#1 Guide to Best Summer Camps in Wichita | 2024
It’s time for the number one resource utilized year after year by Wichita Area families – the Guide to Summer Camps in Wichita!
Our goal is to help you plan a fun and stress-free summer for your kids, and with many summer camps filling quickly, we suggest you enroll soon.
These Wichita summer camps include programs for all ages, budgets, and interests – from nature and the arts to academics and athletics. There really is something for everyone!
A special thank you to all of the featured camps who helped us in the production of this guide.
Summer of Discovery at Wichita Park & Recreation
Ages: 6-12
Dates: May 28 – July 26
Location: 3 locations around Wichita
Phone: 316-268-4361
Cost: $135/child with a multi-child discount available
Discover how much fun summer can be with this action-packed summer camp program for ages 6 to 12! Each week in this nine-week program is designed with fun in mind! These KDHE-licensed camps include a variety of field trips, sports, games, contests, crafts, swimming, and much more! Sign up for one week or sign up for them all!
Greater Wichita YMCA
Ages: 5-14
Dates: May 28 – Aug 9
Location: 6 locations
Phone: 316-776-8777
Cost: starts at $165 with member discount
The Greater Wichita YMCA is where your child’s summer story begins! Their wide range of indoor and outdoor adventures give kids exactly what they’re looking for: fun and friends. Each page of their journey includes trained staff who put their physical/emotional/social growth first – which is exactly what you want!
Y summer camp is FOR ALL! Something different can be found weekly at the Branch Adventure Camps, Camp Hyde and our newest location, Camp Hiawatha. Games, field trips, canoeing, swimming, zip lines, mountain biking, horses – you can find them all plus some at the Y! Ask about member discounts and scholarships.
Wichita Collegiate School
Wichita Collegiate School Summer Explorations
Ages: 2 – Adult
Dates: June 3 – July 26
Location: East // 9115 E. 13th Street
Phone: 316-771-2289
Cost: $140-$320 per week
Looking for a place where your child can learn, make lasting friendships, and explore hidden talents? Summer Explorations has over 100 classes spread over 7 weeks for every age, interest, ability, and schedule. Offerings are available from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday through Friday and include academics, athletics, fine arts, STEM, and much more. Experienced Collegiate teachers, distinguished guest faculty, and expert coaches, artists, and musicians look forward to helping your child reach their goals and develop new passions.
Kansas Dance Academy
Ages: 3-18
Dates: June 10 – Aug 1
Location: East // 6615 E Central
Phone: 316-684-2848
Cost: Classes are $48-$275. Camps are $100.
Classes in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, lyrical, contemporary and modern for ages 2-18.
“Swifties Unite” theme-based camp for dancers 3-10 years from June 19th-21st.
“Calling All Barbies and Kens!” theme-based camp for dancers 3-10 years from July 24th – 26th.
The Independent School
Summer at Independent
Ages: Junior Kindergarten – 12th grade
Dates: June 3 – Aug 2
Location: East // 8301 E. Douglas Ave
Phone: 316-686-0152 ext. 131
Cost: $100 – $300
Summer at Independent offers a dynamic and enriching experience for children of all ages, fostering a love for learning through a diverse range of activities. From engaging educational workshops to exciting outdoor adventures, the camp provides a supportive and inclusive environment where kids can make lasting friendships and build essential life skills. Classes and activities run 7:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. With a dedicated team of educators, Summer at Independent ensures a memorable and transformative summer for every participant.
Wichita Gymnastics
Ages: 3-12
Dates: June 3 – Aug 8
Location: East // 9400 East 37th Street North
Phone: 316-634-1900
Cost: $80 for each four-day camp or $25/day.
Mark Arts STEAM Academy
Ages: 5-12
Dates: May 27 – August 9
Location: East // 1307 N. Rock Rd.
Phone: 316-634-2787
Cost: $99-$125
Explore your creativity at Mark Arts this summer. STEAM Academy emphasizes creativity and innovation, linking art to concepts in science, technology, engineering, and math. Students are grouped by age and will complete mixed media, drawing, painting, and clay projects inspired by engaging weekly themes. New themes and art projects, such as Summer Olympics and Making Music, will be offered. Morning sessions are for ages 5-8 and are from 9 a.m. to noon. Afternoon sessions are for ages 9-12 and meet from 1 to 4 p.m. Each weekly session concludes with expert speakers from the Wichita community.
Exploration Place
Ages: 6-13
Dates: May 28 – August 9
Location: Downtown // 300 N McLean Blvd
Phone: 316-660-0600
Cost: $200/members, $235/non-members
Sedgwick County Zoo
Ages: 4-17
Dates: June 3 – Aug 2
Location: West // 5555 West Zoo Boulevard
Phone: 316-660-9453
Cost: $90/member, $110/non-member
Ready for a summer of Zoo fun? These themed weekday classes let students learn about keeping the planet healthy, creating native animal habitats, conservation, and exploring the outdoors.
Rock Springs Ranch
Ages: 8-18
Location: Junction City // 1168 KS Hwy 157
Phone: 785-257-3221
Cost: $300-800
Since 1946, Rock Springs Ranch has been host to generations of young campers. They unplug, explore, learn lifelong skills and grow in the heart of the Flint Hills of Kansas, a wondrous place with wide, open spaces and night skies filled with a million stars making friendships that last a lifetime. Summer camp at Rock Springs Ranch is open to ages 8-17, regardless of 4-H connection. Families can choose between 3 or 5 night adventures with enrichment activities, outdoor fun and expanded programming, including a focus on leadership skills.
Music Theatre Wichita
Ages: 5-18
Dates: May – August
Location: TBD
Phone: 316-265-3253
Cost: $65 – $150
Discover the magic of performance at Music Theatre Wichita’s Summer Camps! From the enchanting world of Disney’s Frozen to the iconic Teen StarNight and Grease Teen Edition, these camps cater to all ages and interests. Kid’s StarNight and Academy Kids provide younger talents with the perfect stage to shine, while the Masterclass Series offers advanced training for aspiring performers. Immerse yourself in the arts, where creativity takes center stage. The highlight is the Disney Frozen Camp, a thrilling 4-week experience culminating in a professional production, offering participants the unique opportunity to be part of a dazzling show. Join them for a summer filled with laughter, learning, and the joy of musical theatre!
Midwest Dance Mechanix
Ages: 3-18
Dates: June – July
Location: East // 3805 N. Hydraulic
Phone: 316-337-5299
Cost: $50-$180
Tanganyika Wildlife Park
Ages: 6-12
Dates: May 27-Aug 9
Location: Goddard // 1000 S. Hawkins Lane
Phone: 316-794-8954
Cost: $250/week
Turn summer break into a wild adventure with the 2024 Jr. Zookeeper Summer Camp at Tanganyika Wildlife Park! Instead of playing another round of video games, the counselors will lead your camper through a day of crafts, activities, and up-close wildlife experiences. Each week, they explore a different theme, ensuring campers learn something new while enjoying all that Tanganyika has to offer.
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Unforgettable Animal Interactions: Get up close and personal with their captivating creatures, making learning an immersive and exciting experience.
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Expert Guidance: Their experienced staff guarantees a safe, educational, and fun environment for all campers.
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Unleash Your Creativity: Explore experiments, dive into creative projects, and play thrilling games alongside new friends.
Mighty Camp at Genesis
Ages: 6-12
Dates: June – July
Location: East // 1551 N Rock Road and Wes // 854 N Socora Ave
Phone: 316-201-9267 ext 707
Cost: $165-$185/Week or $41-$47/Day
Wichita Children's Theatre and Dance Center
Ages: 2-18
Dates: June 1 – August 31
Location: Central // 201 Lulu
Phone: 316-262-2282
Cost: $45 – $250
Wichita Art Museum
Ages: 6 (completed kindergarten)-12
Dates: June 3 – August 2
Location: Downtown // 1400 West Museum Boulevard
Phone: 316-268-4958
Cost: $100-$125
Explore art and stretch your imagination at WAM Camp! Spend the week in an afternoon session (1-4 pm) filled with active learning, creative play, and lots of art making. At the end of the week, showcase your creations at a special exhibition for your friends and family. Camps are taught by professional educators and feature a variety of topics throughout the summer. Questions? Please email [email protected]
Phillips Fundamental Learning Center
Ages: 5-10
Dates: June 17-July 25
Location: East // 14533 E Sharon Ln
Phone: 316-684-7323
Christian Performance Theatre
Ages: 5-18
Dates: June 24-28 (teens) and July 8 – 12 (kids)
Location: East // 1825 N. Woodlawn
Phone: 316-706-2032
Cost: $190-$225
During the summer, Christian Performance Theatre (CPT) puts on week-long musical theater day camps for students ages 5-18. Camps are designed to be a fun and energetic immersion into the world of musical theater. Camps are jam-packed with games, activities, and interactive workshops that build performance skills, self-confidence, and teamwork. Typical camps include team competitions; rotations through drama, dance, and music workshops; and a concluding showcase for family and friends. Through praise, worship, prayer, and daily devotions, CPT teen camps are particularly focused on spiritual growth.
TEEN CAMP (AGES 13-18) $225
All Night Strut! A Jumpin’ Jivin’ Jam!
KIDS CAMP (AGES 5-12) $190
Broadway Partners
Breakthrough Basketball Camp
Ages: grades 7-12
Dates: July 8-10
Location: South // Farha Sports Centers 3405 S Meridian Ave
Phone: 866-846-7892
Cost: $295
Breakthrough Basketball offers a wide range of camps across the country throughout the year. These camps cater to various age groups and focus on different aspects of the game, such as Shooting and Offensive Skills, Essential Skills, Overnight camps, and more. Their goal is to help you find the ideal camp where you can enhance your skills and acquire valuable knowledge. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced player, these camps provide a platform for learning and growth. Get ready to elevate your game and gain a wealth of new skills at Breakthrough Basketball camps.
Wichita Riding Academy
Ages: 5 and up
Location: Derby // 10727 E. 39th Street South
Phone: 316-651-0876
Cost: $80-500
Come spend an incredible time at Wichita Riding Academy. Their summer camp program is the largest Equine program in the state of KS. They’ve done camp for 40 years now! They offer week long camps almost every week throughout summer along with multiple single day camps too!
Fun barn/farm related games, activities, education, and more along with tons of horseback riding. Each week has a different theme for different age groups/skills.
Girl Scouts of Kansas Heartland
Ages: K-8
Location: Clearwater // 7800 S 103rd St W
Phone: 316-684-6531
Cost: $40 – $175
Get ready to capture all the great memories of Girl Scout camp! This summer, campers will be going on a photo-worthy journey with 13 camp sessions at Starwoods Girl Scout Center. With camp themes like Mermaid Mysteries, Just Add Water nature theme camp, and a Once Upon a Time fairytale theme camp, girls will explore the world around them like never before. Camps range from day camps that run Monday -Thursday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. with free busing available from the Girl Scout office before and after camp, to one-day camps where adult chaperones are welcome but not required, and there are even sleep away camps where campers stay in cabins. Email [email protected] for information about membership. Get your smiles ready now, summer will be here in a flash! Picture your girl here: https://www.kansasgirlscouts.
WASP Summer Basketball League
Ages: current 1st-8th graders
Dates: May 27 – June 29
Location: Maize schools
Phone: 913-375-5544
Cost: $130-$150
Summer Basketball League – WASP – Wichita Area Sports Programs
The Summer Basketball League was established with the goal of providing kids an opportunity to play off-season basketball in a organized format. The focus will be for kids to continue improving their skills and staying active with a basketball in the off-season while continuing to play summer in-season sports. WASP will provide a reversible jersey, eight games with officials and an end of season ALL-STAR GAME. To sign up, please fill out the registration form online. Early registration is discounted and recommended, as participants are limited due to event space. You will have the opportunity to reference friends or coaches that you want on your team. They will do our best to accommodate these requests. If you want to coach, please complete the volunteer information within the registration form.
The Art Park
Ages: 3 – Adult
Dates: May 24 – Aug 16
Location: East // 7230 E 29th St N
Phone: 316-683-2500
Cost: $30-$250
Camps, classes and KDO oh my! So many fun options for summer! Unique themes such as State Parks, Barbie, Princess Cooking, Woodworking, Lego, Camp NASA, Robotics and SO MUCH MORE! They teach people of all ages realistic drawing skills in art camps and classes by using a time tested, patented method called Monart. With a combined 100+ years of teaching, their instructors are skilled at making students feel comfortable and ready to learn. They are celebrating our 20th year and to celebrate we’d like to offer customers 20% off their camp tuition if registered by April 15th. Join them to discover the Monart difference!
Bliss Climbing and Fitness
Ages: 4-7 and 7-15
Location: East // 11114 E 28th St N
Phone: 316-831-1479
Cost: $200-$260
The Summer Camps at Bliss will introduce young adventurers to rock climbing/bouldering, but won’t stop there. Children will learn about trust, teamwork, and problem solving while developing their rock climbing skills through interactive games and activities.
Color Me Mine Wichita
Ages: 6-14
Dates: various
Location: West // 2441 N Maize Rd #215
Phone: 316-425-5614
Cost: $115
Devices down, creativity up! Four days of fun featuring themed pottery, projects, games and snacks. Tues-Fri 11am-1pm.
Kids will explore & learn several art mediums each week: pottery, canvas, clay, rocks, textiles and paper. Games & other activities as time allows. $115 covers all pottery, supplies, instruction, glazing and firing plus a snack each day. Pottery will be ready for pick up a week later. These Summer Workshops are the perfect way to learn new techniques & have fun making friends. This is a drop off event for kids age 6-14. Limited to 12 spots per camp.
Riverside Music Together
Ages: 0-8
Dates: June-July; ongoing
Location: East // West // Riverside
Phone: 316-708-0300
Cost: $198
Come laugh, play, and make music together! Riverside Music Together classes create a safe, fun space for children AND adults, singing, dancing, jamming, and learning together. Support your child’s social, emotional, physical, cognitive, and all areas of their development during those important early years! Flexible class schedules and unlimited bonus classes. Join the community at RiversideMusicTogether.com!
TGA Junior Golf Camps
Ages: 6-16
Dates: June – August
Location: East and West
Phone: 877-814 7511
Cost: $105-365
Led by trained and vetted coaches, TGA Golf camp uniquely combines athletics, academics, and life lessons to create a fun, active, and entertaining camp experience. TGA camps include skill development, lessons on rules & etiquette, and activities that explore academic concepts through the lens of the sport. All levels/abilities are welcome and equipment is provided.
Happy Feet Soccer - Wichita Legends
Ages: 2-16
Dates: June 4 – August 17
Location: East and West
Phone: 877-814-7511
Cost: $89 – $225
Summer soccer programs for children 2 – 16 years. Camps / Classes and League games. They have beginner classes for young child 2 – 5 years, Beginner to Intermediate training for ages 6 – 8 years, and Intermediate to advance training for ages 8 – 16 years
Call, email or text with questions for the right program for your child.
JAG Gymnastics
Ages: 5-12
Dates: June – July
Location: Andover // 920 N Andover Rd
Phone: 316-733-7525
Cost: $40 – $135
Their goal is to make learning gymnastics fun for everyone, and summer camp is the perfect place for it! All 8 weeks of summer are packed full of fun with exciting themes, gymnastics, crafts, games, and more!
Campers will learn a variety of gymnastics skills based on their specific ability. Each day will focus on either front tumbling or back tumbling on floor. In addition to learning tumbling on floor, campers will learn skills on VAULT, BARS, AND BALANCE BEAM during structured class time as well as supervised free time to work on skills they would like help with.
Serving Aces
Ages: 4-18
Dates: May, June, July dates available
Location: East // 1845 Fairmount St
Phone: 757-214-4100
Cost: $250 – $350
Come train at Shocker Tennis Camps at Wichita State University in beautiful Wichita, KS. Offering six weeks of incredible fun and tennis training, this camp is directed by WSU tennis coaches. This half-day camp has the perfect combination for everyone! Each camper receives personal attention, advanced teaching techniques, intensive drill work, and game/match play, all in a fun and competitive environment. They break the campers into small instructional groups of similar age and ability, so each child is working in a group that is commensurate with their experience level. They tailor each program to the level of the players. Beginners get a heavy dose of swing technique and fundamentals, while more advanced players focus on strategy, point building, percentage tennis, etc. Mention code wichitamom for $50 off!
Shocker Tennis Camps are the camps for young players who strive to learn the game, improve their skills while having fun.
Learning Lab Wichita
Ages: 5-18
Dates: Various opportunities throughout June & July
Location: Union Station//701 E. Douglas Ave, Suite 200
Phone: 316-799-5247
Cost: $60 – $125
At Learning Lab Wichita, the learning opportunities focus on personalized learning, which help students explore their interests and talents. They have a diverse range of offerings this summer for different ages of students. Try printmaking, circuitry or sports journalism – and, in July, explore CTE offerings via theirexclusive partnership with WSU Tech. Offerings are being continuously updated!
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Summer Pass good for 2 hours of jump time everyday from June 1st to Aug 31st. $99
Tanganyika sounds so fun! And I’ve never heard about the genesis camp before but I’ll be checking that out too!
We have heard such great things about both!!
Earlybird Childcare Learning Campus has Full and Part time openings available in May. Be apart of our summer learning camps and Fall school program.
Reserve Now….
http://www.earlybirdchildcare.com
316-210-8599
I don’t see central Christian academy camps how can we get on this site?
Hi Tina! We do have CCA listed under our A-Z listing in the camp directory! You have to scroll down a bit.
How do we add Reliance Community Preschool offering Mom’s Day Out for infant -2nd grade Wed or Thurs from 10-3 ?
Hi there! Email [email protected] for more information on how to get your camp featured. Thank you!
Girl Scout Camp Still Hiring Camp Counselors!
https://www.kansasgirlscouts.org/content/dam/kansasgirlscouts/documents/Summer%20Camp%20Staff_%202021.pdf
Do u know if any church’s are having vacation bible camps this summer.
The link and description for Trinity is incorrect.
When do u think you will have list of vbs this summer.
When are they going to list the vbs for this summer.
Are the list for vbs out yet for the summer