Summer Camps for ages 8–9 in Atlanta.
60 camps in Atlanta accept ages 8–9. Median week: $400; range $275–$450.
8–9 is the sweet spot for Atlanta summer camps — kids can do a real specialty week (one-sport intensive, theater production, full-day STEM build), they can handle a longer drop-off, and most are ready for an overnight if you go that route. Catalog depth peaks here too: nearly every camp in town accepts this band.
Top 20 camps
- Aurora Day Camp · Aurora Day Camp · Ages 3–16
- Center for Puppetry Arts Puppet Camp (Grades 2-3) · Center for Puppetry Arts · Ages 7–8 · $400/week
- Center for Puppetry Arts Puppet Camp (Grades 4-5) · Center for Puppetry Arts · Ages 9–10 · $400/week
- iD Tech Camps at Georgia Institute of Technology · Midtown Atlanta · Ages 7–17 · $1329/week
- iD Tech Camp - Minecraft Game Design at Georgia Institute of Technology · Midtown Atlanta · Ages 7–9 · $1109/week
- iD Tech Camp - Roblox Game Design at Georgia Institute of Technology · Midtown Atlanta · Ages 7–9 · $1229/week
- iD Tech Camp - Coding 101 at Georgia Institute of Technology · Midtown Atlanta · Ages 7–9 · $1229/week
- Metropolitan Community Development - Camp Invention: Spark · Metropolitan Community Development · Ages 5–12
- Camp Best Friends · Various locations in Atlanta · Ages 5–12
- Camp Best Friends · Various Recreation Centers · Ages 5–18
- YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta - Blank/Intown Youth Y - Day Camps - Jun 15-19 · Intown · Ages 5–12 · $210/week
- YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta - Blank/Intown Youth Y - Day Camps - Jun 22-26 · Intown · Ages 5–12
- YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta - Carver/South Atlanta Y - Day Camps · South Atlanta · Ages 5–13
- Center for Puppetry Arts - Puppet Camp · Atlanta · Ages 5–12 · $380/week
- Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education Summer Programs (Ages 8-12) · Westside · Ages 8–12 · $450/week
- Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta - German Summer Camp · Midtown · Ages 5–14 · $395/week
- High Museum of Art Camp · Midtown · Ages 6–14 · $400/week
- Team Central Rock Summer Combined Training Camp · Central Rock Gym Atlanta & Central Rock Gym Atlanta Bouldering · Ages 7–17 · $800/week
- Team Central Rock Summer Combined Training Camp · Central Rock Gym Atlanta & Central Rock Gym Atlanta Bouldering · Ages 7–17 · $800/week
- Black Girls Code Summer Camp - Atlanta · Atlanta · Ages 7–17
↘ What to look for
Push past the marketing copy on what the camp actually does. A one-week "robotics camp" might mean kids assemble pre-cut kits, OR it might mean they design from scratch using parts from a real makerspace — those are different products at the same price point. Ask for the daily schedule, sample project photos, and whether the instructors are practitioners or college kids.