| Kids Out and About Orange County
Sun, 7/20/2025 -
Sat, 7/26/2025
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Summer Camps at Avanti Dance Company
Avanti Dance Company
Avanti Dance Company is celebrating ten years of offering summer camps and classes for kids of all ages and levels. For Summer 2025, we will host over 35 camps featuring various dance styles, acrobatics, tumbling, and aerial arts. The camps cater to ages 2-13 and include jazz, ballet, hip hop, musical theater, and more. Each year, we introduce fresh themes with age-appropriate music and formats. The camps provide a supportive environment with fun instructors, morning and afternoon sessions, arts and crafts, and games. We focus on socialization and skill-building, allowing kids to build new friendships regardless of their experience level.
Tuolumne Family Camp
City of Berkeley, CA
Tuolumne Family Camp offers an unforgettable adventure nestled in the stunning Sierra Nevada mountains, where families can connect with nature and each other. With activities like hiking, campfire stories, and swimming in Tuolumne Meadows, it's a perfect escape for outdoor lovers of all ages. Experience the magic of the high country in a cozy, community-oriented setting that makes every moment feel special.
Super Mario STEM Engineering LEGO® Camp
Brick Tech
Bring the world of Super Mario to life with Brick Tech as we build LEGO® projects inspired by the video games! Participants in this camp will learn about the real-world STEM concepts involved in games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Odyssey. Get ready to power up and help Mario to save the day and rescue Peach from Bowser in this video game themed camp!
Minecraft with LEGO® STEM Camp
Brick Tech
Come explore your favorite Minecraft biomes structures and STEM concepts with LEGO®. Build houses and traps to defend against mobs. Build tools, mines, caves to explore and help Steve defeat the ender dragon! Please note there will be no video games played in this camp.
Zoo Camp - Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Zoo Camp is a nurturing, safe, outdoor day camp experience for Pre-K (age 4) to 4th grade children focused on nature, conservation, and animals!
Brick Tech: Green Energy: LEGO Spike Prime Robotics
Brick Tech
Join Brick Tech as we explore the future of renewable energies using the new Spike Prime Robotics materials from LEGO®. Students will build and program a solar tracking array, recycling plant, hydroelectric dam and a biomass production plant! Students will be provided with everything they need from tablets for programming, Spike Prime Robotics materials (motors, sensors, brain brick), and more LEGO® bricks and pieces than they could ever build!
LEGO® Engineering & Design - City Creator
Brick Tech
Join Brick Tech this Summer as we design, create and build our very own custom city. Participants will explore STEM, engineering and design concepts as they build their own individual piece of the City! Don’t miss this chance to let your little LEGO® lover learn and have fun while getting to build with peers in a collaborative project setting.
Brick Tech: Underwater STEM LEGO Adventure
Brick Tech
Get ready to dive deep underwater this Summer break with Brick Tech! In this ocean themed camp, participants will learn about submarines, boats, sea animals, and STEM concepts through building with LEGO® materials! Drop your anchors and get ready to start exploring the ocean with LEGO®
Advanced STEM
Brick Tech
Calling all LEGO® builders! Join us in this new advanced LEGO® building class where participants will learn engineering principals with hands-on projects. Each day students will be introduced to a new project that showcases a STEM concept. Using motors to power projects participants will get the opportunity to bring their creations to life and advance their LEGO® building techniques.
All Abilities Mini Musical: Marvelous Musical (Summer Camp)
Platinum Performing Arts
FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Calling all superheroes! It’s time to dance, sing, act & perform in this week-long camp where we learn a whole mini musical! Each day we’ll be practicing our musical theatre skills with this super theme through dance class, acting games, and theatre crafts. On Friday, we’ll take the stage in Platinum's Mini Theatre room to show our mini performance! Designed for students with disabilities, ages 7+.
LEGO® Engineering & Design - City Creator
Brick Tech
Join Brick Tech this Summer as we design, create and build our very own custom city. Participants will explore STEM, engineering and design concepts as they build their own individual piece of the City! Don’t miss this chance to let your little LEGO® lover learn and have fun while getting to build with peers in a collaborative project setting.
Backstage Bootcamp (Summer Camp)
Platinum Performing Arts
Ever wondered what it’s like to work behind the curtain? Now is your time to shine in this Backstage Bootcamp designed just for teens. Spend the week learning about the most important jobs on Broadway: the crew! From costume designing and prop making to stage managing and light board operating- we’ll learn new jobs and complete new projects every day that give you real hands on experience with materials, equipment & scenarios just like professional backstage workers. Ages 12-18.
Super Mario STEM Engineering LEGO® Camp
Brick Tech
Bring the world of Super Mario to life with Brick Tech as we build LEGO® projects inspired by the video games. Participants in this camp will learn about the real-world STEM concepts involved in games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Odyssey. Get ready to power up and help Mario to save the day in this video game themed summer camp.
Star Wars STEM with LEGO® Summer Camp
Brick Tech
Join Mando and Baby Yoda in new exciting adventures with LEGO®. Help them find bounty pucks and finish their mission of locating Baby Yoda's kind. Build everything Mandalorian, from space ships to speeder bikes. This class will investigate the world of the Mandalorian while exploring engineering and design by using LEGO® materials.
Young Writers Summer Camps
Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Lighthouse offers a wide array of full and half-day summer camps from June through August for young writers ages eight to 18. Whether they've got a few novels under their belt, are new but curious about poems, or are a reluctant writer, our camps offer a fun, creative, and challenging way for young people to explore and express who they are, build new friendships, and create truly beautiful works of art.
LEGO® Disney Princesses: Happily Ever After Camp
Brick Tech
Enter a world of magic with LEGO®! Build Elsa's ice castle, Cinderella's carriage, and more while exploring STEM concepts. This camp is perfect for fans of Disney Princesses who love to create with LEGO® materials.
Super Mario STEM Engineering w/ LEGO® & Paw Patrol Adventure w/ LEGO® Spike Prime
Brick Tech
Bring the world of Super Mario to life with Brick Tech as we build LEGO® projects inspired by the video games! Participants in this camp will learn about the real-world STEM concepts involved in games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Odyssey. Get ready to power up and help Mario to save the day and rescue Peach from Bowser in this video game themed summer camp! Do you love Paw Patrol? Do you love LEGO? Then this is the camp for you.
Minecraft with LEGO® Stem
Brick Tech
Explore your favorite Minecraft biomes and structures using LEGO®! Campers will build houses, traps to defend against mobs, and tools to mine while helping Steve take on the Ender Dragon. Please note: no video games will be played in this camp.
Marvel vs. DC LEGO® STEM Engineering Camp
Brick Tech
It’s a race to save the world as the Avengers take on the Justice League. Which team of superheroes will prevail? Participants will build LEGO® projects that introduce and reinforce STEM concepts as they explore the multiverse of Earth’s mightiest superheroes. From Avengers Tower and the Quin Jet, to the Bat Cave and Fortress of Solitude, build your favorite superhero adventures in this Summer Camp!
Super Mario STEM with LEGO® Summer Camp
Brick Tech
Bring the world of Super Mario to life with Brick Tech as we build LEGO® projects inspired by the video games. Participants in this camp will learn about the real-world STEM concepts involved in games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Odyssey. Get ready to power up and help Mario to save the day in this video game themed summer camp.
Super Mario Stem Engineering Using LEGO® Materials
Brick Tech
Bring the world of Super Mario to life as we build LEGO® projects inspired by the video games! Campers will learn about real-world STEM concepts involved in games such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, and Mario Odyssey. Get ready to power up and help Mario to save the day and rescue Peach from Bowser in this exciting video game themed summer camp!
Animal Crossing: LEGO® Horizons STEM Summer Camp
Brick Tech
Tom Nook has a special assignment for all participants in this camp; create the best LEGO® island you can and get new neighbors! Bring Animal Crossing to life by recreating your favorite parts of the game completely out of LEGO®. From designing Nooks Cranny to helping Blathers complete the museum, participants who love playing the game can now experience building the game too.
Young Speaker: Principal for a Day (Grade 1-3)
QD Learning
Campers will step into the role of a school principal, crafting and delivering persuasive speeches advocating for positive change. This experience strengthens their communication, leadership, and critical thinking skills while building confidence in expressing ideas. By learning to articulate and defend their viewpoints, campers gain valuable real-world skills in advocacy and civic engagement.
Advanced LEGO® Spike Prime Robotics
Brick Tech
Join Brick Tech as we design, build, program and test robotics projects with the newest materials that LEGO® has to offer, Spike Prime! All participants will get hands-on learning experience as they are introduced to STEM and programming concepts. Spike Prime Robotics materials (motors, sensors, brain brick), and tablets will be provided for each participant.
Young Speaker: Quick Thinking (Grade 1-3)
QD Learning
Campers will build confidence in impromptu speaking by engaging in fun, on-the-spot speech activities. They will learn to think quickly, organize their thoughts, and respond effectively to unexpected prompts. This skill prepares them to handle spontaneous situations in school, social settings, and future leadership roles.
The Summer Curiosity Club
The Bolsa Chica Conservancy
The Summer Curiosity Club is designed to teach campers coastal science with an emphasis on our local Bolsa Chica wetland. Each camp session focuses on a different topic. Campers will engage in outdoor adventures, crafts, games, and science experiments to impart an understanding and appreciation of the natural world.
Camp Paivika 2025
Ability First
Camp Paivika offers children, teens and adults with disabilities a traditional camp experience delivered with nurturing support and, above all, an emphasis on fun!
Green Energy: LEGO® Spike Prime Robotics Camp
Brick Tech
Join Brick Tech as we explore the future of renewable energies using the new Spike Prime Robotics materials from LEGO®. Students will build and program a solar tracking array, recycling plant, hydroelectric dam and a biomass production plant! Students will be provided with everything they need from tablets for programming, Spike Prime Robotics materials (motors, sensors, brain brick), and more LEGO® bricks and pieces than they could ever build!