At Camp Mirage every week is a new adventure

Junior Day Camp Guide

Our wide range of summer day camp options ensures there’s something fun and exciting for every child. From sports to science, arts to adventure, we create unforgettable summer experiences. Camp Mirage junior day camps are designed for kids entering Kindergarten and 1st grade in the fall.

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Summer Day Camp

Summer day camps are for kids going into 2nd grade to 8th grade in the Fall.

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Junior Day Camp

Junior day camp program is for kids going into Kindergarten and 1st grade.

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Before & After Care

The Legendary Before and After-Camp program is available EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE SUMMER!

Register for one week or several weeks, or piece together your entire summer week by week. All camps run from 9 AM to noon.
Add as much before or after-camp care as you want at an hourly rate! Drop-off is as early as 7:30 AM, and pick up as late as 5:30 PM.

Check your closest Camp Mirage location for specific camp weeks and pricing

Junior Day Camp Guide (k-1st grade):

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Junior Day Camp

ADVENTURE QUEST*

We’ll turn the Camp Mirage site into our outdoor adventure land in this exhilarating and dynamic camp. We’ll start with a LARP (live-action role play) every day to conquer the quest to solve a camp mystery. Then, it’s time to learn wilderness survival skills. Throw in lots of scavenger/treasure hunts and a ninja obstacle course, and it will be an exhilarating week!

* Currently only offered at our flagship location Camp Mirage Plymouth

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JUNIOr Day Camp

ANIMAL PLANET

Join our exclusive safari as we travel the world exploring different animal habitats! We will explore a different biome each day to learn about what it takes for animals to live in the rainforest, desert, tundra, grassland, and savanna! We will search for footprints in our woodland trails, make our own binoculars and explorer vests, paint animal patterns, and create our own creatures. Remember to bring your favorite stuffed animal for our Paws and Claws show on Friday!

BEACH PARTY

JUNIOR Day Camp

BEACH PARTY

Cowabunga Dude! Think fun in the sun all morning. Beach sports, sand castle building contests, slip-n-slide, beachy art projects, and more. This one is truly a vacation away from home!

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Junior Day Camp

CAMP BOOMSHAKALAKA*

The definition of boomshakalaka is triumph, excitement, and pure joy. Naturally, this is an awesome fit for a Camp Mirage week. Our week will be so chock full of activities that the counselors are going to BOOM a gong, and it’s time to switch it up: sports, games, art projects, LARP (live-action role-play), Nerf, Legos, mini golf, mud pit, and BOOM so much more.

* Currently only offered at our flagship location Camp Mirage Plymouth

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JUNIOR Day Camp

CAMP MIRAGE SPORTS

Welcome to the most incredible sports camp to ever run at Camp Mirage! We’re talking three different tournaments daily with a canteen as a breather! Hold on tight… here we go: hoops, flag football, hockey, pickleball, gaga, soccer, Nerf sports, nuke em, capture the flag, and many, many more! This high-energy camp is all about teamwork and bonding at its best.

CRAZY CRAFTS

JUNIOR Day Camp

CRAZY CRAFTS

We want campers to use their creativity to explore the world around them, making all the messes and mixing all the colors! This camp embraces all of the art mediums. We will paint on paper and canvas with fingers, brushes, sponges, sticks, fly swatters, and anything else that can do the job! We will sculpt masterpieces using clay and mosaic tiles to bring our crafts to life! We’ll end the week by showing off our art gallery!

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JUNIOR Day Camp

DISNEY FAVORITES

Your kiddo’s favorite Disney movies are crammed into one week of adventure. Each day, we will focus on one magical film, and all of our sports, crafts, and fun activities will revolve around that theme. Expect lots of music, silliness, and pure fun.

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Junior Day Camp

ERAS TOUR ART EXPLORATION*

Calling all Swifties! This camp is full of fantastic art projects involving our favorite artists. Our main projects will be a lyric canvas painting and acrylic pop art collage. We’ll listen to lots of music and even create our performance, which will debut on the Camp Mirage red carpet.

* Currently only offered at our flagship location Camp Mirage Plymouth

EXPLORERS

JUNIOR Day Camp

EXPLORERS

Calling all explorers! This exciting camp is part science/part outdoor adventure and ALL fun! Campers will build forts, track animals, complete fun nature art projects, play flashlight tag and other sports, and make s’mores! Don’t miss it!

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Junior Day Camp

FLOOR IS LAVA CAMP*

Watch out! The well-loved and hyped game is headed to Camp Mirage! Every day will begin with a Floor is Lava Challenge that covers the entire camp footprint, and we’ll challenge other camps and counselors to our masterpieces. There will be LARP (live-action role play), science experiments like an exploding volcano, and camp-wide pranks. We’ll end the week by making a legendary #floorislava YouTube video. This one rocks!

* Currently only offered at our flagship location Camp Mirage Plymouth

LAST HURRAH

JUNIOR Day Camp

LAST HURRAH, a.k.a. SQUEEZE IN AS MUCH FUN AS POSSIBLE CAMP

This camp is offered only on the last week of camp. We have very limited space, so register early. Look at it like it’s the kiddo’s last chance at freedom before it’s back to the books! This week is chock full of everyone’s favorites. Expect lots of surprises along the way. This isn’t going to be an ordinary week at Camp Mirage. This is going to be The Last Hurrah!

LEGO BUILDERS

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LEGO BUILDERS

The sky is the limit in this building camp! We’ll have dozens of kits and vast bins of Legos at our fingertips! Campers will start with essential engineering & design tips, and the creative juices will flow from there! We’re beginning BIG with blueprints to build your Lego dream home. Campers will design and construct air & space crafts. Finally, we’ll create the ultimate race car… then race your fellow campers for the Lego Cup trophy.

Mad Science

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MAD SCIENCE

Grab your lab coat and prepare to embark on an adventure! This is a messy, dirty, crazy, fun camp! We’ll tackle every experiment that is too messy for school! Throw in some gross motor activities, experimental art, and lots of water projects, and it will be a great week!

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junior Day Camp

MIDSUMMER PARTY

Summer is halfway over, but there’s still plenty of time to celebrate! Join us for a week filled with all the wonderful activities Camp Mirage has to offer. We’ve planned a variety of sports, games, arts and crafts, and plenty of water activities to keep us cool. Get ready for an amazing midsummer party!

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junior Day Camp

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Calling all detectives! We need your help to break out of our escape rooms and solve the Camp Mirage daily mystery. We’ll gather evidence, decode messages, dust for fingerprints, run missions, and earn our super-secret spy name! This one includes lots of other goofy projects, sports, and more.

DISNEY FAVORITES

JUNIOR Day Camp

PRINCESS & SUPERHERO TRAINING

This is one of our favorites each year. We’ll choose our favorite superhero or princess each day and play all the sports, do all the crafts and have fun with a ton of cool activities. Friday is dress up day! We can’t wait!

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Junior Day Camp

SPORTS BLITZ*

This one is all about the most excellent sports in Camp Mirage history. Ready for it? Gaga (of course), pickleball, flag football, hoops, nuke em, capture the flag, mini golf, dodgeball, soccer, hockey and more. Need to improve at a particular sport? Our fab counselors will teach it! Throw in teamwork, canteen refreshments, and slip-and-slide cool-offs; this camp isn’t just a sports blitz; it’s a certified Camp Mirage blitz!

* Currently only offered at our flagship location Camp Mirage Plymouth

SUMMER KICK OFF

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SUMMER KICK-OFF CAMP

If you are lucky enough, schools out for summer a week early! What does that mean for these special campers? You will have the run of Camp Mirage in all its glory a week early! We’ll play all the sports. We’ll do all the fun projects. We’ll play all the camp faves. We’ll test out all the new canteen treats. Whoa! This will be a great week to kick off a legendary summer!

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