Build, Create, Explore: STEAM Summer Camps for Curious Kids 🐝

🌈 Intro: What Are STEAM Camps?

STEAM camps turn curiosity into confidence and questions into discoveries. 🧠✨
Instead of worksheets and lectures, kids get hands-on experiences where learning feels like play.

STEAM stands for:

• 🧪 Science
  ⚙️ Technology
  🏗️ Engineering
  🎨 Art
  ➕ Math
  
  

At STEAM camps, kids might build robots, design inventions, mix chemical reactions, code games, create art through science, or solve real-world problems—often without even realizing how much they’re learning.

🐝 Why Parents Love STEAM Camps

STEAM camps help kids:

• Build problem-solving and critical thinking skills
  Gain confidence trying new things
  Learn collaboration and communication
  Explore future interests in a low-pressure, fun environment
  Stay engaged during summer break without screens all day
  
  

They’re especially great for kids who love to ask “why?”… or kids who haven’t discovered what excites them yet.

💛 Why STEAM Camps Are Perfect for Summer

Summer STEAM camps offer:

• Short-term commitments (no full-year pressure)
  Small-group learning
  Project-based exploration
  A balance of creativity and logic
  
  

Whether your child dreams of being an engineer, artist, inventor, or just loves to tinker, STEAM camps give them space to explore who they are and what they enjoy.

✨ What You’ll Find in This Guide

In this guide, we’ve rounded up STEAM summer camps in Colorado Springs and surrounding areas, including:

• Camp names
  Dates and age ranges
  Pricing (when available)
  Direct registration links
  
  

So you can spend less time searching—and more time planning a summer your kids will love. 🐝💛

El Paso County, Colorado (Colorado Springs / Monument area)

1) SAME / U.S. Air Force Academy Engineering & Construction Camp (High School)

• Dates: June 21–27, 2026
  Price: $800 (includes lodging, meals, materials, instruction, mentoring)
  Who: Rising juniors/seniors (high school)
  Info: Hands-on engineering & construction camp hosted with USAFA
  
  

2) Falcon AeroLab — Intro to Programming/Robotics Camp

• Dates: July 20–24, 2026
  Time: 9:00am–3:00pm
  Price: $449 early bird (ends Feb 28, 2026) / $499 regular
  Info: Coding + robotics camp; limited spots
  
  

3) Camp Invention at Monument Academy East (Colorado Springs)

• Dates: June 1–5, 2026
  Time: 9:00am–3:30pm
  Price: $325
  Who: Children entering grades K–6 (plus Leaders-in-Training grades 7–9)
  
  

4) Colorado Adventure Point (Scouting) — STEAM / Engineering Tech Camps

• Price: $375 per camper (siblings $325)
  Info: Multiple 2026 weeks listed (STEAM + tech focus; teen STEM options also noted)
  
  

5) Western Museum of Mining & Industry (WMMI) — STEAM Summer Camps

• Location: 225 North Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921
  Times: AM 9–12, PM 1–4 (full day 9–4 with lunch not provided)
  Registration pages listed for: June Summer Camp Module 1 + July Summer Camp Module 2
  (Their registration platform wouldn’t show me the live price grid in a readable way, but the official registration links are included below.)
  
  

Douglas County, Colorado (Castle Rock / Castle Pines / Highlands Ranch / Parker)

These are weeklong camps posted by Douglas County Libraries (DCL) with dates + prices (several are STEAM/STEM/science themed):

1) Castle Pines — STEAM Challenge LEGO Camp (Snapology)

• Dates/Time: June 15–19, 9am–12pm
  Price: $200
  Ages: 5–10
  
  

2) Castle Pines — Fizz-Bang-Boom Science Camp

• Dates/Time: July 20–24, 9am–12pm
  Price: $250
  Ages: 5–10
  
  

3) Castle Rock — Claws, Codes & Constellations Science Camp (Mad Science)

• Dates/Time: July 6–10, 9am–12pm
  Price: $250
  Ages: 5–10
  
  

4) Parker — Escape Room STEM Camp

• Dates/Time: Aug 3–7, 9am–12pm
  Price: $250
  Ages: 8–12
  
  

(There are additional DCL camps that are LEGO/engineering-adjacent or STEAM cooking, etc. If you want every STEAM-ish one too, tell me and I’ll include those as well.)

Teller County, Colorado (Woodland Park / Divide / Florissant)

I’m not finding many public, fully-posted STEM summer camps with clear dates+prices in Teller right now, and at least one major local org’s camp pages are blocking access (so I can’t verify details to publish them confidently). If you want, I can still list the likely STEM providers in Teller and mark them as “needs confirmation” once their camp pages go live.