Spring Break Camp 2024

• Monday-Friday, March 11-15
• 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day
• Location: Living History Farms Visitor Center and 1876 town of Walnut Hill
• Fee: $330 for non-members / $297 for members

TO REGISTER

Step 1: Purchase tickets using the links below

Step 2: Submit a Camper Information Form
    (This is where you can make a request to place your child with another camper.)

Please note that you need to purchase tickets AND submit a participant information form to complete your camper’s registration.

Then watch for these three emails:

• Immediately: Confirmation of payment from ticketing@lhf.org.
• About a week before camp: Details of drop-off/pickup, schedule, etc. from registration@lhf.org.
• About 5 days before camp: Introduction from your counselor.

Questions about registration and logistics? Email registration@lhf.org.

Questions about camp content and curriculum? Email education@lhf.org.

CAMP SESSIONS

Grades 1 & 2: Tales from the Garden

How does your garden grow? Spring is the time to plant seeds and prepare the garden! Read stories about gardens and the critters who live in and around them. Set up a greenhouse, start seeds, and create garden-inspired art. Delve into the world of pollinators and explore the role of insects that we consider foes but are really friends.

Make garden-inspired snacks to share at the end of the week, along with your garden art, at the Family Art Show!

Note: Thursday drop-off/pick-up will be at the Murray Conference Center off of Douglas.

Daily themes and activity highlights

Activities subject to change.

Grades 3 & 4: Food and Farming

Were your favorite foods popular 150 years ago? Come see how food has changed over the years. Discover the different crops people have grown over the years and try the foods made from their crops. Put together a recipe book to hold all the recipes you try during camp so you can take them home and make them again with your family.

Show off what you have learned as you entertain your family members at the end of the week during the Food Festival!

Note: Thursday drop-off/pick-up will be at the Murray Conference Center off of Douglas.

Daily themes and activity highlights

Activities subject to change.

Grades 5 & 6: Jobs & Trades—Then & Now

This is truly a hands-on camp! Work alongside Living History Farms staff to explore what trades and farm jobs were available in the 1870s and how people learned them—and how museum professionals today discover things about the past.

At the end of the week, show off what you have learned during the Historic Career Fair for your family!

Note: Thursday drop-off/pick-up will be at the Murray Conference Center off of Douglas.

Daily themes and activity highlights

Activities subject to change.

REMINDERS

• Bring a lunch, water bottle, and snacks each day. Please be aware of food allergies.
• Dress for the weather. Camp takes place both indoors and outdoors. Hats, coats, boots, and gloves are a must.
• Check-in begins at 8:50 a.m. Pick-up begins at 3:55 p.m. (except on Friday, when a special open house for parents begins at 3:15).

Wait list

• If a camp session is full, you may fill out this form to be placed on a wait list.
• Include the program and date that you are interested in attending.