Still looking for summer activities in the desert? Or maybe you don’t want a long camp commitment. Here are a few locally engaging opportunities.
Camps in retail settings:
Apple Camp is a free camp offered by The Apple Store each summer that allows kids ages 8-12 to use Apple products to teach things like creating music, coding and making movies while allowing them to express their creativity. The classes are an hour long and are over a three-day period and you can find out more and sign up by going to www.apple.com/today/camp.
Through August 9th, Westfield Palm Desert offers Camp Westfield daily from noon to 2:00 p.m. where you can either drop off your kids for a $10 donation or stay and play with them for a $5 donation. Kids will participate in a variety of fun activities with Westfield’s YMCA partners such as Lego and fort building, slime stations, and other crafts and fun.
Develop your child’s skills:
Cooking with Class summer camp in La Quinta in partnership with Palm Springs Life, teaches culinary basics to kids aged 7-12 with themed camps offered through summer. The four-day camp is from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. each day and is $250 per camper which includes a snack and full lunch daily, a personalized apron, recipes to take home and an intimate class size to facilitate learning. Find out more at www.palmspringslife.com/events.
SciTech Academy offers STEM-based summer camps with sessions like “Crazy Contraptions,” “Jr. Robotics,” and “Mission to Mars” running through August 2nd. For children 6 and up, the camps are a week in length and $150/camper. For more information go to www.desertrobotics.com/summer-camps.
Drop in for a day:
The Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert features a new exhibit called, “Splash and Bubbles” and they also have Discovery Camps that are week-long themed camps running through August 2nd with themes like, “If you Give a Kid a Kitchen”, “Silly Art” and “Ocean Explorers”. They offer three-hour and all-day camps, and pricing for each varies. Check www.cdmod.org for more details.
Palm Springs Art Museum and Palm Springs Art Museum Palm Desert are both holding art summer camps for kids aged 5-12 with week-long and daily sessions available. Get details and location at www.psmuseum.org.
