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2023 Summer Camp Guide

By Mary Anne Plauda, Publisher Macaroni Kid Naperville March 9, 2023

It is time to start thinking about warm weather and thoughts of summer camp. Please take a look at these featured camps. Lots of choices out there. Good luck!


Featured Summer Camps

Camp Naper at Naper Settlement


Utilizing Naper Settlement’s beautiful 13-acre museum campus as their learning laboratory, campers will go on adventures in history, art, science, and more! Whether learning the science behind their favorite magic trick or building their own box city,  each of our 16 unique, themed day camps provides an immersive learning experience that will capture your child’s imagination while strengthening their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. To learn more, click here.



DuPage Children's Museum -Tinkering Camp



Build gadgets and gizmos that spur the imagination, challenge creative thinking, and strengthen problem-solving during a summer camp like no other. Tinkering Camp is a full-day or half-day camp for ages 4–11 years. Budding engineers will find joy in the challenges, knowledge in the failures, and the confidence and ability to keep trying. To learn more, click here.

Naperville Park District



Naperville Park District camps will keep kids having fun all summer! They'll discover new friendships, enjoy arts and crafts, play group games, and participate in individual and team sports. No matter what your kids are interested in, we have camps that will make their summer memorable and fun. To learn more, click here.




Summer Camps

American Martial Arts




Our Form & Weapon summer camp has been popular over the years. I am sure it will be excellent to increase student’s confidence and skills with the most comprehensive program, Form, Demo, and Weapon camp! Click here to learn more!

Arrow Accelerated Academy 


Arrow Accelerated Academy's camp sessions allow campers to experience one of the coolest parts of Acton learning: Quests! During these two-week sessions, learners will immerse themselves in a hands-on project related to one of the four themes of the camp! Click here to learn more!

Bach To Rock


Bach to Rock music camps gives kids the chance to unleash their inner rock star — even if they’ve never played an instrument before! We offer spring, winter, and summer music camps for kids and teens, including week-long, partial-week, half-day, and day camps. Kids have a blast learning to play hit songs and performing with other campers! Click here to learn more!

Emergent Learning Center


Come and join the Emergent Learning Center team for a summer full of Mindful and Brainful activities! Summer camps focus on mindfulness-based treatments that are beneficial for children who are struggling with social and emotional issues. Our individualized and small peer groups work on developing the skills of present-moment awareness, acceptance, and taking action to move in a direction of utmost value.  Click here to learn more!

Just For Kids Preschool



Welcome to Just For KIDS Camp 2023 for ages 15 months - 6 years old. Our summer camp runs June 5-Augusst 4. Experience 9 fun-filled themed weeks of activities, games, art, music, exploration, friends, & more!
 Click here for more details.


Kidinary Cooking Academy


Budding chefs join us this summer as we mix, chop, bake, create, and design savory and sweet nutritiously delicious dishes. Not only will your chef get to enjoy their lunch made by them, but they will also get to finish off the day with a homemade dessert each day, based on the theme of the week. Click here to learn more!

Little Brushes by Pinot's Palette


Looking for a fun and creative outlet for your little artist? Then Little Brushes has exactly what you are looking for! At Little Brushes we offer a fun-filled party atmosphere where your little artists can have a blast creating their own masterpieces.
Click here for more details.

North Central College Summer Camps


North Central College is excited to offer 15+ camps and workshops this summer! These programs are instructed by our very own North Central College staff, faculty, and students. The College is thrilled to offer these programs to connect youth in the community to campus. For more detail, click here.

Youth Academy-College of DuPage



Maximize potential by taking advantage of the many summer youth offerings for grades 3 through high school at the College of DuPage Naperville Center. Develop an appreciation of lifelong learning this summer with weekly camps for Academic Enrichment (Grades 3-8), Teen X-Treme (Grades 7-10), Jr. High Achievers (Grades 7-8), and High School and College Success Series. For more details, click here.


Vacation Bible Schools


Knox Presbyterian Church


We hope that you can join us at Knox Presbyterian Church for a week of fun, fellowship, and learning as we have an "out of this world week" where we will learn how to shine Jesus’s Light!
VBS will take place June 19-23 from 8:45 am-11:30 am. Children can participate in VBS if they are 3 years old (potty trained/no pull-ups) to enter 5th grade in the fall of 2023. To learn more, click here

Village Bible Church





 
Following Jesus changes the game! Join us for a week of evenings full of games, snacks, singing, and learning about Jesus. Students at our Aurora/El Camino VBS will receive genuine, intentional care from leaders who truly care about their well-being. Click here for more details.


Word of Life Lutheran Church


When Heroes in the field call in, the Professor, Super Meer, and our team of heroes will spring into action and explore the ultimate Hero Handbook -the Bible- to discover how all Heroes can follow the examples set by a cast of supporting Bible Heroes in stories from the Old and New Testaments, who work together to bring peace, build each other up, and share the great story of God’s love for us where they are and with the whole world. To learn more, click here.

Other camps in Naperville and surrounding areas


Agape Children's Center
Adventures in Learning
All About Kids
Allegro-Bolingbrook
Art Studio
Bach to Rock
Bear Paddle
Bethany Lutheran Schools
Benedetti Kindercare
Body Trek
Bright Horizons
Bright Start Naperville
Brookfield Zoo
Calvary Church Naperville
Champions
Chesterbrook Academy
Chicago Bulls Camp
Childtime Learning Center
Children's Center
Children's Creative Corner
Code Ninjas
Codverse
Congregation Beth Shalom Preschool
Cosley Zoo
Covenant Classical School
College Nannies
Compass
Cosmic Montessori
Crème de la Creme
Dance Quest
DePaul Summer Camps
Discover Montessori
Bream Big Camp
District 203
DuPage Montessori School
DuPage Forrest
DuPage College
Engineering for Kids
Fermilab
Funtopia
Four Winds Waldorf
Galileo
Gardner School
Gingercare
Goddard School
Green Earth
Green Apple Academy
Happy Times Preschool
Happy Feet Soccer Camp
Humane Society
IdCamp
Inspire Day Camp
Just for Fun Preschool
Jubilee
Happy Feet Soccer Camp
Hobson Cooperative Nursery
Kensington School
Kiddie Academy
Kids Day Out
Kids Science Labs
Kids Kampus
Kidz Kaberet
La Petite Academy of Naperville
Learning Is Fun
Legacy Elite
Little Blessings
Little Blossom
Little Shepherd
Lotus Montessori
Meher Montessori
Naperville Art League
Montessori Children's Garden
Morton Arboretum
Music and Dance
Musical Expressions
Naperville Christian
NanoBeast
Naperville Martial Arts for Kids
Players Indoor Sports
Pathways
PrairieView Montessori
Primrose
Pro Martial Arts
Rosehill Montessori
Safety Town
School Readiness Center
School of Rock
Soccer Shots
Studio Nafis
Swift Nature Camp
Trinity Early Childhood
Tutor Time
United Martial Arts
Victory Martial Arts
Wheatland Salem Christian Academy
YK Martial Arts
Xtreme Dance Center

Naperville
Alleluia Lutheran Church
June 12 – 16, 2023
4055 Book Rd, Naperville, IL 60564

 Highpoint
June 19-23, 2023
1805 High Point Dr., Naperville, IL 60563
Naperville Church of Christ
Late July or August
2035 E 75th St, Naperville, IL 60565
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
July 17 – 21, 2023
815 S. Washington St. Naperville, IL 60540

St. Thomas the Apostle
June 12 – 16, 2023
1500 Brookdale Rd, Naperville, IL 60563

St. Timothy Lutheran
June 26-30, 2023
1313 N Mill St, Naperville, IL 60563
AURORA
Chapel Street Church
June 19 – June 22 or June 26-June 29 or July 17-20, 2023
307 Banbury Rd, North Aurora, IL 60542
Village Baptist Church
We hold our VBS annually during the last week of June.  Open registration begins the week before VBS.

515 S Frontenac St, Aurora, IL 60504
Bolingbrook
Friendship United Methodist Church
Tentative weeks 6/17/23 or 6/24/23
305 E Boughton Rd, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
New Life Lutheran Church
June 26-30, 2023
249 N. Bolingbrook Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60440