summer camps coming in march 2027!
If you’re looking for a forest camp for your preschooler, an outdoor adventure for your pre-teen, or anything in between we’ve got you covered!
Prairie School of DuPage offers one-of-a-kind summer camps that revolve around the natural world, art, games, and fun for kids of all ages. These are all outdoor camps and involve lots of physical activity. Campers do not need to attend Prairie School of DuPage to join the summer camp fun!
wild things -
ages 3-5
Monday - Friday 9am - 12pm
Spend a week in the forest at Prairie School of DuPage! Each day the children, ages 3-5, explore 42 acres of prairie, woods, and wetland. Through hiking, building forts and climbing trees, water and mud play, or creating works of nature art, children’s natural curiosity is encouraged, motor skills are developed, and friendships are made.
Children must be fully potty-trained to attend this camp.
Dirty, Messy, Awesome! -
Entering Grades 1-2 OR Entering Grades 3-5
Monday - Friday 9am - 3pm
DMA! - Classic
Join our camp counsellors for classic Dirty, Messy, fun! Each day is filled with wet and muddy games, natural building projects, a hike to Northside Park with our handmade boats, messy art projects, ginormous bubbles, make-your-own ice cream, and more.
Theater in The Woods -
Entering Grades 5-7
Monday - Friday 9am - 3pm
Lights, lines, and lots of imagination! During this one-week Theatre Camp, campers will dive into the magic of the stage—practicing lines, exploring scripts, and bringing stories to life. We’ll experiment with props and costumes, play theatre games, and work together to build confidence, creativity, and strong relationships with fellow performers.
By the end of the week, campers will be ready to shine, having learned the joy of collaboration, expression, storytelling and performance.
Final performance for friends and family at 2:45pm on the Friday of camp week
Outdoor Odyssey -
Entering Grades 5-7
Monday - Wednesday 9am - 3pm and Thursday 9am - Friday 12pm
Spend the week learning and honing your survival skills. Campers will work together on team-building challenges, nature-focused games, and forest survival-style projects. The group will plan an overnight camp-out, learning and practicing campfire safety, tent and fort building, meal planning and setting up a camp kitchen, and other skills needed to survive a night in the woods! Our campers will use their new skills and challenge themselves in an overnight camp-out on Thursday night on the school campus.