Summer Camp
Summer Camp on the farm 2023
Spend your Summer on the farm! Snuggle with fluffy bunnies, sweet miniature goats, and soft alpacas. Ride horses, take care of farm animals and play games while enjoying the farm this summer!
Each weekly session is 9 am to 12 pm M-F
$260 a week or $65 per day (perfect for kids 6 to 12)
session 1, JUN 5 – JUN 9
Barnyard Palooza
The animal week!
We’ll get to spend tons of time with all our animals, observing their behaviors, talking about what animals provide for us and making a craft with Alpaca fiber, we’ll also play games such as potato sack races, practice milking a pretend cow and ride a pony.
session 2, JUN 12 - JUN 16
Travel Through Time
Want to know what it was like to work on a farm in the 1800’s? Or, what will farming look like in the future? This week we’ll experiment with time and see what happens when an egg is left in vinegar overnight, make our own butter in a jar and get to see what happens to seeds over the week when planted in a transparent cup and of course spend time with our farm animals!
session 3, JUN 26 - JUN 30
Ooey Gooey
Get your hands in the mess this week! We’ll paint with shaving cream, dig in the dirt to ding worms and bugs, learn how animals stay cool in the summer heat, and paint with our feet! We’ll also see what might be under rocks or logs that are
Ooey Gooey. And of course spend time with all the farm animals!
session 4, July 10 - JUL 14
Where the Wild Things Are
All about having fun and surviving in the wilderness! We’ll play camouflage hide and seek, learn about wild food that’s good for foraging like mint, find out how our typical farm animals have adapted to live with wildlife predators and make our own custom animal feed. And of course spend time with all the farm animals!
session 5, JUL 17 - JUL 21
Gettin’ Dirty
Gettin’ Dirty will include all things mud related! We’ll be building and looking at worm farms for the gardens, look for wildlife tracks and making animal footprint craft, talk about and observe different animal poop, learn why pigs like to roll in the mud, maybe have a tug o’ war over a mud pit. And of course, spend time with all the farm animals!
session 6, JUL 31 - AUG 4
Animal Week
The animal week! We’ll get to spend tons of time with all our animals, observing their behaviors, talking about what animals provide for us and making a craft, we’ll also play games such as potato sack races, Brush and groom ponies and ride them. We will learn about all the animals but concentrate on a specific one each day! Monday - Bunnies Tuesday - Chickens/Ducks Wednesday - Goats or Cows Thursday - Alpacas Friday - Horses
session 7 AUG 7 - AUG 11
The animal week! We’ll get to spend tons of time with all our animals, observing their behaviors, talking about what animals provide for us and making a craft, we’ll also play games such as potato sack races, Brush and groom ponies and ride them. We will learn about all the animals but concentrate on a specific one each day!
Monday - Bunnies
Tuesday - Chickens/Ducks
Wednesday - Goats or Cows
Thursday - Alpacas
Friday - Horses
Camp Details
A summer experience in Aurora, Ohio for children ages 6-13 who love animals and the outdoors and wish to participate in the day-to-day life of the Hidden Pastures Farm.
Every week is a new adventure!
Every day we pick one animal, learn about it, take care of it and make a craft.
Camp is mostly outdoors and in the covered barn, rain or shine!
Eggsplorers: ages 6-8
Jolly Ranchers: ages 9-13
We begin the day playing games while waiting for everyone to arrive and then split into two groups of older and younger kids. The groups head out to do the daily farm task of feeding, watering and checking on the animals. We then have a new subject that is the focus of each day. We talk for those kids who are auditory learners, show for those that are visual, and perform a related activity for the many who learn best through hands on exploration. Lunches involve both groups joining together again.
A typical day:
9 am - Arrive at camp and check in; free play time
9:30am - Farmstead time where we discuss the new weekly theme
9:45 am - Morning chores (animal feeding, stall cleaning, barn sweeping, egg collection, gardening and more)
10:40am - Game time or arts and crafts
11:00am - Practice saddling the horse and horse rides
11:30 - Wash hands
11:40 am - Lunch time
12:00pm - Pick up
How to sign up
Please fill out the waiver and pay the deposit in advance.
Price: $260 a week or $65 a day
Lunch and snacks are not included in the price. Please pack your own lunch.
Sign up: 50% Non-refundable deposit or the whole amount to hold the spot and fill out the waiver bellow.
Pay by cash or check (takes 72 hours to clear);
PayPal
https://www.paypal.me/FairyTaleCakes
Venmo
@hiddenpasturesfarmaurora
Waiver
please fill out the waiver
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