Campfires and Forts day camps are the perfect cure for cabin fever! This day camp is offered on occasion by Pet World's sister company, The Nature Objective, throughout the year. It's often available when public schools are out, and almost always during Spring Break!
Our nature programs have exclusive access to a private nature preserve full of wooded trails, hillsides, a creek, two shallow ponds, completely surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of private farm and ranch acreage in beautiful Jefferson County, just 15 minutes north of downtown Lawrence. This property has a special use permit for nature specific private recreation and ours is the only company allowed to use it!
Drop Off is between 8:30 and 9am
at the private nature preserve
(we recommend carpooling when possible)
The first day parents bring kids in their clean but mud friendly outdoor clothes, with a complete change of travel clothes in a bag, two sets of shoes (indoor, outdoor), a ball cap or sun hat, and a packed lunch from home. Kids get signed in, change into their mud friendly shoes, then head out into the forest as a group to make a plan for their campsite project.
After we've scoped out our location and assessed our needs, we hike back to the barn to gather tools and supplies (provided). Kids clip on their walkie talkies (provided), choose their work gloves (provided), and begin the camp site adventure! As we get dirty together we learn about wilderness safety, preserving habitat, pruning shade trees, avoiding stickers and poison ivy, teamwork, firebuilding, and share outdoor stories during breaks in the hammocks or by the campfire. Kids also enjoy optional, restorative nature walks on the trails throughout the day.
At the end of the day, we assess what tools we can leave on site for the next day, return everything else to the barn, and put the two way radios on their chargers, careful to always leave our environment better than we found it! Then kids get cleaned up and change into their clean clothes for the ride home. As with all of our programs, individual, "pop up" private changing stations are provided. Mud shoes and dirty clothes are left behind and laundered on site to have everything ready for kids the next morning. All parents provide is lunch and transportation!
Pick Up is between 5 and 5:30pm
at the private nature preserve
(please carpool when possible)
Registration fee is $95 per child per day.
CLICK HERE to see upcoming dates and enroll
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The Nature Objective's Educational and Kids' Program staff are all trained professionals with years of experience working with children and animals. All are extensively trained in child development, teaching and coaching; First Aid, Rescue, and CPR certified.
Our Kids' Programs maintain adult-to-child ratios between 1:3 and 1:6 at all times.
