Winter Break Camp 2024

Registration Open

HOW TO REGISTER

Step 1: Select appropriate camp from sessions below and click “Purchase”

Step 2: Submit 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:

• Immediate confirmation of payment from ticketing@lhf.org
• 1 week before camp, details of drop-off/pickup, schedule, etc. from registration@lhf.org
• A few days before camp, an 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

Weather the Winter

• Grades 2–4
• 2-day camp: December 26–27, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• $130 per person ($117 for members)
• Meet at Visitor Center, 11121 Hickman

How did people keep warm in the past? How did animals make it through cold Iowa winters? Discover animals’ adaptions and humans’ seasonal changes to their lifestyles. Finish the week with a Winter Shindig for the family to attend.

Activity Highlights

Activities subject to change.

Daily Life of an 1876 Family

• Grades 2–4
• 2-day camp: December 30–31, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• $130 per person ($117 for members)
• Meet at Visitor Center, 11121 Hickman

Life in winter was different in 1876, but was it as different as you think? Learn how family members, especially kids, spent their days.  Spend a day learning about school and work life. Then spend a day learning about home life and try different chores and skills.  Finish Tuesday by demonstrating an 1876 family’s chores at a Family Open House and camper-led tour of the Tangen Home.

Activity Highlights

Activities subject to change.

REMINDERS

• Dress for the weather: hats, coats, boots, and gloves. Camp takes place both indoors and outdoors.
• Closed-toe shoes are a must.
• Bring a lunch, water bottle, and snacks each day.
• Backpack is helpful.
• Check-in begins at 8:50 a.m. Pickup begins at 3:55 p.m.

Wait list

• If a camp session is full, you may fill out this form to be placed on the waitlist.