Book your summer camps today!
Book your summer camps today!
2026 Summer Camp!
Summer Camp at Where the Wild Things Play promises to be a wild time! We’ve planned fun, engaging activities to make this summer unforgettable for your kiddos. Created for children ages 4–8 (minimum age 4), camps are held in a boutique setting with no more than 10 kids per week. Children must be fully potty trained.
Our schedule will run Monday–Thursday from 9:00–11:30 AM. Pick the theme that excites you most and join us for a morning full of adventure.
Each camp features weekly themed art and science activities, plenty of playtime, and a snack. Designed by our Education Director—with over 30 years of Kindergarten and First Grade experience—our camps blend hands-on learning with summer fun.
Please note: Camps are non-refundable, but if your child can’t attend a scheduled day, you may reschedule to another available camp day.
We offer the option to book by the week or by the day! If you’d like to book multiple days across different weeks, call or email us and we’ll happily help set it up. wildthingsplayhershey@gmail.com (717) 220-7910
Cost
$120.00 per week or $30.00 per day plus tax.
Don't miss your chance—spots fill up fast!
Weekly Camp Themes:
Super Heroes
JUNE 8 -11
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Children will discover why they are superheroes! At our Superhero Summer Camp, kids will:
~ Design their own superhero costumes
~ Take on fun team challenges
~ Train like heroes with active games
~ Create superhero-themed art projects
A fun way to build creativity, confidence, and teamwork!
Unicorns and Dragons
JUNE 15 - 18
9:00 - 11:30 AM
We will create a magical experience at this summer camp with fun activities: Making unicorn and dragon creatures, going on a Dragon Egg Hunt, Reading enchanting stories about unicorns and dragons, having a Fantasy Costume Parade– Encouraging kids to dress up as their favorite mythical creatures, and setting up a unicorn/dragon training course with fun challenges.
Digging for Dinosaurs
JUNE 22 - 25
9:00 - 11:30 AM
If your child loves dinosaurs, they’ll LOVE this week of Dino Summer Camp!
Little learners will play and explore through hands-on, dinosaur-themed science activities—learning about fossils, volcanoes, paleontology, and more. We’ll hatch dinosaur eggs, dig for bones, and go on an exciting dino scavenger hunt!
The wild wild west
JUNE 29 - JULY 02
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Saddle up with a week of Wild West Adventures. We will corral your little cowboys and cowgirls into a wild week of adventures my making their own horse, participating in a rodeo, designing their own boots and bandana, and enjoying some cowboy snacks, songs and stories around the campfire
Slimetastic
JULY 06 - 09
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Kids will learn how to make their own slime and explore fun, trending recipes. They’ll customize with colors, scents, and textures—then stretch, mold, and play with their creations. All the messy fun stays in the classroom, not in your car or home!
A camping we will go!
JULY 13 - 16
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Can you survive Wild Things Camp? We will go on a bear hunt, learn about forest animals, cook over a fire, make smores, set up a camping site, learn to read a map, identify animal tracks and much more!
Jungle Fever
JULY 20 - 23
9:00 - 11:30 AM
We will go on a jungle safari tracking jungle animals, learn about animal camouflage and the jungle habitat, along with enjoying stories, crafts and snacks based on a jungle theme.
Junior Baker Maker
JULY 27 - 30
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Make your own bakery goods, have a cupcake war, learn decorating tips, kitchen tools and how to follow a recipe! Best of all…lots of taste tests!
Silly Science
August 03 - 06
9:00 - 11:30 AM
A Summer Camper favorite. We will conduct hands-on experiments that use exploding science, color changing properties, chemical reactions along with other states of matter for an awe-inspiring science filled week! Who knew learning could be so fun!?
Kids on the case
AUGUST 10 - 13
9:00 - 11:30 AM
Encourage your child’s problem solving abilities using all their senses. Our junior detectives will work together to solve the cases of The Missing Cupcakes, The Disappearing Chocolate, The Stolen Jewels, and The Melting Ice cream.
Summer fun
AUGUST 17 - 20
9:00 - 11:30 AM
We will spend the last week of summer camp celebrating summer favorites like ice cream, popsicles, fireworks, watermelon, and water games.
Week Nine | Best of Summer 2023
As summer comes to an end, we'll bring back all of the fan favorites from this summer! Each day will be packed with art, science, gross motor play, and a fun snack activity! We can't wait to see what the kids love most this summer!
Week Eight | Little Bakers
We couldn't bring summer camp back this year without our Little Bakers series! Prepare to get a little messy as we create tasty confections, and learn cake decorating techniques like piping and fondant molding. The week will end with a cupcake decorating challenge where campers will be encouraged to put to use the skills they've learned throughout the week!
Week Seven | Art + Music
A new camp theme this year, our Art & Music camps will put a fun twist on more traditional camp activities! For the kiddos who love to create, we'll be exploring art and music through various mediums. We'll paint with silly string, squirt guns - even our feet! Each week we'll make an instrument, and try our hands at activities like mosaic making and sculpting!
Week Six | Share the Love
All of the fun of any other camp week - but with a twist! This week, we'll talk about acts of kindness and ways we can give back to our communities. Each day, we'll focus on a new area of service (shelter animals, connecting with senior citizens in our community, taking care of the Earth, and local community heroes). We'll take home Giving Jars that will help us carry these ideas through our lives at home for days and months to come!
Week Five | Crazy Candy
This week, we'll explore the wacky world of all things candy! From sculpting with Starburst and making a Skittles density rainbow, we'll make worms dance and gummy bears grow. We'll even balance our daily snacks out with a bit of Candy of the Earth - fruit :)
Week Four | Animal Exploration: Under the Sea
Our second week of Animal Exploration coincides with the Discovery Channel's Shark Week! We'll learn how sharks float, launch pool noodle sharks, and make origami sharks. But we'll focus on other sea creatures, too - creating ocean slime, jelly fish wind socks, and more!
Week Three | Silly Science
Has your kiddo ever raided the cabinets for vinegar, soap, and anything else they can get their hands on to make an "explosion"? No? Just us? During Silly Science week, our curious friends will have tons of hands on experience making things fizz, fly, and disappear. Calling all budding "Mad Scientists" - this one's for you!
Week Two | Discover the Magic
This magical week will be packed with treats and activities from some of our favorite animated movies! We'll make Olaf melt, create magical sensory doh, and try our hand at homemade Dole Whips!
Week One | Animal Exploration (Zoo Creatures)
Get WILD during our first week of summer enrichment programming with Animal Exploration! The first week will feature our favorite zoo creatures. Our Animal Explorers will do animal yoga and make salt doh snakes, and tackle a STEM challenge together as we tackle building a zoo!

