ACTIVITY GROUPS

HALF DAY ONLY. Adventure is our half-day activity group. Come prepared to have a different and exciting adventure every day. In Adventure we spend most of our time outside so if you just can't get enough of that Wisconsin summer sun join us for some fun & sun!

Come on over to Camp Vertical’s big backyard to play games like kickball, steal the bacon, and extreme kick the can. Each week will also feature competitions like carpet ball tournaments, Frisbee golf, design forts contests and more! You won’t want to miss out on all of the awesome backyard summer fun!

Basketball is a game of fun and exercise. Our leaders will help us learn what it takes to be an All-Star on and off the court. You won’t want to miss this great week hitting the hardwood!

Our older kids will use their imagination and creativity to design, build, paint, and draw their way through a great week. This is the most advanced creative camp we’ve ever offered at Camp Vertical. So, take a look around you, dream big, and get ready for an explosion of creativity in Beyond the Brush.

Left...left...left, right, left... Attention cadets: are you ready to be stretched to your limits? This is boot camp with a Vertical twist! Throughout the week we will work on our teamwork, experience extreme obstacle courses, and of course compete in the epic camouflage tournament.

We know that girls like to play more than one sport, so here is your chance. We are combining all the high- energy sports into one fast-paced camp. Sign up for a slam-dunking, high-spiking week!!

NEW! Happy Birthday! Happy Easter! Happy New Year! This group is for all those celebrators out there who love special occasions! In this activity group, your kids will get to play games, do crafts and eat foods for all their favorite holidays. Get ready for an entire years’ worth of celebrating in just one week!

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle All the Way… Oh what fun it is to play outside on a sunny day… HEY! That’s right, Christmas came early this year. Like way early! We are going to do all the things we love about winter and Christmas in JULY. Sledding, decorating trees and singing carols are just the beginning of this very merry camp.

Calling all kids who love to design, build, and knock things down…this camp is for you! This is your chance to put your creative energies into action. Each week we will use a variety of materials to design and build our own amazing structures. This camp is highlighted by our own, safe, demolition day on Thursday of each week!

This camp is filled with good eats and fun projects. Under the watchful eye of our staff, the campers will create many culinary masterpieces. Those with good taste should sign up for this adventure.

Card games and board games and video games, oh my! This camp is just for anyone who likes to sit and play a strategy board game, or just enjoy a friendly game of Sorry! Campers will get a change to play all types of games, and even create a game of their own. You don’t want to miss out on this week!

This camp is all about girls being girls! Days will be full of fun girlie things like painting nails, spa treatments, chocolate, pajama day, interactive games, and lots of other things that girls love. One of the highlights each day is when we take a break to talk about the inner qualities that make a woman truly beautiful.

BACK FROM THE VAULT! The Summer Olympics hit Camp Vertical! Compete against fellow Vertical contestants in various Olympic-style games like Pillow Polo and King of the Kick. Create your own team name and flag. Compete to win the treasured Golden Flip Flop award. Sign up for this activity and bring home the gold for your team!

NEW! This group is for all the little biologists who wonder how trees grow! In just one week, we will get to explore plant life and how things grow! Our environmental scientists will get to care for their own plant, tend to the camp vertical garden, go on nature walks and discover bird calls! We will also get to play plant inspired games, and eat lots of yummy garden snacks!

Water! Just the word makes you think of summer! We will be diving into a week full of water escapades in this group! Water wars, crazy experiments, amazing discoveries, and tons of fun await each camper as they cannonball their way into a great week. You won’t want to miss the wettest, wildest camp ever seen at Vertical! 

The dog days of summer are just perfect for getting out on the diamond and playing some baseball. Home Run camp will spend some time practicing the basics, but as with all of our sports camps, emphasis will be on playing the game and having fun. Don't forget about the one-of-a-kind Vertical Home Run Derby happening later in the week! Bring your favorite glove!

This camp will allow the more “dramatic” campers to practice their acting skills in fun and exciting ways. They will also have the opportunity to star in a Camp Vertical original featured film!

A week of high flying, loud cheering action! Girls will get a crash course in cheer and pom moves and prepare a rockin’ routine for the whole camp and parents on Friday! Stretch those muscles and get ready for a high-energy week that will be cheer-tastic!

This camp is filled with all kinds of activities that boys will love including adventures in male cooking, CV video game tournament, Lumberjack Day, and tons of other high-energy activities. The most important part of the day is when the whole group gathers to discover what it takes to not only be a real man, but a gentleman.

Journey with us as we learn how to survive in the wilderness. Kids will learn how to build a campfire, pitch a tent, go fishing, build a fort and much, much more. They will even have a chance to learn archery! And of course, this fun week will have an optional sleepover, just like real life camping! It will almost be like being in the Northwoods of WI. You won’t want to miss it.

Do you love reading and writing? Creating imaginary worlds and stories? Join us for a week of creative adventure as we dive into faraway lands only found in the world of books. Campers will learn the art of writing poetry, biographies, fictional stories and creating worlds of their own; while also learning how to create their own book nook and enjoy Random Reading Spot Time. So grab a good story, put on your creative writing hat, and get ready to experience the joy of storytelling.

No need to keep the color inside the lines with this crafty camp! Finger painting is just the beginning of the active and imaginative activities found here. Kids will have a chance to use their creativity to play colorful games, as well as their energy to run around and get messy. All while learning how to make something beautiful! Join us for a week filled with plenty of games and art projects that are Big, Fun and Messy and learn that anyone can put their craftsmanship to the test.

Budding Artists come in all shapes and sizes. Paints and More is designed so that each child, whether a beginner or the next Picasso, will have fun using watercolors, clay, chalk, wood and more. Get your creative juices flowing, and join us for this "masterpiece" of a week.

Girls, do you have an eye for design? In Project Runway we are going to be designing clothing of all kinds. From drawing the hippest new trend, to creating our very own clothes (out of a variety of wacky materials), this camp is all about creativity. This fun week will end with a fashion show.

Raise your hand if Gym is your favorite subject!?! If you love Gym at school, then Pumped up PE is the activity for you. Each day we are going to play the best of the best games from your gym classes. Dodgeball, Around the World, Pac-Man, Kick Ball and even Hungry Hungry Hippos are all going to come to life in the Elmbrook Gym. So if you are always longing for gym class, Pumped up PE is ready to satisfy.

Experiments, Explosions, and Eruptions… Join our Mad Scientist leaders in exploring the crazy fun side of science. Kids will participate in “hair raising” experiments that will knock their goggles off (but not really)!

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Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Kick it into high gear with pinewood derby cars, cardboard boats and more. If it has wings or wheels, this camp has got it! We will have wheels day at the Camp Vertical skate park and race day and the camp Vertical track! Join us for a week of racing as we celebrate all things that “Go!”

This week is filled with the high-flying adventure of model rocketry and loop-de-loop roller coasters. Each child will build and launch a rocket and create a marble roller coaster with enough drops and turns to make you dizzy. A great week for everyone!

This is a special week of kicking and running for all soccer fans. We also try to play as much soccer as we can and still have time for some basic drills. As with all of our sport camps, the emphasis is on play and sportsmanship.

Join the Steps camp for a week of high flying, dance-tastic fun. Girls will learn the basics of dance and have fun putting them together in a routine for the whole camp on Friday! Stretch those muscles and get ready for a high-energy week that will be fun for all.

Yarn, string, twine, beads...string cheese? Get ready for a week of knitting, sewing, and crocheting in this crafty camp! Beginners and pros are all welcome to join for some yarn-filled fun! Grab your crochet hooks and cross-stitch cloth and get ready for a skein full of fun!

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to spend the week working on a top secret Vertical case. Fingerprints, clues, and dead ends are sure to keep you on your toes in this mysterious activity. Do you have what it takes to crack the code?

Rackets and bats and bikes…oh my! The kids have spoken and we have listened: We want to play tennis. Check! We want to ride our bikes. Check! We want to mini-putt. Check! All these activities plus flag football, cricket, and many more will make up a week of camp you will not soon forget. Sign up quickly and get ready for a world-wide adventure in sports.

Journey with us as we learn how to survive in the wilderness, how to track animals, pitch a tent, build a fort and much, much more. Kids in this camp will spend the week in the incredible nature surrounding Elmbrook. They will discover that it truly is a WILD wilderness out there!