These camps offer a blend of traditional camp games and STEAM activities that will focus on honing a child’s creativity through thought, expression, and craft.
YMCA Alexandria Specialty Camps
WEEK 2: GOOP & MAGICAL SOLUTIONS
Join us on an adventure in this cool and crazy science camp. Learn about chemical reactions through whacky experiments and fun projects. Follow the scientific method to build your own volcano and watch it explode, create your own vortex, and design your own edible potions. A truly magical experience.
WEEK 4: CHEER & DANCE
Join in a week full of choreography and SPIRIT! Campers get approximately 2 hours of instruction daily mixed in with group games, arts & crafts and everything else children love about camp!
WEEK 5: RECYCLEMANIA
We are going recycling-crazy! Campers will learn the importance of recycling and how to re-utilize everyday objects and turn them into STEM and art creations. Many of the creations are submitted to the YMCA’s Annual Thingamajig Invention Convention for a chance to win prizes! Field Trip to Smithsonian National Zoo.
WEEK 6: KIDS GONE CRAFTY
Craft a creation! This unique, hands-on camp introduces young artists to a variety of art mediums that may include drawing, painting, clay creations, plaster of paris, paper mâché, and more! Please send campers in appropriate clothing that allow for freedom of expression or send a smock.
WEEK 7: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION
Campers will turn into Crime Science Investigators as they learn to asses a crime scene, lift fingerprints, basics of chromatography, and solve crimes. Each day will focus on a mystery to solve using the skills they have learned. Field Trip to the Spy Museum.
WEEK 8: LET’S PAINT
Campers will focus on the various painting mediums of oil, acrylic, watercolor, inks and clay. They will learn about the techniques in each of these arts and learn about the artists who made each style famous. Campers will complete a daily project with an art exhibit on Friday.