the Earth – stone, wood, water, and more. *Combine this camp with free lunch care and WATER WONDERS in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
WATER WONDERS: August 25-29, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Discover the wonders of water! Make drip sandcastles in our sandbox and mud pies in our Squirrel Kitchen. Experiment with our model watershed, play Poohsticks at the canoe canal, and frolic in the Learnscape sprinklers. *Combine this camp with free lunch care and EARTH MOVERS in the morning for an all-day experience!
Tree Frogs (ages 6-8)
THINGS WITH WINGS: June 23-27, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Discover the wonder of wings as we look for birds in the forests, meadows, and ponds of Alton Baker Park. Harness the power of wind and water as we create toys that fly and float! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and TINY WORLDS in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
TINY WORLDS: June 23-27, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Take an up-close look at nature nearby – on a tiny scale! Use magnifiers and microscopes to check out the wild and wiggly world in a drop of water, discover how trees talk, and dig in the dirt to meet the micro-critters who live beneath your feet! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and THINGS WITH WINGS in the morning for an all-day experience!
NATURE DETECTIVES at HENDRICKS: June 30-July 3*, 9am-4pm, Hendricks Park: Go on a scavenger hunt each day as you hike in the park – and create a treasure map of natural wonders to share with your family! Use magnifiers to see nature mysteries up close and binoculars to check out what’s happening in the distance. Get to know Hendricks Park’s fascinating conifer forest, native plant gardens, and oak knoll. *No program Friday, July 4th.
EXPLORE IN ESPAÑOL: July 7-11, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Investigate the park and our gardens while learning the Spanish words for what you discover in this fun bilingual Spanish/English camp. Hike in the forest, catch bugs, and float in tubes on the canoe canal! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and ARTE DE LA TIERRA in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
ARTE DE LA TIERRA: July 7-11, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Enjoy both art and nature in this fun bilingual Spanish/English camp. Make fabric painting with colors from our garden and create Earth Art with our stones to cones collection – all while learning in a second language. Capture all your new words in a handmade nature journal! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and EXPLORE IN ESPAÑOL in the morning for an all-day experience!
GO WITH THE FLOW at MOUNT PISGAH: July 7-11, 9am-4pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum: Explore the hiking trails and waterways of Mount Pisgah while practicing mindfulness, trying out yoga, and playing with poetry. Get to know one of the river’s inhabitants as you act out the salmon’s lifecycle. Catch bugs in the water – salmon’s dinner – and wade at special Willamette River Coast Fork splashing spots!
FOREST FORTS: July 14-18, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Hunt for animal homes in the park and get inspired to build your own special shelters. Create giant block towers in the Nature’s Builder’s Playspace and build forts in the Magic Forest. Design crazy castles from recycled cardboard boxes and mini build gnome homes in the Learnscape. Climb a tall tree with experts from Tree Climbing Eugene!
CALL OF THE WILD at HENDRICKS: July 21-25, 9am-4pm, Hendricks Park: Let loose your inner actor, story-teller, or musician in this fun nature theater camp! Spend the week acting like animals, singing songs, and playing theater games inspired by our favorite nature tales. Make music in the trees, create masks from recycled and natural materials, and explore the wild side of Hendricks Park!
TALKING STONES TREK BY BIKE: July 28-August 1, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Learn about the life and lore of our area’s native people, the Kalapuya, in this fun biking and park exploration camp. Cycle to the Talking Stones and float the canal, which leads to the water highway of the Kalapuya people, the Willamette River. Learn Kalapuya words, games, and stories. *You must be able to cycle without training wheels up to four miles per day (with rest breaks), and have or borrow a helmet that fits, a working bike (with hand brakes), and a bike lock for this camp. Bike/lock/helmet loans may be possible on advance request.
LET’S GO!: July 28-August 1, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Get up and GO in this fun camp for kids who like to move. Hike to all corners of the park and float in tubes on the canoe canal. Blend smoothies by bike and make mini-boats to launch on the water!
ROCK ‘N FOSSIL FUN: August 4-8, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Visit Fossil Beach, do the Rock Cycle Rap, and learn the story of your own special stone. Create volcanoes, splash in the Willamette River, and play Mountain Melt!
HAPPY HARVESTERS: August 11-15, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Savor the summer with a bunch of munchin’! Bake in a solar oven, create yummy garden recipes, and blend smoothies by bike. Make silly veggie art and have a rainbow salad making contest. Hike park trails to learn about the nearby web of life and who’s harvesting who in nature!
WILDLIFE CYCLERS: August 11-15, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Explore the park and beyond in search of wildlife tracks and traces in this fun biking camp. Roll through the phases of the sun and moon as we learn about diurnal, crepuscular, and nocturnal creatures and their habitats. Check out real pelts and bones! *You must be able to cycle without training wheels up to four miles per day (with rest breaks), and have or borrow a helmet that fits, a working bike (with hand brakes), and a bike lock for this camp. Bike/lock/helmet loans may be possible on advance request.
WORLD OF WATER: August 18-22, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Dive into a world of watery fun! Hike by the mighty Willamette River, play Mountain Melt, and have a canal race with mini hand-made boats. Discover how ice and salt turn milk into ice cream, build dams in our model watershed, play in the River Run, and cool off with a tube float down the canoe canal!
WE ALL BELONG: August 25-29, 9am-12pm, Alton Baker Park: Discover how diversity holds together the web of life! From creepy crawlies to creative kids, we all belong and we all have an important role to play. Harvest tasty plants in the Edible Schoolyard, catch insects in the tall grass, watch birds by the riverside, and search for mammal tracks and traces in the woods. Play cooperative games and weave a giant pretend web of life that includes all living things! *Combine this camp with free lunch care and WEATHER WIZARDS in the afternoon for an all-day experience!
WEATHER WIZARDS: August 25-29, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Weather Wizards: Keep your eyes on the sky in this camp for weather curious kids! Create summer snowflakes, make a model tornado, and build your own anemometer to measure the wind. Keep cool even if it’s hot in the rain of our sprinklers! Combine this camp with free lunch care and WE ALL BELONG in the morning for an all-day experience!
Blue Herons (ages 8-11)
LOOK OUT: June 23-27, 1-4pm, Alton Baker Park: It’s a wild world out there! Discover the awesome ways that plants and animals protect themselves and their young, hunt their prey, and defend their territory. Find armored bugs, learn to identify perilous plants, and search for camouflaged critters as you wander the trails and watch the waterways of Alton Baker Park. Explore the farthest reaches of the park and cool off in the canoe canal!
PEDAL POWER: June 30-July 3*, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Learn all about how bikes go as we explore Willamette River bike trails. Create bike part art, learn basic bike maintenance skills, and enjoy smoothies blended by the power of biking! *You must be able to cycle without training wheels up to ten miles per day (with rest breaks), and have or borrow a helmet that fits, a working bike (with hand brakes), and a bike lock for this camp. Bike/lock/helmet loans may be possible on advance request. *No program Friday, July 4th.
BUDDING BOTANISTS at MOUNT PISGAH: July 7-11, 9am-4pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum: From the smallest flower to the tallest tree, the growing green world has so many stories to tell! Discover how trees talk, plants eat, and pollinators dance as you wander this park’s fabulous nature trails. Learn about the plants used by Oregon’s native Kalapuya people and play Kalapuya games. Wade in the Willamette River’s Coast Fork, go seed seeking, and create Earth Art.
WHEELS & WINGS: July 14-18, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Explore the Willamette riverside by bike and watch water wildlife at Delta Ponds and other local birding hot spots. Learn about native songbirds and raptors, check out our nest collection, and make feathered masks. Float on the canoe canal like ducks! *You must be able to cycle without training wheels up to ten miles per day (with rest breaks), and have or borrow a helmet that fits, a working bike (with hand brakes), and a bike lock for this camp. Bike/lock/helmet loans may be possible on advance request.
OUT ON A LIMB: July 21-25, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Stretch your mind and body in this tree-ific nature adventure camp! Hike deep into the park to find the tallest, widest, and weirdest trees. Discover how trees talk, build tree forts, and make tree art. Spend a day climbing high in the trees with experts from Tree Climbing Eugene!
ROCK OUT at MOUNT PISGAH: July 28-August 1, 9am-4pm, Mount Pisgah Arboretum: Unearth the rocky roots of Mount Pisgah as you explore the trails of this fabulous park. Discover the stories of our local landscapes as you hike to the summit, visit the park’s cool nature study exhibits, and splash in the Willamette River’s Coast Fork. Play Mountain Melt and the Rolling Rock game and use what you learn about rivers and rocks to build and explode your own volcano!
WATER CYCLERS: August 4-8, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Cycle the Willamette River bike paths in search of the best wading, rock-stacking, and stone-skipping spots. Learn about the river’s amazing journey from the mountains to the sea and enjoy your own cool ride as you float down the canoe canal! *You must be able to cycle without training wheels up to ten miles per day (with rest breaks), and have or borrow a helmet that fits, a working bike (with hand brakes), and a bike lock for this camp. Bike/lock/helmet loans may be possible on advance request.
GREEN TEAM: August 11-15, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Take on an earth care project every day and show how kids can make the world a better place! Bake in a solar oven with goodies from our organic garden and make your own mini-oven to take home. Repaint a panel of our footbridge anti-graffiti mural as part of our TAG Team and create mini-murals for the Learnscape. Learn how to prevent water pollution as you float the park canal and do a litter patrol along park paths!
BUGS BY BIKE: August 18-22, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Ride the river’s bikeways with eyes peeled for invertebrates! Discover where dragonflies are born, look for bugs that walk on water, and find insects that wrap themselves up in tiny stone burritos! Watch for critters who eat bugs as you ride along waterways and wade where the salmon swim when the days get hot. *You must be able to cycle without training wheels up to ten miles per day (with rest breaks), and have or borrow a helmet that fits, a working bike (with hand brakes), and a bike lock for this camp. Bike/lock/helmet loans may be possible on advance request.
GARDEN GOURMETS: August 25-29, 9am-4pm, Alton Baker Park: Slice, dice, mix, and mash your way through a week of tasty treats made from Learnscape garden goodies. Create paper you can plant, brew herbal teas, dry apple chips, and bake artistic pizzas in a solar oven. Enjoy a camp cook-off and smoothies blended by bike!