Summer Camps for ages 8–9 in St Paul.
52 camps in St Paul accept ages 8–9. Median week: $390; range $249–$475.
8–9 is the sweet spot for St Paul 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
- Prehistoric Times · Como Park · Ages 6–8 · $390/week
- Como-Pros · Como Park · Ages 8–10 · $390/week
- Camp Edenwood · Eden Prairie, MN · Ages 5–21 · $1360/week
- Code Ninjas Plymouth Summer Camps · Plymouth · Ages 5–14 · $249/week
- Code Ninjas Plymouth Half-Day Morning Camp · Plymouth · Ages 5–14 · $249/week
- Code Ninjas Plymouth Half-Day Afternoon Camp · Plymouth · Ages 5–14 · $249/week
- Code Ninjas Plymouth Full-Day Camp · Plymouth · Ages 5–14 · $400/week
- Rice Lake Elementary School - Camp Invention: Spark · Rice Lake Elementary School · Ages 5–12
- Edgewood Primary School - Camp Invention: Spark · Edgewood Primary School · Ages 5–12
- Plymouth Community Intermediate School - Camp Invention: Spark · Plymouth Community Intermediate School · Ages 5–12
- Mounds Park Academy - Camp Invention: Spark · Mounds Park Academy · Ages 5–12
- Northdale Middle School - Camp Invention: Spark · Northdale Middle School · Ages 5–12
- Birchview Elementary School - Camp Invention: Spark · Birchview Elementary School · Ages 5–12
- Northdale Middle School - Camp Invention: Recharge · Northdale Middle School · Ages 5–12
- Saint Paul Parks and Recreation Summer Camps · St. Paul, MN · Ages 5–17
- SPARC smALL Stars Sports Camp · Oak Grove · Ages 7–12 · $150/week
- Bugs: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly! · RW Farm Park · Ages 6–8 · $140/week
- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) at the Farm · RW Farm Park · Ages 8–10 · $140/week
- Horse Camp-Beginner · Equestrian Center · Ages 7–17 · $300/week
- Kayak Adventure Week · Lost Hill Park · Ages 9–15 · $225/week
↘ 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.