Grades Camps By Week
Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall
An art-based summer camp for children entering second through sixth grade in the Fall. Each week of Grades Camp is structured on a five-day theme to provide ample time for children to relax, make friends, and immerse themselves in the provided activities. View details and weekly themes below.
All campers must first complete a one time, annual camper registration form.
Please contact summercamp@mnwaldorf.org if you have any questions.
Questions about payment options? Email: info@mnwaldorf.org.
Camp registration closes Wednesdays each week.
Experience the joy of puppetry! Campers will explore the materials and creative processes needed to make their own puppets or masks. Dramatic arts, such as improv and character development will be explored. We’ll work individually on puppet projects and collaboratively to create a Friday puppet show!
Join guest artist Malia Araki Burkhart for a week of puppetry! In her own words:
I have led projects and taught art locally and internationally since 1999. I began as an Americorps intern, serving at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater (HOBT) , Pillsbury House and Little Earth of United Tribes. I was an Associate Artist with HOBT, working as a MayDay Parade Artist, puppet-builder and performer in several mainstage productions. I recently completed 6 years of service on the board of HOBT. I am a member of Hijinks Stilts, (formerly Chicks on Sticks), a professional stiltwalkers cooperative. I have been an artist, Co-Director, and board member for Barebones Productions’ Annual Halloween Extravaganza. In the past two decades I’ve visited hundreds of schools, teaching K-12 residencies in puppetry and mask-making to people of all ages and backgrounds. I am on several artist-rosters for my work in education, including COMPAS, The Minnesota State Arts Board, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the East Side Arts Council. Visit www.artsbymalia for more information.
Please pack a hearty snack, lunch and water bottle, swimsuit, towel and sun hat.
5-Day/Wk Camp (MTuWThF)
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. : $450 per week
Grades Camp: Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall.
Explore the exciting world of paper! Campers will make their own paper, and learn several print techniques. Linocut, vegetable prints, and suminagashi (Japanese marbling technique) will be explored as campers discover favorite print styles and use them to create a book of their own.
Please pack a hearty snack, lunch and water bottle, swimsuit, towel and sun hat.
5-Day/Wk Camp (MTuWThF)
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. : $450 per week
Grades Camp: Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall.
Let’s bake! We’ll make bread, jam, and butter and all sorts of tabletop accessories. Campers will each receive a sourdough starter and learn how to take care of it. Wax candle dipping, wooden cutting boards, and naturally-dyed cloth napkins will enhance our bread-filled tables.
Please pack a hearty snack, lunch and water bottle, swimsuit, towel and sun hat.
5-Day/Wk Camp (MTuWThF)
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. : $450 per week
Grades Camp: Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall.
A perennial favorite! We’ll build beautiful gnome and fairy houses replete with furniture and tiny inhabitants to hang on the porch or in a tree. We’ll turn ourselves into whimsical creatures with cardboard wings, hats, and wands. Together we’ll host a tea party and sweet treat picnic under the trees.
Please pack a hearty snack, lunch and water bottle, swimsuit, towel and sun hat.
5-Day/Wk Camp (MTuWThF)
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. : $450 per week
Grades Camp: Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall.
Did you know that MWS is a monarch butterfly sanctuary? Come study the bugs and butterflies on our campus, learn about their life cycles and ways they help our garden. We’ll make bug houses and butterfly mobiles. We’ll also work with some of our pollinators’ favorite plants to color bandanas and t-shirts with natural dyes.
Please pack a hearty snack, lunch and water bottle, swimsuit, towel and sun hat.
5-Day/Wk Camp (MTuWThF)
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. : $450 per week
Grades Camp: Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall.
Join us in using the fruits of our MWS garden to make all parts of a delicious pasta meal! Campers will mill flour from garden crops and use it to create various pasta shapes. Sauce making will utilize fresh herbs and garden tomatoes. We’ll round out our tables with wax art, embroidered napkins, and flower arrangements.
Please pack a hearty snack, lunch and water bottle, swimsuit, towel and sun hat.
5-Day/Wk Camp (MTuWThF)
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. : $450 per week
Grades Camp: Rising second through sixth grade in the Fall.