Summer Camps in Beaumont, Texas

Located in southeastern Texas, near the Texas-Louisiana border, Beaumont has many activities for residents and visitors alike. Botanical gardens, museums, golf courses and theaters are just some of the entertainment and cultural options available. During the summer months, Beaumont offers a variety of camp options for children on summer vacation. Children in Beaumont can engage themselves in unique educational and artistic camps and programs.

  1. Camp Lookinback

    • The John Jay French Museum offers Camp Lookinback, a four-day summer camp for children ages 6 to 11. The camp is designed to introduce children to historic Texas and the pioneer life of the 1800s and engage their interest with hands-on activities.

      Children who attend the camp will learn about Native American culture and leather-craft, how to brand, rope and care for cattle, how to quilt, how to use a Dutch oven for cooking, about the skills used by pioneers and the cultural significance of the museum.

      John Jay French Museum

      3025 French Road

      Beaumont, TX 77706

      409-898-0348

      jjfrench.com

    Lamar University

    • Lamar University has three fine arts summer camps and seven sports summer camps. The fine arts camps are four days long and are available to children and teenagers in grades six through 12. Participants can attend band camp, choir camp or dance camp. Each day of the fine arts camp is full of intensive group and one-on-one instruction.

      The seven different types of sports camps include soccer, volleyball, girls' and boys' basketball, tennis, baseball and football. Most of the sports camps are broken down by skill level and as such, many camps are available for children ages 5 and older.

      Lamar University

      4400 MLK Blvd.

      Beaumont, TX 77710

      409-880-7011

      lamar.edu

    Rao's Bake Camp

    • For the child interested in baking, Rao's Bakery provides half-day camps that teach children, from 5 to 12 years of age, how to decorate cakes and make cookies.

      The cake-decorating camp focuses on icing cakes, creating frosting borders and writing on cakes.

      In the cookies camp, children learn how to measure and mix ingredients, roll and bake cookie dough and decorate the finished cookies.

      At the end of the camp, participants are rewarded with recipes, a T-shirt, all the items they created and a bag full of decorating tips for baked goods.

      Rao's Bakery

      4440 Dowlen Road

      Beaumont, TX 77706

      409-347-3400

      raosbakery.com

    ArtVentures Summer Camp

    • The Art Museum of Southeast Texas provides the ArtVentures Summer Camp, a week-long program for children ages 4 to 14 that presents artistic education and instruction and covers different topics throughout the summer.

      This program exposes children to a variety of different types of art and then helps them to develop their own creative skills. Professional artists guide and assist the children with their artistic pieces.

      Topics that participants can choose include figure drawing, mural painting, oil painting and others.

      Art Museum of Southeast Texas

      500 Main St.

      Beaumont, TX 77701

      409-832-3432

      amset.org

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