Palm Harbor Parks & Recreation | Summer Camp

summer camp - S.T.E.A.M. / Enrichment registration open

CAMPS Weeks - Monday through Friday Unless otherwise Noted

Bricks4kidz - Full and half day camps

Let your child make the most of their summer with our Bricks 4 Kidz camps. The unique camps build a strong interest in STEAM for kids while having fun. Children will enjoy using LEGO^® bricks to build specially-designed Bricks 4 Kidz models, play fun games and explore the world of engineering, architecture, robotics, coding, video game design, animated movie-making, and more.

If you’re signing up for the full day, just give us a call or come by the Centre to get your full day discount. Unfortunately, this discount isn’t available online. All campers will get their awesome LEGO® models photographed throughout the week and will bring home a special custom-made LEGO® minifigure!

What to bring: A snack and drink for half-day campers, and a lunch for those going full day!

LEGO® Classic Arcade Camp – Week 4 AM Session

Today it’s all about the world of online video games and
apps. Join us for this hands-on classic LEGO® camp based
on themes like Super Mario Bros., Minecraft, Roblox,
Pokémon and many more, where campers will bring popular
video games to life with their building skills through the use
of our LEGO® robots, mosaics and 3D art. Each day will be a new adventure as the virtual and LEGO® worlds join forces!

LEGO® Masters Camp – Week 4 PM Session

The hit Fox TV show is back and this means our challenges and builds have gotten bigger and better! Each day brings a new challenge where campers will have to use their building skills to show they are deserving of the greatest title of all….a LEGO® Master! Expect some Pop Culture references throughout the camp week.

LEGO® Minecraft Mania Camp – Week 6 AM Session

Experience the worlds of Minecraft with LEGO® bricks in
this fun camp! Delve deeper into the world of Minecraft with
Ender dragons, Steve, Creepers, Endermens, Witches and
Withers, and all the popular characters Minecraft has to
offer. Face new challenges each day, build LEGO®
motorized robotic models and craft key elements from the
popular Minecraft game.

LEGO® Superhero Builder Camp – Week6 PM Session

Enjoy a week full of your favorite Marvel and DC superheroes!
Spiderman, Captain America, Batman, Iron Man, Wonder
Woman, Superman, Thor, Aquaman, The Flash, The Hulk,
and much more! We’ve even added more characters to our
Super Team so our campers can bring these powers to life
using LEGO® bricks. One day we will be building a flying
LEGO® Batman jet, and the next we will be chasing down
villains of the Avengers!

LEGO® Star Wars: Battle for the Galaxy Camp Week 7 AM Session

A long time ago in a galaxy far away, the Jedis, Empire and
Mandalorians were all in a battle to reign supreme! This camp
will have your child learning the way of the Force by creating
Star Wars characters and spaceships out of LEGO® bricks.
Campers will use their creativity along with our signature
building methods to create all the Star Wars characters.

LEGO® Mashup Camp – Week: 7 PM Session

Take part in the most popular camp of Summer ‘26! All campers will create LEGO® models based on the most popular themes such as Minecraft, Super Mario Bros., Star Wars, Superheroes, Roblox, Jurassic World, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Harry Potter, Pokemon, Disney and more. Experience a different theme each day.

Weird science with Mobile STEM Academy

Get ready for a summer full of hands-on discovery, exciting experiments and big “wow” moments. Campers will cook up tasty science in Kitchen Chemistry, explore ocean depths and rainforest ecosystems, mix and test bubbling reactions during Mix, Bubble & React! and turn the outdoors into a science lab with Digging into Nature & Backyard Science. Each week is packed with creative experiments, building challenges and curiosity-driven fun that keeps young scientists engaged all summer long.

Bring: Snack, water bottle, non-perishable lunch, hat, sunblock, closed-toe shoes.

Week 3
Kitchen Checmistry & Edible Experiments
Week 5
Deep Sea Discovery & Rainforest STEM
Week 6
Mix, Bubble & React! Science Week
Week 10
Digging into Nature & Backyard Science
The Centre

Mad science camps

Are you ready to ignite a passion for science, technology, engineering, and math in young minds? By signing up for a Mad Science camp, you can empower kids with confidence and the skills they need to thrive in these exciting fields! These camps offer engaging, hands-on experiments and activities that truly captivate children and inspire their curiosity.

Crazy Chemworks – Week 1

From the super tiny to the super slimy, campers will embark on a fascinating journey of exploration and discovery in the world of atoms, molecules and chemical reactions. Get introduced to lab equipment, discover how and why things glow and discover the science of sticky-ness. Test pH with different indicators and find out why acids and bases don’t get along. Investigate the science of cold and stock your new home lab with cool take-homes every day.

Lights, Sights, Sound! – Week 2

Explore your senses and open your eyes, ears and tastebuds to the world of science, as we create a symphony of sounds, make dazzling displays of color and even learn the science of cotton candy. Campers will have plenty of hands-on opportunity for high engagement activities including taking home a tool or toy of science to keep the discoveries going at home.

Natural Wonders – Week 4

Come along and explore all this planet has to offer while digging deep into animals, elements, minerals and more. Sift for gemstones, make some animal tracks and dive deep into our oceans. Campers should be prepared to engage and tap into their inner archaeologist.

Catapults, Crime and Toys! – Week 7

Discover how a detective solves a crime and how science is critical to your favorite toys—including Bey Blades “Let it Rip”! Campers will enjoy a variety of activities that will include uncovering cool science you can doing your very own kitchen, building simple machines, exploring the world of telecommunications, discovering how special movie effects are created and exploring the amazing world of robots. With a different topic each day, this camp is certainly action-packed with hand-on experiments and amazing take-home projects.

Magic, Forces and Flight – Week 9

Take an exciting look at air pressure and vortexes. Unlock the secrets of some mysterious chemicals and the reactions they produce. Find out the shocking truth of electricity, how itis produced and used. Uncover the basic forces of physics through some very cool demonstrations and build’em yourself activities. Learn all about wave dynamics and our watery environments and discover the science behind lots of secret magic tricks that campers will get to perform. Lastly, campers will investigate the principles of flight by building and flying lots of model airplanes and becoming engineers who design and build their very own super structures.

challenge island camps

Challenge Island is fueled by palm‑tree pillars that launch kids into a whirlwind of STEAM quests, big‑bravery thinking, wild island adventures, teamwork triumphs, resilience‑building challenges, and screen‑free thrills—turning every day into an epic journey where campers learn, explore, and conquer together.

Slimetopia 5: Diners, Drive-Thrus and Dives – Week 5

Be a host for a groundbreaking reality experiment! Prepare to embark on a nationwide expedition to investigate the chemistry, texture dynamics and sensory science behind America’s slimiest culinary creations. From the polymeric elasticity of In-and-Out burger slime to the colloidal composition of the Tex-Mex slime, the biopolymer viscosity of King Cake slime and the thermal phase transitions of Peach Cobbler a la mode slime, our campers will conduct a hands-on exploration of ooey, gooey gastronomy across the United States in this hands-on, very active STEM camp.

Jurassic Island STEM Camp – Week 6

Calling all budding paleontologists! Journey to Jurassic Island and step into an ancient world preserved in stone. Campers will investigate prehistoric Earth through hands-on STEM explorations that combine geology, biology and environmental science. Our field scientists will examine fossil evidence, reconstruct dinosaur habitats and explore the evolutionary adaptations that helped species like Brachiosaurus, Velociraptor, Pterodactylus and Tyrannosaurus Rex survive in dynamic ecosystems. Through experiments, model building and creative engineering challenges, campers will analyze how climate, terrain and food webs shaped the age of the dinosaurs. This science-powered expedition is the ultimate learning adventure-where curiosity becomes discovery!

Islandmon STEAM Quest STEM Camp – Week 9

Inspired by gaming greats like Pokémon, Donkey Kong, and other creature-collecting worlds, campers will take on the roles of biologists, ecologists, and engineers as they explore, classify, and “train” the island’s mini-monsters. They’ll investigate how these species adapt to different environments, analyze their habitats, and design technologies to support their survival -drawing on real scientific principles like evolution, ecosystems, and energy flow, just like in the popular gaming world of Pokémon. Along the way, they’ll visit challenge “gyms” and test their discoveries. This hands-on camp is part science quest, part creative adventure – just without the PokeBalls!

Storytopia – Week 10

Welcome to Storytopia Island, where children’s favorite stories are transformed into immersive STEAM experiences. Campers will engage in hands-on engineering challenges inspired by both modern classics and timeless tales, from Harry Potter’s Magical Beast Motorbike Ride to Alice in Wonderland’s Spinning Mad Tea Party. Throughout this adventure, campers will explore fundamental STEM principles as they follow the engineering design process – brainstorming, planning, building, testing and refining their creations.
Whether constructing foam rockets or designing story-themed amusement rides, this camp ignites curiosity, creativity and scientific thinking through the power of storytelling.

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Storytopia STEM Camp

Available: Week 10, August 3 – 7