You won’t believe these are actually summer camps

This post is in partnership with blog advertiser The City of Ottawa

Still wondering about summer camps for your kids? There are many options across the city, but choosing something that fits your location, budget and your child’s interest may feel overwhelming.

The City of Ottawa and the arts centres like the Shenkman Arts Centre and the Nepean Creative Arts Centre, offer unique and exciting camp programming all summer long.

To help get you started, I’m sharing 7 camps that caught my eye that I think kids will be happy to attend!

Although not included in my list, I want to mention that not all camps are full days, so if you want to send your kiddo for only a half day because they aren’t ready for full time or you aren’t looking for full day care, you do have options!

Also, there are so many options for basically every sport, art and activity you can imagine. I decided to focus on ones that are so unique and some that absolutely shocked me that they even exist (making them seem even more fun!)

All camps can be discovered in this guide. I didn’t want to link to specific weeks because each camp may be offered at different locations and different weeks.

Summer camps for kids in Ottawa

Camp Scooter Adventure

My kids are obsessed with their scooters (and I don’t blame them, they are a lot of fun!) so a scootering camp where kids can learn awesome tricks and moves (plus get in a lot of exercise?) It sounds pretty great.

Board and Table Top Gaming Camp

The kids get to make their own board games, from concept to actual creation and then play it!

Musical Theatre Camp

Time to put all of their love for live action plays or Disney movies to the test while they learn choreography, singing and more.

Director’s Cut: I wanna rock

Your kids will act in and create music videos. I think all of us did this in our basements when we were preteens didn’t we? I love this twist on traditional movie making and filming.

Camping 101

Yes, there is a camp about outdoor camping. If you have been itching to use a trailer or book a camp site, have your kids learn the skills they need before you go!

Fortnite Camp

This camp isn’t what you are expecting. While it’s themed around the very popular online game, it’s actually Fortnite themed offline. Kids will learn how to create shelters and have a Nerf-gun battle! I love when we can take games and their online interests offline in unique ways.

Zombie Adventure

Your creative kids will love immersing themselves into the role play adventure of Zombie camp. They’ll need to learn how to survive as researchers and members of a special ops team, while developing surviving skills and defense systems with Nerf Guns and Archery.