Moms are busy, and we know finding a great summer camp experience for your children is high on your to-do list! Lucky for us all, there is a vast selection of incredible summer camps in the St. Louis metro area. But how do you pick the right camp? Perhaps there are camps you haven’t thought of or discovered yet? Browse our 2022 Summer Camp Guide for some ideas to kickstart your summer planning – don’t forget to scroll to the bottom, where you’ll find even more local summer camp options!
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Presented by Center of Creative Arts COCA
Already planning your summer? COCA just released their Summer Arts Camp Guide— filled with unique and fun-filled camps that will spark your child’s creativity! There are HUNDREDS of camps to choose from! Check out COCA’s Camp Guide: www.cocastl.org/campguide
Get excited! COCA’s most popular Summer Arts Camps are returning again this year— including Circus, Musical Theatre, Superhero, Fashion, and Early Childhood— as well as new arts learning opportunities like COCA’s cooking and STEAM camps. Morning, afternoon, and full-day camp options are available. Financial assistance and before and after care are also available
Make this summer the best one yet with COCA’s Summer Arts Camps! COCA offers the *most* creative camps for kids and teens. With virtual, indoor, and outdoor camps, as well as morning, afternoon, and full-day camp options, COCA has thought of everything to help you plan a summer camp experience that works for you and your family!
Little Medical School
Do you have an animal lover at home? Or perhaps a future doctor? Little Medical School is the opportunity for your budding medical guru to hone their skills!
Little Medical School is an educational enrichment program inspiring young minds about health and careers in the medical field. Their biggest passion is inspiring children and teens about the wonderful world of medicine! They offer after-school programs, live virtual programs, birthday parties, summer camps, in-school field trips, scout badge classes, and special events they can customize to fit your needs!
In specific, Little Medical School Summer Camps provide a fun, creative, hands-on play experience and STEM education all at once. Their programs run throughout the summer in various locations and at their Creve Coeur store.
Most camp sessions run 5 days a week, with an option of two three-hour programs per day. The schedule includes one morning session and one afternoon session with an hour lunch break. There are additional recess times throughout the program. Their summer camps include their most popular courses with an emphasis on summer fun!
Code Ninjas
Does your child love technology? Are they looking to become a coding master? Guided by a team of Code Senseis, Code Ninjas Camps at Code Ninjas O’Fallon empower kids to gain valuable tech skills and make new friends.
Code Ninjas’ in-person camps are great for beginners and experienced kids ages 7-14 with a mix of on-screen and off-screen learning and fun! In-person summer camps are weeklong, Monday-Friday. Choose morning or afternoon half-day options OR make it a full-day camp experience by signing up for both AM and PM options!
Campers can learn the basics of game building and scriptwriting through Roblox, develop their programming skills in Python, build their own website, create their own YouTube Channel, and explore moviemaking, robot coding and modding with Minecraft®! Before care is included with all camps beginning at 8 a.m.; Aftercare is available from 3:30-5 p.m. daily for an additional $50 for the week.
Mad Science
Mad Science campers discover science through discovery and exploration, games and activities, and hands-on applications of scientific principles in week-long day camps. Children ages 4 to 11 touch, see, hear, smell and taste what science is really all about.
They use real-world science activities that allow even the youngest of campers to enjoy science. Campers create, build, and assemble a variety of projects while exploring how science affects the world around them. Kids explore an array of topics, including inventing, robotics, rocketry, forensics, and more! Children have so much fun, they forget they’re learning! Choose from 15+ locations throughout St. Louis.
Crayola® Imagine Arts Academy
This summer, Crayola® Imagine Arts Academy™ is offering two creative art camps for campers ages 5 to 11. During their week-long camps, children experiment with different art techniques and use Crayola® art materials to express their ideas.
In their Artblazers camp, kids discover the inspiring masterpieces and artists who have changed the world of art and the world as we know it – from Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits to Keith Haring’s street art. They design a different, unique, artist-inspired creation each day. They are encouraged to create the change that they want to see in the world!
In their Wild World camp, kids learn about different animals and how wildlife conservationists are working to protect species around the globe. Campers create frog paintings, ink-diffusion jellyfish, polar bear sculptures, and more!
Sporting St. Louis
Sporting St. Louis soccer camps and training programs are a great way for players to learn the fundamentals or continue to develop their soccer skills. Sporting St. Louis has programs for a wide range of skill levels and offers these programs throughout the St. Louis area.
These programs are built to provide quality instruction, maximizing touches & skill development through fun and interactive games during their training sessions. These programs continue to develop as the weeks go on, and by the end, the players will have touched a soccer ball thousands of times!
All players will receive quality training and advice from the coaching staff led by Marty Pike. By the end, players will have a greater understanding of the correct techniques and soccer as a whole.
Whitfield Summer Camp
OneCity Stories
Olympia Gymnastics
It’s going to be a Great Adventure at Olympia Gymnastics & Team Central this summer! Say Aloha to summer by joining them for a summer jam-packed with learning gymnastics and ninja skills, fun activities and games, and art & science projects all linked to their unique weekly themes.
Campers can have a nerf battle during Nerf week, be sneaky like a ninja during Ninja week, try to beat the clock with their Minute to Win it week, or make slime with their arts and sciences week. These Summer Camps are full of activities designed to engage and foster learning. Olympia & Team Central’s trained and safety-certified staff are devoted to the well-being of their camp kids and truly enjoy engaging with children.
Olympia’s summer camps run weekly June – August, and they offer half-day as well as full-day camps for children ages 5 & up (hours and themes may vary by location).
iD Tech Camps for Kids & Teens
Register today for Summer 2022! We can’t wait for your child to walk the halls of their dream campus, bond with new friends and mentors, and experience the magic that’s made us the world’s #1 tech camp for over two decades. Held at Washington University in St. Louis. Weeklong and two-week sessions for ages 7-18 in coding, game dev, robotics, creative arts, and more. Virtual Tech Camps and online courses also available.
Abra-Kid-Abra
Would your child like to learn to perform magic? Sign them up to amaze family and friends, build confidence, and develop presentation skills at Abra-Kid-Abra’s week-long magic camp. 20+ locations at a school or community center near you, all summer long. Parents tell us they often enjoy a nightly show! The kids bring home new tricks each day in their magic briefcases, and put on a performance on the last day for their families. Campers will create their own tricks, twist animal balloons, participate in comedy magic skits, and more! Circus camp, Comedy Camp, and Magical Mystery Camp are available, too.
DaySpring Arts and Education
DaySpring Arts and Education is a unique and creative environment where students become well equipped in the disciplines of the performing and fine arts as well as skills in academics. Their strength lies in the people who serve and teach their students. Summer dance, music and fine arts workshops, summer productions, steam camps, and more await your child at DaySpring Arts & Education this summer! From preschool-grade 12.
STAGES Performing Arts Academy
On the FLY STL Aerial Studios
i9 Sports
As you’re researching spring and summer youth activities, there are a lot of options for sports teams for your kids. It’s overwhelming, and we know all youth sports organizations are not created equal. We love i9 Sports because they offer a consistent, organized, fun experience for kids getting started in several different sports at multiple locations throughout St. Louis and St. Charles counties. i9 is offering flag football, soccer, and baseball camps this summer for ages 5-12!
Gateway ISR
Yucandu Art Studio
Camp Rep
Camp Rep is unlike any other theatre camp in town! Campers experience a two-week artistic immersion which culminates in a creative showcase for families to see. The Rep provides engaging instruction from some of the region’s leading teaching artists. Campers take classes on Broadway Dance, Acting, Music, Creative Storytelling, Circus Arts and more. Camp Rep is an excellent opportunity to introduce youth to the benefits of arts education and performance. Each camper will have the opportunity to perform, be celebrated and thrive!
314 Training Academy
Ultimate Ninjas STL
Aim High Summer School
Clayton
Chaminade Summer Camps
Ladue
The College School Summer Camp
St. Louis
Girls Inc Summer Camps
St. Louis
Griffin Gateways: Camps for Learners of All Ages and Abilities
Fontbonne University, St. Louis
Harper School
Frontenac
IMACS of Missouri
St. Louis
Imagination Station and Young Explorers
Richmond Heights
Junior Achievement of Greater St. Louis
Chesterfield
K-12 Camps and Academies at SLU
St. Louis
MICDS Summer of Adventure
St. Louis
Olin Fleischer Scholars Program
(first generation or low-socioeconomic college prep program)
Washington University, St. Louis
Sylvan Learning Center Camps
Various St. Louis area locations
Thomas Jefferson Summer Scholars
South County
Tutor Doctor Summer Success Program
Various St. Louis area locations
Artscope Summer Camps
Tower Grove
Contemporary Art Museum Summer Camps
Downtown St. Louis
Craft Alliance Staenberg Summer Camp
University City & Grand Center
EYC Academy (HE)ART and HANDS Sensory Art Camp
Town & Country
Gateway Center for Creative Arts
Webster Groves
Magic House Camps and Camp MADE
Kirkwood and St. Louis
Mrs. Roam’s Art Camp
University City
New City School Summer Camps
St. Louis
Parkway-Rockwood Community Education Art Camps
West County
Summer at SLU
St. Louis University
Camp Ben Frankel
Carbondale, IL
Camp Emeth
Creve Coeur
Camp Kanakuk
Branson
Camp Ondessonk
Southern IL
Camp Wartburg
Waterloo, IL
Chapel Summer Camp
St. Louis
Concordia Lutheran Church
Kirkwood
Heartland Camp – Green Trails Church
Chesterfield
JUMP! Kids
Chesterfield
King’s Kids Camp
Waterloo, IL
Notre Dame High School Summer Camps
St. Louis
Summer Fun Day Camp
St. Charles
Catholic VBS Camps
All-Saints St. Peters
All-Souls Overland
Ascension Chesterfield
Assumption St. Louis
Assumption O’Fallon
Christ, Prince of Peace Manchester
Epiphany of Our Lord St. Louis
Holy Infant Ballwin
Holy Redeemer Webster Groves
Holy Spirit Maryland Heights
Immaculate Conception Dardenne Prairie
Incarnate Word Chesterfield
Mary, Mother of the Church St. Louis
Mary, Queen of Peace Webster Groves
Our Lady Festus
Our Lady of Providence Crestwood
Our Lady of the Pillar St. Louis
Queen of All Saints Oakville
Sacred Heart Valley Park
St. Alban Roe Wildwood
St. Andrew St. Louis
St. Anselm Creve Coeur
St. Anthony of Padua St. Louis
St. Clement of Rome Des Peres
St. Cletus St. Charles
St. David Arnold
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton St. Charles
St. Francis Borgia Washington
Lutheran VBS Camps
Ascension Lutheran Church St. Louis
Christ Memorial Lutheran Church St. Louis
Timothy Lutheran Church St. Louis
Andrews Academy
Creve Coeur
Andrews Academy
Lake St. Louis
The Green Center
University City
New City School Summer Camps
St. Louis
Alliance Française | French Camp
University City
International Schoolhouse | Spanish Immersion Camp
Richmond Heights
Sarah’s Spanish School
various St. Louis locations
Bob Johnson Tutoring (ACT, SAT, Math)
St. Louis
Club Z Tutoring (in-home or online)
St. Louis
College Nannies, Sitters, and Tutors
St. Louis
Francis Howell Community Education
Francis Howell
Girls Dreaming Big Tutoring
Various St. Louis area Locations
Huntington Learning Centers
Chesterfield & Ellisville
Kumon Center
Various St. Louis area Locations
Lindbergh Community Education and Recreation
St. Louis
Mathnasium Summer Camps
Various St. Louis area Locations
Mehlville School District Community Ed Classes
Mehlville
Parkway Rockwood Community Ed Classes
West County
Play and Learn Tutoring and Enrichment
St. Louis
Reading Solutions for Dyslexia ([email protected])
St. Louis County
Simply Math and Reading
Manchester
St. Louis Public Schools Community Education Program
St. Louis
Sylvan Learning Center Summer Camps
Various St. Louis area Locations
Tutor Doctor
St. Louis
Varsity Tutors
Various St. Louis area Locations
Dragons Drum and Bugle Corps
Dellwood
Olin Fleischer Scholars Program
St. Louis
Pianos for People Summer Piano Camp
Ferguson
St. Louis ARTWorks Summer Program
St. Louis
St. Louis County Library (SLCL) Summer Camps
St. Louis County
St. Louis Public Library (SLPL) Summer Camps
St. Louis
Annie’s Hope – Camp Courage
Dittmer
Boy Scouts of America
Greater St. Louis area
Camp Ben Frankel
Belleville, IL
Camp Kanakuk
Branson
Camp Lakewood
Potosi
Camp Manitowa
Benton, IL
Camp Ondessonk
Southern IL
Camp Sabra
Lake of the Ozarks
Camp Taum Sauk
Lesterville, MO
Camp Wartburg
Waterloo, IL
Camp Weloki for Girls
Farmington, MO and New Haven, MO
Cub Creek Science Camp
Rolla
Cub Scouts Overnight Camp
Greater St. Louis Area
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Resident Camp
Various locations
Great Circle Autism Camp
Steelville
Heartland Camp – Green Trails Church
Chesterfield
Parkway Rockwood Trek and Travel
West County
Swift Nature Camp
Wisconsin
Camp Kesem
Mizzou, St. Louis University, Washington University
Camp Roehr
Potosi
Dream BIG Career Camps – Starkloff Disability Institute
St. Louis
Dyslexia St. Louis Summer Reading Program
Fenton
EYC Academy
Town and Country
G.O.A.L.S. Camps Help Kids Grow Speech and Language Skills
Clayton
Great Circle Autism Camp
Webster Groves
Griffin Gateways: Camps for Learners of All Ages and Abilities
Clayton
It’s Showtime! Augmentative and Alternative Communication Theater Camp
Clayton
Jamestown New Horizons – Riding for the Disabled
Florissant
St. Louis LDA (Learning Disabilities Association)
Ballwin
TASK (Team Activities for Special Kids)
Fenton
Andrews Academy
Creve Coeur
BablerWiLD
Wildwood
College for Kids-St. Louis Community College
Kirkwood
Great Griffin Farm Horseback Riding
Wentzville
Karate Life Studio
St. Louis
Kennedy Farms Equestrian Center
Chesterfield
Kids for Critters Camp at The Humane Society of Missouri HSMO
St. Louis
Kraus Farms Horseback Riding
High Ridge
Master Kim’s KumSung Martial Arts
St. Louis, MO and Fairview Heights, IL
Missouri Botanical Gardens Summer Programs
St. Louis
Purina Pro Plan Canine Performance Kids Camps
Gray Summit
Ridgefield Arena Horseback Riding
Ballwin
St. Louis Zoo Camps
St. Louis
Ackermann’s Swim Camp
Kirkwood
All American Gymnastics
St. Louis
All-Star Kids Camp
Chesterfield
American Baseball Camps – Ozzie Smith Sports Complex
O’Fallon
Andrews Academy
Creve Coeur & Lake St. Louis
Backyard Lifeguards
St. Louis
Barron Gymnastics
St. Louis
Bobby McCormack’s Basketball Camp
Creve Coeur
Bomber Sports Camp
West County
Breakthrough Basketball
St. Louis
Challenger Sports Soccer Camps
St Louis Area
Chesterfield Athletic Club Kid Camps
Chesterfield
Elite Football
Chesterfield
Gateway YMCA Summer Camps
St. Louis
HiNRG Gymnastix
Chesterfield and Lake St. Louis
High-Performance Volleyball Camps
St. Louis
Highlands Golf and Tennis
St. Louis
Indian Hills Swim Club
St. Louis
JCC Day Camps
Chesterfield and Creve Coeur
Larry Hughes Basketball Academy
Chesterfield & Fenton
Lindbergh Community Education and Recreation
St. Louis
Little Gym
Fenton
South County
St. Charles
Lou Fusz Soccer Camps
Various St. Louis area Locations
Marquette Cheerleading Kids Camp
Chesterfield
Marquette High School Summer Camps
Chesterfield
Mehlville School District Community Ed Classes
Mehlville
Miss Kelly’s Gym
Creve Coeur
NIKE Volleyball Camp at Webster University
St. Louis
Ozzie Smith Sports Academy
Ballwin
Parkway Rockwood Community Education Sports Camps
West County
Power Haus Sports
Columbia, IL
Real Madrid Foundation Summer Soccer Camp
St. Louis
Rockwood Thunder Summer Camps and Clinics
West County
Scott Gallagher Soccer Club
St. Louis
Skymax Gymnastics Tumble and Cheer Camp
Ellisville
SkyZone Sky Camp
Fenton, MO & Fairview Heights, IL
St. Louis Golf Lessons
St. Louis
St. Louis Gym Centre
St. Louis
St. Louis Mountain Bike and Adventure Camp
Eureka & Ballwin
St. Louis University Basketball Camp
St. Louis
Summer at SLU
St. Louis
Summer at SLUH
St. Louis
Team Central Gymnastics
Maryland Heights
Tony Glavin St. Louis Lions Soccer Camp
Cottleville
Ultimate Ninjas
Chesterfield
Upper Limits Climbing Gym
Chesterfield, Downtown St. Louis, Maryland Heights
Vetta Summer Camps
Concord, Manchester, St. Charles, Webster Groves
Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School Passport to Summer,
Frontenac
Wash U Athletics Summer Camps
St. Louis
Y-Kiki Divers
Various St. Louis area Locations
ACES Workshop (Anatomy Centered Ed and Sciences) TEENS
Chesterfield
Andrews Academy
Creve Coeur & Lake St. Louis
BablerWiLD at Parkway -Rockwood Community Ed
Ellisville
Bricks4Kidz
Various St. Louis area Locations
Camp Fin + Friends at the St. Louis Aquarium
St. Louis
Camp Invention
Various St. Louis area Locations
Challenger Learning Center
St. Louis
College for Kids-St. Louis Community College
Kirkwood
Francis Howell Community Education
Francis Howel
Gifted Resources Council
Clayton
Girls in Science
Clayton
iD Tech Summer Tech Camps
St. Louis
Lavner Camps
St. Louis
Magic House Camps and Camp MADE
Kirkwood and St. Louis
Maryville Science and Robotics Program
West County
Play-Well TEKnologies
Various St.Louis area Locations
Parkway-Rockwood Community Ed Summer Programs
West County
Project MEGSSS Math Jam Program
St. Louis
Spice Chess Summer Camp
Webster University
St. Louis Chess Club
St. Louis
St. Louis Science Center Science Blast Camps
St. Louis
Summer at SLU
St. Louis
Teen Tech at Maryville U
St. Louis
Victory Raceway
St. Louis
Wash U Pre-College Programs
St. Louis
Wilson School Think Camp
St. Louis
Arts in Motion School of Dance and Music
Brentwood
Briscuso Dance Studio
Manchester
Carol Bowman Academy of Dance
Chesterfield
Chesterfield YMCA Academy for the Theatrical Arts
Chesterfield
Circus Summer Camps at City Museum
St. Louis
CKDC Summer Camp
St. Louis
Community Music School
Webster Groves and various local area locations
Dance Inc Summer Camps & Classes
Wildwood
Dragons- Drums and Bugle Corps
Dellwood
Forsyth Summer Discovery
St. Louis
Kids Dance and Art Camp, Consuming Kinetics Dance Company
St. Louis
Krupinski Academy of Dance Summer Fusion
Chesterfield
Metro Theater Company
St. Louis
Parkway Rockwood Community Education SPOTLIGHT Productions
Ellisville
Pianos for People
St. Louis & Ferguson
School of Rock
Ballwin
School of Rock
Kirkwood
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis Summer Camps
St. Louis
STL Rock School
Olivette
St. Louis Ballet
Chesterfield
St. Louis Ballet Storybook Camps
Chesterfield
St. Louis Children’s Choir
St. Louis
Summer at SLU
St. Louis
Tippi Toes Summer Dance
Various St. Louis Area locations
Andrews Academy
Creve Coeur & Lake St. Louis
Ballwin Summer Camps
Ballwin
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis
St. Louis
Burr Oak
West County
Camp Westminster
Town & Country
Camp O – Day Camp
Olivette
Camp Wentzville
Wentzville
Chaminade Summer Enrichment
West County
Chesterfield Day School Summer Programs
Chesterfield
Chesterfield Parks, Recreation, and Arts
Chesterfield
City of St. Louis Playtime Recreation
St. Louis City
Clayton Summer Camp
Clayton
Community School Summer Camps
Ladue
Countryside Montessori Summer Camps
Creve Coeur
Children’s Learning Adventure
Ellisville
Cub Scouts Day Camps
Greater St. Louis Area
Des Peres Parks and Recreation
Des Peres
Eureka Parks and Recreation
Eureka
Explore St. Louis Summer Camp
St. Louis
Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri Day Camps
St. Louis area
Girls Inc Summer Camp
St. Louis
Hazelwood Summer Camp
Hazelwood
JCC Day Camps
Chesterfield & Creve Coeur
Kirkwood Parks and Recreation Summer Camps
Kirkwood
Lindbergh Community Education and Recreation
St. Louis
The Lodge at Des Peres Parks and Recreation
Des Peres
Lucky Lane Nursery School Summer Camps
Creve Coeur
Manchester Parks and Recreation
Manchester
Maryland Heights Parks and Recreation
Maryland Heights
Mehlville School District Summer Camp
St. Louis
New City School Summer Camps
St. Louis City
The Novel Neighbor Summer Camps
Webster Groves
Olivette Parks and Recreation
Olivette
Parkway-Rockwood Community Education
West County
RiverChase Summer Programs
Fenton
Sherwood Forest
St. Louis and Lesterville, MO
St. Charles Parks and Recreation Camps
St. Charles
St. Charles County Youth Fishing Day Camp
St. Charles
St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Day Camps
St. Louis area
St. Louis City Parks Playtime Recreation Camps
St. Louis
St. Louis Public Library Free Summer Camps
St. Louis City
U-Create Summer Camp – UMSL
St. Louis
Villa Duschesne and Oak Hill School Passport to Summer
Frontenac
Webster Groves Parks and Recreation CAMP WEBEGEE
Webster Groves
Wilson School Day Camp
St. Louis
YMCA Summer Camps
St. Louis