The Wausau area has many fun summer camps for kids!
Location: 404 Seymour St, Wausau, WI 54403
Ages: 4-18 years old Cost: Varies
Summer music camp is perfect for students to develop musical skills, gain confidence, and build new friendships. Sign up to explore a musical experience you won’t forget!
Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area
Location: 1710 N 2nd St, Wausau, WI 54403
Ages: 8-18 years old (3rd-12th grade)
Cost: 3rd – 5th grade: $20 Membership fee + $35 Summer Fee , 6th – 12th grade: $20 Membership fee + $25 Summer Fee ​ *Scholarships are available
At the Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area, we do whatever it takes to ensure all kids are on the path toward a Great Future – especially in the summer. With 25 years of youth program experience, we’re proud to be a staple in the community. And this year, more than ever, kids are going to want to spend their summer at OUR new Boys & Girls Club!
Center for the Visual Arts: ARTventure Camp
Location: 427 N 4th St, Wausau, WI 54403
Ages: 6-12 years old
Cost: Full Day $230-$250; Half Day $135
Our week-long camps, feature individual and collaborative projects in a multitude of mediums, and an opportunity to experience the life of a working artist. Camps take place in professional grade art studios and gallery spaces, where creativity, critical thinking skills and self-expression are fostered through a team of experienced art educators.
Location: 1801 Sherman St, Wausau, WI 54401
Ages: 6-18 years old Cost: $35/class
Sign up for one or sign up for them all, this summer is going to be full of fun!
Classes will run from 10am-1pm. (Please bring a bag lunch; water or juice box is included)
We will be making one main art project and then having lots of fun with some mini projects and games.
Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes, Inc: Camp Birch Trails
Location: W5860 Olivotti Lake Rd, Irma, WI 54442
Ages: 5-18 years old Cost: Varies by program
Camp Birch Trails is our beautiful 240-acre resident camp in Northern Wisconsin. Birch Trails surrounds private Lake Olivotti with a sandy beach, swim and boating dock, and a Mermaid bridge that connect the main area of camp to our Low Ropes course. We also have a floating bog and island for primitive camping to explore.
It also features a Graebel Lodge with electricity, bathrooms, showers, and kitchen, Outlook cabins with electricity with access to our updated shower house and bathrooms and Yurt Village with access to pit toilets, Maple cabins with no electricity, and access to pit toilets and platform tents with no electricity and access to pit toilets.
Our large dining hall serves up to 140 campers at a time with a large deck for games and activities. Other activities in camp include Low Ropes teambuilding course, Archery range, Gaga pit and 9 square, ginormous playfield for various games, hammocking area, and canoes, kayaks, paddleboards, and corcls for the lake. Maple lodge provides space for our arts and crafts activities like tie-dye, candle making, wood burning, and more! Oak observatory is our newest building at camp for all of our Nature and Science activities.
Camp Birch Trails is an ACA (American Camp Association) accredited camp. The ACA logo is your assurance that our camp is fully invested in understanding and implementing policies that reflect industry-recognized standards in health, safety, and risk management camp operations. Accredited camps are willing to have their operations scrutinized and reviewed by camp professionals who know and value quality camps.
Greenheck Field House: Everest Adventure Camp
Location: 6400 Alderson St, Schofield, WI 54476
Ages: 4-12 years old
Whether you are considering a week or two of summer camp or a full summer of care, our camp is filled with fun, excitement and adventure. We also provide half day care after summer school for DC Everest students. We strive to nurture campers in a challenging and supportive environment where their safety and well-being is our top priority. Campers experience ice skating, swimming, rock climbing and weekly field trips. Everest Adventure Care offers 12 weeks of summer fun.
You can choose to attend one week of the summer or all summer long. Adventure Care is open to all outside and area residents. Breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack is provided daily.
Monk Botanical Gardens: Summer Camp in the Gardens
Location: 1800 N 1st Ave, Wausau, WI 54401
Ages: 4-12 years old
Cost: $150-$250 (members receive a 13% discount)
Summer Camp in the Gardens offers children a unique outdoor experience. We offer a variety of themed, hands-on activities tailored to a specific age camper. Activities are developmentally appropriate, educationally relevant, and most importantly fun! At the Gardens, campers will be able to learn about relevant environmental subjects through hands-on activities, work together with their peers, and spend time outdoors!
Wausau/Marathon County Park, Recreation, and Forestry: Outdoor Adventure
Location: 212 River Dr, Wausau, WI 54403
Ages: 5-10 years old Cost: $60 Resident, $70 Non-Resident
This program is designed to reconnect kids to the outdoors. In this day and age so many kids are spending too much time behind screens and not enough time outdoors. This program emphasizes outdoor education and environmental science to create a fun and educational experience for your child.
Location: 2701 Northwestern Ave, Wausau, WI 54403
Ages: 5-18 years old (Paid Position: Camp Counselors ages 17+)
Great Summers Start at the Y! Summer is a time for kids to be kids. YMCA Day Camps are the place to make every precious summer day a great one! At Camp Sturtevant we believe the framework of our youth is creating experiences that build character, confidence and friendship.
Location: 700 W Strowbridge St, Wausau, WI 54401
Ages: 8-18 years old Cost: $150
Location: 200424 Old Dancy Rd, Mosinee, WI 54455
Ages: 7-12 years old Cost: $125-$175 (Families choose the pricing tier that’s best for them.)
Discovery Education Station Incorporated
Location: 248 S Central Ave, Marshfield, WI
Ages: See below Cost: $100 unless indicated
Expressions Dance Institute: Expressions Summer Camp
Location: 10101 Market St, Rothschild, WI 54474
Ages: 2-18 years old Cost: $25-$50
Location: 317 S Main Street, Medford, WI 54451
Ages: 3-12 years old Cost: $175 per week
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum – Agri-Cultured: Summer Art Sessions for Children
Location: 700 N 12th St, Wausau, WI 54403
Ages: 5-8 or 9-12 years old Cost: $35-$50
Samoset Council, Boy Scouts of America: Summer Camps
Location: 3511 Camp Phillips Rd, Weston, WI 54476
Ages: 7-18 years old Cost: Varies
Stevens Point Area YMCA: YMCA Peters Family Camp Glacier Hollow
Location: 9289 Pavelski Rd, Amherst Junction, WI 54407
Ages: 5-18 years old
Location: 625 Stewart Ave, Wausau, WI 54401
Ages: 5-11 years old (Grades K-6) Cost: Varies