Proposed Camps For 2027
🌾 Dudley Farm Camp Details
Location: The Dudley Farm Museum, Guilford, CT
Ages: 6–11
Camp Size: 25 campers, per week
July 2027 Days & Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Camper Brings: Lunch, refillable water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing
Cost: Approximately $225 per week ~ TBD
Out-of-Town Rate: Approximately $245 per week ~ TBD
🌿 Week 1: Dawnland Explorers
Step back in time and discover the Indigenous history of the land we call home. Campers will explore the Dawnland Museum, participate in an archaeology dig, learn about traditional technologies through flintknapping, and decorate and practice throwing an atlatl. Through hands-on activities and outdoor exploration, campers will develop a deeper appreciation for the people, traditions, and relationship with the land that existed here long before the farm.
🕰️ Week 2: Time Travelers on the Farm
Travel back to the 1800s and experience what life was like on a historic Connecticut farm. Campers will play historic games, dress in period costumes, explore the Historic Farmhouse, try woodworking and blacksmithing, make butter, cook using cast iron, learn about beekeeping, and experience historic transportation through wagon and carriage rides. Every day offers a new opportunity to discover how families lived, worked, cooked, traveled, and played in the past.
🎭 Week 3: Imagination on the Farm
Let your imagination run wild! Campers will use the farm as their stage and studio through theater, storytelling, arts, and crafts. From creating characters and acting out stories to making their own works of art, campers will have the opportunity to express themselves, collaborate with others, and turn their ideas into something they can share.
🦉 Week 4: Curious Creatures
Get ready to investigate the amazing animals and wildlife that call Dudley Farm and its surrounding habitats home! Campers will explore nature through birding, nature walks, scavenger hunts, trail cameras, and beekeeping. Campers will become junior nature detectives as they observe, investigate, and discover the creatures living all around them.
🌻 Week 5: Makers, Markets & Money
What does it take to turn something grown or made on a farm into a product people want to buy? Campers will meet farmers and market professionals, learn about market manners, prepare products, count change, create advertisements, and explore the business behind a farmers market. The week culminates in a Dudley Farm Pop-Up Farmers Market, where campers put their new skills to work and experience what it is like to be a maker, marketer, and young entrepreneur.
🌱 Every Week at Dudley Farm Camp
No matter which week campers attend, they will have opportunities to care for farm animals, water and weed the Heritage Garden, garden, enjoy water play, explore the farm, and spend time outdoors. And, of course, Fridays mean Popsicle Party!