Campfires & Forts! (Spring Break)
CAMPFIRES & FORTS!
Campfires and Forts day camps are the perfect cure for cabin fever! This day camp is offered on occasion throughout the year. It's often available when public schools are out, and almost always during Spring Break! (see dates below)
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, fire building, 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, to visit the creek and the beloved Frog Pond.
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 enroll!
Age 8-9
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
March 19-20-21, 2025
8:30am-5:30pm
Please e-mail questions to info.NatureObjective @ gmail . com
The Fine Print: Online registration forms are usually updated about two months before the program. Please check the dates and 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 "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
Registration with no additional fees is first come, first served. The dates are on the forms.
Early Enrollment
It's possible to pay an additional fee and register early.