Big Critter Camp

$210.00
Unit price per

BIG CRITTER CAMP! Ages 6-7
Three half-days + Optional Field Trip Day
2025 Big Critter Camp open enrollment begins April 15!
Early enrollment ($50 additional fee) begins April 1
SUPER Early enrollment ($75 additional fee) begins March 15

Just like original half day Critter Camp, these sessions are one hour longer for kids who aren't quite old enough for our all day camps but can handle four hours away. Big Critter Camp provides a great opportunity to prepare children for the full day camp experience. Three half days are held at Pet World and then there is an optional field trip on the last day to visit a private nature preserve! Family is invited to join us for the field trip because this is pretty much the last opportunity for parents to hike with us and see where their kids will be spending a lot of their time as they return to the more advanced camps each summer. Parents can also sign kids up for a Campfires & Forts during Spring Break to check our the private nature preserve. Parents are strongly encouraged to join us at least once for this experience and then will be invited back one last time during Wilderness Camp when kids are 10 for their last summer with us.

Big Critter Camp
Tuesday - Friday, 1-5pm
May 27-30, 2025 $210 + $70 Field Trip Fee

12 of 12 spots available
After Mar 14 click here to ENROLL NOW in Big Critter Camp
Enrollment Form will be activated at 10am, March 15

Includes camp shirt, daily camp laundry, snacks. Optional field trip for extra fee on the last day.

Open Enrollment begins April 15*
*Early Registration opens April 1 ($50 addl fee)
*Super Early Registration opens March 15 ($75 addl fee)

NOTE for 7 year old children:
If your child is a very young 7 year old, fresh out of first grade, with a birthday not long before June, (or a first time day camper) Big Critter Camp will help you make sure this type of nature program is a well matched experience for your child. If your child is an older 7 year old, soon to be 8, who has done a nature camp before or is super adventurous and can easily do an all day camp with 8 year olds, you might consider Animal Camp or Cold Blooded Camp instead.

Animal Camp
Camp counselor showing campers a worm snake found on a field trip.

Please e-mail questions to info.NatureObjective @ gmail . com

All Invoices, forms, and registrations will be handled electronically.

The Fine Print: Online registration forms are updated by 10am on March 15. Please check the year on the form before submitting or the price may be incorrect. Parents, please submit completed forms at your earliest convenience. We call our programs "summer camps" for convenience but actually they are classified as instructional, topic/task specific classes under K.S.A. 65-501 which are exempt from licensing requirements (similar to a sports training camp or Vacation Bible School). Our programs are private and sometimes used for childcare, however, because they are less than five weeks in duration, they are not classified as daycare. Even though licensing is not required, our instructors and leaders are fully trained in animal husbandry, local nature, certified in rescue, first aid, and CPR, and we maintain an adult to child ratio of 1 adult to 6 kids or less. Enrollment is limited because we keep our groups very small.

Open Enrollment (no extra fees)
Registration with no additional fees is first come, first served, beginning at 10am on APRIL 15 (tax day).

Early Enrollment
It's possible to pay an additional, early registration fee and register beginning March 15. Early, prepaid registrations are processed in the order received as long as they are accompanied by the early fee. First time camp parents can stop by in person and we'll help you through the process or you can enroll from your own computer. The numbers of available spots are updated every day from March 15 until all camps are sold out (which happens every year).