Camp Odayin is a unique nonprofit camp designed specifically for children and teens living with congenital or acquired heart disease. Serving families throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and beyond, the organization's mission is simple but powerful: to give young people with heart conditions a place where they can just be kids...
Camp Thunderbird for Boys and Camp Thunderbird for Girls are sibling sleepaway camps located on separate campuses in Bemidji, Minnesota, offering a traditional overnight camp experience for children and teens. Established in 1946, the camps sit on more than 600 acres with three miles of shoreline and maintain a strong focus on...
Camp Foley is a long-running overnight summer camp located on Whitefish Chain, offering traditional camp experiences for kids entering grades 2–11. Known for its classic “up north” camp atmosphere, Foley combines outdoor adventure, waterfront activities, and strong community-building traditions...
The summer camps at Windfall Equestrian Center are horse-focused day camps designed for kids who want to learn riding and horsemanship in a supportive, hands-on environment. Located just outside the Cities in Stillwater, the program offers several skill-based camp levels, allowing beginners and experienced riders alike...
Sunnyside Stables runs summer horse camp programs that blend hands‑on horsemanship with riding instruction and fun farm experiences. Their summer camps are centered around daily riding plus foundational skills in grooming, saddling, posture, balance, and horse communication...
Circle R Ranch offers a traditional overnight horseback riding camp designed for kids and teens ages roughly 7–17 who love horses or want a deeper introduction to riding and ranch life...
Camp Pillsbury is a co-ed overnight (and some day) summer camp in Owatonna. It serves kids and teens ages 6–17 and is known for its unusually flexible program structure: campers essentially build their own daily schedule based on the activities they want to explore...
Minnesota Ballet School is a community ballet school that teaches classical ballet using the Vaganova (Russian) method, with year-round options that include youth classes, adult classes, drop-in/open classes (ages 3+), and private lessons—so many families use it as both a “camp week” spot and an ongoing training home base...
Stages Theatre Company’s Summer Theatre Workshops are designed as “pick-your-week” theatre camps for ages 3 through Grade 12, and taught by professional teaching artists—with a big emphasis on kids getting to sing, dance, act, play, and build confidence while making friends...
Lakeshore Players Theatre’s summer camps (hosted through their Theatre Education program in White Bear Lake) are designed as week-by-week, age-banded theatre experiences—from playful “storybook” camps for little kids to production, acting, and tech intensives for older students...
Merrill Arts Center (MAC) is a community-focused arts hub in Woodbury with a mission “to champion the arts,” created out of the former Woodbury Arts Council and built to be a regional cornerstone for arts access and education...
Minnesota Dance Theatre (MDT) is an acclaimed Minneapolis-based dance company and school (founded in 1962) that offers year-round training plus seasonal intensives for young dancers...
MacPhail’s summer camps are a music-filled menu of weeklong (and some multi-day) camps designed for a wide range of ages and experience levels—everything from early learners to teens (and even some adult offerings). In general, their camps emphasize high-quality instruction, lots of playing with other students, and a balance of skill-building + creative expression...
Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) is the nation’s largest theatre for young people, serving 200,000+ people each year, and it’s the only youth-focused theatre to receive the Special Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Their summer camp lineup is designed...
Park Square Theatre’s Summer Programs ( grades K–12) are a big menu of weeklong theater camps designed by grade band—K–1, grades 2–4, grades 5–8, plus a grades 3–8 Production Series—all led by professional theatre educators and structured to work for both beginners and experienced performers...
Pangea World Theater’s summer camps are week-long, full-day theater camps in Minneapolis that focus on storytelling, masks, and ensemble-based play—with a big emphasis on their “radical welcome” approach (all experience levels are invited, and the environment is designed to be collaborative and inclusive)...
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ Musical Theatre Camp is a long-running Twin Cities favorite (it’s been running since 1994, with 13,000+ kids/teens participating) and gives campers a behind-the-scenes taste of what it takes to put on a show—voice, movement, costumes/scenery, stage combat, and more—taught by working CDT theatre professionals...
The Minnesota Zoo’s Summer Zoo Camps are classic “zoo kid” weeklong experiences built around animal encounters, special zoo experiences, tours, and games, with campers grouped by grade/age and taught by professional naturalists. Offerings span a wide range...
Camp Como at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory is a themed summer camp that lets kids spend a full week exploring animals, plants, and behind-the-scenes zoo life. The 2026 season offers half-day morning camps for preschoolers and rising kindergarteners and full-day camps for kids entering grades 1–6...
The Curiosity Camps (or early out) at the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota (Mankato) are half-day, school-year camps designed specifically for kids in Kindergarten through 3rd grade on local early-release days. Instead of scrambling for last-minute childcare when school lets out early, families can register their child...
Bunker Park Stables offers immersive horseback riding summer camps designed for children ages 4–17. These camps provide a fun, structured introduction to horsemanship in a safe, supportive environment. They offer 1-day to 5-day options, along with full and half-day options for riders of all levels and abilities...
Anoka County Parks offers a wide variety of nature-based summer day camps for kids ages 4 to 15, hosted across scenic locations like Wargo Nature Center, Coon Rapids Dam, and Bunker Hills Regional Park. Camps run June through August, and are led by trained naturalists and staff who prioritize outdoor exploration, hands-on learning, and fun...
The U of M women's basketball summer camps offer a range of summer programs tailored to girls interested in improving their basketball skills while having fun in a positive, energetic environment. Hosted at the University's campus, these camps are led by the Gopher women’s basketball coaching staff, current and former players, and trained support staff...
