We’ve put together some ideas for free stay-at-home camp ideas that will keep your kindergarten-aged kids entertained while they’re away from school!
Stay-At-Home Camp Day #1: Ocean/Beach Day
- Dress Up!
- Let your kids choose their own outfits for a day at the beach! Offer to take photos and let them go wild with props and poses
- Learn to Draw Sharks
- Make your kids their own Sketch Book for the week! Their first drawings could be from this Learn to Draw Great White Sharks video or this Learn to Draw Jaws video
- Make a “Motion in the Ocean” Snack
- Make your ocean with blue Jell-O water, some Brown Sugar Sand, Whip Cream Waves and Life Saver Inner Tubes
- Shark Eden or Dolphin Reef Documentaries
- If you have Disney+, these two kid-friendly documentaries explore some of the ocean’s most exciting animals
- Ocean Puzzle
- Grab an Ocean themed puzzle, or borrow one from a friend. Finding a brain teasing puzzle that fits into the day’s theme is a great way to get kids engaged!
- Cosmic Kids Under the Sea Yoga
- If everyone needs to get some energy out, but you can’t get outside, try this Under the Sea yoga session with Cosmic Kids!
- Free Ocean Themed Worksheets
Stay-At-Home Camp Day #2: Superheroes and Sparkles
- Dress Up!
- Throw on a cape and a mask and find something sparkly to add to your outfit… because you’re in for a day of sparkly superhero fun!
- Learn to Draw Superheroes
- Add to your sketchbook with these Learn to Draw Captain America and Learn to Draw Wonder Woman videos
- Make a “Choose Your Superpower” Snack Tray
- Use some of these ideas for inspiration and set out a fruit and veggie tray and then let your kids assign “superpowers” to each one. Make labels, and then chow down to stock up on your favourite powers!
- Be a Super-reader with Super Why!
- If you have Netflix, choose a couple episodes of Super Why to watch. It’s about a reading superhero and it’s a great way to support literacy with a bit of screen time!
- Build a Superhero HQ
- Pull out the Lego and challenge your kids to create the Superhero HQ of their dreams! For Lego experts, you can add in parameters like it must include: two levels, a door, two windows and a space for their superhero vehicle to park!
- Move Like a Superhero
- This Cosmic Kids Yoga session channels your favourite hero’s powers, gets your body moving and even talks about how we could add some of those powers into our own lives!
- Free Superhero Themed Worksheets
Stay-At-Home Camp Day #3: Safari Adventure
- Dress up!
- Dress up in your favourite safari animal costume, use these printable safari masks, or make your own!
- Learn to Draw a Lion
- Add another piece of art to your sketchbook with the video where you learn to draw an adorable Lion
- Create a Safari Snack
- Use some celery, peanut butter, animal crackers and fruit to create these adorable safari snacks together!
- Safari Documentary
- If you have Disney+ check out the African Cats kids documentary to learn more about the kings of the Savanna
- Build a Zoo
- Using some of the animals you might see on a Safari, build a zoo for your animals (you can use animal figurines, or pictures you draw yourself). Have your kids either draw a map of your zoo or build a 3D zoo using animals and fences. Then have your kids pretend they’re the zookeeper. Make lists of what you’d feed each of the animals, and what would you include in their habitat to ensure the animals were happy and healthy! Every animal will need different food and different features in their environment.
- Safari Yoga
- Get everyone moving with safari themed yoga for the whole family
- Free Safari Themed Worksheets
