Summer ZooCamp is Just Around the Corner!

June 23 - August 15, 2008
9am-3pm
Price: Zoo members $240/week - Non-members $300/week
Extended care: Morning (7:30 - 9am) $35/week
Afternoon (3 - 5:30pm) $60/week
For additional information, please call 323/644-4211.

Click here to download the registration forms.
Click here to learn about scholarship opportunities for Zoo Troop camps (Ages 8 and 9) .

Critter Club (Ages 4 and 5)

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Storytime Safari
Get ready for a week of page-turning adventures as we use stories to discover the wild world of animals. Whether it is Curious George, Miss Spider, or Stellauna, favorite animal books will be the focus of games, art activities, and adventures through the Zoo!
July 21 – July 25, August 4 – August 8

Critter Jam
Can you boogie like a bongo? Get funky like a flamingo? Animals move in lots of different ways and you can too when you join us at the Zoo. This week we will move like our favorite animals and discover why they boogie, get funky, and jam to their own tunes.
July 28 – August 1, August 11 – August 15

Primate Adventures
Get your map and your explorer backpack for a primate adventure at the Zoo. Discover why apes and monkeys are special in this week-long exploration of the differences and similarities between primates and people.
July 21 – July 25, August 4 – August 8

Artistic Animals
Paint, sculpt, collage, and carve your way through a week of artistic fun. Explore the Zoo with an artist’s eye. Crayons, clay, watercolors, and paint will help bring to life the Zoo’s wild collection of plants and animals.
July 28 – August 1, July 14 – July 18, August 11 – August 15

Wild Bunch (Ages 6 and 7)

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Wild Impressions
Sculptures, sketches, and even little bitty dots!  Artists throughout time have chosen many different ways to depict animals in their art.  Make an impression with the Wild Bunch as we discover animals in art and get ready for a mess of inventive fun!
June 23 – June 27, July 7 – July 11, July 21 – July 25, August 4 – August 8

Monkey Business
Grab a vine and swing on into a week of monkeying around. Join our troop of primates as we explore the trees looking at lemurs, monkeys, and apes.
July 28 – August 1, August 11 – August 15

Furrific Felines
Are you cat crazy? Can you swim like a tiger, purr like a kitten, or roar like a lion? Find out how Zoo cats are just like our kitties at home and discover fundamentals of the feline world.
July 28 – August 1, August 11 – August 15

No Bone Zone
No bones about it! This week we’ll take an up-close and personal look at animals that do not have bones. Some have exoskeletons. Find out how other critters keep their mushy insides together! Let’s go beyond the bones and see what other unique bodies animals have.
July 21 – July 25, August 4 – August 8

Zoo Troop (Ages 8 and 9)

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Zoo Survivor
Teamwork is essential to staying alive! Escape to exotic lands for a week as we explore the wonders of the wild outdoors. Campers will participate in animal challenges, navigate obstacle courses, and test their brains with animal trivia and team-driven activities.
July 28 – August 1, August 11 – August 15

Comic Creatures
What makes a hero heroic? What’s so villainous about villains? In this week, you’ll meet some of the coolest creature-based characters of comics, film, and mythology. You’ll discover what makes them tick, and create your very own creature superhero and/or villain.
July 28 – August 1

Rebel Raptors
Get out your talons and rip into this week of raptor camp! Whether it’s diving at top speeds to catch prey or building nests on the edge of a cliff, we’ll discover what makes raptors the ultimate predators of the sky.
July 21 – July 25, August 4 – August 8

Simian Society
Club Simian offers an opportunity to help the primates that help us. Through interviews, art, and observation, we’ll discover the many ways apes and monkeys make the world a better place to live. Come and join Club Simian!
August 11 – August 15

Eco Explorers (Ages 10-12)

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Inspirational Artist
Join a long line of amazing artists who have been inspired by animals. We’ll explore these artists and the animals of the Los Angeles Zoo to create our own masterpieces. From mosaics and watercolors to sculpture and drawings we will uncover our own animal inspirations.
August 4 – August 8

Primate Planet
“A film like no other...” – LA Zoo News
“A monkey of a good time...” – Zoological Times
Join our crew as Primate Productions presents a trek through jungles and over mountains! Our adventure culminates in creating a fascinating and revealing documentary exploring the elusive world of apes and monkeys.
July 21 – July 25

Click here to download the registration forms