2018 Summer Heritage Adventure Camps at Burnaby Village Museum
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 08/31/2018
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Camps operate Monday-Friday, excluding statutory holidays,
9am-3pm, $180
Outdoor Escapes | 6-9 years
Back to Nature | 6-9 years
Get down and dirty in this week of plants, bugs, and critters of all sizes. Go canoeing on Deer Lake, visit the Chinese Herbalist, take nature walks, embark on a scavenger hunt, and have lots of fun with nature and recycling themed crafts!
Food Capers | 6-9 years
Finally, you have the chance to play with your food! In this week you will start your own cookbook by exchanging recipes with the other campers, make bread from scratch, bake cookies in the Love Farmhouse, and make food themed crafts and art.
A Little Girl’s Life | 5-7 years
Take a step back into the past and have fun as a little girl in the 1920s. Dress up, play old-fashioned games, make toys and dolls, have a real tea party, decorate yummy treats, and much more!
Toy Adventure | 6-9 years
Explore the world of toys and games in this popular week of camp. Experiment with how the old-fashioned toys and games work and make some of your own to take home! Ride our vintage 1912 Carousel. Get up close and see how the it was made.
- Monday-Friday, July 30-August 3
- Camp: $180, $162 members 471919
- After-Camp Club: $55, members $50 471935
Apprentice Week | 8-12 years
Learn all about working as a blacksmith, a barber, a shop owner and a printer. Be a printer’s assistant, a general-store clerk, try your hand at soap carving and making a hook in the blacksmith shop
- Tuesday-Friday, August 7-10
- Camp: $150, $135 members 471922
- After-Camp Club: $40, members $40 471937
Vintage Gals | 8-12 years
Go back in time to experience life as a 1920s girl as you make handcrafts, bake cookies in the Love Farmhouse, dress up in old-fashioned clothes, learn to dance the Charleston and even spend a morning in our one-room schoolhouse!
- Monday-Friday, August 13-17
- Camp: $180, $162 members 471924
- After-Camp Club: $55, members $50 471938
Culture Quest | 8-12 years
Experience Burnaby's multicultural roots! Have fun while discovering the world of Japanese, Chinese, South East Asian and First Nations communities through traditional games and crafts and even go canoeing on Deer Lake!
- Monday-Friday, August 20-24
- Camp: $180, $162 members 471923
- After-Camp Club: $55, members $50 471936
Science Detectives | 6-9 years
Tap into your inner scientist and get hands-on experience doing experiments and making awesome stuff. Campers will recreate playful inventions, get messy creating slimy goo and investigate how things are made.
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