Summer Camps for ages 10–11 in Tempe.
24 camps in Tempe accept ages 10–11. Median week: $140; range $100–$200.
Tween-targeted summer camps in Tempe skew either deeper-specialty (the kid has been doing this thing since age 7 and now wants the intensive version) or harder-fun (high-adrenaline activities the under-10 set can't do). The middle is harder to find than parents expect — there's a real "I outgrew the day camp but I'm not ready for sleepaway" gap.
Top 20 camps
- Ceramics; Clay Creatives - Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 9–11 · $140/week
- Ceramics; Sculpt Squad - Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 10–12 · $140/week
- Create a Play; Cottage Core- Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 10–12 · $80/week
- Create a Play; Y2K- Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 10–12 · $100/week
- Drama & Design; Improv Island- Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 8–10 · $100/week
- Drama & Design; Spotlight - Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 8–10 · $80/week
- Printmaking; Block Party - Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 9–11 · $100/week
- Printmaking; Press Lab - Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 9–11 · $100/week
- Textiles; Fabric Lab - Summer Camp · Edna Vihel Arts Ctr · Ages 9–11 · $100/week
- Summer Camp - Arizona Science Center; Fire & Ice · Clark Park Cmty Ctr · Ages 8–12 · $150/week
- Summer Camp - AZ Science Center; Dinosauria: Science · Clark Park Cmty Ctr · Ages 8–12 · $150/week
- Summer Camp - Makers Lab: Create, Build, Innovate · Clark Park Cmty Ctr · Ages 8–12 · $160/week
- Roblox Developer: Imaginative Game Design · Tempe · Ages 10–12 · $1199/week
- Bouldering Project Summer Camp - Full Day · Tempe · Ages 4–12
- Bouldering Project Summer Camp - Half Day · Tempe · Ages 4–12
- Tempe Summer Camp Activity #86313 · Ages 6–12
- Tempe Summer Camp Activity #86314 · Ages 6–12
- Tempe Summer Camp Activity #86177 · Ages 10–15
- Girls Rock! Phoenix Summer Camp · New School for the Arts & Academics · Ages 9–17 · $400/week
- Zeke Jones' Sun Devil Wrestling Camps - Competition Team Camp - Jun 15-19 · Arizona State University · Ages 11–18 · $1006.25/week
↘ What to look for
If the kid has a specialty, lean into it — a third year of ballet camp at the same studio is more useful than a generic week. If they don't, prioritize camps that mix activities the kid hasn't tried (rock climbing, surfing, woodshop, coding) over more of the same. Watch for camps that herd 10–11s into the same groups as 6-year-olds; that's a tell.