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Backyard Summer Camp

Backyard Summer Camp

Have the best summer ever in your own backyard!

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Welcome to Backyard Summer Camp!

We believe that you can have the best summer ever in your own backyard. Here you’ll find tons of simple crafts, play ideas, and fun learning resources for kids of all ages.

Backyard Summer Camp is your go-to resource for planning and organizing fun kids’ activities for all 104 days of summer.


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Pirate Activity Bundle preview of six printable pages including coloring bookmarks, a word search, anagram, color by number, maze, and color and count.
Pirate Activity Bundle
Collage of ocean life activity pages.
Ocean Activity bundle
Space Activity Bundle preview with 6 pages of coloring, games, puzzles, and writing.
Space Activity Bundle
Dinosaur Activity Bundle preview with 6 pages of games, word puzzles, writing, and drawing activities.
DInosaur Activity Bundle

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Collage of DIY summer camp ocean week ideas including an ocean in a bottle, clothespin crab, watercolor resist ocean art, and paper plate fish.

DIY Summer Camp: Ocean Week

Collage of DIY summer camp dinosaur week ideas including a dino dig sensory bin, child reading books, pony bead keychain, and paper plate stegosaurus.

DIY Summer Camp: Dinosaur Week

Collage of DIY summer camp pirate week ideas including an egg carton treasure chest, a paper flag, a paper tube telescope, and a child playing dress up.

DIY Summer Camp: Pirate Week

Collage of DIY summer camp space week ideas including solar system painting, children reading astronaut books, a paper rocket, and a box of moon pies.

DIY Summer Camp: Space Week

Collage of hedgehog crafts including one with rainbow paper spikes, a corner bookmark, one from folded paper, and one using handprints.

13 Easy Hedgehog Crafts for Kids

12 Snake Crafts for Kids

Collage of squirrel crafts made from construction paper, toilet paper tubes, and faux fur puppets.

9 Squirrel Crafts for Kids

Collage of frog crafts for kids including a paper frog, folded craft, corner bookmarks, clay pot art, and egg carton frogs on a log.

17 Cute Frog Crafts for Kids

Kids playing tug of war with 2 kids on each side of a rope pulling away.

10 Classic Summer Camp Games

A group of 4 tweens walking through the woods wearing backpacks at summer camp.

14 Books About Summer Camp

Collage of basic knots including an overhand knot, slip knot, square knot, and bowline knot.

4 Basic Knots for Camping

A hand throwing a pair of dice over a game board with tiny boats on water.

12 Pirate Games for Kids

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