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Mid-Winter Break Camps for Seattle-Area Kids

Engage kids with new activities over mid-winter break 2025

Published on: January 13, 2025

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From STEM to cooking to sports, there’s a mid-winter camp for that! Photo: iStock

Mid-winter break will be here before you know it, so it’s time to start planning!

We have a great selection of camps to keep kids from preschoolers to teens active and engaged. Campers can hone their skills in the kitchen with cooking camps; get creative with art and carpentry; sing and act their hearts out; engage the brain with STEM activities; or stay active with parkour, circus and sports camps. 

The mid-winter camps below are divided into the following categories:

Adventure camps

Auburn Teen Camp, Auburn

Come one day or the whole week. Activities vary by day but include Top Golf, Auburn Makerspace, snow tubing, Brainy Actz, Southcenter Mall, ceramic painting, Skyzone and a trip to the movie theater.

Ages: 11–15
Cost: $50 per day for Auburn residents; $66 per day for nonresidents (you can get a discount if you register for multiple days) 

City of Auburn camp, Auburn

If you have younger children, the city of Auburn has a camp for them too! This camp offers four days of activities including crafts, sports, games and a one-time outing to a bowling alley. Camp runs from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. with early drop-off and later pick-up available.

Ages: 6–10 
Cost: $230 for residents; $287 for nonresidents

Heartwood Nature, Seattle

In this 100 percent outdoor camp, kids will explore Saint Edward State Park with crafts, games, activities, camp fires and tea time.

Grades: K–5
Cost: $80 per day

Black Diamond Camp, Black Diamond

This weeklong day camp offers all-day fun with group games, a zip line, a giant swing, an indoor heated pool and many more traditional camp activities. Note: This is a Christian camp. 

Ages: 5–12
Cost: $398 

Mountaineers, Seattle

In this Tuesday–Friday full-day camp, kids can hone outdoor skills such as navigation, climbing and even basic wilderness survival. On Thursday they will take a field trip to Cabin Creek Sno-Park to play in the snow. 

Ages: 6–12
Cost: $475 for members; $575 for nonmembers

SANCA, Seattle

SANCA offers three week-long, full-day circus camps over mid-winter break. Campers will try out various circus skills such as aerial rope, fabric, static trapeze, German Wheel, juggling, trampoline, tightwire, object manipulation and tumbling. 

Ages: 6–15
Cost: $595; extended care is available

Seattle Bouldering Project, Seattle

These Seattle-area camps offer obstacle courses, climbing instruction, team challenges and more in single-day sessions. Feel free to choose one or more days of camp for your young climber.

Ages: 6–12
Cost: $100 per day

Steve and Kate’s Camp, Bellevue

This unique full-day camp offers lots of choices for kids, and meals and snacks are included! You can buy any number of day passes which are refunded if unused. Kids choose from a variety of activities throughout the day.

Ages: 4–12 
Cost: $124 per day 

Sports camps

Kong Academy, Seattle

Ninja Parkour Training Camp combines movement with social-emotional learning. Kids will learn to navigate their environment while jumping, vaulting, climbing, balancing and having fun at this half-day camp.

Ages: 6–10
Cost: $80 per day, $340 for the full week

Arena Sports, Issaquah

At Arena Sports School’s Out Camps, coaches lead engaging and active activities that keep campers off their gadgets and entertained all day. Choose one day or more.

Ages: 6–12 (kids ages 3–5 can attend for a half-day only)
Cost: $80 per day ($58 for a half-day)

Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island

School’s Out J Camp offers a wide variety of activities to keep kids active and engaged when school is out. Extend your child’s day at camp until 6 p.m. with the Wacky Water add-on, which includes a swim lesson and pool games! 

Grades: K–5
Cost: $81–$100 per day 

Arts and theater camps

Sit and Kit, Bellevue 

Kids in the Bellevue school district can learn about famous artists and get messy in this full-day camp.

Grades: K–5
Cost: $225

Kids’ Carpentry, Seattle

Kids will build toys while learning the basics of carpentry and the safe use of hand tools. Campers can join for just one day or all five.

Grades: K–5
Cost: $100 per day 

Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle

Seattle Children’s Theatre is offering three different mid-winter camps:

  • Kids ages 5–7 can attend the “Magic Museum” camp, in partnership with Seattle Children’s Museum. In the morning campers will practice chemistry by making potions, unicorn horns and rock candy. In the afternoon, they will explore a world of clues left behind by mysterious characters. So fun!  
  • Kids ages 6–8 can solve a mystery and engage in collaborative storytelling in “Drama Quest: Pet Detectives,” create their own musical theater using popular songs in “Musical Theater: Storytelling,” or dive into the world of the “Hula Hoopin’ Queen” by attending this mainstage show then learning about it with storytelling, games and theater techniques.
  • Kids ages 9–11 can enter the fast-paced world of improvisation in “Improv,” learning the techniques, through games; learn to dance sing and act in “Musical Theater: Rebels”; or explore opera in “Opera and Theater Exploration” (in partnership with Seattle Opera).

Ages: 5–11
Cost: $545–$560

Sing Out Seattle! Musical Theatre, Seattle

In the “Best of Broadway” camp, kids will learn and perform scenes and songs from five smash hit Broadway musicals. 

Ages: 7–14
Cost: $395

Youth Theatre Northwest, Mercer Island

Leapin’ lizards! Every camper will get a part in the musical “Annie.” Yep, they will learn, rehearse and perform the musical in just one week. The last day culminates in a performance for friends and family. 

Grades: 1–8
Cost: $475

Neo Art School, Seattle

Get messy and make art for one or more days of mid-winter break. Each day, kids will experiment with a variety of art techniques.

Ages: 6 and older
Cost: $95–$115 per day

Taproot Theatre, Seattle

Taproot is offering two mid-winter break camp options this year that your young actors are sure to love:

  • Drama Quest: A Jungle Tale Based on Grumpy Monkey: Kids grades K–3 will learn and rehearse this fun play throughout the week, then perform it for parents on the last day, complete with costumes, lights and props. 
  • The Play’s the Thing: Hamlet Spoofs: Kids and teens in grades 4–12 will improve their acting skills and perform the play on the last day.

Grades: K–12 
Cost: $275–$475

Stone Soup Theatre, Seattle

Have a budding thespian on your hands? Channel the drama in the right direction at this hands-on theater camp. Younger kids can act their hearts out in the classic tale “The Lion King,” while older kids undertake a production of “Dungeons and Drama.” These five-day camps are full of fun, and aftercare is available.

Ages: 5–7 for “The Lion King”; ages 8–15 for “Dungeons and Drama”
Cost: $450 (aftercare is available for an added cost) 

Science and learning camps 

Chess4Life, Issaquah and Bellevue

Students can choose from all-day chess, chess plus Lego, chess plus table tennis, or chess plus robotics at these day camps. Beginners through advanced players are welcome and will rapidly improve their chess skills while having fun.

Ages: 6–12
Cost: $425–$495 (prices increase on Feb. 10, 2025)

PlayWell (Lego), Shoreline

Lego lovers have a few options for mid-winter break camps in Shoreline:

  • Kids ages 5–8 can venture into the world of STEM with Legos in this half-day camp. Campers will have a great time building and learning with a trained instructor.
  • Kids ages 7–12 can design a custom Lego bot in this half-day camp. They will apply real-world engineering concepts and bash and crash their way to victory.

Ages: 5–12
Cost: $172 for residents–$258 for nonresidents

Kids’ Science Lab, Seattle

In this camp based on the theme of the Olympic Games, kids will explore the science behind the limits of the human body. Using applied science, young scientists will design their own games and learn about tools to aid in healing after injury all while having fun. 

Ages: 4–9
Cost: $565 (plus a registration fee)

Cooking camps 

Blue Ribbon Cooking School, Seattle

Mini chefs ages 5–13 can cook, bake and sauté to a different theme each day. Sign up for one day or all four days of this fun culinary camp.

Ages: 5–13
Cost: $195 per day 

Tilth Alliance, Seattle

Tilth is offering two mid-winter break camps this year: “Dumplings ‘Round the World” (full-day) and “Winter Garden Snacks” (half-day). In these multi-day camps, kids will learn to cook from seasonal produce, work in the garden and explore the outdoors while learning stewardship of the garden.

Grades: 2–5
Cost: $290–$430

FrogLegs, Redmond

Kids can cook and bake their way around the world in these mid-winter camps:

  • “Travel Series” is a half-day camp that explores a different country each day. Learn about cuisine and history while cooking.
  • “Baking Around the World” is a two-hour drop-in camp in which kids will learn to create delicious baked goods from around the world. 

Ages: 4–9
Cost: $75–$100 per day

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Editor’s note: This article was originally published several years ago and was updated most recently by the writer in January 2025 with information for 2025 mid-winter break camps, and fact-checked by ParentMap’s associate editor, Kari Hanson

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