Steve & Kate's Camp
Our Lady of Peace Catholic School, 5435 11th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417
About
Steve & Kate's Camp offers a wide range of activities, including coding, sewing, baking, robotics, stop-motion animation, film, and making 3D worlds with an interactive virtual reality experience. Campers can also spend time in the Bakery and Tinker Lab, use 3D pens and interactive art apps, enjoy Sports & Rec with classic sports and making up new games, and take part in traditions like Find Chuckie and Friday Pie-Day. Additional options include a go-kart experience, an Inflatable Bounce House, weekly specials such as musical performances, movement workshops, popup petting zoos, water tag, inflatable slip n’ slides, a giant sprinkler, tabletop games, and building marble mazes and forts.
• Ages: 4–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp hours are 8:00am–6:00pm from Jun 15–Aug 14, with camp closed on July 3.
• Price: Mentorship Day Pass Rate: $88. Mentorship Day Pass (15+) Rate: $73. Mentorship Summer Pass Rate: $2,190.
Steve & Kate’s Camp has been operating since 1980. The camp’s mission states that, when summer comes, it gives kids freedom to expand and evolve, with campers choosing which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, and describes this experience as both pure joy and a kind of training ground for life. The Minneapolis camp lists Natalie as the Director.
The program notes that summer day camps are for kids aged 4–12, that the camp age limit is 13 with campers who turn 14 while attending allowed to finish out the summer, and that Steve & Kate's Camp offers mentorship programs for children aged 14 and 15, with the Mentorship Program at this camp location in Summer 2026 intended exclusively for children ages 14–15. Mentees in the Mentorship Program help facilitate camp activities, engage with campers, and help encourage camper connection and participation.
Campers ramp up and wind down with recreational choices in the early morning and late afternoon. All campers must be fully toilet trained, able to speak up for their needs, and able to get through the camp day without a nap. All-inclusive rates include all camp hours from 8:00am–6:00pm, snacks and lunch, and any activities that interest the child.
Parents can buy any number of day passes, send their child to camp any day within the season, and drop off and pick up at any time within camp hours. Parents can buy any number of days and receive automatic full refunds for unused purchased Day Passes at the end of the camp season, and unused Mentorship Day Passes are automatically refunded in full at summer’s end. If a Mentorship Summer Pass is used less than 30 days, the difference versus the daily rate is automatically refunded.
Meals and snacks are included, with milk and sides provided to the youngest campers and available by request for older campers. Nutrigrain Granola Bars will be available as a high wheat morning snack, and Minnesota state licensing requires that staff ensure children receive the USDA requirements each day.
The host school for the Minneapolis camp is ADA-accessible. Steve & Kate’s has more than 70 locations, described as islands of freedom, from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach. As it gets closer to summer, registered families receive an email link to a virtual camp orientation with information such as local camp drop-off and pick-up procedures, how to check in and out each day, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details. Additional state-required paperwork must be submitted for every child before their first day of camp.
Testimonials describe the camp as a place where children blossom and discover a freedom of identity, and one parent notes that kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate’s. Apple’s Hot News states, “If kids ruled the world, it might look something like Steve and Kate’s Camp.” Variety magazine notes that, given the camp’s philosophy, it is not surprising that many children of people working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic attend. The Washington Post describes Steve and Kate’s Camp as a blend of traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-savvy touch, and the Chicago Tribune states that working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.
Last updated June 27, 2026.
• Ages: 4–15 years old
• Schedule: Camp hours are 8:00am–6:00pm from Jun 15–Aug 14, with camp closed on July 3.
• Price: Mentorship Day Pass Rate: $88. Mentorship Day Pass (15+) Rate: $73. Mentorship Summer Pass Rate: $2,190.
Steve & Kate’s Camp has been operating since 1980. The camp’s mission states that, when summer comes, it gives kids freedom to expand and evolve, with campers choosing which activities they do, whom they do them with, and for how long, and describes this experience as both pure joy and a kind of training ground for life. The Minneapolis camp lists Natalie as the Director.
The program notes that summer day camps are for kids aged 4–12, that the camp age limit is 13 with campers who turn 14 while attending allowed to finish out the summer, and that Steve & Kate's Camp offers mentorship programs for children aged 14 and 15, with the Mentorship Program at this camp location in Summer 2026 intended exclusively for children ages 14–15. Mentees in the Mentorship Program help facilitate camp activities, engage with campers, and help encourage camper connection and participation.
Campers ramp up and wind down with recreational choices in the early morning and late afternoon. All campers must be fully toilet trained, able to speak up for their needs, and able to get through the camp day without a nap. All-inclusive rates include all camp hours from 8:00am–6:00pm, snacks and lunch, and any activities that interest the child.
Parents can buy any number of day passes, send their child to camp any day within the season, and drop off and pick up at any time within camp hours. Parents can buy any number of days and receive automatic full refunds for unused purchased Day Passes at the end of the camp season, and unused Mentorship Day Passes are automatically refunded in full at summer’s end. If a Mentorship Summer Pass is used less than 30 days, the difference versus the daily rate is automatically refunded.
Meals and snacks are included, with milk and sides provided to the youngest campers and available by request for older campers. Nutrigrain Granola Bars will be available as a high wheat morning snack, and Minnesota state licensing requires that staff ensure children receive the USDA requirements each day.
The host school for the Minneapolis camp is ADA-accessible. Steve & Kate’s has more than 70 locations, described as islands of freedom, from Manhattan to Manhattan Beach. As it gets closer to summer, registered families receive an email link to a virtual camp orientation with information such as local camp drop-off and pick-up procedures, how to check in and out each day, what to bring and not bring, and other camp details. Additional state-required paperwork must be submitted for every child before their first day of camp.
Testimonials describe the camp as a place where children blossom and discover a freedom of identity, and one parent notes that kids find their thumbprint at Steve & Kate’s. Apple’s Hot News states, “If kids ruled the world, it might look something like Steve and Kate’s Camp.” Variety magazine notes that, given the camp’s philosophy, it is not surprising that many children of people working at Pixar and Industrial Light & Magic attend. The Washington Post describes Steve and Kate’s Camp as a blend of traditional camp experience with a modern, tech-savvy touch, and the Chicago Tribune states that working parents’ worries dissipate as they contemplate Steve & Kate’s model.
Last updated June 27, 2026.