SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR FALL BREAK CAMP!
A limited number of need-based scholarships for Fall Camps are now available. To be eligible, your child must be between the ages of 5 and 9 on the first day of the camp session they attend and must be enrolled in an Arizona Title I school for the 2026–2027 school year. Scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that scholarships are limited to one per child, and a separate application must be completed for each child in your family
Thanks to the generous support of Arizona Complete Health, Children’s Museum Tucson is pleased to offer a limited number of need-based scholarships for Fall Break Play Camp
Falling for Bricks Building Lab
9am-3pm| October 12-16, 2026 | Ages 5-9
Drop off starts at 8:30am
$295: Non-Members
$265: Members; discounts for siblings
Six bricks. Five days. Endless possibilities.
Get ready for a week where imagination takes the lead! During this brick-tastic Fall Break, campers will discover just how much they can create with six colorful bricks and a BIG imagination.
It’s hands-on, minds-on learning disguised as pure fun. Campers will wobble towers to the breaking point, build using touch alone, race the clock in team challenges, and dream up wacky creatures and silly stories — all while sneakily boosting their memory, focus, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. (Shhh, don’t tell them it’s good for their brains!)
With plenty of time for free building and creative exploration, every challenge encourages campers to test ideas, learn from mistakes, and celebrate their unique creations in a supportive, encouraging environment. By week’s end, your child will have built incredible structures — and their confidence, friendships, and the mindset of an engineer, inventor, architect, and storyteller.
Best of all, each camper goes home with two sets of six bricks, so the challenges, fun, and storytelling can keep going long after camp ends!
Fall Camp ages 5-6: FULL
Fall Camp ages 7-9: Low availability – Register today!
Full day camp!
9 am-3 pm, October 12-16
Ages 5-6 or 7-9
$295: Non-Members
$265: Members; discounts for siblings
CMT Summer Play Camps harness the power of play to grow a lifelong love of learning! These full-day adventures for ages 5-9 blend hands-on, minds-on exploration. From desert detectives to cardboard engineers, campers explore the world around them with abundant free play throughout the Museum. Campers develop creativity, curiosity, and essential skills while discovering the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and art with our experienced Education Guides.
Sonoran Desert Detectives
Your little detective will crack the case of how desert life survives and thrives in our amazing Sonoran home! Campers will leap, crawl and slither like desert animals while investigating the secret superpowers of cacti. From animal adaptations to plant detective work, this week is packed with wild movement, hands-on, minds-on discovery and eye-opening mysteries about the incredible creatures and plants right in our own backyard!
June 1-5 or July 6-10
Magical Light & Color Mixers
Get ready to unlock the secrets of rainbows, shadows and color wonders as your child becomes a light scientist and shadow artist! Campers will mix, play and experiment with light and paint to discover mind-blowing surprises. From dramatic shadow theater to color-mixing experiments, this week is where science meets spectacular and every discovery shines!
June 8-12 or July 13-17
Imaginative Inventors
Cardboard is about to become INCREDIBLE in your child’s hands! Campers will transform everyday materials into amazing contraptions that are both beautiful AND brilliant. Young engineers will create jaw-dropping designs that actually DO something while looking absolutely awesome. Get ready for a week of cutting, connecting, problem-solving and building contraptions so cool they deserve to be in a museum (and they will be)!
June 15-19 or July 20-24
Wonder Worlds & Character Creators
Your child’s imagination is about to explode into life as they design and build a miniature wonderland from scratch! Campers will become world-builders and storytellers, crafting tiny landscapes filled with magic, then creating puppets and characters to bring their fantastic tales to life. If your kiddo loves make-believe, creating characters and building imaginary worlds, this week of pure creative storytelling magic is calling their name!
June 22-26 or July 27-31
Thanks to our scholarship sponsor
Things to know
Camps begin at the Angel Charity for Children Education Center, 130 S. Scott Ave, just northwest of the Museum.
Drop-off starts at 8:30am
Lunch/Snack/Water
Please provide your child with a lunch, simple snack, and water bottle with their name on it each day. Lunches and snacks should be nut-free.
Refund Policy
To receive a refund, you must cancel at least 7 days before the camp session in which your child is registered. A refund will be issued minus a $25 processing fee if cancellation is received a full 7 days before camp start date.
Cancelled Camps
If the minimum enrollment in a particular camp is not met, CMT has the right to cancel the camp up 48 hours before the camp’s start date. A full refund will be made to any registered participant.
How to Register
Please register online at the links provided for each session. Read age ranges and dates carefully before registering.
Extra Museum Time
Each camper and one adult can visit the museum for free Monday-Friday during their camp week. Any additional adults or siblings will pay the regular admission price..
Questions? Call (520) 792-9985, option 5, or email [email protected]
“…thank you for your understanding care, concern, devotion, and obvious enjoyment of every child enrolled in the Play Camps…The excitement my granddaughter has for these camps tells me of the successful blend of FUN, planned creative activities, educational exploration and supervised free time for social play or focused quiet time each child needs.”