Check out nearly 20 spring and summer camps in Houston’s Bay Area.
This list is not comprehensive.
Clear Lake
Explorer Camps
The Johnson Space Center offers a variety of different camps that include several types of activities and focuses, such as Mars or rockets.
Type: academics, day
Ages: 4-11
Dates: TBD
Cost: $74.95-$299.95 (based on camp)
KidsU Summer Camps
The University of Houston Clear Lake offers camps centered around science, math, reading, literacy, technology and culture, among other topics.
Type: academics
Ages: K-12th grade
Dates: June-July
Cost: $180 per session ($170 for early bird until March 23)
Camp Clear Lake
Children who attend the camp in Clear Lake can participate in archery, arts and crafts, hikes, swimming and other outdoor activities.
Type: academics, art, sports
Ages: 6-11
Dates: June-August
Cost: $160 (residents), $200 (nonresidents)
Galveston
Pyramid Kids Camps at Moody Gardens
The annual camp at Moody Gardens offers week-long sessions, with each week being unique and offering different themes and activities.
Type: academics, arts
Ages: K-eighth grade
Dates: May-August
Cost: $250 (members), $275 (nonmembers)
Texas A&M Sea Camp
The camps are a week long and cover specific topics, such as sharks, coastal ecology, fishing camps, ocean conservation, sea turtles and ocean careers, among other topics.
Type: academic
Ages: 10-18
Dates: June-August
Cost: $995-$3,100
Sea Campus Kids
Students can participate in half-day or full-day sessions centered around marine biology, mammals, extreme environments and pirates.
Type: academics, day
Ages: 6-11
Dates: June-August
Cost: $140-$215
Houston
Ecologist School Houston
The school offers summer camp sessions in marine biology, herpetology and entomology as well as outdoor skills and leadership.
Type: academics, science
Ages: pre-K3-seventh grade
Dates: June 1-July 31
Cost: $325 ($25 registration fee)
Lobo Active Learning & Gymnastics Summer Camp
Children who attend will learn skills such as rolling, handstands, cartwheels, moving forward and backward, with each day having a theme with a focus on one or several skills.
Type: sports, day
Ages: 3-12
Dates: May-August
Cost: $250 (full day), $175 (half day)
Kemah
Above the Bar
The camps include weekly themes with a focus on ninja warrior, trampoline, tumbling, inflatables and games.
Type: sports
Ages: 5-13
Dates: May-August
Cost: $260 per week
League City
Attuned School of Music
The music school offers year-round lessons and a variety of summer camps for ages 3-13. This year’s themes include jam camps, pirates, under the sea, STEM, around the world and colorful keys.
Type: arts
Ages: 3-13 (varies by camp)
Dates: May-July
Cost: $275 (full week), $195 (full week with half days), $65 (full day), $50 (half day)
Bay Area Arts Conservatory Summer Workshops
Students who attend will participate in workshops centered around various shows and themes, including “Matilda Jr.”, “Mary Poppins Jr.”, “High School Musical Jr.” and “Moana Jr.”
Type: arts
Ages: 6-18
Dates: June-August
Cost: $699 per workshop
Camp Invention: Spark
The camps will focus on projects related to science, technology, math and engineering, including several different experiments and challenges to solve.
Type: academics
Ages: K-sixth grade
Dates: June-July
Cost: $200-$300 (varies by location)
Perry Family YMCA in League City
The YMCA offers themed weeks that combine outdoor activities with hands-on science activities, water activities, creating and performing arts and field trips.
Type: academic, arts, day, sports
Ages: 5-15
Dates: May-August
Cost: $200 per week, $45 registration fee
Pasadena
Armand Bayou Nature Center – EcoCamp
EcoCamp offers active outdoor experiences, such as fishing, canoeing, pond exploration, insect collecting, bird watching, hiking, live animal presentations, nature crafts and camp games.
Type: day
Ages: 4-13
Dates: June-August
Cost: $170-$330 (per week), $60-$75 (single day)
Webster
Kids R Kids Learning Academy Summer Camp
Children who attend will get to explore weekly themes, as well as field trips and other recreational activities.
Type: academics
Ages: K-fifth grade
Dates: June-August
Cost: $225 per week
Kids Scuba Camp
The scuba camp offers an educational experience leading to open water self-contained underwater breathing apparatus certification. Information is presented in written, video and lecture formats, which are practiced in a pool and open water environment.
Type: sports
Ages: 10+
Dates: June-August
Cost: $695 per week
School of Rock Clear Lake Camps
From the basics of playing instruments to songwriting or learning classic songs, the music school offers a number of various camps for different age groups.
Type: arts
Ages: 4-17
Dates: June-August
Cost: $199-$449 per camp
Summer Warrior Camp
The camp offers interactive classes rooted in martial arts, science, technology, engineering and math activities, arts and crafts, movement and field trips.
Type: academics, arts, sports
Ages: 5-14
Dates: May-August
Cost: $119-$209 per week