The Gateway Region YMCA is ready for summer camp! With 20+ convenient locations across St. Louis and the Metro East, choose from traditional or special interest camps, with before and after camp care available. Our trusted staff provide a high-energy environment where safety is always top-of-mind. Campers spend their days swimming, playing, and getting hands-on with creative STEAM projects. It’s the perfect mix of fun and social connection, ensuring your kids come home exhausted and happy. It’s more than just camp; it’s where lifelong friendships are made and where kids can be kids.

Our Model UN camps strike the perfect balance between global leadership training and summer fun—giving kids and teens the chance to spend a week stepping into the shoes of world leaders at their dream campus. Camp is packed with daily simulations, exciting trivia games, campus tours, and social events. The MUN Institute Summer Camp is where future leaders shine! Imagine a vibrant atmosphere with flags, maps, and global icons on the walls and contagious energy.

Develop your compositional voice and explore melody, harmony and orchestration with guidance from experienced composers. The camp concludes with each student’s original composition recorded by professional musicians - a lasting showcase! Must be able to read music and play an instrument or sing.

Bricks 4 Kidz offers LEGO building camps and Robotics camps for ages 4-12. Our camps are offered all around town (West County, South County, Wentzville, Clayton, Kirkwood, DesPeres, school districts). Sign up for camp today! We Learn, We Build, We Play with LEGO bricks!

Get ready to blast off into the world of rockets and discover the amazing science behind them. You'll become a rocket safety superstar by learning all about the model rocket safety code. You'll also uncover the secrets of how rockets soar through the sky, stay perfectly balanced, and return safely to Earth. Each day, you'll get to build a different kind rocket from a sleek and awesome Mad Science rocket kit to a rocket made of toilet paper tubes – how cool is that?

Ever dreamed of becoming a secret agent? We'll start with the basics: From decoding messages to metal detectors and night vision, campers have the opportunity to check out spy tech equipment and take home lots of gadgets like spy glasses! Step into the shoes of a detective as you uncover the science involved in evidence gathering and analysis! Figure out the science of forensics in a hands-on look at crime scenes!

From sea creatures of the deep to phoenixes in the sky, every society has its legends and lore. We’ll tell their stories through paintings, sculptures and other works of art. Each day, kids learn about a different legend and create a unique art project based on that myth. These legends may inspire awe, curiosity or surprise, but they all inspire our imaginations! Let your imagination soar as you explore myths from diverse cultures and tell your own stories.

Our Faith-Based Nature Summer Camp offers a calm, intentional alternative to large, overstimulating camps. Designed for ages 3–12, our program focuses on small groups, hands-on learning, and meaningful outdoor experiences near Grant’s Farm. Each day blends nature exploration, creative projects, and character-building activities rooted in faith and leadership. Children are known by name, guided with care, and given space to grow confidence at their own pace. This is not a drop-off childcare experience—it’s a thoughtfully designed summer environment where kids engage deeply, build real skills, and come home proud of what they’ve created. Limited summer spots are available.

The all-new 2026 Camp Invention® program, Spark, is coming to curious kids in your community this summer! Rising K-6 campers will collaborate with friends to tackle hands-on, open-ended challenges. They’ll team up with robotic capybaras, ride the waves of entrepreneurship, uncover the power of protecting their ideas and build a DIY space rocket! Each experience is designed to spark confidence, build persistence and create unforgettable summer memories. Visit invent.org/save/camp to secure your spot! Register using CIFUN25 by 3/31 to save $25 or CIFUN20 by 4/28 to save $20 when you register. Interest-free payment plans are available, making camp affordable for all families.

Looking for a Summer camp that actually keeps kids engaged? Not just glorified babysitting? We’ve got you covered! This camp is perfect for kids who love sports, games, and nonstop action. [READ THE FULL DESCRIPTION NOW FOR MORE INFO]

At Team Central Summer Camp, themed weeks like Superhero, Popstar, Nerf, and more keep kids excited all summer. Each day combines structured movement, skill building activities, and team-based fun led by trained coaches. Our goal is simple: create happy, healthy, confident kids who leave each day proud of what they achieved.

Your kids are invited to the brightest week of the year - Rooftop's Illumination Station VBS! Registration is now open for students entering kindergarten through fifth grade. Expect stories, games, crafts, music, and more each day. This free event is open to anyone in the community. It runs from 9 am to noon on Monday, July 13, to Friday, July 17. We'll host a free family lunch and performance on the final day. Rooftop is located in Affton (South St. Louis County), just outside the city.

Calling all little feline fans! Join us at Betty’s Books for Cats, Cats, and More Cats, a creative day camp for ages 4-6.

Session 1 (Age 8 - 12) …..…... June 28 - July 4 Session 2 (Age 11 - 13)……..…..…... July 5 - 11 Session 3 (Age 12 - 14)……..…...… July 12 - 18 Session 4 (Age 13 - 15) …..…...….. July 19 - 25 Session 5 (Age 14 - 16) ……... July 26 - Aug 1 Session 6 (Age 15 - 18) …….…......... Aug 2 - 8 Session 7 (Age 15 - 18) ………...…... Aug 9 - 15

Join us for our annual Summer Day Camp! This camp is open to ages 6-11 and will operate from June 15th-August 7th. Camp is from 9:00am-3:00pm daily and AM and PM Care are available for an additional fee.

RECEIVE A $50.00 DISCOUNT BY USING PROMO CODE: FCBABOUT Barça Academy Soccer Camps is coming to Cincinnati this summer! Join us to train with official FC Barcelona coaches, learn the renowned Barça methodology, and embody core values like respect, effort, ambition, teamwork, and humility. Exceptional campers may even earn the chance to train at FC Barcelona's esteemed facilities in Spain. We hope to see you there!

This summer, learning comes to life through hands-on STEAM adventures designed for students PreK–8th grade! Each week brings a new theme, engaging essential questions, and interactive activities that challenge students at every level. Our students will also have field trip opportunities on certain weeks as well as fun in the sun with splash day/water activities on select days. Breakfast and lunch are provided or students are welcome to bring their own lunch.

RECEIVE A $50.00 DISCOUNT BY USING PROMO CODE: FCBABOUT Barça Academy Soccer Camps is returning to Philadelphia this summer! Join us to train with official FC Barcelona coaches, learn the renowned Barça methodology, and embody core values like respect, effort, ambition, teamwork, and humility. Exceptional campers may even earn the chance to train at FC Barcelona's esteemed facilities in Spain. We hope to see you there!

Heldeberg Workshop offers outdoor classes in science, fine art, folk art, performing arts, and high adventure for children entering kindergarten through high school. Our classes are led by experts, artisans, and certified teachers who want to share their knowledge and skills with kids.

RECEIVE A $50.00 DISCOUNT BY USING PROMO CODE: FCBABOUT Barça Academy Soccer Camps is coming to Wilmington for the first time this summer! Join us to train with official FC Barcelona coaches, learn the renowned Barça methodology, and embody core values like respect, effort, ambition, teamwork, and humility. Exceptional campers may even earn the chance to train at FC Barcelona's esteemed facilities in Spain. We hope to see you there!

Spend a week learning about the clients, groups and populations occupational therapists (OTs) work with, the different settings OTs work in, and the variety of everyday life activities (occupations) OT provides to promote health, well-being, and the ability to participate in the important activities in client’s lives!

Olympia Ninja Summer Camp at our Manchester gym delivers high-energy, themed weeks like Superhero, Popstar, Nerf, and more to keep kids engaged all summer. Each day is built around structured movement, ninja challenges, and team activities led by trained, attentive coaches. Our goal is simple: create happy, healthy, confident kids in a safe environment where they feel supported, challenged, and proud of what they accomplish.

Summer camp at Webster University expands well beyond the traditional camp experience. Our camps showcase a wide variety of programs that Webster University offers academically, providing a taste of what students experience when studying at Webster.

Join us for a fun week of camp with teaching artist Bernadette Scott of the Seneca Nation/Haudenosaunee Confederacy! Students will be learning the cultural importance of traditional and contemporary Haudenosaunee cornhusk art by making cornhusk dolls, flowers, braids, baskets, and trees.

Coeur tailors learning to benefit individual needs for children 5 years to adulthood. We offer full-time, part-time, and as needed services for students who need support with academic, social, and emotional skills. Summer camps have flexible enrollment, providing small group activities for children and young adults who have sensory needs.

Spend a week as a photographer and filmmaker! Learn the essentials of visual storytelling using professional-level DSLR cameras, video production, and audio equipment. Explore the importance of composition, lighting, depth of field, color, and more that can make even your smartphone images and videos more cinematic.

Campers explore an array of exciting activities in the arts, sciences, technology, sports, and swimming to ensure their brains and bodies are actively engaged throughout the day. Caring instructors and counselors serve as positive role models and lead the way to fun new experiences! All programs are full-day with lunch included. Before and aftercare options are also available.

*9th Graders MUST be enrolled in the UA Class of 2030 Calling all instrumentalists! Whether you play a string, percussion, brass, or woodwind instrument, we have a place for you in the music department of Ursuline Academy. During this week, we will learn a variety of songs, meet fellow musicians from around St. Louis, and even put on a performance for family and friends! We can't wait to see you in the music room!

Spend a week learning about psychology and the breadth of vocational paths that it offers! Expect to learn a lot more about yourself and the people around you as you participate in a variety of activities.

*9th Graders MUST be enrolled in the UA Class of 2030 Do you love to sing? Do you love singing with other people? Well, then we have the camp for you! Come join other singers at Ursuline Academy's 2026 Choir Camp! At this camp, you will get a chance to sing with fellow musicians form around St. Louis, learn about your voice, and even put on a performance for family and friends! We can't wait to make music with you very soon!

This summer, make the climbing gym your playground. Sign up your young climber for a week of exciting games and climbing challenges designed to grow their confidence, enhance their social skills, and have fun! Whether they’re scaling walls, making new friends, or learning essential climbing skills, your climber will have an unforgettable experience. Our camps are for climbers ages 6 to 12. Sign up for a week of full-day sessions (9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.) or half-day sessions (9 a.m. – 12 p.m. or 12:30 – 3:30 p.m.). Camps are held at The Power Plant in St. Louis, MO and the Steel Shop in St. Charles, MO.

Camp Poyntelle has been making children’s summer dreams come true since 1947. As a premier Jewish summer camp, we offer a traditional sleepaway experience filled with amazing memories, lasting friendships and nurturing and compassionate staff. We feel that camp is one of the few places a child can be their own person, without judgment or social pressure. Our intentional community is designed to allow kids to be kids, in a low key, fun and inclusive environment.

The Summer Intensive Program is a daytime program for dancers ages 7-21, designed for those seeking to refine their skills, receive formal ballet technique training, and explore other dance genres in a fun and educational setting. Each level begins with a daily ballet technique class, followed by a variety of classes in different styles throughout the week. Taught by esteemed local and guest faculty, this program offers students an extensive and enriching dance experience.

Olympia Gymnastics Summer Camp at our Ellisville gym delivers high-energy, themed weeks like Superhero, Popstar, Nerf, and more to keep kids engaged all summer. Each day is built around structured movement, gymnastics, ninja challenges, and team activities led by trained, attentive coaches. Our goal is simple: create happy, healthy, confident kids in a safe environment where they feel supported, challenged, and proud of what they accomplish.