Camps for Teens in the SF Bay Area

The Game Academy’s Adventure Gaming Summer Camps explore collaborative storytelling games in a mentorship model to foster empathy, communication, critical thinking, creativity, and cooperative problem-solving.

Anna B's Kitchen offers a "Kids in the Kitchen" culinary program where kids aged 5-14 can learn to prepare a variety of meals. Camps and classes provide all necessary ingredients and equipment.

Mythology-based adventure camp for rising 2nd-9th graders inspired by Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. Campers learn teamwork, build confidence, and show off creativity with hero training like sword fighting, solving puzzles, mythological trivia, and forging arms and armor.

Learn how to create comics and find your voice from New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Campbell! This one week camp will explore the importance of self expression through comics and cartoons.

In the For The Love of Comics Cartoon/Manga/Comics Art Camp with Gio Benedetti... You will draw a ton. You will use inks. You will paint. You will make characters and cartoons and comics and drawings. And it will be great.

Immerse your child in the beauty of the Petaluma River and its watershed at Green Heron Nature Camp!

Camp Focus: Players will be assessed at the beginning of camp and placed in groups where they will best succeed and improve. Beginner focus will be fundamental skills of the game with low coach to player ratios. Learning through game play will be emphasized.

Love doodling? Have you ever wanted to make a movie? Well, this hand-drawn animation and stop-motion camp is the perfect introduction to the art of animated stop motion!

Join us on the Petaluma River for our annual Sprint Kayaking Clinic. Youth ages 11-16, No experience necessary. Campers learn balance, basic strokes, water safety, and team work all in a fun, supportive environment. M- Sat 9am-12pm

Let’s discover a few of the amazing things we can do with water! We’ll upcycle salvaged items to make fascinating functional sculptures that move water, spray water, and maybe even do work with water.

Make your own plant-dyed tote bag! A whole week of painting, dyeing, and screen printing with plants, plus one day of sewing to transform your beautiful plant-dyed artworks into a summer tote.

🌿 Step into a world of outdoor play and nature exploration at our monthly Nature Immersion Camp in the Petaluma River Watershed!

Print Camp is for the print curious, art-focused, creative camper! This unique, week-long immersive camp will introduce your child to the intriguing, versatile world of printmaking.

We will spend each day outdoors with the animals and in the garden, planting, playing, exploring, and caring for the sanctuary residents. Kids will learn about animals, edible and native plants, soil, pollinators, ecosystem dynamics, and more through fun, hands-on experiences.

Play with all the small boats this summer! Kayaks, Stand Up Paddle boards, canoes, pedal kayaks & pedal SUPs, water bikes, a giant Megalodon, all kinds of rowboats, even Hawaiian outrigger canoes! Includes an outing to Alman Marsh and a sprint kayaking demo by River Town Racers.

Sailing, Seamanship, Teamwork, Marine Science and Art to engage young hands and minds. Campers will learn to sail on San Francisco Bay, engage with and learn about marine life, learn seafaring arts such as knots and burn up extra energy with walks, games and swimming.

Petaluma sport camps for 6th - 9th graders at the beautiful St. Vincent de Paul College Prep campus. Offering basketball, softball, lacrosse, baseball, football, and soccer summer camps.

Academic camps for rising 9th graders and high schoolers at the beautiful St. Vincent de Paul College Prep campus. Offering pre-algebra, accelerated geometry, SAT/ACT preparation, and college essay writing.

Sew your own four-legged animal out of felt fabric. Campers will be given a choice of a pre-cut animal shape or taught how to create a three-dimensional pattern from their own sketches. Sewing will be done by hand with colorful embroidery threads.

A non-competitive, nurturing musical theater camp led by Broadway artists, Transcendence Theatre's Kids Camp builds confidence, inspires creativity, and culminates in a performance.