For families with children ages 3 to 10 with an accompanying adult. Join us for an adventure and get hands-on with nature! Each class includes activities for your family to learn together about the plants and animals of the Nature Reserve. Climb aboard the Shaw Explorer for a scavenger hunt on our 3-mile Loop Road. We will stop twice along the way, walk and look for butterflies, roly-polies, turtles, and frogs.

Whether you are a total beginner or have been shredding the wake since you could walk, Water Monkey has a place for you. Our coaches create a custom instruction plan for each camper allowing every individual to progress at their own pace in their waterskiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing skills.

Whether you are a total beginner or have been shredding the wake since you could walk, Water Monkey has a place for you. Our coaches create a custom instruction plan for each camper allowing every individual to progress at their own pace in their waterskiing, wakeboarding and wakesurfing skills.

Join a St. Louis County Park Ranger and spend the week learning to be good anglers. Every day the group will venture out to a new fishing location in a St. Louis County Park. Learn to catch a wide variety of native species.

Roll up your sleeves, put on your makers cap, and get ready to create! This is our most hands-on camp! Who can build the strongest bridge? Can your bridge withstand the shake, rattle, and roll challenge? Explore the world of birds and beasts. Discover what Hooty the owl had for dinner. Kids will dissect owl pellets and reconstruct Hooty's dinner. Enter the Mad Science chemistry lab and mix, mash, and brew concoctions! Assemble and control pulleys, levers, catapults, simple machines, and megapinchers! It's a week packed with non-stop science fun!

Get ready for a week of wonderfully gross discoveries at Super Gross Science Camp! Campers will explore slimy chemistry, create boogers, make edible excrement, and learn all about burps and gas. From dissecting cells to solving mysteries with forensic science, each that kids will love!

Organized for those sailors that are 8 or older and have interest in sailing .

Become a purr-fect veterinarian! Camp participants adopt a plush feline patient and learn how vet help take care of pet cats. These future veterinarians will learn how to perform a tip- to-tail exam, suture lacerations, to set up a litter box and safe areas for their pet, make cat toys, and more!

Activities center on developing wilderness skills and may include: ropes course, fire-making, atlatls, orienteering, team-building activities, shelter construction, lashing, outdoor cooking, tracking, and more. All activities occur on Principia School’s Challenge Course and surrounding forests. These camps will be limited to a minimum of 6 and maximum of 15 campers.

For ages 6 to 12. Join us for fun cooking classes with a focus on herbal and botanicalingredients you can pick from your home garden. Price per child, one adult per two children. Do you know how to make naturally pink lemonade? Have you ever made a refreshing fruit and flower beverage? Come learn how to make some kid-friendly fancy drinks and cookies to go with them in this botanical cooking class for kids. Parents must stay with their children forthe duration of the class. The cookies will contain wheat flour.

For families with children ages 3 to 10 with an accompanying adult. Join us for an adventure and get hands-on with nature! Each class includes activities for your family to learn together about the plants and animals of the Nature Reserve. Create your own miniature house and go on a scavenger hunt hike to find hidden houses along the trail.

For adults and families with children 8 and older. Whether you’re an adventurous adult, a family of explorers, or anyone over 8 who loves climbing trees, this experience is a must-do. Taught by expert instructors, you’ll be introduced to the world of recreational tree climbing and explore different parts of tree’s canopy. Designed for first-time climbers.

For families with children ages 4 and up. Join us for family crafting time at the Butterfly House where you’ll learn how to upcycle everyday trash into treasure! The Butterfly House will be supplying the materials, but feel free to bring some extra empty water/soda bottles (empty, cleaned, and washed) or other upcycling materials to add to your project. Staff will guide you while you have fun crafting with your family. One craft kit for each registered family.

Welcome to CHEF's Garden Camp, where kids cultivate a love for exploring the wonders of gardening, cooking and eating! At this fun and educational camp, young campers will have the opportunity to dig in the dirt and watch the garden grow. But it's not just the soil — we combine hands-on gardening activities with exciting cooking lessons to teach kids how to turn fresh, homegrown ingredients into delicious, nutritious meals.

For riders with some horse experience (recommended for those with at least one year of riding lessons).