Mystery Spy & Detective Camp is an immersive, hands-on adventure where campers become junior detectives and undercover agents for the week. Each day, campers will work in age-appropriate teams to crack codes, analyze evidence, and solve exciting mysteries. Activities include fingerprinting, secret messages, disguise challenges, scavenger hunts, surveillance games, and logic puzzles—all designed to build critical thinking, teamwork, and confidence while having a blast. Campers will sharpen their observation skills, learn how to think like real detectives, and complete daily “missions” that lead up to a final Case Closed! celebration at the end of the week. Younger campers are guided through playful investigations, while older campers tackle more advanced puzzles and problem-solving challenges. Perfect for curious minds, imaginative thinkers, and kids who love a good mystery, this camp combines creativity, STEM-based thinking, and high-energy fun in a safe, supportive environment.

We will focus on chemical reactions, observation, and experimentation. Campers will explore reactions through experiments such as vinegar rockets and bubble races.

Discover the world around you as you investigate everything from the earth below to the skies above. Explore nature around you and find out how science can help us to protect our planet. Contemplate communication as you converse in codes. Experience how Newton's laws are at work in your favorite sports and join the ranks of space scientists examining the mysteries of the solar system! Registration deadline is 6/16/26.

Mad Science of St. Louis camps at Crestwood Community Center invite children ages 5–12 to dive into science through exciting, hands-on experiments and adventures led by energetic, trained instructors. Campers explore a variety of fun science themes — from rockets, robots, chemistry, and space to nature, inventions, and detective-style experiments — in a setting designed for curiosity and discovery. With daily activities that spark wonder, imagination, and excitement about the world around them, kids enjoy full-day or half-day camp sessions. Hosted at Crestwood Community Center, these camps offer a lively, community-center environment where children can learn, play, and grow their passion for science.

Unleash your child's inner inventor in this camp specially crafted for young Ninjas ages 5-7! This engaging program is designed to ignite curiosity and foster creativity as children embark on a thrilling adventure into the world of STEM. Campers become hands-on makers and creators, exploring a variety of fun and interactive tools to develop essential engineering and design skills. Through exciting projects, your child will learn to think like a true innovator, building confidence and a love for learning.

We will focus on levers, pulleys, gears, inclined planes, and energy transfer. Campers will explore pulleys, levers, and ramps. Older campers will create rubber band-powered vehicles, build cranes, and more!

Get ready to blast off into the world of rockets and discover the amazing science behind them. You'll become a rocket safety superstar by learning all about the model rocket safety code. You'll also uncover the secrets of how rockets soar through the sky, stay perfectly balanced, and return safely to Earth. Each day, you'll get to build a different kind rocket from a sleek and awesome Mad Science rocket kit to a rocket made of toilet paper tubes – how cool is that? You'll also be part of a real launch team! Imagine working together with your new friends as altitude trackers, launch preparers, and launchers. Every day, you'll watch in awe as we send a rocket soaring high into the sky. Registration deadline is 5/26/26.

Mad Science of St. Louis camps at Crestwood Community Center invite children ages 5–12 to dive into science through exciting, hands-on experiments and adventures led by energetic, trained instructors. Campers explore a variety of fun science themes — from rockets, robots, chemistry, and space to nature, inventions, and detective-style experiments — in a setting designed for curiosity and discovery. With daily activities that spark wonder, imagination, and excitement about the world around them, kids enjoy full-day or half-day camp sessions. Hosted at Crestwood Community Center, these camps offer a lively, community-center environment where children can learn, play, and grow their passion for science.

Sign up your Ninja to embark on an exciting journey into the digital realm to explore the captivating world of game design and development using popular platforms like Minecraft® and Roblox®. In this immersive experience, campers dive into pre-built worlds, engaging in activities and challenges that teach key concepts of replicating the physical world in virtual environments. From constructing buildings and forming communities to simulating flight, a wide array of topics is covered, ensuring a dynamic and educational adventure. Watch as your child learns, creates, and imagines, all while developing skills that blend fun with foundational STEM principles.

Tell your kid to get ready! This camp is an adventure of imagination, innovation, and fun. Featuring Spike Essential, campers will jump into the extraordinary world of robotics. They'll start off unplugged, with games designed for giggling and grooving as well as teaching basic robotics concepts. Then it's on to exploring Spike Essential's coolest components—motors, gyro sensors, color sensors, and lights—while uncovering the foundations of coding like sequencing, events, and loops. By the end of this thrilling week, their creations will come to life with projects like a moving carousel and speedy cars. Through playful learning and creative problem-solving, they'll conquer design challenges as they dream up and refine their own projects. This isn't just a camp—it's a journey into the exciting universe of robotics, where every child is a budding engineer!

Perfect for our youngest designers, this camp is all about fun, learning, and imagination. With a focus on introducing basic coding concepts, campers will work with coding games like hide-and-seek, a simple clicker game, and a maze. Throughout camp, kids will have a blast remixing these games into their very own creations. They will learn to design unique backgrounds, create charming characters, and explore the endless possibilities of game design. Each day offers new opportunities for discovery and innovation, building a strong foundation in coding while keeping the experience fun and fantastic!

​Ever dreamed of becoming a secret agent? Campers will decode messages, try out spy tech like metal detectors and night-vision tools, and take home gadgets like spy glasses. They’ll explore the science behind evidence gathering, forensics, and crime scenes. Step into a detective’s shoes and discover the hands-on science real spies use!

Ever dreamed of becoming a secret agent? From decoding messages to metal detectors, campers check out spy tech equipment! Step into the shoes of a detective as you gather evidence and analyze it! Discover forensics in a hands-on look at crime scenes! Become a super spy and investigate the science that spies use!

We will focus on asking questions, making predictions, and observing results. Campers will engineer towers, catapults, bridges, and more.

We will focus on sequencing, loops, sensors, problem-solving, and basic programming. Campers will learn to code robots and create mazes for them.