BIG Backyard Party
All ages
The 8th annual BIG Backyard Party is here! Join us for an afternoon full of hands-on activities all ages and abilities can enjoy. Activities will include inflatables, fishing, archery, field games and so much more! Free fishing poles are available for children ages 14 and under while supplies last. This program is made possible by several ongoing community partnerships.
Recreation Day Camp: Week 9, Forest Field
Wacky Water Days!
Ages 5 – 11
Monday – Friday, July 29 – August 2
9:00 a.m. – noon
Recreation Day Camp (RDC) offers a variety of recreation activities, sports, games, arts and crafts, guest speakers and more! All RDC sites are led by trained recreation leaders. This fun program keeps children outdoors and active all week!
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Recreation Day Camp: Week 9, Iron Horse
Wacky Water Days!
Ages 5 – 11
Monday – Friday, July 29 – August 2
9:00 a.m. – noon
Recreation Day Camp (RDC) offers a variety of recreation activities, sports, games, arts and crafts, guest speakers and more! All RDC sites are led by trained recreation leaders. This fun program keeps children outdoors and active all week!
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Sugar Valley Day Camp Week 9 Morning
Colorful Creations
Ages 3 – 5
Monday – Friday, July 29 – August 2
9:00 a.m. – noon
All the different colors in nature are what make your parks so beautiful! We will spend each day looking for a featured color. At the end of the week, we will explore all the colors we learned about. Campers are encouraged to wear the featured color each day to camp!
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Hidden Meadows Camp Week 9 Morning
Nocturnal Animals
Ages 5 – 12
Monday – Friday, July 29 – August 2
9:00 a.m. – noon
Learn all about the creatures who explore our parks at night. This week will be focused on all things nighttime. Campers will make crafts, complete activities and play games all while learning about nocturnal creatures.
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Junior ACtivity Squad Camp Week 9
Imagination, Creation and Artful Investigation
Ages 5 – 7
Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 2
9:00 a.m. – noon
This week our focus is on art and exploring our creative side! We will have a variety of art projects that incorporate a wide variety of materials. We’ll throw in some STEM, process/active artwork, and some detective-theme crafts and activities as well! Jim McCutcheon of McCutcheon Music is joining us for a special camp concert!
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Sugar Valley Day Camp Week 9
Colorful Creations
Ages 6 – 12
Monday – Friday, July 29 – August 2
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
All the different colors in nature are what make your parks so beautiful! We will spend each day looking for a featured color. At the end of the week, we will explore all the colors we learned about. Campers are encouraged to wear the featured color each day to camp!
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Hidden Meadows Camp Week 9 All Day
Nocturnal Animals
Ages 5 – 12
Monday – Friday, July 29 – August 2
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Learn all about the creatures who explore our parks at night. This week will be focused on all things nighttime. Campers will make crafts, complete activities and play games all while learning about nocturnal creatures.
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
ACtivity Squad Camp Week 9
Camp Olympians!
Ages 8 – 12
Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The torch is lit! Join us for some friendly competition as we launch our camp Olympics. We will have a variety of activities including traditional Olympic sports, like archery and table tennis, and some camp-competition games that will have you going for gold! We will use our inflatable S.A.F.E. Archery equipment for this week of camp.
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Animal Robot-Palooza with Stemily
Ages 8 – 12
Monday, July 29 – Friday, August 2, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
The robots are coming! Each day we’ll learn about a new animal and then build a robot inspired by it. Come hang out with Stemily Studios as we dive into the world of robots and build a total of five awesome bots — a fresh one every day!
Registration deadline: Monday, July 22
Conservation Crew: Collecting Natural Items
Ages 12 – 18
We will be collecting natural items for our Fairy and Gnome Home Festival. Tasks include drying wildflowers, making leaf confetti, and collecting seeds and bark.
Registration deadline: Sunday, July 28
Tree ID
Ages 16 and up
The leader of this hike will point out key characteristics and fun facts about the trees of Grant Park.
Registration deadline: Thursday, August 1
Summer Garden Watercolor Class
Ages 18 and up
So many amazing colors and textures show up in our gardens! Spend this class painting fruit and vegetable themes utilizing basic brush and watercolor techniques. We will be using studio materials. Leave the class with your finished painting.
Registration deadline: Friday, July 26
Family Camping
All ages
Saturday, August 3 – Sunday, August 4
Camp at Forest Field Park! We will have crafts, nature lessons, a night hike to search for nocturnal friends, and s’mores around the campfire! Flush restrooms are on site. We will provide s’mores supplies, but no other food or camping gear. No pets, please.
Registration deadline: Monday, July 29
Summer Archery: Family Battles
Ages 8 and up
Looking for some family-friendly competition? We will learn the basics of archery and will use the skills you learn in a friendly competition against your own family! Please register just one family member. Maximum four people per family. All equipment is provided.
Registration deadline: Thursday, August 1