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 Arlington Specialty Camp – STEAM
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.
TREASURE ISLAND
Scavenger hunt and look for clues to solve where the treasure lies. Campers will create their own treasure maps, go on a treasure hunt, and build their own pirate ship in this exciting camp. Campers will create their own sea shanty to sing at camp opening at the end of the week.
CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (AGES 9-12)
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.
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.
LET’S PAINT
Unleash your child’s creative spirit! In this engaging and enriching class, campers will focus on the various painting mediums of oil, acrylic, watercolor, and inks. Beyond realizing their own creations, kids will explore new techniques and learn about the artists who made each style famous.
RIP THE RUNWAY
Build your self-confidence and develop your own personal style with this fashion camp! Campers will learn the basics of clothing construction and form their own creative inspiration through reutilizing retro clothes to creating their own jewelry and accessories.
IT’S A THINGAMAJIG
Got a kid who’s excited about science, technology, engineering and math? Unleash their inner innovator so they can conduct hands-on experiments, make mechanisms and create concoctions to better understand the world around us. The Y’s annual Thingamajig challenges children to build their S.T.E.A.M. skills as they invent solutions to everyday problems using only what can be re-purposed around them. Junior and Senior campers can even attend and compete in the 29th Annual YMCA Thingamajig Invention Convention.
READY TO LAUNCH
The YMCA has partnered with NASA and LEGOs to take campers to the final frontier! Ignite your child’s fascination with space engineering and science as the learn about space flight, space travel, and designing machines to function in space. Future astronaut will even build their own mini space rockets!
Y-SPIRIT WEEK
Campers will have a blast in earning points for their group through friendly competitions, games, activities, and songs to prove who has the most camp spirit. During the week there will be a Crazy Hat Day, a t-shirt Tie Dye Day, “Twins” Day, a Backwards Day, and more! End the week with a huge celebration and a dunk tank for the camp staff.