Summer Nature Camp Week 10

In addition to our classic nature camp activities this week, help us explore the incredible world of insects! Campers learn how to set traps, collect and examine insects up close, and create art pieces centered around these tiny and elegant creatures. 

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Join us at the Nature Center for a week of outdoor fun! Each morning we’ll start off with free play as campers arrive and check in. Throughout the day, campers will hike, have live animal encounters and participate in games and activities that relate to the theme of the week. Please provide a morning snack, non-perishable lunch, water bottle and change of clothes. Sturdy shoes that can get wet and muddy are essential at camp! No crocs or flip flops.

9 am – 1 pm

Members: $200, Non-members: $235

Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name:
(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am – 4 pm)

Members: $310, Non-members: $365

Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name:
(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am –4 pm)
Members: $310, Non-members: $365

Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name:
(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am -4pm)
Members: $310, Nonmembers: $365

Working alongside our farmers and volunteers at the Nature Center’s Giving Garden at Coogan Farm, campers get a hands-on introduction to sustainable and organic farming practices. Their work contributes to the cultivation and harvest of more than 20,000 pounds of fresh produce donated annually by the Giving Garden to benefit the food insecure population of New London county.

Staggered drop off and pick up times according to camper’s last name

(A-H 8:30 am – 3:30 pm),
(I-Q 8:45 am – 3:45 pm),
(R-Z 9 am -4pm)
Members: $290, Nonmembers: $340

M,W,F @ DPNC

T,Th @ MMOA

$350 members/ $415 Non Members *May be a member of either organization.

Explore and create in this cooperative camp opportunity that will bring out the nature-loving artist in your child. This shared camp between the Mystic Museum of Art (MMOA) and DPNC will use the natural landscape of the grounds and it’s animal residents as inspiration for constructing sculptures, textiles, sketches, paintings and more! Discover the wonderful sounds, patterns, colors and rhythms of animals and how that can be translated into art. Get ready to go wild for animals and art!