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Specialty Summer Camps in Chicago.

11 specialty camps in Chicago. Median week: $245; range $73–$550.

Specialty camps — the long tail in Chicago that don't fit the traditional / STEM / sports / arts buckets — cover everything from culinary to skateboarding to filmmaking to debate. They tend to be smaller, more expensive per week, and more variable in quality.

Top 11 camps

  1. Camp One Step - Milwaukee Day Camp · Camp One Step - Milwaukee Day Camp · Ages 5–10
  2. Camp One Step - Brain Tumor Family Camp · Camp One Step - Brain Tumor Family Camp · Ages 0–19
  3. Camp One Step - Sibling Camp · Camp One Step - Sibling Camp · Ages 8–19
  4. Camp One Step - Summer Camp · Camp One Step - Summer Camp · Ages 17–19
  5. Camp One Step - Adventure Camp · Camp One Step - Adventure Camp · Ages 17–19
  6. Camp One Step · Camp One Step · Ages 7–19
  7. Preschool Camp Cool Summer Eats · Washington Park Pavilion · Ages 3–5 · $73/week
  8. Cook + Create Camp · Wicker Park · Ages 5–12 · $550/week
  9. CPS Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Camps · Various CPS High Schools · Ages 11–15
  10. The Second City - Summer Comedy Camps · New York, NY · Ages 8–18 · $675/week
  11. Bloom Yoga Studio Yoga & Art Summer Camp · Bloom Yoga Studio · Ages 5–10 · $245/week

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↘ What to look for

The smaller the niche, the more the instructor matters — ask who's running it and what they do the other 50 weeks of the year. Watch for camps that brand themselves around a hot topic (coding, podcasting, robotics) but staff with general-purpose summer counselors. The right specialty week leaves the kid with a real artifact (a film, a recipe book, a podcast episode) — not a participation certificate.

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