Douglas-Hart Nature Center 2204 DeWitt Avenue East

Mattoon, IL 61938 217-235-4644

Douglashartnc@consolidated.net www.dhnature.org

D-HNC Member Registration:

3/15-4/11

Public Registration: 4/12

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Douglas-Hart Nature Center Registration

1. Fill out a Camp Registration Form.

2. Fill out a Household Participant Form, if a form is not already on file.

3. Drop off or send payment (cash, check, or credit card) with forms to the Douglas-Hart Nature Center.

Summer Camp Policies At least 50% payment for camps is due with

registration and final payment is due by July 1st.

You may drop a child from a previously registered camp for a full refund as long as notice is given by 4pm on the Wednesday prior to the start of camp.

Please let us know if a child is unable to attend camp. If a child does not attend the first day of

camp without prior notification, the child will be dropped from the camp and a child on the waiting

list will be enrolled in their place.

Douglas-Hart Nature Center members receive priority for program registration. An annual family

membership is only $40 and an individual membership is just $25. See a staff member for

details on how to enroll as a member.

Please caution the number of camps per child to avoid burnout.

NEW!!!!! Only Douglas-Hart Nature Center members will receive a $5 off each additional camp

for four or more camps.

NEW!!!! The nature center will be using Fundphotos.com as a way for parents to see and

purchase photos of their children at camp. For every picture purchased Douglas-Hart will receive

10% of the proceeds.

NEW!!!! Each week we tried to offer a morning, 9am-Noon and an afternoon 1-5pm option for most

age groups. If your child registers for both the morning and afternoon camp we will provide lunch

supervision. Please send a sack lunch with your child each day. These camps are designated by the

green box around them, like this one.

Sense-ational Safari 7/28-8/1 • M-F •9am-Noon • Ages 5-7 • $28

Let’s use our five senses to see, hear, touch, smell and even taste our way into nature.

WEE WIGGLERS 7/28-8/1 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 5-7 • $30

It crawls & squiggles let’s see if it wiggles!

CREATIVE CREATIONS 8/4-8/8 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 4-7 • $28

Nature is our inspiration to painting, drawing, Upcycling and special crafts.

CREATIVE CREATIONS 8/4-8/8 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $28

Nature is our inspiration to painting, upcycling and special crafts. Must be comfortable with a glue gun.

OFF ROAD ADVENTURERS 8/5, 8/7 • T,Th • 1-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $25

How does creek walking, bike trails, and cornfield creeping sound?

ONE MORE DAY OF SUMMER…PLEASE?1?1

8/12 • T • 9-5pm • Ages 5-12 • $14 You must bring a change of clothes because we will

have fun, get muddy, get gooey, get wet and have an awesome ONE MORE DAY OF SUMMER FUN!

For detailed camp information and a

complete list of camp policies please visit our website at www.dhnature.org and

click on “calendar.”

The summer camp webpage has:

Complete list of camps with detailed descriptions

Registration form

Household participant form

A sample “day at camp” outline

Helpful Hints (What to bring to camp, bug

spray, heat, etc.)

Week Ten

Week Eleven

BUG A BOO 7/7-7/11 • M-F • 1-5pm• Ages 5-7• $30

Every day is a bug hunt!

CRITTER CAMP 7/14-7/18•M-F • 9am-Noon• Ages 8-12 • $28

I just love animals!

TRACK STARS 7/14-7/18 • M-F • 1-5pm• Ages 8-12 • $30

Become a wildlife tracker learning tracks and scat.

Jen’s Journalists 7/14-7/18 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 7-9• $28

Sketching, journaling, & documenting with video and photography – lets capture nature!

WINGIN’ IT 7/14-7/18•M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 7-9 • $30

What a bird bonanza kind of camp!

UN-BEE-LIEVABLE 7/14-7/18 • M-F • 9am-Noon• Ages 5-7• $28

Learn to be a beekeeper & the workings of a hive!

MYTHS n LEGENDS 7/21-7/25 • M-F •9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $28

Real or make believe? Mermaids, bigfoot, and more!

TREASURE QUEST 7/21-7/25 • M-F •1-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $30

Geocaching, letterboxing & questing mysteries.

GROWING WILD 7/21-7/25 • M-F •9am-Noon • Ages 7-9 • $28

Trees, plants, and weeds….yippee!

Gourmet Gardeners 7/21-7/25 • M-F •1-5pm • Ages 7-9• $30

Do you have a green thumb? This garden camp includes harvesting food and making yummy snacks!

FAIRY TALES

7/21-7/25 • M-F •1-5pm • Ages 5-7 • $30 Fairies, elves, and gnomes oh my!

CAMP RUNAMUCK 7/28-8/1 • M-F •9am-Noon • Ages 7-9 • $28

This is a fly by the seat of your pants kind of camp!

BUGS N SLUGS 7/28-8/1 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 7-9 • $30

Eww…bugs…gross…slugs!

BUDDING NATURALIST A

6/2, 7/7, 8/11 • M • 10-11am • Ages 2-4 with adult • $10 Sing, dance, craft & play - learn about nature each day!

BUDDING NATURALIST B 6/5, 7/3, 8/7 • Th • 10-11am • Ages 2-4 with adult • $10

Sing, dance, craft & play - learn about nature each day!

HAPPY CAMPER A 6/3 • T • 1-3pm • Ages 4-5 • $4

Hey preschoolers, start your summer off being a Happy Camper. This camp is perfect for first time campers.

DUEL 6/5 •Th • 9am-5pm • Ages 7-9• $12

Team work and head to head competitions!

SNAP IT! 6/5 • Th • 9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $7

Frame it, zoom it, snap it! Bring your own digital camera to this nature photography class.

GRAND-CAMP 6/5 • Th • 1-5pm • Ages 5-10 w/ adult • $5

Curious what goes on at camp? Come on out for an afternoon of camp experience to share with your child.

ANIMAL APPRENTICE 6/6, 7/11, 8/8 • F • 9am-noon, except 8/8 9am-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $75

Do you have a love for animals? This year’s learning experiences are all new and includes a trip to the U of I.

NATURE PLAY 6/7 • S • 9am-5pm • Ages 7-9 • $12

Curious what goes on at camp? Come on out for a day of nature play and crafts! Lunch included.

NATURE’S FURY 6/9-6/13 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 7-10 • $28

Earthquakes, tornadoes, volcanoes. Let’s explore nature’s destructive side.

ECO-ENGINEERS 6/9-6/13 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 7-10 • $30

Buildings, bridges and Inventions – nature did it first!

GIRL SCOUT CAMP 6/9-6/13 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages Brownies, Juniors & Cadettes • $30

Brownies: Making Friends, Snacks & My Best Self Juniors: Scribe, Social Butterfly & Staying Fit

Cadettes: Book Artist, Science of Happiness & Eating For Beauty

TWILIGHT 6/12, 7/10, 8/7 • Th • 6-9pm • Ages 7-12 • $20

Stay out late?! Bats? Lightning Bugs? I’m there!!!

MAD SCIENTIST 6/30-7/3 • M-Th • 9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $23

Mad scientist experiments await!

MYTHBUSTERS 6/30-7/3 • M-Th • 1-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $25

Can you get warts from a toad or tell temperature by cricket chirps? We’ll put nature myths to the test.

Going Native 6/30-7/3 • M-Th • 9am-Noon • Ages 7-9 • $23

Explore & live off the land like early Native Americans.

Westward HO! 6/30-7/3 • M-Th • 1-5pm • Ages 7-9 • $25

Look mom and dad, I’m a cowboy!

EXPLORE S’MORE 6/30-7/3 • M-Th • 9am-Noon • Ages 5-7 • $23

Hiking, games and S’mores on Thursday!

WEBLOS CAMP 6/30, 7/2 • M, W • 1-5pm • Webelos • $12

Webelos will complete their Outdoor Activity Award, Leave No Trace Award and the “Outdoorsman” badge.

DAISY GIRL SCOUT CAMP 7/1 •T • 9am-Noon • Daisy’s • $8

Explore Rosie and Clover through crafts and games. CUB SCOUT CAMP

7/1 • T • 1-5pm • Tiger • $8 Tigers, Wolves, & Bears will earn the Outdoor Activity

Award plus the Leave No Trace Award.

FISHING FUN 7/5 • S • 9am-Noon • ages 8-12 • $5

Make your own secret bait and fish the morning away! Bring your own pole, or borrow one of ours.

HOORAY FOR HERPS 7/7-7/11 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $28

Slick and slimy, slinky and scaly…….dive into the world of frogs, snakes, turtles and more!

WADE INTO WATER 7/7-7/11 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $30 Splash it, wade it, sink it…water fun!

Sticks N Stones 7/7-7/11 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 7-9 • $28 Good ol’ nature fun with sticks n stones.

ANIMAL ATHLETES 7/7-7/11 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 7-9 • $30

Jump, run, leap – a camp for the very active!

WEE WADERS 6/9-6/13 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 5-7 • $28 Splash and play in the mud like the big kids.

HUNGRY HUNGRY CRITTERS 6/9-6/13 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 5-7 • $30

What’s munching munching and won’t stop crunching? Explore the lives of hungry hungry critters at D-HNC.

CAN U DIG IT?! 6/16-6/20 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $28

We’ll dig our way into fossil fun!

CAMP ROCK 6/16-6/20 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $30

We’ll work on a rock collection, crush geodes, erupt a volcano, and field trip to rock quarry or similar.

STORYTIME SAFARI 6/16-6/20 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 5-7 • $28

What storybook will lead us exploring today?

Whoooooo Goes There?! 6/16-6/20 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 5-7 • $30

A wee ones camp about owls and feathered friends.

BOY SCOUT CAMP 6/16-6/20 • M-F • 1-5pm • Boy Scouts • $30

Earn the entire First Aid merit badge and fulfill many requirements in the Hiking and Camping merit badges.

WILDERNESS WISE 6/23-6/27 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 8-12 • $28

Building fires, edible plants and navigation - learn to survive the elements of nature!

TRIBAL CAMP 6/23-6/27 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 8-12 • $30

Capture the flag, game show challenges, and more!

Eww….Gross 6/23-6/27 • M-F • 9am-Noon • Ages 7-9 • $28

The camp name says it all!

SLIME-TIME 6/23-6/27 • M-F • 1-5pm • Ages 7-9 • $30

Gak & goop - another gross-tacular camp!

Happy Camper B 6/24, 6/26 • T, Th • 9am-Noon • Ages 4-6 • $12

Perfect for first time campers.

IMAGINE THAT 6/24, 6/26 • T, Th • 1-5pm • Ages 4-6 • $12

What if we were a cloud in the sky or a small bug!

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