Junior Programs

Grades 4-5

Week 1: July 5-7 (Wed-Fri)

Off the Beaten Path | $250

Outdoor adventures are exciting, and can even be unpredictable. This week, learn some new skills that will help you be prepared as you choose your own hiking adventure. Gather your gear, set your goal, and head off the beaten path to explore!

Family Night | Badge Earned: Junior Trail Adventure

Messy Masterpiece | $250

Art comes in all different shapes and sizes, from landscaping, to painting and clay and even dance, art is found everywhere you turn. Let nature be your inspiration as you create and explore different types of art!

Family Night | Badge Earned: Junior Outdoor Art Explorer

Week 2: July 10-14

Flower Power | $410

Do you have a green thumb? Do you get stars in your eyes when you see flowers or greenery? Are succulents your jam? Join the garden center at Camp Oak Spring for a green filled adventure!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Flowers

Flashlights & Fireflies | $410

Don’t forget the batteries! Let’s light up the night as we camp out at Oak Spring. Learn about how to be prepared for the camping adventure of a lifetime while you explore all there is to know about knots, knives, fire building, and teamwork!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Camper

Week 3: July 17-21

Secret Agent | $410

The books you read and the shows you watch are often filled with amazing crime solving mysteries. Learn about the amazing jobs they do and even try them for yourself. Find fingerprints, extract DNA from a fruit and even solve an Oak Spring Mystery! Our fate is in your hands!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Detective

Just Bead It | $410

Do you like making friendship bracelets, making cool accessories, and seeing different types of jewelry? If so then this program is calling your name! Have fun making various types of wearable jewelry.

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Jeweler

Week 4: July 24-28

Campfire Kitchen | $410

Chefs to the kitchen! This week you’ll cook everyday, work with new ingredients, and have a whole lot of delicious fun! Enjoy practicing culinary skills and maybe even impress Linda, our Kitchen Manager, with your tasty cuisines.

Family Night | Badge Earned: Junior Simple Meals

Polygon Party | $410

Explore nature’s classroom as you use natural objects to create colors, shapes, and lines. This week you’ll have fractals of fun!

Family Night | Badge Earned: Junior Shapes In Nature

Week 5: July 31-August 4

Gardening Thyme | $410

Creating a bouquet of flowers, cooking with fresh herbs and growing plants from seeds are all things gardeners get to do. During this week you’ll get to plant some fresh veggies, dig your hands into the earth and learn how to create your own garden - no matter where you live!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Gardener

Fast Track | $410

Ever wonder how a hot air balloon flies? Or how a blimp stays in the air? Technology has changed the way humans have traveled from the beginning of time. Engineers are always coming up with ways to improve ways of transportation and to make cars safer. Spend the week designing and building your own balloon powered car and even race them against friends!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Balloon Car Design Challenge

Week 6: August 7-11

Blast to the Past | $410

Do you enjoy dressing up and immersing yourself in an alternative world? If so, come join us in a Medieval Adventure here at Camp Oak Spring! Become creative and make your own adventure!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Playing The Past

X Marks the Spot | $410

Dare to join the crew on the search for hidden treasure! This week you’ll become Oak Spring pirates on the hunt for geocaches around camp. You’ll use cunning navigation skills, create a time capsule, and discover new spots around camp. Get ready for a notoriously awesome week!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Geocacher

Week 7: August 14-18

The Drawing Block | $410

When you pick up your pencil, anything could leap from your mind onto a sheet of paper. That’s what makes drawing so fun! There are so many beautiful sites to draw around Oak Spring, which one will you make come to life?

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Drawing

Camp’osphere | $410

Get ready to be lifted out of this world! Space is so much bigger than you think and the stars are further than you can imagine. Spend the week looking at the constellations, making rockets and so much more!

Overnight | Badge Earned: Junior Space Science Investigator