20+ DIY Summer Camp Themes – Easy & Inexpensive Ideas
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Welcome to our collection of DIY Summer Camps filled with kid-approved, learning fun! Each of our camps are filled with a week’s worth of themed & fun learning activities with each day targeted to a specific topic. Our days are filled with books, creative writing prompts (or story telling depending on age), crafts, science experiments, food snacks, and more!

Check back periodically as we’ll keep updating with more learning days and camps!

Read on to check them out!

Adventures in Nature Week

This is our “Adventures in Nature Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities all themed to exploring nature –  rainforests, mountains, caves, volcanos and more!   Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

An Introductory Camping Day

Marvelous Mountain Day

Rainforest Day

Oh-so-cool Cave Day

Volcano Day

Ancient Egypt Week

This is our “Ancient Egypt Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to awesome Ancient Egypt. Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

An Introductory Day

Pyramid Day

Mummy Day

A Day in the Life

Hieroglyphics Day

Mythology Day

Awesome Amphibian Week

This is our “Awesome Amphibians Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities all themed to amphibians: frogs, salamanders, newts, & axolotls!  Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Reptiles & Amphibians – An Intro Day

Frog Day

Salamander Day

Axolotl Day

Blast to the Past – Amazing Ice Age Animals Week

This is our “Amazing Ice Age Animals Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to learning about animals that once lived on this Earth!  During this week, we picked a few favorite ice age animals and dove into more detail on their characteristics, how and where they lived, and how we know about them today. Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Wooly Mammoth Day

Ground Sloth Day

Dire Wolves Day

Smilodon Day

Irish Elk Day

Bugs & Butterfly Week

While this one isn’t broken up into themed days of play, we did have a number of activities that took up the entire week! From reading books, watching some videos, crafting, and raising our very own butterflies – the kids had an amazing week so much so that they want to repeat it for another year! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Come One, Come All – It’s Circus Week!

This is our “Circus Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to the oh-so-fun circuses and carnivals!  What better way to get them to keep learning than to pick a theme they already think is fun!  Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

An Intro Day – Setting up the Circus!

Juggling Day

Tightrope Day

Carousel Day

Ferris Wheel Day

Digging up Dinosaur Discoveries

This is our “Digging up Dinosaur Discoveries! – An Amazing DIY Dinosaur Camp Week” series. For this week, we focused on the study of dinosaurs, dinosaur eggs, fossils, and theories for extinction. Check out how to ways to decorate your camp area, links to interactive online games, fun & educational videos, books, writing prompts, experiments, food crafts & snacks, and kid-friendly crafts all themed for the week! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Dinosaur Discoveries – Orientation Day

Dinosaur Eggs & Babies

Finding Fossils

Fun with Dinosaur Food

An Extraordinary Exploration of the Ocean

This is our “An Extraordinary Exploration of the Ocean – A Complete & Exciting at Home Ocean Themed Camp Week” series.  For this week, we focused on a few Ocean, Deep Sea, and Water Creature topics. Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

A Deep Dive into Ocean Layers

Swimming with the Sharks

A Day on Ocean Conservation

A Day with Mythical Mermaids

Deep Dive into the Midnight Zone

This is our “Amazing Ocean Camp – Dive into Midnight Zone” series – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities on the ocean’s midnight zone layer!  We learned all about the midnight zone, how scientists explore such deep waters, and some amazing creatures found within these dark areas – vampire squids, dumbo octopuses, and jellyfish! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day!

An Introduction to the Midnight Zone

An Ocean Exploration Day

Vampire Squids

Dumbo Octopuses

Jellyfish

For the Love of Reading!

This is our “Instill the Love of Reading – DIY At Home Reading Camp” series.  For this week, we focused on a few popular children’s series and paired those days with crafts, activities, and games that went along with those books! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

A Hungry Caterpillar Day

A Day of Dogman

A Day with Pigeon

A Day with Harry Potter

For the Love of Nature

This is our “Adventures in Nature Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities all themed to exploring nature –  rainforests, mountains, caves, volcanos and more!  Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

An Introductory Day

Mountain Day

Rainforest Day

Cave Day

Volcano Day

Fun with Flower Power!

This is our “Fun with Flower Power! – An Amazing DIY Plants Camp Week” series. For this week, we focused on the study of plants and flowers. Read through to check out how to ways to decorate your camp area, links to interactive online games, fun & educational videos, books, writing prompts, experiments, food crafts & snacks, and kid-friendly crafts all themed for the week! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Plant Week – Orientation Day

A Study of Seeds Day

Buzzing with Bees Day

Crazy with Carnivorous Plants Day

Fun with Fertilizer & Compost

Fun with Forces

This is our “For the Love of Science – A Fun-Filled DIY Forces Camp Week” series. For this week, we focused on the study of forces. Read through to check out how to ways to decorate your camp area, links to interactive online games, fun & educational videos, books, writing prompts, experiments, food crafts & snacks, and kid-friendly crafts all themed for the week! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Fun with Friction

Marvelous Magnets

A Day with Gravity

It’s a Sweet Life – Candy Week!

This is our our “It’s a Sweet Life – Candy Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to the oh-so-fun sweets and treats!  What better way to get them to keep learning than to pick something they LOVE – sugar and sweets!  Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day!

An Introductory Day

Chocolate Day

Ice Cream Day

Maple Syrup Day

Honey Day

Pop Rocks Day

Cotton Candy Day

Magic in Learning: Mythical Creature Week(s)

This is our “Mythical Creature Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities all themed to oh-so-fascinating Mythical Creatures! For this week, we picked a few favorite creatures and focused on one each day. We learned all about what those creatures were, stories from different areas across the world, and what real creatures may have inspired these mythical counterparts!

This week was sooo popular with our little ones that we’ve gone back to it from time to time to learn about more mythical creatures! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day!

An Introductory Day

Dragon Day

Unicorn Day

Kraken Day

Mermaid Day

Loch Ness Monster Day

Yeti Day

Chupacabra Day

Bigfoot Day

Pegasus Day

Out of this World Space Week!

This is our “Out of this World Space Week” series – an at home summer camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities focusing on oh-so-cool outer space! This one was actually spread out a little over a week, so we had a few more days to play – we learned all about our solar system, the moon, astronauts, telescopes, and constellations. Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day!

An Introduction to Space Week

Our Solar System Day

The Marvelous Moon

An Awesome Astronaut Day

Terrific Telescopes

Constellation Day

Prehistoric Sea Creatures – Stunning Sea Monsters

This is our “Prehistoric Sea Creature Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to stunning (and sometimes terrifying) prehistoric sea creatures! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

What are Prehistoric Sea Creatures?

Megalodon Day

Mosasaur Day

Plesiosaurs Day

Archelon Day

Rocking Rock Research

This is our “Rocking Rock Research! – An Amazing DIY at Home Camp Week” series. For this week, we focused on the study of rocks, minerals, gemstones, and more! Read through to check out how to ways to decorate your camp area, links to interactive online games, fun & educational videos, books, writing prompts, experiments, food crafts & snacks, and kid-friendly crafts all themed for the week! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Rocking Rock Research – Orientation Day (What are Rocks)?

Mineral Merriment

Geodes Galore

A Magnificent Meteorite Day

A Day with Gorgeous Gemstones

Shiver Me Timbers – It’s Pirate Week

This is our “Shiver Me Timbers – Pirate Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun themed activities all themed to oh-so-fascinating Pirates!   We mixed in some great learning fun by reading about historical pirates and pirate life, learning all about pirate ships & creating our own models, exploring nautical navigation, and created some treasure maps and coded messages! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

An Introductory Day

Pirates & Pirate Life

Spectacular Ships

Nautical Navigation

Treasure & Treasure Maps

Turtle-riffic Turtle Week

This is our “Turtle-riffic Turtle Week” – an at home camp filled with days of relaxed learning and fun activities all themed to oh-so-adorable turtles!  For this week, we learned all about turtles, turtle scientists, and how to help save the turtles! Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

An Introductory Day

Sea Turtle Day

Turtle Scientists Day

Turtle Rescue Day

Winter & Arctic Animals Learning Fun

OKAY……. So, technically, this one is more of a winter camp but if you’re looking to switch it up and learn about so oh-so-cool arctic animals, these ideas are definitely worth check out! After all, does it really need to be winter to learn about penguins, reindeer, narwhals, snowy owls, or snow and snowflakes? Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

Snow Much Fun Day

Playing with Penguins

Running with Reindeer

Getting to Know Narwhals

Snowy Owl Day

Playing with Polar Bears

Days of Play

And while these aren’t whole-week themes, these days of play are perfect shorter weeks, days off, or just plain learning fun! Click the links below to check out full details of the day!

Learn & Play – A Lego Day

Learn & Play – A Turtle Day!

Myths & Legends – All About Atlantis!

Trick or Treat – It’s Halloween Week!

And while we’re prepping for summer, we know fall comes very swiftly after! Get ahead of some spooky and fun learning days with some Halloween Days! This week is full of days dedicated to the History of Halloween as well as some famous characters that pop up around the season. Click here for the full week or the links below for activities themed to each topic of the day.

History of Halloween Day

Vampire Day

Frankenstein Day

Headless Horseman Day

Werewolf Day

THANK YOU!!!

Thank you so much for checking out our article on Learning Fun Camp Weeks! We hope this article helps your little ones find the JOY in learning!  If you’re looking for more ideas for DIY camps, feel free to check out some of other posts and/or follow us Pinterest.

Happy Learning!