Best Summer Camps for Kids in Naperville

Updated March 2026 • Curated by NaperKids

Planning summer 2026? Naperville has an incredible selection of summer camps for every interest and age group. From sports and art to STEM, theater, and outdoor adventure, here are the best summer camps in the Naperville area to keep your kids active, learning, and having fun all summer long.
69 places • Naperville & surrounding area
🏆 Top Pick

Children of America Oswego

★★★★★ 5
📍 Oswego

Summer camp and daycare programs

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 882-5105 Full details →
⭐ Highly Rated

Valhallan Esports Training

★★★★★ 5
📍 Plainfield

Venue for: Valhallan Esports Training Roblox Studio Summer Camp

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 267-0135 Full details →
👍 Parent Favorite

The Little Gym of Naperville

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4 months-12 years

Physical development center offering non-competitive programs including parent/child classes, gymnastics, dance, sports prep, camps, and birthday part...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 303-9669 Full details →

Imagine Performing Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Ages 4-13

1-week theatre camps. Each session has a theme. Kids devise their own play, learn drama games, develop characters, learn Broadway musical numbers. Inf...

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 860-7789 Full details →

Skill Samurai Aurora/Naperville

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 5-14

Coding and robotics enrichment classes in-person or online, plus summer camps.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 426-1617 Full details →

Plainfield's Best Summer Camp

★★★★★ 5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Various

Sports, arts, dance, and safety education in a supervised environment. Summer and after-school programs.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

iD Tech Camps at Benedictine University

★★★★★ 5
📍 Lisle • 👤 Kids and teens

Coding, game development, robotics, 3D printing. Expert tech mentors. Summer camp format at Benedictine University campus.

🌐 Website 📞 (800) 246-2154 Full details →

Naperville Soccer Association (NSA)

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-23 years

Celebrating its 39th year, NSA was the first traveling soccer club formed in Naperville in 1986. Offers elite travel soccer with USSF/NSCAA certified ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 335-7668 Full details →

Camps at Naperville Yard & Westmont Yard

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville

Sports and Fun CampsWestmont Yard: 233 W. 63rd St., Westmont IL 60559Naperville Yard: 1607 Legacy Circle, Naperville, IL 60563

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 245-1100 Full details →

Breakthrough Basketball Camp at IBA Naperville

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 3rd grade - 8th grade

Basketball camp hosted at Illinois Basketball Academy focused on developing better scoring moves, ball handling, and playmaking ability. Coaches focus...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 442-1560 Full details →

Spiders FC

★★★★ 4.9
📍 North Aurora • 👤 U7 to U14 (approximately 6-14 years)

Youth Soccer Academy with a mission to make soccer accessible for the entire community. Serves areas including Oswego, Aurora, Plainfield, and Napervi...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 740-9921 Full details →

The Conservation Foundation - McDonald Farm Nature Camps

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 Entering grades 1-3 (Early Elementary); other sessions available

Small group nature camps at McDonald Farm in Naperville. Half-day camps (9am-12pm) Mon-Fri with unique weekly themes. Children explore native prairie,...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 428-4500 Full details →

Red Oak Nature Center

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Aurora • 👤 Ages 2-13 (camps), Pre-K to 8th grade (school programs) • 🌟 Free

40+ acres of forest along Fox River. Live animal exhibits, hands-on learning stations, 6 hiking trails. Summer camps for ages 2-13. Free parking. Phon...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-1808 Full details →

Knoch Knolls Nature Center - Free Nature Discovery Days

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 18 months to 10 years • 🌟 Free

Free drop-in Nature Discovery Days during winter (Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar) and two weeks each summer (August). Indoor self-guided activities for families w...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 864-3964 Full details →

Youth Actors

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville

Summer camps and kids theater classes

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-9212 Full details →

Wilton Sweet Studio

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 6-16

Hands-on baking and decorating camps at Wilton corporate headquarters. Each camper gets own workstation and tools. Summer camps available.

🌐 Website 📞 (800) 794-5866 Full details →

Big Time Ninja

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 Kids and adults • 🌟 Free

Ninja gym with obstacle courses. Kids and adult open gym sessions (4 kids, 3 adult per week). Drop-ins welcome. Camps, parties, and competitions avail...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 312-8873 Full details →

My Gym Wheaton

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Wheaton • 👤 6 weeks - 10 years

Gymnastics, fitness classes, Mommy & Me, camps, birthday parties. Open gym for members. Non-competitive: bars, vault, beam, tumbling. Mon-Fri 9AM-7PM,...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 499-1299 Full details →

Code Ninjas Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Kids/teens (typically 7-14)

Learn to code on proprietary platform. Camps run Mon-Fri, AM (9AM-12PM) and PM (12:30-3:30PM). Year-round programs and summer camps.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 229-8922 Full details →

Nike Basketball Camps at Shoot 360 Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 10-14

Coed clinic combining expert coaching with cutting-edge Shoot 360 technology including AI-driven analytics, interactive drills, and live gameplay. Pla...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 593-3006 Full details →

Shoot 360 Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 5-14+ (varies by program)

State-of-the-art basketball training facility using advanced technology including AI-driven analytics, NBA-level shot tracking, interactive drills, an...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 593-3006 Full details →

Code Wiz

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Youth

Personalized coding and robotics classes. Summer camp options available.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 300-3636 Full details →

Blackwell Forest Preserve

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Warrenville • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free

Hiking, picnicking, archery, fishing, boating, tubing, camping. Camping Fri-Sat nights May-September. Great for family outings.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 933-7200 Full details →

Chasers Laser Tag

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 6+

Family entertainment center specializing in birthday parties. Also hosts scout, camp, school, and team building events. Activities include laser tag, ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 851-6930 Full details →

Camp Red Kite - Chicago Children's Theatre

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Chicago • 👤 Ages 8-22 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Dynamic theatre day camp for young people on the autism spectrum. Campers ages 8-22 explore drama, music, and visual arts during three fun-filled week...

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 227-0180 Full details →

Danada Equestrian Center

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Wheaton • 👤 10-adult

Group, private, or semi-private horseback riding lessons for ages 12+ year-round. Seasonal camps for ages 10-14.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 668-6012 Full details →

Purple Brush Art Studio

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Weekly art classes and summer camps for ages 3 and up. Drawing, painting, and mixed media.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 537-0039 Full details →

Xplore Tumbling and Gymnastics

★★★★ 4.7
📍 North Aurora • 👤 Kids through teens

Multiple tumbling levels from beginner (handstands/cartwheels) to advanced. Focus on strength, coordination, self-esteem. Summer camps available.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 229-6115 Full details →

Fox Valley Special Recreation Association (FVSRA)

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Formed in 1976, provides over 600 year-round programs and special events annually for residents with disabilities. Programs range from fitness to craf...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 907-1114 Full details →

Moves Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Wheaton • 👤 All ages

Dance classes, camps, theatre programs. Ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, creativity, performance. Award-winning competitive dance program.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 264-6300 Full details →

Lyman Woods Nature Center

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Ages 4-14

Nature programs including archery, beekeeping, astronomy, wilderness skills. Field trips: Fascinating Forests, Wetland Wonders, Incredible Insects, So...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 963-9388 Full details →

Color Me Mine Naperville

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Paint-your-own pottery studio offering walk-in painting, parties, camps, and classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 778-1000 Full details →

My Gym Aurora/Naperville

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Aurora • 👤 6 weeks-10 years

Kids birthday parties, Mommy and Me, gymnastics camps and programs. Confidence-building activities for young children.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 499-1299 Full details →

Hot Shots Sports - Wheaton

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Wheaton • 👤 2-18 years

Youth sports education program offering soccer classes, camps, and skill development at the Wheaton Park District Community Center. Programs include p...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 690-4880 Full details →

AZ Acres Riding

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Plainfield • 👤 7 years and up

Riding lessons, summer camps, parties, group events. Hands-on experience with horses. No trail riding or boarding.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 474-5606 Full details →

Chicago Fire FC Youth Soccer / Residential Camp

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 6-19 years (general), 12-16 years (residential camp)

Youth soccer programs affiliated with Chicago Fire FC professional club. Delivers high-level soccer training for ages 6-19 with professional coaches, ...

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 944-0527 Full details →

Naper Settlement

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 0-adult

13-acre outdoor history museum with interactive exhibits, guided tours, seasonal events, Early Learning Playscape, splash pad, and summer camps. Admis...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 420-6010 Full details →

Naper Settlement - Sensory Friendly Saturdays

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Award-winning 13-acre outdoor history museum with 31 historical structures from the 1830s. Offers Sensory Friendly Saturdays with hands-on activities ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 420-6010 Full details →

TOCA Soccer Center Naperville

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 18 months to adult

The largest indoor soccer center in Chicagoland at 95,000 square feet. Features four indoor synthetic turf fields (three full-sized for 8v8, one small...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 470-6400 Full details →

BIG Gymnastics

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Burr Ridge • 👤 18 months - Adult

Women's recreational and competitive gymnastics and tumbling facility serving the Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, Downers Grove, and western suburbs area. Teach...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 323-6244 Full details →

Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association (NEDSRA)

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Addison • 👤 Ages 4+ • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Award-winning programs since 1977 for youth of all ages and abilities. Summer camps include Camp Exploration (school-age children with autism), Camp I...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 620-4500 Full details →

Action Gymnastics

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 All ages

USAG member gym. Classes for various age groups, camps, and birthday parties. Phone: (630) 251-5506.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 969-0900 Full details →

Illinois Conservatory for the Arts

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 8-adult

Formerly Academy of the Arts. Located inside The Matrix Club offering classes, camps, and performances for adolescents, teens, and adults.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 243-5100 Full details →

Sky Zone Aurora

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages

Wall-to-wall trampolines, SkySlam dunking, Ultimate Dodgeball, foam zone. Sky Camp programs for kids. Birthday parties available.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 207-4759 Full details →

DuPage Children's Museum Tinkering Camp

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-10 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Hands-on adventure where kids explore materials, chase curiosity, and experiment. Part of museum summer programming.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-8000 Full details →

Cosley Zoo

★★★★ 4.4
📍 West Chicago • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free

Nationally accredited 5-acre zoo with 150+ animals representing 60+ native Illinois species including bobcats, foxes, goats, and sheep. Free admission...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 665-5534 Full details →

School of Rock Plainfield

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Plainfield • 👤 8 - 18 years (Rock 101 ages 8-13)

Guitar, drums, piano, bass, vocals, keys. Performance Program with live shows at local venues. Rock 101 for beginners (no experience needed). Music ca...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 792-4084 Full details →

Aurora Township Youth & Community Center

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 Ages 7-17 (and 18-year-old HS seniors) • 🌟 Free

Free after-school and summer programs. Gym, conference room, multi-purpose room, open recreation area. Open Mon-Sat.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 859-7501 Full details →

City of Aurora Summer Youth Programs

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 Youth • 🌟 Free

City-run summer youth programs including camps, activities, and free meal programs.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 859-7501 Full details →

Indian Boundary YMCA

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 6 months+ for swim lessons; various ages for sports and programs

Private and group swim lessons (starting at 6 months). Basketball and volleyball clinics. Early learning center, day camp, school age child care. Club...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 968-8400 Full details →

Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA)

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Carol Stream • 👤 All ages • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Cooperative extension of the Naperville Park District providing year-round recreational and social programs for children, teens, and adults with speci...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 681-0962 Full details →

DuPage County Forest Preserve

★★★★ 4.3
📍 DuPage County

22 summer day camps for kids and teens

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 933-7248 Full details →

DuPage Forest Preserve - Summer Day Camps

★★★★ 4.3
📍 DuPage County • 👤 Entering grades 1-8

Summer camps for kids entering 1st through 8th grades focusing on nature and STEM. Themes include Illinois rocks, bird watching, and fishing skills. Q...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 933-7248 Full details →

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - Summer Camps

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Ages 4-14

Summer camps June 1 - August 14, 2026. Various programs for different grade levels.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 933-7248 Full details →

College of DuPage Youth Academy

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 Grades K-12

Enrichment classes for grades 1-8 at Naperville Center. Programs include speech, creative writing, chess, archery, culinary arts, game design, and STE...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 942-2208 Full details →

C.W. Avery Family YMCA

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Plainfield • 👤 6 months+ (Kids Corner); all ages for swim/sports

Family Aquatic Center & Indoor Waterpark, 8-lane lap pool, gymnasium, open gym hours, youth swim lessons, dance programs, sports leagues, summer day c...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 267-8600 Full details →

Wheaton College - Spring Break Staycation

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Wheaton • 👤 3-12 years • 🌟 Free

Spring Break week activities in Billy Graham Center Museum, Sports & Rec Complex, Wade Center. Story time, scavenger hunts, open gym, open pool, movie...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 752-5000 Full details →

DuPage Figure Skating Club

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages and levels

One of the largest US Figure Skating clubs in the nation, incorporated in 1976. Offers testing, competitions (DuPage Open), developmental clinics, cam...

🌐 Website 📞 See website Full details →

A Kid's Kitchen

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-18

Introduces children to cooking using nutritious ingredients in a professional kitchen. Parent & Child, Teen Camps, Summer/Winter Break Camps, Birthday...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 983-3663 Full details →

BeAKid Lisle

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Lisle

After-school and summer programs for kids

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 858-2462 Full details →

Team Chicago Soccer Club

★★★★ 4
📍 Aurora • 👤 7-23 years (U7-U23)

The elite club soccer program of the Wheatland Athletic Association, composed of boys and girls traveling soccer teams from U7 to U23. Offers Futures ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 978-8244 Full details →

North Central College Soccer Camps

★★★ 3.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Youth through high school

North Central College in downtown Naperville opens its campus each summer for youth sports camps including soccer. Camps are led by college coaching s...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-5100 Full details →

AdvantageYOU Tennis (City of Aurora)

★★★ 3.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 5-18+

Exclusive provider for tennis and pickleball programming for the City of Aurora. Offers a wide range of youth and adult programs at various recreation...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-0516 Full details →

City of Aurora - Art Education

★★★ 3.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 Varies

Art education programs including Summer Art Classes and STEM-Powered History Camp.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-0516 Full details →

City of Aurora - Music Education

★★★ 3.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 All skill levels

Music classes and camps for all skill levels.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-0516 Full details →

Kids STEM Studio

★★★ 3.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-14

Weekly enrichment classes covering robotics, coding, and game design for ages 4-14. Kids as young as 4 learn coding basics with visual programming. Su...

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 757-5000 Full details →

Club SciKidz - Naperville

📍 Naperville • 👤 K-8

STEM curriculum featuring hands-on experiments and projects for summer camps and after-school programs.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 461-4211 Full details →

Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA) - Summer@IMSA

📍 Aurora • 👤 Grades K and up

Summer day programs and Saturday programming. Robotics camp with Sphero BOLT robots, coding missions and challenges.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 907-5000 Full details →

Naperville Youth Club - STEM Camps

📍 Naperville • 👤 Youth

Hands-on STEM camps designed to spark curiosity and build essential skills in science, technology, engineering, and math.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 822-6530 Full details →

Frequently Asked Questions

When should I register for summer camps in Naperville?

Most Naperville summer camps open registration in January-March. Popular camps fill up fast, so we recommend registering early. Check individual listings for specific registration dates.

What types of summer camps are available in Naperville?

Naperville offers sports camps, STEM/coding camps, art camps, theater camps, outdoor adventure camps, dance camps, music camps, and multi-activity day camps. Most run weekly sessions from June through August.

How much do summer camps cost in Naperville?

Summer camp costs in Naperville vary widely. Half-day camps typically run $150-$300/week, while full-day specialty camps range from $250-$500/week. Many offer sibling discounts and early-bird pricing.

Are there summer camps for toddlers in Naperville?

Yes! Several Naperville programs offer mini-camps or summer sessions for ages 2-5, typically half-day programs focused on play, socialization, arts, and movement.

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