Summer Day Camps - $10 off early bird registrations

Dig in deep with hands-on natural science & cultural history camps!

 

Eco-Art

June 17 - 21; 9am – 3pm each day
Section 1: ages 6 - 8; Section 2: ages 9 - 12
Can you make art with rocks or leaves?  Bring your creativity as we spend the week discovering your inner artist.  Journaling, painting and sculpting are just a few of the mediums we will explore.  You will also leave your mark on the Plains Center by creating a lasting piece of work.     
Early Bird Registration: $170 / member; $195 / non-member
After June 1: $190 / member; $215 / non-member

Prairie Survivor

June 17 - 21; 9am – 3pm each day
Section 1: ages 6 - 8; Section 2: ages 9 - 12
Do you have what it takes to survive the harsh environment of the short-grass prairie? We will discover and test the amazing ways that plants and animals stay alive even through periods of extreme drought and wind without much shelter among the grasses. We will face challenges ourselves and hone our outdoor skills for survival throughout the week.
Early Bird Registration: $170 / member; $195 / non-member
After June 1: $190 / member; $215 / non-member

Prairie Pathfinders

July 8 - 11; 9am - 3pm each day
Optional Overnight on July 11 - 12 (pick up at 9am Friday morning)
Section 1: ages 6 - 8; Section 2: ages 9 - 12
Become a time traveler and explore the prairie through the eyes of past visitors. Begin your journey as part of the Long's Expedition in 1820 and chart this new western land and describe its animals for the first time. Visit an 1837 Cheyenne Indian camp and learn first-hand how they lived on the prairie. Spend a day experiencing the hard life of an 1887 sod homesteader. The week culminates as we arrive back in 2013 with activities exploring the prairie as modern day scientists.
Early Bird Registration: $140 / member; $160 / non- member
After June 1: $160 / member; $180 / non-member
Tipi Overnight: $30 / member; $35 / non-member (Children are picked up at 9am on Friday.)

Cheyenne Camp

July 8 - 11; 9am - 3pm each day
Optional Overnight on July 11 - 12 (pick up at 9am Friday morning)
Section 1: ages 6 - 8; Section 2: ages 9 - 12
Experience the prairie like never before as you spend each day immersed in life at an 1837 Cheyenne Indian camp. Build your own tipi, craft your own arrows, cook fry bread over the campfire, paint a story hide with yucca brushes and make your own rope. Face daily challenges like learning how to use sign language to trade with other tribes and have fun practicing your archery skills and Cheyenne games. Discover how the Cheyenne relied on the bison for many of things they needed (even water bottles and diaper powder!).
Early Bird Registration: $140 / member; $160 / non- member
After June 1: $160 / member; $180 / non-member
Tipi Overnight: $30 / member; $35 / non-member (Children are picked up at 9am on Friday.)

Prairie Pathfinders

July 22 - 25; 9am - 3pm each day
Optional Overnight on July 25 - 26 (pick up at 9am Friday morning)
Section 1: ages 6 - 8; Section 2: ages 9 - 12
Become a time traveler and explore the prairie through the eyes of past visitors. Begin your journey as part of the Long's Expedition in 1820 and chart this new western land and describe its animals for the first time. Visit an 1837 Cheyenne Indian camp and learn first-hand how they lived on the prairie. Spend a day experiencing the hard life of an 1887 sod homesteader. The week culminates as we arrive back in 2013 with activities exploring the prairie as modern day scientists.
Early Bird Registration: $140 / member; $160 / non- member
After June 1: $160 / member; $180 / non-member
Tipi Overnight: $30 / member; $35 / non-member (Children are picked up at 9am on Friday.)

Sodbusters! Life on a Prairie Homestead

July 22 - 25; 9am - 3pm each day
Optional Overnight on July 25 - 26 (pick up at 9am Friday morning)
Section 1: ages 6 - 8; Section 2: ages 9 - 12
Can you survive in a new land far from your friends, relatives and stores? Explore homesteading life through daily adventures at the soddies. Care for the farm animals and garden, cook on the wood stove, attend a one-room school house, and build your own miniature soddie. Life on an 1887 homestead is challenging and full of surprises!
Early Bird Registration: $140 / member; $160 / non- member
After June 1: $160 / member; $180 / non-member
Tipi Overnight: $30 / member; $35 / non-member (Children are picked up at 9am on Friday.)

Nature Detectives

July 29 - August 2; 9am - 11:30am
Ages 4 & 5 (Children must be toilet trained.)
Unravel the mysterious clues left behind on the prairie by animals of all shapes and sizes. We will be learning the art and science of tracking and conducting several wildlife investigations. Each day your little one will investigate the prairie using their five senses.
Early Bird Registration: $70 / member; $80 / non-member
After June 1: $80 / member; $90 / non-member

 

Summer Camp Registration Forms

Download 2013 Registration Form (PDF)

Download 2013 Medication Administration Form (PDF)