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Payment must be included with registration. For information about becoming a Kauffman Museum member or about need-based scholarships, contact the museum. Cancellation policy available upon request.

Play the Day Away

June 5-9, 9:00-11:30 each day | Age 9 to 12 (completed grade 3-6)

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Come and play with us at games camp. We will entertain ourselves with modern and old, American and international, and inside and outside games. Be prepared to win, lose, or draw and have fun doing it.

Farm Animals at the Museum

June 12-16, 9:00-11:00 each day | Age 4 and 5 (not yet in kindergarten)

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Jump into farm life with Farm Animals at the Museum!  Students will learn all about goats, chickens, sheep, cows, and pigs through activities that include art, literature, music, and games. Real life farm animals will visit the museum each day, and there will be plenty of time for petting and snuggles. Join us for this hands-on, farm-tastic learning experience!

Art in Nature, K-2

June 19-23, 9:00-11:00 | Age 6 to 8 (completed grade k-2)

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Take a closer look at the patterns on the shell of an ornate box turtle. Notice the bright color on a barred tiger salamander. Artists get lots of ideas from nature. Kansas state nature symbols will provide a resource for campers to explore the patterns, colors and textures in nature using paper, paint and clay.

Figuratively Speaking, 3-6

June 26-30, 9:00-11:30 | Age 9 to 12 (completed grade 3-6)

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Understanding how the body moves is part of learning to draw people. Campers will learn to find the fun in drawing the human figure through a variety of activities and experiences. Student drawings will be compiled in a sketchbook and a mixed media painting will be completed during this camp.

Pottery Possibilities

July 10-14, 9:00-12:00 | Age 13 and up 

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Get your hands dirty as we create with clay! Investigate how pottery was made in ancient cultures before trying your own pottery skills. Campers will start with handbuilding before throwing on potter’s wheels at Bethel College. No experience required! Campers will wrap up the week with glazing and an outdoor firing (weather permitting). Completed artwork may be picked up at a later date. Add your own modern twist to the age-old tradition of making pottery!

Survival on the Prairie, K-2

July 17-21, 9:00-11:30 | Age 6 to 8 (completed grade k-2)

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Join staff members from Dyck Arboretum for a prairie adventure at Kauffman Museum. Campers will learn about the plants and animals of the Kansas prairie and how they have survived and thrived for thousands of years. Come identify insects, scavenge for seeds, watch the weather, and play in the plants!