Extreme Summer Camps
Goodbye, crafts and color wars. Hello, explosives and Dianetics. Some summer camps for kids with very specialized interests.
Lil' Angels Kids Spa Camp
(Newark, Delaware)
Activities: Etiquette, modeling, mani/pedi, and facial skills in a "magical milieu." Plus: "Limousine field trips every week—because only the best will do!"
What to Pack: Mommy's platinum American Express card
American Idol Camp
(Lake Arrowhead, California)
Activities: Singing, dancing, developing "personal style." Includes "master classes" by past Idol finalists such as Vonzell "Baby V" Solomon, but no guarantee that you'll end up on the show.
What to Pack: A thick skin
Wagon Train Junior Camp
(Hume, California)
Activities: Discipleship in a Wild West setting. Campers sleep in covered wagons, eat at the Outpost, and study the Good Book with counselors like Wagonmaster Shep and Pancho Peet.
What to Pack: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammo" T-shirt
Food Allergy Summer Camp
(Edmonton, Alberta)
Activities: Dietary restriction-themed storybooks at bedtime. Milk-free, egg-free, and nut-free cinnamon buns!
What to Pack: EpiPen...just in case
Scientology Camp
(Sheridan, Oregon)
Activities: With L. Ron Hubbard's study program, "the world of knowledge becomes fully accessible and a young person with abilities and interest discovers his unlimited potential for success." Plus: Tom Cruise's kids are rumored to go there.
What to Pack: Solar E-Meter
Spy Camp
(Lake Como, Pennsylvania)
Activities: "Martial arts, code breaking, surveillance techniques and undercover maneuvers." Plus evasive driving and paintball.
What to Pack: Spy camera (boys); camera-jamming device (girls)
Summer Explosives Camp
(Rolla, Missouri)
Activities: Blowing stuff up. To attend, kids write an essay titled "Why I Am Interested in a Career Focusing on the Application of Explosives."
What to Pack: atf waiver
Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids
(Papillion, Nebraska)
Activities: Lessons on "the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, Hunter Safety and law, International Bow Education" from the man who brought us "Jailbait," "I Am a Predator," and "Bridge Over Troubled Daughters."
What to Pack: Hunter-orange Ritalin dispenser
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Kiera, would it be OK if I packed up my three teenagers and sent them to YOU for the summer?
I'm sure you know best how to deal with them.
You forgot the Financial Planner camp
which describes how to pick a stock
and bond portfolio. What to bring :
graphing calculator, all of Lou Rukeysers books.
What about 'parents with too much money and no common sense' camp?
My summer camping was more of a traditional type. As a family, we slept in tents all over California; cooked our meals over the open flame; learned about the various vegetation for each region; met people from various social classes. But you know what? I don't miss those times at all. Migrant field work isn't as glamorous as it appears to be.
