Summer in Austin is more than hot days and dips in Barton Springs. For children, it’s about adventure, growth, discovering their passions, or fine-tuning ones they’ve already found. Whether you’re seeking to fill your child’s summer schedule with an array of enriching experiences or simply aiming to occupy a week or two, the 2026 Spring Break and Summer Camp Guide is your ultimate resource. Delve into a myriad of options tailored to suit every interest and need, ensuring an unforgettable summer for your child. Explore a diverse selection, ranging from immersive art camps that spark creativity to adventurous overnight retreats that foster camaraderie and independence. Your children can dive into the world of technology, hone athletic skills, or express themselves through art, STEM, and more.
All-Star Sports Camp
We promote teamwork and sportsmanship through healthy competition via sports and active games. Teaching children basic skills and game rules gives every child the opportunity to discover new talents and refine their natural abilities. Above all, we want to ensure that every kid has fun exploring a variety of sports while making friends and memories along the way! Full-day campers also receive lunch from amazing local restaurants.
Ages: 5-12 years old
Dates: Spring Break and Summer 2026
Locations:
Austin: SoccerZone South Austin, 9501 Menchaca Rd.
Cedar Park: SoccerZone Lakeline, 920 Old Mill Rd.
Cost: $270/half-day; $420/full-day
Phone: South Austin: 512-280-2244; Cedar Park: 512-940-4025
Email: [email protected]
The Art Garage
The Art Garage camps are a place where your kiddo can explore unique art mediums: ceramics, glass fusion, painting, sculpture, make new friends, and thrive under the care of our amazing art teachers. Each camp has a unique theme, with curated projects that stem from a subject or art medium your artist is already drawn to. We lovingly put together some of the most creative art camps in Austin! Join us this year for favorites like Slumber Party, Art Around the World, Swifties, and Hogwarts, and check out our new curriculum themes: Barbie, Animal Crossing, Star Wars, and Music Fest Art Camp! Camp runs 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., with flexible care available 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Mom owned and operated in Austin for over 15 summers!
Ages: 6-14 years old
Dates: Spring Break and Summer 2026
Locations: Circle Drive (Oak Hill, SW Austin); North Lamar (Brentwood); Brodie Lane (South Austin)
Cost: $409/week; $95/day
Discount: $25 off thru March 31st with code 365Things
Phone: 512-852-9900
Email: [email protected]
Badgerdog Creative Writing Camp
Badgerdog creative writing camps serve students in grades 3-12, offering immersive, arts-focused experiences that nurture creativity and confidence. In small, thoughtfully led groups, young writers explore poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, and screenwriting alongside Austin’s professional writers. Badgerdog offers one-week spring break camps and two-week and three-week summer camps. An anthology of student work is published at the end of summer camps! 5% sibling discount. Scholarships available.
Ages: 7-18 years old
Dates: Spring Break and Summer 2026
Locations: Various Austin and Round Rock locations
Cost: $250-$595
Discount: 5% Off Sibling Registration
Email: [email protected]
Country Home Learning Center
Country Home’s extremely popular Summer Camp program includes all of our regular activities, our Kids’ Choice Special Interest Clubs, regularly scheduled field trips to swim, skate, bowl, and see movies, as well as special field trips to a wide variety of exciting local destinations. Our highly successful, reward-based Reading Program encourages academic exercises throughout the summer, while our wonderful facility affords us the opportunity to explore various themed rooms.
Each area encompasses unique opportunities and equipment for hands-on learning and fun exploration into the world of science, math, computers, language development, and dramatic and creative arts. Our children spend fun-filled days on the move, participating in activities that stimulate their creativity and spur their imagination!
Ages: Kinder – 13 years old, also accepting infants through preschool students year-round
Dates: June 1 – August 14
Locations: Northwest Austin & Southwest Austin
Cost: $315/week
Phone: Northwest Austin: 512-331-1441; Southwest Austin: 512-288-8220
Email: Northwest Austin: [email protected]; Southwest Austin, [email protected]
Creative Action Summer Camp
Our award-winning summer camps provide your child with hands-on learning, arts exploration, social and emotional growth, and both indoor and outdoor fun. Each week offers a unique theme taught by our professional teaching artists.
Ages: 5-11 years old
Dates: Summer 2026
Locations: Multiple school campuses around Austin
Cost: $395-$425/week
Email: [email protected]
Creator Camp
Animation, filmmaking, content creation, music production, entrepreneurship, engineering and game development for kids ages 5-13. In a world where technology grows at an unprecedented speed, children are often drawn to screens without direction or purpose. At Creator Camp, we believe in showing them a different path—one where technology is a tool for creativity and self-expression. We show them how to take control of their digital experience and use it to fuel their dreams.
Ages: 5-13 years old
Dates: Spring Break available at Cedar Park location; Summer 2026
Locations: Cedar Park Exchange ATX Church, Bridgeland Church in Round Rock, Glad Tidings Church, Austin Gateway church south, Lakeway Lake Travis Methodist Church
Cost: $170-$275
Phone: 512-753-5878
Fantastic Magic Camp
Kids ages 5-12 will have a blast at Fantastic Magic Camp! Since 1993, Fantastic Magic Camp has incorporated magic, juggling, puppetry, and a LOT of fun to foster empathy and cooperation while building children’s self-esteem. Our Camp will keep your kids engaged all day — and long after they come home. Our Spring and Summer Camps are fully inclusive day camps that children often cite as the most fun they’ve had at any camp – and this year we are also introducing a creative, educational afterschool program in Crestview where kids unwind, do their homework, learn magic, juggling, and puppetry, and build confidence through play, practice, and performance—week after week, all school year long. We do not foster competition among the campers; instead, we provide them with a safe place to try new things and improve their skills. Campers’ days will be filled with fun, adventure, and discoveries. Each camp day ends with a show by a professional magician, juggler, or clown. Fantastic Magic Camp is more than just a camp—it’s a place where kids grow into leaders, performers, and confident, kind humans. We’re honored to keep the magic going after more than 30 years, and we can’t wait to share it with your family.
Camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an optional early drop-off at 8 am, and rehearsal from 4 pm to 6 pm. All camps include teaching material – at no additional cost!
Ages: 5-12 years old
Dates: Spring Break and Summer sessions from June 1- August 14
Locations: North Central Austin (Crestview) and NE Austin in Pflugerville ISD (Mt Playmore)
Cost: $450/week
Discount: 10% Off Sibling Registration; Scholarships Available
Phone: 512-988-3045
Email: [email protected]
Girlstart
My Ideas Matter! Don’t miss Girlstart’s nationally recognized STEM summer camps for girls entering 4th–8th grade. Campers will create a short film in Girlstart Studios, save the planet in Eco Explorers, and solve an escape room–style mystery with STEM Detectives! With 16+ hands-on STEM activities, Girlstart summer camps blend collaborative problem-solving, confidence-building social and emotional learning, and classic camp fun into one unforgettable experience. Girlstart’s weeklong, full-day STEM camps are $450, with a $55 early registration discount available through February 28th.
Read below to explore each camp theme and find the perfect fit for your camper.
Girlstart Studios
Girls entering 4th-5th & 6th-8th grades.
Lights, Camera, Action! Go behind the scenes and into the roles of the filmmakers, editors, cinematographers, and engineers who make movies possible. Discover the STEM that powers film as you explore lighting design, acoustics, props, costumes, photography, and more. Capture, edit, and produce a short film that brings your story to life!
June 1-5, June 8-12
Eco Explorers
Girls entering 4th-5th & 6th-8th grades
Planet-saving STEM! Dive into the science of sustainability as you create slime glaciers, clean oil spills, and investigate AI-powered climate technologies. Engineer an upcycled greenhouse, construct artificial coral reefs, and protect the bugs, birds, and plants in your community. Every day is Earth Day at this eco-friendly camp!
June 15-19, June 22-26, July 6-10
STEM Detectives
Girls entering 4th-5th & 6th-8th grades.
Can you crack the case? Work as a team to solve an escape room-style mystery that unfolds throughout the week. Investigate chemical reactions, break secret codes, explore fossils and DNA, and decrypt data. From invisible ink to mystery slime, campers will put their problem-solving skills to the test!
July 13-17, July 20-24, July 27-31
Ages: Entering 4th-8th graders in 2026-2027
Dates: June 1-5, June 8-12, June 15-19, June 22-26, July 6-10, July 13-17, July 20-24, July 27-31
Locations: Girlstart STEM Center, 1400 W Anderson Ln.
Cost: $450/week, $55 discount available until Feb 28th
Email: [email protected]
Idea Lab STEM Camps
Idea Lab Summer Camps 2026 are officially open for registration! If you’re looking for a summer option that’s exciting, hands-on, and actually keeps kids engaged, you’re in the right place. At Idea Lab, campers don’t just watch STEM happen — they build it, test it, and take it to the next level. Each week is packed with high-energy projects that combine STEM learning with creativity and fun, including science experiments, engineering challenges, robotics, coding, 3D design, Minecraft-inspired builds, maker projects, and more. Whether your child loves building contraptions, getting messy with chemical reactions, designing inventions, or creating with technology, there’s a camp that will light them up. Campers will work together, solve real problems, and bring big ideas to life through guided challenges and open-ended creation time. Our team keeps the energy high while making sure kids feel supported, confident, and proud of what they build each day. With a wide variety of themes and activities throughout the summer, there’s always something new to explore — and always something awesome to take home, show off, or talk about at dinner.
Spots fill up fast every year — especially for the most popular weeks — so we recommend grabbing your camp dates early while discounts are still available. We can’t wait to build, create, and explore with your campers this summer!
Ages: 5-12
Dates: Spring Break and Summer 2026
Locations:
Central, 8620 Burnet Rd.
NW, 13642 Research Blvd.
Circle C, 7817 LaCrosse Ave.
Magellan International School, 7501 N. Capital of Texas Hwy.
Cost: $415-$45/week
Discount: 15% off NW Austin and Circle C Locations; 10% off Central Austin Campus (valid through March 31, 2026)
Phone: 512-710-5694
Email: [email protected]
Camp Jump! at Jump Gymnastics
Imagine a world where superheroes are real, pirates are friendly, and every little girl is a princess. Grab your passport and join Jeremiah Frog as he embarks on an adventure like no other. Camp Jump! offers week-long, half-day, and full-day opportunities for children to explore their imaginations through a theme-based curriculum featuring gymnastics, art exploration, interactive centers, sports skills, social integration, dramatic play, yoga, music, and dance. Voted Austin Family Magazine’s Most Fun Camp 8 times. Come find out why!
Ages: Ages 3-10 (must be potty independent)
Dates: Spring Break and Summer Camp from June 1 to August 14
Locations: South Central, 6800 West Gate Blvd., #111; Austin North Central, 2117 W Anderson Ln.; Austin Domain, 10910 Domain Dr., #112; Austin Hutto, 571 Ed Schmidt Blvd., Hutto
Cost: $445/full-day; $355/half-day; $545/week extended day from 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM
Discount: 10% Off Sibling Registration
Phone: 512-593-6226
Kidventure
For over 30 years, Kidventure has operated on a simple belief: summer camp is an essential environment for building character. While other camps focus solely on entertainment, we design experiences that help children grow braver, kinder, and more resilient.
We are a team of educators and parents who understand that you need more than just childcare—you need a partner in your child’s development. Every day is led by an all-adult staff of counselors who model the kindness and leadership we want to see in our campers.
Day Camps (Ages 3 – Grade 9) Our Austin-area day camps provide a structured, safe, and high-energy environment at premier locations that provide excellent opportunities for indoor and outdoor learning.
Discoverers (Ages 3-5): Early childhood growth focused on imaginative play and social connection.
Explorers (Grades 1-5): Action-packed weeks of athletics, science, and team-building designed to boost self-esteem.
Leads (Grades 6-9): Leadership training that combines recreation with responsibility and service (select locations).
Overnight Camps (Ages 8 – 16) Held in the Texas Hill Country, our overnight programs offer a distraction-free space for deep growth and adventure. Round-trip transportation from Austin is included.
Safari & Quest (Ages 8-12): Building independence through teamwork and outdoor skills.
Echo (Ages 13-16): High-adventure challenges designed to foster resilience and leadership.
Registration for Summer 2026 opens in February. Secure a summer where your child is seen, supported, and empowered.
Ages: 3-16 years old
Dates: Spring Fest Spring Break Camp: March 16-20; 2026 Summer Day Camp: June 1-August 7, 2026; Overnight Camp: June 29-July 4, 2026 – July 26 – July 11 – 19, 2026 – August 3, 2026
Locations: Camp Blue House (Westlake), Camp Round Rock, Camp Steiner (Steiner Ranch), Camp Lakeway (Lakeway), Camp Rough Life (Rough Hollow), Camp Sweetwater (Sweetwater), Camp Blaze (Hamilton Pool Road) Overnight Camp (Rocksprings, TX)
Cost: Day Camp: $370/wk; Overnight Camp: $1670-$2240
Phone: 512-263-8992
Email: [email protected]
Neuron Garage
Neuron Garage Summer Camps help children ages 5–12 unlock their full potential by developing the skill of using a growth mindset. With a different theme each week, campers get hands-on, repurposing their recycling to solve fun building challenges. Throughout the process, they make new friends, experience the joy of exploring what they can do with their own hands, and learn the Neuron Garage growth-mindset tools and frameworks. A thoughtfully trained team guides each child to tap into their own genius while collaborating with their peers for inspiration and support. Campers learn to give and receive feedback, push themselves to create their best work, and recover from frustration and setbacks to keep moving forward. The experience is designed to shift their perspectives on mistakes and struggles. They experience firsthand the tangible results of hard work, feedback, and ongoing iteration. Campers come together multiple times each day for guided group discussions to process their successes and failures, helping them come to see both as information instead of endpoints.
Ages: 5-12 years old
Dates: Summer 2026
Locations: North, Central, South Austin, West Lake
Cost: $395 to $455 per week, depending on when you enroll
Phone: 512-593-5393
Thinkery
Thinkery Camp is where learning happens through play, and kids have a whole lot of fun doing it. Offered during both Spring Break and Summer, Thinkery Camps invite curious campers entering kindergarten through third grade to explore hands-on, imaginative STEAM experiences rooted in creativity, problem-solving, and discovery. Through playful adventures filled with building, experimenting, and creating, campers learn by doing in a joyful, supportive environment.
Ages: Spring Break: Currently enrolled in K-1 & Grades 2-3; Summer: Rising K-1 & Rising 2-3
Dates: Spring Break and Summer Camp from June 1 to August 14
Locations: 1830 Simond Ave.
Cost: Member Price: $385; Standard Price: $425
Email: Dena De La Paz at [email protected]