Hands-on. Outdoors. Unforgettable. Our weekly summer camps invite kids to explore, create, build, and play in nature all day long. Each themed week blends outdoor skills, imaginative play, creative expression, and meaningful projects—whether cooking over a fire, making messy art, building forest trails, or riding bikes through the woods. Camp days balance guided adventures with free exploration, teamwork, and time to just be kids outside. Every week ends with a shared project or celebration, building confidence, connection, and a deep love for the land.
Ages :Best for children aged 6-12 years old
DATES: June 15-19, 2026, June 22 -26, 2026, June 29 - July 3, 2026, July 6 -10, 2026, July 22 - July 26, 2026
Time
9:00am - 3:30pm EDT
LOCATION: WILDWOOD FOREST ACADEMY CAMPUS IN ELMORE, VT
Welcome to Camp Wildwood!
Wild Forest Adventurers is a playful, imaginative week where children explore the forest through movement, teamwork, and creative play. Campers build a shared Base Camp, follow animal tracks, invent forest stories, and take part in exciting group challenges — all leading up to a joyful Wild Things Day celebration.
Campers experience options include:
Explore forest trails and animal signs
Build shelters and a shared Base Camp
Play tracking and camouflage games
Join group challenges and forest games
Enjoy creek play and free exploration
Gather for fire circle snacks and storytelling
Camp cost is $500 - all camps require a 50% deposit of $250
Trail Builders Camp is a purposeful, hands-on week where children work together to explore, build, and care for forest trails. Campers learn how trails flow through the land, how water and erosion shape paths, and how teamwork helps protect natural spaces. Using age-appropriate tools, they clear brush, move rocks, build simple trail features, and take pride in creating something that will last.
Core Experience Options Include:
Hike and explore existing forest trails
Safely use tools to clear brush, move rocks, and shape paths
Learn how water, slopes, and soil affect trail flow
Build simple trail features like steps and edging
Play trail-themed games and teamwork challenges
Enjoy campfire snacks, stories, and reflection time
Camp Cost is $500 - all camps require a 50% deposit of $250
This week is all about hands-on independence, confidence, and real-world outdoor skills. Campers learn how to safely use tools, work with fire, care for water, and support their community through meaningful camp chores — all while playing, collaborating, and building pride in what they can do. Through daily skill-building stations and a culminating Campfire Feast Day, children experience what it feels like to contribute, create, and care for their environment with respect and responsibility.
Core Experience Options Include:
Fire building & outdoor cooking
Whittling & tool time (age-appropriate and safety-focused)
Knot tying, rope games & shelter challenges
Camp chores turned into teamwork games
Campfire Feast Day
Camp cost is $500 - all camps require a 50% deposit of $250
This week invites children to explore art through earth, water, color, and movement. Campers experiment with mud, clay, natural paints, and forest materials while discovering that creativity is about curiosity, expression, and play — not perfection. Through music, collaboration, and sensory exploration, children build confidence in their creative voices.
Core Experiences Options Include:
Mud kitchens & earth ovens
Natural paints & dye experiments
Clay sculpting & ephemeral forest art
Giant collaborative art pieces
Music, rhythm & movement outdoors
Forest Art Festival with families
Camp cost is $500 - all camps require a 50% deposit of $250
Camp Wildwood is a full week of unstructured play, spontaneous adventure, and deep connection to the natural world. Days unfold slowly and organically as children roam the woods, follow curiosities, build forts, climb, create, imagine, and simply be. With plenty of time for free play, gentle guidance from caring adults, and space to listen to the rhythms of nature, Camp Wildwood invites children to rediscover the joy of simple things—muddy feet, quiet moments, wild laughter, and the freedom of long summer days outdoors.