Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle-themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Discover gold coins and precious gems during obstacle courses and scavenger hunts for treasure! You will store your treasure in a treasure box for safe keeping! Create dinosaur and dragon art with a range of mediums and wait for baby dinosaurs to hatch from their eggs! Use telescopes on top of the castle, sift through the treasure sand pit for dinosaur fossils, participate in a magic bubbly dragon lava experiment, create treasure maps, drink blue dragon punch, and build castles, caves, and cities to play with dinosaurs and dragons! Create with play dough, squish treasure slime, and paint giant dragon shields that you will use to shield yourself from flying ping pong fireballs! On the last day of camp we will have a glow in the dark dinosaur dragon party with black lights, flashlights, glow sticks, balloons, games, and treasure treats! Come find your treasure!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (completing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced camp and teacher at MHEA)

Do you like green eggs and ham? Would you like them with a whole bunch of STEAM activities? In Dr. Seuss STEAM camp we will dive into a Dr. Seuss book each day and do fun themed activities including making fizzy green eggs and ham, apple stacking, making Oobleck and slime, dissolving candy fish, and doing lots of Seusstastic sensory activities and crafts! We will end the week making a fun Dr. Seuss snack! We will have a blast doing all things Dr. Seuss! Come join us!
Teacher: Taylor Ecker Borgerding (experienced preschool teacher at MHEA)

Embrace the power of your inner princess! Let your hair down like Rapunzel, create a winter wonderland with Elsa, and swim with Ariel on a journey of dancing, crafts, and fun!! We will become magical princesses in training by receiving a royal makeover in our very own Sassy Salon. We will do hair and nails and play princess games! Throughout the week, we will design our very own gowns, crowns, and wands. To show off our princess skills at the end of the week, we will have a Fancy Tea Party, so be sure to dress to impress! Come join me in this magical experience to become a princess!
Teacher: Alexa Westbrook (pursuing a B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia, 2nd summer at MHEA)

Get your sports on in this fun camp that combines team, recreational, and PE games! Campers will learn the values and essentials of different sports and have fun participating and getting exercise! Sportsmanship and teamwork are key to having fun! Join us as we play tried and true favorites and discover new games throughout the week. Campers will play basketball, soccer, flag football, balloon tennis, bowling, and so much more! There will be fun sports themed crafts that will keep the game alive even during our breaks! You are sure to have a ball at the Spectacular Sports Camp! (Students will also have lots of water breaks and an indoor classroom to cool off!
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major at University of North Georgia; Experienced camp & PE Teacher at MAEV Academy, certified GSHA coach)

Howdy Partners! Saddle up your horses for a week of fun in the Wild, Wild West! In this camp, we will learn about the life of cowboys and cowgirls on the range. Children will get to listen to cowboy stories, make snacks, and sing songs around the campfire. We will make sheriff badges, cactus crafts, and everyone will get to decorate their own cowboy hat! Ride alongside the wild horses and practice your lassoing skills! See all the WANTED posters and watch out for bandits along the way! This week we will learn about life in the desert by making crafts of horses, snakes, and cattle! Dust off your boots, put on your hat, and join the fun! Yeehaw!!
Teacher: Madison Watson (GSU Graduate, Experienced MHEA Assistant)

The time is on the clock! Come compete in fun minute to win it challenges against the clock to earn prizes and play with friends! Students will participate in a mummy wrap challenge, penny challenge, ping pong battle, and relay races! They will have water fun with a soaked sponge race and a go fishing game! Compete in the great cup pyramid challenge and more! Come join the timed challenge fun!
Teacher: Shabnam Shehee (experienced PE teacher at MAEV Academy and Personal Trainer)

Grab your passports for the trip of a lifetime! Join us as we take a four day round trip vacation beginning in the United States, to sightseeing in Italy, throwing boomerangs in Australia, and so much more. Travelers will begin their voyage by making passports, which they will use to collect stamps as they “visit'' different countries throughout the week. In just four days, we will visit all seven continents and learn about various countries around the world. Through stories, music, and projects, campers will become world travelers and maybe even return home with a couple souvenirs! So pack your bags and come along as we learn about new countries and cultures in a week you’ll never forget!
Teacher: M’Kaylah Jackson (Cherokee Bluff High School Graduate attending the University of Georgia in the fall and experienced MHEA assistant teacher)

Get the bait buckets ready, it's shark week! This fin-tastic week we will take a bite out of some amazing books teaching us about the wonders in the ocean below. We will make fun shark themed treats such as shark jello for all students to enjoy and recognize the depths of the ocean. We will play strategic building and problem solving games such as “Jumping the Planks” and “Sharks and Sailors.” Throughout the week as students learn about species of sharks and their natural beauty we will replicate many take home crafts such as a shark-nado!
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Georgia College and State University, Baldwin County children’s developmental center intern, experienced MHEA summer camp teacher)

Come to Ms. April’s Clubhouse for a Disney inspired week! We will join Mickey and the Gang on a magical journey as we dress up in costumes, read Disney books, play games and trivia, and make lots of crafts! Campers will go to Infinity and Beyond with Buzz and Woody and all their friends! Hakuna Matata... no worries... we will visit the African plains with Simba and Nala and make handprint art. We will continue our journey to Arendelle with Elsa and Anna and build a snowman, have a snowball fight, and ice paint. We will meet many other Disney characters along the way, so sign up today!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)

Calling all American Girls! In our American Girl camp, we will spend the week playing with our dolls, making doll sized crafts, and learning about some of the dolls American Girl has created! On our first day of camp, we will make doll sized items that will keep your doll extra cozy; a pillow, blanket, and rug! On day two get ready to open your own American Girl sweets shop! We will make lots of yummy doll sized crafts including cotton candy, snow cones, and cookies! Afterwards, we’ll play in the bakery with our dolls! On Wednesday, let’s get our dolls ready for the stage! AG dolls Tenney and Girl of The Year 2023 Kavi love all things music! We’ll make makeup pallets for our dolls, a microphone, and a musical instrument so our dolls can rock out! Once our dolls are ready to perform, we’ll have an American Girl concert where we will sing and dance to American Girl songs! On our last day, we’ll decorate a photo frame complete with a picture of you and your doll from the week so you’ll always remember the fun week we had! We’ll also create a modge podge American Girl mood board with some of your favorite pictures from inside a real American Girl catalog! We will finish our weeklong project- a canvas painting of a super cute elephant- Kavi’s favorite kind of animal. You do not want to miss this fun week learning about the American Girls!!
Teacher: Taylor Kuhn, B.S. Ed. (MAEV Academy 1st Grade Teacher)

When you hear the word CARNIVAL, what do you think of? Candy, games, roller coasters, and more! If you are ready to experience behind the scenes of carnivals, join Carnival Creations! We will explore recipes for carnival foods and play carnival games to earn prizes! Creation station comes next where we will create new carnival foods, games, and roller coasters! Admission cost to Carnival Creations: one creative kid per ticket! Sign up today before tickets are SOLD out!
Teacher: Michelle Grimes Ed.S. (Gift Certified, 27 years of elementary teacher experience grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at Spout Springs School of Enrichment; experienced camp teacher at MHEA)

Fairy training camp is a magical place where young fairies can come and spend their summer vacation! This camp is full of fun and adventure. From morning until afternoon, the fairies are kept busy with a variety of activities designed to help them hone in on their magical skills. They can learn how to fly with fairy wings, make fairy dust, and communicate with nature. In the afternoon, the fairies gather around to share stories, sing songs, and toast marshmallows. It's a place where fairies can make new friends, explore the great outdoors, and just be themselves!
Teacher: Ava Warrington (Cherokee Bluff High School graduate, Varsity Cheerleader, and experienced MHEA assistant)

Calling all cheerleaders! At this fun, spirit filled camp we will learn how to stretch, chant, tumble, dance, and smile big! We will use our team spirit to create game day crafts such as megaphones, spirit sticks, pom poms, noise makers, and our very own bow! We will put all of our new skills together to perform a band dance to show our friends and family on video! Bring big smiles and team spirit for a fun filled week of cheer!!
Teacher: Ava Hurdelbrink (Cherokee Bluff High School graduate attending Georgia Southern University in the fall; 8+ years of cheer experience; experienced MHEA summer camps assistant and teacher)

Does your child love the hit show Bluey? The Heeler family is hard not to love. Bluey is not only a fun show for kids to watch, but it also provides so many fun activities and games for families to play together! In this camp, we will utilize some fun, imaginative ideas from the show and play games such as Find the Fairies, Keepy Uppy, Hide and Seek, Follow the Leader, and more. We’ll have snacks that are yummy and Bluey themed! We’ll also be reading plenty of Bluey stories. Bluey and Bingo drawings and crafts are also a must! Everyone is encouraged to wear any of their favorite Bluey gear each day if they want! We can’t wait for all the fun memories that will be made this week! Inspired by Chelsea Novak, camp contest winner!
Teacher: Kelly Barron (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced camp teacher)

This week in Bugtopia we will be learning interesting insect facts, playing buggy games, and even eating bug-alicious snacks! Crawl, fly, or hop your way in to make camper cocoons, bring home firefly jars, play pin the fly to the web, and create your own ants, bumblebees, and ladybugs. I need help feeding my spidery friend for prizes, and going on a bug hunt! Get ready to have a blast with snail slime, salt-dough bugs, bug fossils, delicious dirt cups, and so much more!
Teacher: Erika Daniel, B.S.Ed. (elementary education graduate student from UGA, 3rd year teaching MHEA summer camps)

Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Green light racers, let's go!!!! In Hot Wheels camp, racers will build their very own race tracks to race their competitors. Racers will design their own license plates and create their ideal race cars through directed drawings. What good is a race car without a launch pad??? In this camp they will make launch pads using pool noodles to see whose car is the fastest! Each camper will make a race car to sport in a car show! In the spirit of competition, on the last day we will have several competitions, including a tire (chocolate donuts) eating contest, traffic cone ring toss, spoon races, pin the wheel on the car, and more! Sign your racers up now!! Inspired by Stephanie Strickland, contest winner!
Teacher: Kelly Barron (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced summer camp teacher)

Buckle up everyone, we're on our way to road trip across the USA! We will be visiting states as cold as Alaska to as hot as Hawaii! You will design your own van for the road trip, make on-the-go snacks, and learn about all the cool, interesting, and wacky things these states have to offer! The first state we’ll visit is Alaska where we’ll learn about different animals that inhabit this area! We will also have activities with ice and snow and discover the beauty of the Northern Lights! Next, we’ll be warming up in Hawaii with surfing balance lessons, a fizzy volcano activity, and a Luau party! Then we’ll be crossing over the map to the Big Apple, New York City! In the city we will see the Statue of Liberty and create our own cityscapes with blocks and Legos. You can make skyscrapers as tall as you want! Finally, we’ll end our week with the most magical place on Earth, Disney World in Florida! We will dance and sing to all Disney songs, construct our own roller coasters, and make Disney crafts! So come on and grab your backpacks and gear as we pile in for a road trip of fun!
Teacher: Audrey Higgins (English Education Major, Kennesaw State University)

It’s game time! Are you ready to put your skills to the test? Calling all sports fans to come compete at Ms. Heather’s this summer! Wear your athletic wear for our multi-sport tournament which will include exciting games of soccer, wiffleball, basketball, dodgeball, and so much more! We will learn the importance of teamwork and how to play various sports. Come prepared to play your hearts out and soak up the summer sun! All Stars Sports Camp would not be complete without having an ultimate water war to finish up the week! There will also be an indoor classroom for cool off breaks!
Teacher: Kennedy Habeeb (Freshman at Georgia Tech, Biomedical Engineering major, all star soccer player)

Are you an artist? This is the camp for you! During the week students will learn how to improve their art skills and learn about famous artists from around the world! Kids will learn different painting techniques such as painting with bubbles, tape resist watercolor painting, salt painting, and much more. By the end of the week, an amazing handmade portfolio with 10 + frame worthy art pieces will be sent home! Campers will celebrate their hard work with a fun art party! This week is going to be so much fun!
Teacher: Megan Vigneri (pursuing an M.Ed in Middle Grades Education at Georgia Southern University)

THE FLOOR IS LAVA! Come maneuver through obstacle courses, build forts and caves, keep your balance walking down the plank, and carefully crawl through a red laser maze! Sneak through the school on missions and solve clues. Set off your own explosive lava volcano and fizzy lava lamp experiment! Make red slime that is squishy and fun! You will also play invisible ink bingo and earn prizes! Come compete in minute to win it building challenges using legos, wood blocks, magnatiles, marble mazes, and more!
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major, University of North Georgia; Experienced camp & PE Teacher at MAEV Academy, certified GSHA coach )

Welcome to Ms. Heather’s Airlines! This week campers will be joining us as we take flight all over the globe! Campers will get to create their own passport and fly first class to a new continent each day while enjoying airplane snacks! Our first stop is Europe where we will see the Eiffel Tower in Paris, eat delicious food in Italy, and learn about the royals in England! Next, jet on over to Africa where we will go on a safari in the Savanna, camp out in the rainforest, and visit the ancient Pyramids in Egypt. Make sure you pack your jackets because our journey continues in the cold land of Antarctica! Here we will plunge with the polar bears and eat ice cream with penguins! Before we get too cold, we will fly on over to our last destination, Australia! Hop alongside kangaroos in the Outback, see the Sydney Opera House, and scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef! Pack your bags for weeklong fun!
Teacher: Madison Watson (GSU Graduate, Experienced MHEA Assistant)

Fly with your fairy friends to see where fairies live! We’ll read stories about fairies and search for them in the garden, the woods, by a stream, and in the sea. In the garden we’ll meet Julianna and paint fairy houses, plant flowers, and make fairy dolls. Next, we’ll fly to the woodlands where Twinkle Fairy will teach us how to make fairy dust and fairy lanterns. After posing for pixie pictures, we’ll soar the sea to visit Coral, the mermaid fairy, to make bubble wands and bubble soap. She will also guide us as we dive down deep to search for secret shells along the ocean floor. At the end of our journey, we will glide along the stream toward Puddlebrook to see Butterbean Fairy at her fairy cafe! While there, she will host a party for us and teach us how to make cookies and fizzy fairy punch! What a wonderful week of fairy fun!
Teacher: Rhondi Merritt, Ed.S. (Gifted certified, experienced teaching 3-7 year olds, current 3 year old teacher at MHEA)

Welcome Ranchers to the Wild, Wild West camp! Have you ever wanted to live on the ranch, ride a wild horse, go on a roundup? Well, here is your chance! We will have a rootin’ tootin’ good time exploring the west and the ranch life. We’ll learn to ride pretend horses while we practice our lasso skills. We need your help roundin’ up the horses and cattle! We’ll make our own horse to ride throughout the week. We will make fun western crafts and snacks. We’ll learn how to talk like a rancher, so get ready to say, “Yeehaw!” Every camper will get an official bandana, hat, and other accessories to become a real rancher. We will live the ranch life while taking part in all things western through exciting activities and adventures! Yeehaw ranchers, can’t wait to see you!
Teacher: Hope Tuck (Kindergarten teacher at Christ Place Weekday Preschool & Kindergarten)

Grab your poles and cast your lines! Campers are o-FISH-ally going to be having a blast while learning all about how to reel them in! The week will be filled with fishing activities such as the understanding of magnetism and magnetic fishing, sensory activities, as well as a chance to net real live minnows in our mini fish pool! Together we will make our own rods, a 3-D pond, and models of fish species to our own designs! It will be an exciting week of learning about the earth's natural aquatic wonders and becoming true fishermen!
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Georgia College and State University, Baldwin County children’s developmental center intern, experienced MHEA summer camp teacher)

Got SPIRIT? Let’s all cheer for Cheerleading Camp! It’s time to show off our skills and become the loudest and proudest cheer squad! We will learn several cheers and chants, perfect our motions and jumps, and learn some tumbling skills on real cheer mats! We will also design our own megaphones, spirit sticks, pom-poms, noise-makers, and spirit signs to use during our cheers and chants! Lastly, we will make our own cheer bows to wear during our recorded performance of all we have learned throughout the week! Get ready to scream, shout, and show your spirit this week!
Teacher: Abby Kendrick (Public Relations Major and Junior at the University of Georgia; experienced MHEA camp teacher; 8+ years of cheer experience)

Cross the magic bridge to Auradon for a "wicked" fun adventure! We will play a game of capture fairy godmother's wand and create our own magic wands to keep. We'll make cool experiments such as Carlos' dalmatian slime and a magic love potion. Then we'll visit the wicked hair and nail salon to get a makeover like our favorite villains! We'll also create a necklace and tiara inspired by Evie, decorate a poison apple that you can actually eat and make a "rotten to the core" apple craft. We will design a magic mirror that will reveal who is the fairest one of all and chow down on some Mischief Munch! Join us for the fun!! Teacher: Danielle Dooley (Experienced Pre-K & summer camp teacher)

What does SLICE stand for? Slice of pizza? Slice of pie? No, it stands for a slice of magic and science through experiments! Students will have sensensational summer fun participating in activities such as making bubble snake wands to blow bubbles, learning magic card tricks to impress your friends, creating incredible invisible art, and playing summer games full of energy!
Teacher: Michelle Grimes Ed.S. (Gift Certified, 27 years of elementary teacher experience grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at Spout Springs School of Enrichment, experienced camp teacher at MHEA)

Unicorn camp is a special place where young unicorns can come to learn, play, and have fun. This camp is a paradise for unicorn enthusiasts. Campers will participate in a variety of activities designed to help them learn about and connect with their inner unicorns! They can learn how to fly, use magic, and make new friends. In the afternoon, they gather together to share stories, sing songs, and enjoy each other's company. It's a place where unicorns can be themselves and have the time of their lives!
Teacher: Ava Warrington (Cherokee Bluff High School graduate, Varsity Cheerleader, and experienced MHEA assistant)

Fun Holiday Frenzy is for all spirited holiday lovers! In this camp, students will enjoy celebrating a year’s worth of holidays in just one week! Join us as we celebrate Christmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and St. Patrick’s Day in the summer! Students will have fun reading holiday and seasonal stories, singing Christmas carols and dancing to Halloween’s Monster Mash, making themed crafts, searching for Easter eggs and leprechaun tricks, and playing games! Students will learn about each holiday, the seasons of the year, and more! Of course, there will be plenty of time for playing outside and making new friends. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)

Prepare for a week full of all things Disney princess!! Princesses are asked to wear their best princess gowns or fancy outfits each day! Each day we will focus on different princesses and learn their story and why they are so unique. We will make all different crafts such as carriages, wands, tiaras, and even our own princess sidekicks! We will play and dance to princess music and play princess games! On the last day, we will get pampered in the Bibbidi Bobbidi hair and nail salon! Come have fun and become a princess!!
Teacher: Ava Hurdelbrink (Cherokee Bluff High School graduate attending Georgia Southern University in the fall, experienced MHEA summer camps assistant and teacher)

Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Calling all girl dinosaur experts, dragon masters, and paleontologists wanting a roarsome fiery fun time! Come join us as we sift through the fossil sand pit, hatch baby dinosaur eggs, build castles and caves to play with our dinosaurs and dragons, create mixed media artwork with paint and glitter, and learn to draw a cute dragon! Adopt a dinosaur to take home in your new fabulous purse and give it a check up at the Jurassic Vet Clinic! Practice your paleontologist skills with a chocolate chip cookie excavation challenge and enjoy a fancy dino dragon tea party with triceratops pink punch, crunchy fireballs, and more dreamland delights! You will make your own dinosaur jewelry and hair accessories and be pampered at the Dinotastic Salon, getting your hair and nails done! On the last day of camp we will have a glow in the dark dinosaur dance with all of our favorite girly songs and friends! We will walk down the dinosaur runway in a fabulous fashion show! All girls, come join the fun!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (completing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced camp and teacher at MHEA)

This fun filled week will be full of challenges, outdoor adventures, competitive games, arts and crafts, and much more! On day one campers will join their tribes and come up with their tribe name! Tribes will create their own banners and tiki torches. Over the next several days the tribe members will compete in challenges such as the hula circle relay, a scavenger hunt around MHEA, and a giant outdoor memory game. Campers will also gather supplies from outside to use for a creative nature craft, make their own immunity necklaces, and tiki craft. At the end of the week, the tribes will have tribal council where their names will be chosen out of a bucket and they will receive a special prize based on how they competed in the challenges throughout the week!
Teacher: Caitlyn Wilson (1st grade teacher at Spout Springs School of Enrichment, experienced MHEA camp teacher)

What’s that rumble in the jungle? Come join me in the rainforest to see what it’s all about! In this camp, we will spend a week living in the jungle alongside all the animals we discover! We will leap with the tree frogs, swing with the monkeys, and search for slithering snakes! As we journey through the deep jungle, we will make our own binoculars for a game of i-spy around the rainforest! Play animal bingo and bring out your crafting skills to decorate your own colorful parrot! Each day we will paint, draw, and construct all of our findings in the rainforest! Be ready to get your hands dirty in the jungle slime!! The rainforest is filled with so many animals. Together we will make a delicious dessert that has all the animals we will see! Come ready to use your imagination, hear stories about the rainforest, and have a week of fun! Don’t forget your umbrellas!
Teacher: Teacher: Madison Watson (GSU Graduate, Experienced MHEA Assistant)

Avengers, assemble! Have you ever wanted to protect the universe, fight alongside the Avengers, and take on Thanos? Well, suit up for a week full of strength, power, and intelligence. We will test your Marvel knowledge as we learn all about Earth’s mightiest heroes, determine your own personalized superhero name and superpowers, make tons of gadgets and accessories, and enjoy hero themed treats. Campers, power up your arc reactors for an adventure filled week!
Teacher: M’Kaylah Jackson (Cherokee Bluff High School Graduate attending the University of Georgia in the fall and experienced MHEA assistant teacher)

Get your sports on in this fun camp that combines team, recreational, and PE games! Campers will learn the values and essentials of different sports and have fun participating and getting exercise! Sportsmanship and teamwork are key to having fun! Join us as we play tried and true favorites and discover new games throughout the week. Campers will play basketball, soccer, balloon tennis, football bowling, and so much more! There will be fun sports-themed crafts that will keep the game alive even during our breaks! You are sure to have a ball at the Spectacular Sports Camp! Students will also have lots of water breaks and an indoor classroom to cool off!
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major, University of North Georgia; Experienced camp & PE Teacher at MAEV Academy, certified GSHA coach )

Once upon a time at Ms. Heather’s there was a magical fairy tale camp. It is said that all who attend this camp will have an enchanting time reading fairytale stories and making fairytale crafts. We will design a tower for Rapunzel that you will get to take home and turn a pumpkin into a carriage for Cinderella. We will plant a magic bean that might one day grow into a beanstalk. Make a magical fairy luminary and design your own teacup! Work together to search the castle for a special golden egg with a surprise inside. We’ll also go mining with the Seven Dwarfs and collect gems to take home in our own painted treasure box. Decorate your own fairy wings, make a pixie dust necklace, and a flower crown. There will be experiments such as making a fizzy fairy dust potion, fluffy princess slime, and sparkly fairy dough. It will be a magical time for all!
Teacher: Teacher: Danielle Dooley (Experienced Pre-K & summer camp teacher

Let’s spread our colorful wings this week with all things butterflies! We will be crafting art and learning about these magical insects. We will learn about the butterfly life cycle and the magical metamorphosis that takes place. Let’s craft butterfly rings, caterpillars, sun catchers, and watercolor butterflies. We will use our creative imaginations with butterfly collage art and decorate our own wings! We will learn about symmetry and how that appears on each butterfly. We will also learn what kinds of foods and flowers best attract these beautiful insects and craft our own butterfly feeder to use at home! So come out of your cocoon and join me for this fabulous fun week!
Teacher: Emelia Higgins (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced camp teacher)

¡Hola! Are you interested in learning a new language? Get ready to learn the basics of Spanish! By the end of the week, you will learn the Spanish alphabet, colors, and numbers! We will also learn a few songs in Spanish. We will use our creativity to design our very own maracas, pinatas, kites, flamenco dancer dolls, and fans! At the end of the week, we will have our own fiesta and enjoy a tasting of different Spanish foods. Get excited to learn a new language and have our own class fiesta!
Teacher: Abby Kendrick (Public Relations Major and Junior at the University of Georgia, experienced MHEA camp teacher)

Put on your slippers and pajamas and get ready for spa camp! This will be the most calming camp of the summer with a chance for campers to pamper themselves all week long! Our fun filled week will include DIY face masks, sugar scrubs, pedicures, and so much more! Students will get to be hands-on through sensory activities. Students are also welcome to bring along dolls this week to give them the true spa treatment of the summer!
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Georgia College and State University, Baldwin County children’s developmental center intern, experienced MHEA summer camp teacher

Calling all sweet candy and science lovers! Come join candy camp and see which gum is the Champion of Flavor winner in a timed competition, dissolve lollipops in the lollipop lab, predict how many Oreos will win the oreo stacking competition, determine which liquids will make gummy bears grow in size, and make candy scented slime! We will melt chocolate for chocolate-covered pretzels with sprinkles, eat rainbow mystery popsicles outside and try to guess the flavor, and have loads of sweet fun!! Participate in a candy walk to earn prizes, watch a skittle rainbow experiment, play Candyland, and make lollipop art!
Teacher: Hope Tuck (Kindergarten teacher at Christ Place Weekday Preschool & Kindergarten)

It's time to let your imagination get wild and creative. Each day we will celebrate a storybook with a variety of activities including music, art, dance, and of course a storybook. For example, one day will be down on the farm singing Old MacDonald Had a Farm, reading 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle, creating handprint ducklings, and sensory play with rubber duckies. This is an adventure you don't want to miss!!
Teacher: Michelle Grimes Ed.S. (Gift Certified, 27 years of elementary teacher experience grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at Spout Springs School of Enrichment, experienced camp teacher at MHEA)

Monster Truck Mania is the perfect camp for anyone who loves monster trucks and messes! We will be "Monster Truck Bowling," designing giant monster trucks from poster boards, and making tons of monster truck tracks to race our monster trucks! Our monster trucks will plow through shaving cream snow, icy waters, ooey-gooey slime lava, and more! We will do a monster truck painting, read stories about monster trucks, and make ramps for our monster trucks to flip over! Monster Truck Mania will be a MEGA blast!
Teacher: Sarah Bearse (Secretary of the Gwinnett Football League, loving grandmother)

Sign your child up now to come walk with me in a winter wonderland!! Campers will experience the joy of making their own winter wonderland by making snow themselves!! We will play fun games such as: pin the nose on the snowman, snow shovel races, guess how many snowballs, and have snowball fights! Also, make sure you bring your cold-weather gear to go on an ice-fishing trip! After our fishing trip, we will bring ice back with us to use for ice painting! After all this winter fun, we will need to warm up with a hot chocolate party!
Teacher: Ms. Kelly Barron (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced summer camp teacher)

Calling all girly girls! Barbie Dream Girls will be designing their own personalized tiaras and creating matching colorful tutus for their Barbie and them! They will also make jeweled jewelry and go full glam with hair and nails every day at the Barbie Dream Salon! Girls will walk the runway to show off their confident style and dance to all their favorite Barbie songs during dance parties with friends! Come see what is in store for the girlest, most glamorous Barbie camp of the summer!
Teacher: Ella Langley (experienced summer camp teacher at MHEA and toddler assistant)

Come build with hundreds of different legos to make amazing creations! Compete in building challenges to build lego towers, cars, ziplines, and mazes! Build a maze for our school bunnies, Sugar and Cocoa, to hop through! Learn basic coding skills on the computer and play with coding toys and games! You will create a lego photo frame and play pass the lego to win prizes! You will also create and build with magnatiles, wood blocks, marble mazes, tangram blocks, snap cubes, fort building sticks, car and train tracks, construction toys, blocks with shaving cream, gears, and so much more!
Teacher: Tiana Rhoden, Kindergarten Teacher at Fairview Elementary

Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Calling all boys! We will start up our engines and build awesome race tracks with ramps and obstacles! Be amazed when you set off rocket balloons into the sky and draw your own airplanes! We will build cities to race our cars through with magnatiles, legos, and all different kinds of blocks! Outside we will set up the car wash and wash the track cars with soapy sponges and bubbles! Compete in minute to win it building challenges to earn prizes and create forts to play inside of with flashlights! On dinosaur day we will create dinosaur art, sift through the treasure sand pit for dinosaur fossils, drink a t-rex strength serum, walk on dino stilts, and build castles and caves to play with our dinosaurs! Build long train tracks to transport dinosaurs on the dino train! We will make slime together and play with squishy playdough! Use the computer and coding toys to learn beginning coding skills! Build marble mazes that amaze you! On the last day of camp we will have a glow in the dark boy party with black lights, flashlights, glow sticks, balloons, games, and treats! Join the club boys!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (completing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced camp and teacher at MHEA)

Princesses from kingdoms far, far, away! Join your fairy godmother as I teach you all how to be perfect princesses. Together we will read stories of the princesses, learn princess etiquette, and sing and dance to girly songs! Create your own princess wand, personalize your royal crown, and decorate princess paper dolls! We will also go on a magical scavenger hunt to find items that complete a princess! This week will include glitter, jewels, gems, and everything that twinkles! Put everything you have learned to the test when we have our very own perfect princess tea party! We will have such a magical time together!
Teacher: Audrey Higgins (English Education Major, Kennesaw State University)

Go for the gold at Ms. Heather’s Summer Olympic Games! Students will play fly swatter golf, run in a 100m race, join teams for a game of tug of war, balance an egg during a spoon relay race, play water frisbee fill, and run in a beach ball race! Practice your balance, agility, speed, strength, and teamwork skills with these fun olympic games! Students will earn a medal or trophy at the end of the week! Come compete for the gold!
Teacher: Shabnam Shehee (experienced PE teacher at MAEV Academy and Personal Trainer)

ARRRRG! Calling all pirates! I am about to set sail among the ocean blue, and I am looking for a pirate crew to join me! Together we will board our pirate ship and set out on a journey across the sea, snacking on “pirates booty” along the way. We’ll also practice walking the plank on a balance beam above the “ocean,” travel across the sea, and make telescopes and parrot friends to help us navigate our way! Dress up like a pirate with beaded jewelry, eyepatches, bandanas, temporary tattoos, and pirate hooks! Campers will get to make their own treasure maps that will used to go on a treasure hunt around the school! When we find our hidden treasure where “X” marks the spot, campers will get to take their precious findings home! Ready, set, sail!
Teacher: Madison Watson (GSU Graduate, Experienced MHEA Assistant)

Take a deep dive into the ocean to explore the magical world of sharks! Over the week, campers will explore how sharks use their senses to swim and maneuver the open ocean! We will read shark books, follow secret shark clues, and race through ocean obstacle courses as we complete missions to track and capture sharks around MHEA!! We will understand why sharks float and perform salt water sink or float experiments! Campers will make shark themed crafts and search for shark teeth, explore the science behind sharks, and even eat Shark Bait! Remember fish are friends not food!
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major, University of North Georgia; Experienced camp & PE Teacher at MAEV Academy, certified GSHA coach )

Does your child talk about what he’s going to be for Halloween … in February? Does she ask how many more days until Santa arrives … in May? Then Holiday Hoopla is the perfect summer camp! In this camp, students will enjoy celebrating a year's worth of holidays in one week! Join us as we celebrate Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas in the summer. Students will have fun reading stories like The Night Before Christmas and The Candy Witch, singing Christmas carols and Easter songs, making crafts, dancing to the “Monster Mash,” and playing games! They will also learn about the history of each holiday, the seasons of the year, and more! We will have a day to dress up in Halloween costumes and one to wear our favorite Christmas colors! Of course, there will also be plenty of time for playing outside and making new friends. We can't wait to celebrate with you!
Teacher: Anna Kraft (certified and experienced teacher, specializing in Language Arts)

Calling all friends who enjoy making fairy crafts! This camp will focus on creating lots of fairy fun! Campers will make their very own flower wreath crowns, beaded wands, fairy flower dolls, and fairy dust jewelry. Stories will help us learn about flower fairies, and we will create little fairy gardens, plant flowers, and draw and paint flower fairies on canvases. We will also learn about woodland fairies and make twinkling lanterns and glowing houses for them. Finally, we will craft fairy floats to celebrate our fantastic week of fairies! A special keepsake book will be made by each camper including photos of crafts, activities, and recipes created during the week!
Teacher: Rhondi Merritt, Ed.S. (Gifted certified, experienced teaching 3-7 year olds, current 3 year old teacher at MHEA)

Water, sun, and fun oh my! Come join us for a week of beach fun filled with crafts, games, and more! From sand slime to beach competitions, campers will be able to join in all of the fun. We will compete in an outdoor beach toss, scavenger hunt around Ms. Heathers, and some fun beach themed yoga. Campers will also get to create their own Cheerio starfish, jellyfish suncatcher, and sponge painting of the coral reef! At the end of the week the students will enjoy a sweet beach treat with all of their friends! I hope you can join us for a week of fun!
Teacher: Caitlyn Wilson ( 1st grade teacher; Spout Springs School of Enrichment, experienced MHEA camp teacher)

Calling all nature lovers! This week we will learn about the world around us and how it works. We will go on nature walks, create rock friends, and use nature to make art. We will learn how pollination works as we play pretend as different pollinators and use stickers to show how pollen travels. Kids will learn about different habitats and the important animals that live in them. Our world is full of wonders, let’s explore!
Teacher: Beth Cunningham B.S. (Experienced Teacher and Tutor)

Become a stuffed animal pet owner as you adopt your own fuzzy friend and learn to take care of it! Give your pet a check-up at the Vet Clinic, make it a beaded collar that matches a necklace for yourself, and let it rest in a special bed that you decorate! You will stuff your own pillow for them and pick out a fuzzy blanket they can snuggle with! Sit in a bunny circle with our three adorable Holland lop bunnies and feed them their favorite treats! If any families have a sweet puppy or kitty that can take a field trip to the school, sign them up and bring them over! Learn to draw some of the most popular pets including an adorable puppy and a bunny using watercolors and paint!
Teacher: Hope Tuck (Kindergarten teacher at Christ Place Weekday Preschool & Kindergarten)

Who loves science, slime, and slushies? If you said "ME! ME!" then you need to join this camp! We are going to have a sensational time exploring science through the solar system, creating slime, playing in the summer sun, and eating slushies! We will observe heat from the sun by playing summer games outdoors, creating melted crayon art masterpieces, making our own new crayons, and so much more! Come join the summer sensational fun!
Teacher: Michelle Grimes Ed.S. (Gift Certified, 27 years of elementary teacher experience grades 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at Spout Springs School of Enrichment, experienced camp teacher at MHEA)

You can fly, you can fly, you can fly in this Peter Pan-themed camp! We will start in London with Wendy, John, and Michael Darling as they meet Peter Pan and travel to Neverland. Campers will make their own Lost Boy swords, Peter Pan hats, and Captain Hook eye patches. We'll go on adventures with the Lost Boys, duel with Captain Hook, and learn to fly using pixie dust with Tinkerbell! Campers will follow the leader and try to avoid the crocodile as they search for buried treasure. Ms. Heather's outdoor castle will become our own treehouse hideaway! Most importantly, campers will never grow up! Inspired by contest winner, Anna Kraft!
Teacher: Tammy Archer; experienced camp teacher and lead Pre-K teacher at Ms. Heather's Educational Adventures

Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo! All Aboard for fun with trains! We will be building all sorts of super fun train tracks and scenes for interactive train play! We will be reading exciting stories about trains! We will learn all about the different types of trains and their parts. We will be building our own trains from recycled materials, making train conductor hats for all of our train conductor campers! We will also be making a tasty train treat to eat! Climb aboard and come have a blast at train camp!
Teacher: Sarah Bearse (Secretary of the Gwinnett Football League, loving grandmother)

Calling all brave future police and firemen! Earn your license by driving through an obstacle course on the trike track and sud up the cars with soap and sponges giving them a car wash! Build tall city towers and use shaving cream and squirt bottles to “put out the fire!” Draw chalk fire flames and extinguish the flames with water bins and water spray bottles! Practice police training skills throughout the school with your special walkie-talkie that you will make! You will also make firefighter and police inspired crafts with different art mediums! By the end of the week you will earn your Police Badge and Firefighter Certificate!
Teacher: Ava Hurdelbrink (Cherokee Bluf High School graduate attending Georgia Southern University in the fall, experienced MHEA summer camps assistant and teacher)

Join me for a magical week at Disney Princess Ballet Camp! Dance along to the music of Frozen II in our sparkling tutus! Dancers are encouraged to dress up in their favorite princess costumes or ballet attire all week long. Beginners are welcome as I will be teaching basic ballet steps and choreography. We will create princess crowns, decorate ballerinas, and make handprint tutus. On the last day, we will record a video for our families of our beautiful Frozen ballet to show what we have learned and practiced. I can’t wait to dance with you!
Teacher: Erika Daniel, BSEd (elementary education graduate student - UGA, 3rd year with MHEA, experienced company dancer and ballet teacher)

Come master the art of fort building! What design will you choose? Build tall forts using large cardboard boxes that you can decorate with paint, markers, crayons and glitter. Build small forts for fuzzy, stuffed friends out of shoeboxes which you can take home at the end of the week. Blankets and chairs make the perfect fort tunnels used to crawl into your larger than life tent fort! Do you love star gazing? Build a cave of stars fort with flashlights inside! Lego forts for tiny characters are a must! We will even build a fort food truck and create a sweet treat to serve from it. Inspired by contest winner, Beth Coker! Teacher: Tiana Rhoden, Kindergarten Teacher at Fairview Elementary

Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Come and visit the MHEA Zoo! Join us for an adventure filled week full of lots of animal crafts we will make with different art mediums! We will learn facts about each animal including parrots, lions, giraffes, peacocks, and many more!! With all the animal crafts we will make, students will have their own zoo by the end of the week!! We will read animal books and play zoo games! We will also make animal inspired snacks and groove and sing to some zoo tunes! So are you ready to take a trip to the zoo?
Teacher: Ava Hurdelbrink (Cherokee Bluf High School graduate attending Georgia Southern University in the fall, experienced MHEA summer camps assistant and teacher)

Let’s learn the skills to be the most fun older sibling ever! This week is all about entertaining and keeping our siblings busy with fun games and activities. We will decorate our own special bag to create a babysitting kit, so that we are always prepared for fun! As a class, we will create special types of play doh, an Activity cube, and new coloring sheets. We will make items such as stress relief balls, I SPY bottles, and lava lamps for the times we need to keep calm. We will learn and have fun with the nail salon, shadow puppets, and color scavenger hunt activities. The supplies for all these activities will be sent home in our babysitting kit bag so we can put our new found skills to work at home!
Teacher: Emelia Higgins (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced camp teacher)

Dive into a relaxing week at the beach with me! This week we will be living on island time as we vacation along the ocean! We will do all things that have to do with the water and the beach! We will have under the sea storytime and explore the tide pools! You can swim with all the sea creatures and build amazing sandcastles! Make sure to grab your sunglasses and your beach bag for a week of fun in the sun!
Teacher: Alexa Westbrook (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia, 2nd summer at MHEA)

Time to defend the castle! Put on your armor, create your knight shield, and go on a quest to slay the dragon and defend Ms. Heather’s castle! Participate in knight training and receive missions to recover lost jewels, train dragons, follow treasure maps, participate in duels, learn about knight culture, and become a knight! Celebrate your victories with a royal bash filled with medieval treats and mystery surprises!
Teacher: James Lancaster (Kinesiology Major, University of North Georgia; Experienced camp & PE Teacher at MAEV Academy, certified GSHA coach )

Become Clover, Cocoa, and Sugar’s best friend and a bunny expert as we celebrate 5 years of bunny club membership! Create and wear your bunny badge with honor and have your own bunny photoshoot where you get to hold and kiss our school Holland Lop bunnies! We will feed them their favorite snacks and watch them hop around our classroom! You will adopt your own mini stuffed bunny to play with, complete with its own bed, mini pillow, and blanket. You will give them a check-up at the bunny hospital and receive their adoption certificate! We will paint and create bunny artwork, birthday decorations, and posters for a bunny parade through the school to celebrate our 5th year of fun!! On the last day of camp we will have the ULTIMATE BUNNY BIRTHDAY BASH with a glow in the dark dance party!! We will play bunny games, eat marshmallow cotton tails, and enjoy a bunny ice cream bar! Come be a part of the Bunny Club and play with our three adorable bunnies!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (completing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced camp and teacher at MHEA)

Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! The circus is in town! This is the moment you’ve been waiting for! Introducing Ms. Heather's Circus! On this circus adventure, we will get to see lions jump through hoops, dress up like crazy clowns, and feed elephants peanuts. Practice your balance by walking along the tightrope! Snack on delicious circus foods such as popcorn, pretzels, and animal crackers! Make cotton candy and circus peanut art! Work on your juggling skills like a clown, and see how the lion tamer teaches his lion to jump through hoops! Earn tickets throughout the week by playing different activities that can be “cashed in” for prizes! Get ready to be amazed!
Teacher: Madison Watson (GSU Graduate, Experienced MHEA Assistant)

Work in teams to have some field day fun! Participate in relay races, hula hooping competitions, water balloon toss, bean bag races, and wild water games! Create giant tic tac toe boards, design team spirit wear, play soccer and basketball, eat field day snacks, take a SLIME BREAK and have lots of fun! Compete in obstacle courses and building challenges to earn a trophy and become the ultimate field day champion! Bring a beach towel on the last day of camp for our day of wet water fun!
Teacher: Taylor Ecker Borgerding (experienced preschool teacher at MHEA)

The princesses are gathering at the castle for a royal carnival! Campers will listen to stories of their favorite princesses, learn how to play relays and games of skill, and make their own carnival games to play and use at home! Cinderella will feature a lost slipper relay and a paint the castle craft. Snow White will be in search of missing jewels from the mine, and then she will mix up a tasty apple treat for snack time! Campers will race to set the table for Belle as she prepares for lots of guests and dive for gadgets and gizmos in Ariel’s grotto! Prepare to build a snowman with Elsa and Ana and participate in a magic carpet relay with Jasmine! There will also be games of frogs and flies with Tiana, a spinning wheel game with Aurora, and a tug of war game with Rapunzel’s long braid! There will be a royal ring toss, fishing game, a duck pond game, and so much more! Campers will make a kit of games, a recipe card, and a painted castle picture with photos to remember the princesses’ carnival at the castle!
Teacher: Rhondi Merritt, Ed.S. (Gifted certified, experienced teaching 3-7 year olds, current 3 year old teacher at MHEA)

If you enjoy video games then this is the camp for you! Join us as we explore different Minecraft biomes. We will make snowballs in the tundra, build a house in the plains, and search for the brown panda in the forest. You will design your own diamond sword, hunt for spawn eggs and hatch them to reveal what’s inside. We’ll play games like TNT toss and pass the parcel. We will also make puffy lava slime, potions, and colorful Splatoon squid splatter artwork. We’ll evolve a Pokémon and make Ditto Pokémon slime. You will also get to design your own Mario kart, collect gold coins, and make a piranha plant craft. Make Mario cloud dough and decorate a power-up star cookie!
Teacher: Danielle Dooley (Experienced Pre-K & summer camp teacher)

Calling anyone and everyone who likes to sing!!! Come learn the basics of music and learn to sing all new songs. Meanwhile, we will make our very own instruments, including a tambourine, drum, maraca, and a guitar! We will incorporate each instrument into our songs. At the end of the week, we will record a special performance of the songs we have learned! Come ready to sing and learn to make your own instrument!
Teacher: Abby Kendrick (Public Relations Major and Junior at the University of Georgia, experienced MHEA camp teacher)

Put on your favorite colorful outfit and join in on the rainbow fun! We will start the week by learning about God’s promise to Noah through the use of a rainbow. Rain doesn’t always ruin the fun, and we know it means there will be a colorful surprise in the sky! We will create amazing color filled crafts like rainbow collages, suncatchers, and leaf prints! We will even grow a rainbow! At the end of the week, there will be a RAINBOW PARTY where we will make the most colorful snacks you’ve ever eaten, create a camp rainbow mural, and so much more!
Teacher: Olivia Berry (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia)

Oh no! My best friend Oobles the alien is lost somewhere in space, and I need an astronaut crew to help me find him! Get ready to blast off into space this week as we hunt for clues to Oobles all across the galaxy. Explore the deep reaches of space with planet slime, design mini rocket ship models, learn super space facts, bring home galaxy jars, play with moon sand, and create a rocket to bring Oobles home! Together we will explore the constellations, make Oreo moon phases, navigate asteroid showers for prizes, fire space debris into a black hole, and so much more. Uncover clues all along the way to help me rescue Oobles from outer space.
Teacher: Erika Daniel, BSEd (elementary education graduate student - UGA, 3rd year with MHEA!)

Bello! Come join crazy minion camp for a week full of minion fun this summer! We will have lots of mischievous minion fun with games and hands-on activities such as science experiments from Gru's lab, watercolor spray art, and more. You’ll get to learn words from the minion language and eat minion snacks like Gru’s secret spy cookies. We will do fun minion themed games like banana telephone, have crazy minion dance parties, and make tons of minion themed art!
Teacher: Avery Smith (Senior at Cherokee Bluf High School, experienced MHEA 3’s assistant)

Let’s strut down the runway and show off our confident and unique sense of style!! Campers will express their individualized personalities with colorful accessories, clothing choices, and jewelry! We will make fashionista rainbow tutus, put sparkly tinsel in our hair, create and wear colorful hair bows, and do hair and nails at the Fashion Salon! Girls will learn how to walk your walk and pose on our own red carpet! Stop for pictures along the runway for a photoshoot by the paparazzi! Come learn how to be a real fashionista and create your own journal for inspiration using magazines and directed drawings! Join in on all the fun and come to Fashion Runway camp for girls!
Teacher: Ella Langley (experienced summer camp teacher at MHEA and toddler assistant)

Jump into our time machine and journey through the past during Time Travel camp! Students will begin the week by building and decorating a time machine that they will use to travel back in time. Campers will hunt for dinosaurs in prehistoric times, see pyramids and make papyrus in ancient Egypt, go on adventures with knights in Medieval Times in Ms. Heather's own outdoor castle, create artistic masterpieces in the Renaissance, settle in Colonial America, dance through the Roaring 20s, and more! We'll also get to know important people throughout history. Through stories, hands-on projects, songs, and movement, campers will enjoy science, art, and history as they journey through time. Inspired by contest winner, Anna Kraft! Teacher: Tiana Rhoden, Kindergarten Teacher at Fairview Elementary

Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Lights, Camera, Action… It’s SHOWTIME! Each one of us has many talents and this camp will give you the opportunity to show them off! Campers will learn songs and practice singing them into a microphone while performing dance choreography. We will use our artistic skills to make a backdrop and props for our “show.” Musical instruments will be available for everyone to play as they become part of our band. We will march around the playground and perform our routine for other campers and teachers. Of course, the paparazzi will be there to document all our events and performances! There will be many opportunities for campers to demonstrate their many talents through crafts, songs, dance routines, and brain breaks! Sign up today because the show can’t go on without you!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)

Prepare for the royal ball as you dress up in gowns and are pampered at the Bibbidi Bobbidi hair and nail salon where you will hold Cinderella’s real glass slipper! Create a jeweled crown and rainbow jewelry to enjoy pink treats and snacks with royal pink lemonade! Find hidden mermaid shells, gems, and treasures and keep them in your treasure box! Adopt your own baby princess pet to care for and spoil with its own royal bed complete with a blanket, pillow, beaded collar, and check up at the royal vet clinic. You will also get to meet and pet our adorable school Holland lop bunnies! Cast spells with a magic wand, blow mermaid bubbles, grow rainbow orbeez, and play with sparkly mermaid slime. Create magical glitter unicorn art! Play with princesses, unicorns, barbies, and dolls in giant dollhouses! Dress to impress on the last day of camp for a fabulous princess fashion show and photo shoot! You are invited to join the party and become a royal princess!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (completing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced camp and teacher at MHEA)

Calling all soccer rockstars and ones who want to learn! Come join the fun as we get to learn all the different tricks and moves that the professionals do in the games! This week will include teamwork activities and fun competition games! We will learn key soccer skills and lingo throughout the week, and we’ll be perfecting our touches in our soccer bubble game! The bull in the ring game will help us with defending from opponents. The crab game will teach you how to keep a foot on the ball and weave around opponents. 1 on 1 games will help us utilize our “skill” to take the ball to goal! And everyone’s favorite, GOOOOAAAAALLLL! Every day we will end with a scrimmage to put our new skills to work! Make sure you wear athletic shoes and clothing!
Teacher: Audrey Higgins (English Education Major, Kennesaw State University); Former Johnson High School Girls Varsity Soccer player)

It’s time to have some fun and GLOW a little crazy!! Our campers will have so much fun with lots of different glow in the dark activities. We will make glowing bouncy balls, glow in the dark slime, glowing glue art, firefly glittering glow jars, glow spin art, and our own glowing directed drawings! We will also play games with a glowing twist - relay races, Twister, hopscotch, bowling, ring toss, tic-tac-toe, glow laser tag, and much more! Wear your white or neon outfits to glimmer in the blacklights! Come GLOW with us!!
Teacher: Jennifer Seibert (MAEV Academy Kindergarten teacher and experienced camp teacher)

Head on over to the squishiest camp of the summer! Campers can bring their favorite stuffed animal and we will make matching friendship necklaces for them! Throughout the week, we will play hot potato with a Squishmallow, do a directed drawing of a squish, and even make our very own felt squishmallows! We’ll play Pin the Bow on the Squish and Squishmallow Bingo. We’ll learn popular Squishmallow stories and unbox a mystery Squishmallow kit! We will learn how to draw them, have photo shoots with them, and even eat their favorite snack! You will draw, name, and come up with a story for your dream Squishmallow! On the last day of camp, we will have a party with our animals that will include making squishy slime, decorating fluffy pink and blue cupcakes, and having a squish-tastic dance party! You will NOT want to miss out on this camp! Inspired by Addy Langley & contest winner Emma Cervantes!
Teacher: TBA

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a farmer? Down here on the farm, we work super hard each day to grow our food and take care of our animals! If you like hanging out with animals like ducks, chickens, cows, sheep, and pigs, this is the camp for you! Join me and become a farmer for the week where we get to learn all things farming! Little farmers will get to see where milk comes from by getting to “milk a cow!” We will also learn about how chickens lay eggs that grow into chicks! It can get really hot in the summertime, so we will get our hands dirty in the mud to cool off with the pigs! Campers will get to take a ride around the farm on a tractor, and will get to see how farmers plow the land to grow crops! Little farmers will even get to plant their own seeds to take home so they can care for it and watch the plant grow! Make a fingerprint corn stalk and crafts of the animals we see like sheep and pigs! When we return to the barn at the end of each day, we will play fun barnyard games for the chance to win a treat! If you join this camp, you’ll be as happy as a pig in the mud!
Teacher: Madison Watson (GSU Graduate, Experienced MHEA Assistant)

Join us for some baseball themed fun and games while also staying cool in the summer sun! Students will play water balloon baseball, participate in water balloon toss competitions, practice pitching water balloons, complete sponge soak challenges, and so much more! Students will also compete in relay races on our soccer field and around the castle! You will cool off with a popsicle each day of camp and take breaks inside to build with legos, magnatiles, wood blocks, and more while also creating baseball themed crafts! Come join the fun!
Teacher: Shabnam Shehee (experienced PE teacher at MAEV Academy and Personal Trainer)

Join me at the campsite and enjoy this week of outdoor adventure games, activities, and crafts! Our classroom will be transformed into a campsite complete with a tent, sleeping bags, flashlights, and camping gear. We will be tracking animal footprints and discovering what type of animals leave those prints! We will make our own campfire lanterns, night time in the forest art, firefly crafts, and bug fossils. We will each decorate a hiking stick to take on our nature hike where we will be collecting items to bring back to our campsite. We will also create wood chip necklaces, handprint campfires, and put our skills to the test in constructing tents for small animals. We will play down at our watering hole and wash up the rocks and nature items collected! We’ll even make some delicious indoor s’mores to enjoy! This is going to be a super fun time!
Teacher: Emelia Higgins (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced camp teacher)

Dive in and learn about the ocean and all the things down under. We’ll read books about sea animals, make cute sea animal crafts, and even construct an aquarium in a bottle! We will also explore fun ocean sensory bins, go fishing in ocean orbeez, and conduct an experiment to melt an iceberg. We’ll make a handprint in the sand keepsake and an under the sea suncatcher. We’ll play a fun game of unwrap the seaweed to find surprises inside and also search through Kinect sand to find seashells and shark teeth to keep. Also, we will make sand slime, build sand castles and eat yummy ocean themed snacks! Get ready for an underwater adventure!
Teacher: Danielle Dooley (Experienced Pre-K & summer camp teacher)

Do you have a song on your heart? Join in on the fun this week as we explore different instruments and types of music from all over the world! We will work on a camp song at the beginning of the week that will set us up for the rest of the fun! During the week we will create our own drums, banjos, tambourines, maracas, and harmonicas (these will be the perfect addition to our camp song)! We will catch the rhythm bug through musical games and even have the chance to write our own songs! Join in on the musical mania and keep the rhythm of your heart moving!
Teacher: Olivia Berry (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia)

Come adopt a furry plush puppy of your own! You'll make your new friend a cute bed and pillow! Campers will also make matching jewelry for them and their pet! In this camp we will learn about different breeds of dogs and how to properly care for them. Campers will learn how to be dog trainers and learn basic commands to teach their dogs. To show our pups how much we truly love them, we will make them dog treats! We will make plenty of fun and creative crafts inspired by our furry friends. Our four-legged friends are welcome to join us (one at a time, during a designated time) for a dog show! Sign up now for a "dog-gone" good time!
Teacher: Ms. Kelly Barron (pre-k teacher at MHEA, and experienced summer camp teacher)

Disney fans get ready for a week full of all things Disney Pixar! Each day will be filled with activities from a different Disney Pixar movie! Monday we will saddle up for Toy Story day, Tuesday we will dive into Luca, Wednesday will be all about Coco, and finally Thursday we will finish off with Moana. Each day we will do new crafts for each Pixar movie and play fun games like Woody's Coming! We will learn Moana dances, earn prizes, and so much more!
Teacher: Avery Smith (Senior at Cherokee Bluf High School, experienced MHEA assistant and worked based learning worker)

Join us as we play with our three adorable Holland lop bunnies and watch them hop around the classroom! We will feed them their favorite treats and create an adorable bunny drawing! Bounce around the classroom like the bunnies during bunny songs and games to earn prizes! You will also blow bubbles around the castle and bubble up the trike track cars during a soapy bubbly car wash! Play in a bubble foam water bin with mini boats and toys! Blow colored bubbles on paper to creat unique bubble art with a picture of you and the bunnies to keep forever! Everyone loves balloons as you will get to compete in a balloon bouncing competition, race in a bunny hop balloon race, play balloon tennis, and throw water balloons on a target outside! Come join the bubble, bunny, and balloon fun!!
Teacher: Ella Langley (experienced summer camp teacher at MHEA and toddler assistant)

Do you love Blippi? This camp is for you! To start the week, we will be making our own paper Blippi hats & get our own orange Blippi glasses! We’ll be doing notorious sink or float Blippi experiments and we’ll even do a directed drawing of Blippi! Using a sensory bin we will get to play with all of Blippi’s excavators, trucks, trains and more! We will play games including pin the bow tie on Blippi, Blippi Bingo, and Blippi freeze dance! At the end of the week, we will have a Blippi themed party featuring a real life Blippi as our special guest!!! You won’t want to miss this Blip-tastic week of the summer!
Teacher: Tiana Rhoden, Kindergarten Teacher at Fairview Elementary

Looking for the strongest, fastest, and most courageous kids at MHEA! This week the kids will train to become one of the best superheroes around! We will create our very own superhero masks, capes, and accessories such as Captain America’s shield and Spiderman’s web fluid! We will train for and complete obstacle courses, relay races, build forts, and other fun activities to make sure that our skills are the very best! We will have fun with life sized Jenja and HULK SMASH our way to victory! We will see who’s Batmobile will win the race and pack in more awesome superhero activities! Come see what it takes to be a superhero!
Teacher: Lexi Dollar (Junior at Brenau University pursuing a degree in Elementary Education, experienced MHEA assistant)

Our youngest campers will have their own camp to explore and participate in imaginary play. New themes will be presented each week along with new crafts each day! Children will have fun playing games, listening to stories, dressing up, dancing to music, and creating fun art projects! Young campers will finger paint, build with blocks and playdough, work on puzzles, play kitchen, and so much more! They will ride bikes on our beautiful outside trike track, read books in our Magical Garden Library, and play on our castle themed playground! Campers will come home with keepsake handprint/footprint crafts and photos of their experiences! This will be a very small class, which will be taught by the same loving preschool teachers all summer! This camp is offered from 9:00-12:00 only. Parents will be required to send a bag with diapers, wipes, and a sippy cup with water.
Teachers: Sammie Musser, Calen Beasley, Claire Williams, Lyndsey Vale, & Virginia Langley (experienced 2-3 year old preschool teachers)

Who wants to go on an adventure? Hop in and let’s go explorers! I need some help navigating the African Safari and learning about the exotic animals that live in the wild! We will use our binoculars to search high and low for all sorts of different species! You will get to walk alongside these animals and see how they spend their days through your imaginations! This will be a wild ride, so buckle your seat belts and gear up to go on an adventure of a lifetime!
Teacher: Alexa Westbrook (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia, 2nd summer at MHEA)

Do you enjoy reading and making books come alive through crafts, snacks, and activities? Books can take you anywhere and this week we will go camping with Froggy and paint with foil and marshmallows, make tent art, and cook s’mores. Campers will visit the beach with The Berenstain Bears, “Seashore Treasure,” and “There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell.” We will build sandcastles out of graham crackers and make seashell sand art. We will read several books from the “If You Give a _______ a _______” series and will decorate cupcakes and cookies. Thanks to Dr. Seuss we will read “The Cat in the Hat” and use our Imaginations for a Staycation. We will dress up like The Cat, take pictures, and make a decorated frame. We will also make Thing 1 and Thing 2 handprint crafts. “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” this week during Book Cooks camp!
Teacher: April Wilhite (MHEA Pre-K Teacher & Experienced Summer Camp Teacher)

Girly Girls come join us for a week of glamorous fun and a spectacular sleepover party! Wear your pajamas and bring your sleeping bags to hang out with friends, have dance parties, go to the hair and nail Girly Glam Salon, set off fizzy bath bombs, make jewelry, and create glittery fun artwork at the Art Station! Paint with watercolors and make Dream Girl collages to hang in your rooms at home! Pick from hundreds of stickers to add to your sticker books and help make squishy pink slime to play with. Play with barbies and dolls in giant dollhouses, mini princesses in a frozen and pink castle, little pet shop toys, fluffy unicorns and bunnies at the unicorn vet clinic, and more! Sit in a bunny circle with our adorable Holland lop school bunnies and hug and kiss them for a photoshoot! On the last day of camp we will enjoy sleepover sprinkle treats with an ice cream toppings bar, unwrap a surprise prize ball, and play “pass the pillow” to earn candy!
Teacher: Morgan Langley (completing an Early Childhood Education major at the University of Georgia; experienced camp and teacher at MHEA)

Have you ever wanted to be an author? If so, this camp will be perfect for you! At the start of the week, campers will get their own official notebook and work towards writing their own professional story! Interactive activities will teach campers the craft of skillful storytelling! For instance, we will be doing fun & quick writing challenges, experimenting with writing prompts, learning about poetry, and more! We will also take brain breaks to make letter slime, decorate cookies, play “finish the sentence” game, and do a unique directed drawing! By the end of the week, each child will have written their own book, laminated in a nice binder, to be super proud of! Campers will get to read their stories to younger kids in other camps and then get to take their stories home! This camp is one you don’t want to miss!
Teacher: TBA

Work in teams to have fun doing field day activities! Participate in relay races, hula hooping competitions, water balloon toss, cup stacking competition, and wild water games! We will challenge our skills with balance and teamwork in the egg of the spoon race and three-legged race! Create giant tic tac toe boards, set up a raceway for our school bunnies Cocoa and Sugar, design team spirit posters, megaphones, and pompoms! Get ready to play soccer and basketball games, eat field day snacks, and have fun! Compete in team building challenges to earn a medal and be declared field day champions! Come prepared for a week of teamwork, competition, and fun in the sun!
Teacher: Audrey Higgins (English Education Major, Kennesaw State University)

Bring your pans and bring your shovels! It’s gold rush time at Ms. Heathers! This will be a minetastic week taking students back in time learning about the gold rush. Students will be able to mine for their own gold, live like a miner, and learn the traditional dances that swept their way through the gold rush era! It will be a fun-filled week getting our hands dirty to see what gold we can discover!
Teacher: Emilee Akins (Georgia College and State University, Baldwin County children’s developmental center intern, experienced MHEA summer camp teacher)

Time to get creative and messy! We will make and play with all things sticky, gooey and slimy! We will create from scratch our own scented and bath time play dohs. We will mix up some glitter, puffy and pudding slimes. We will use our measuring and mixing skills to create messy goop! Our sensory play will be activated when playing with moon sand, kinetic sand and sand foam. We will experiment with ingredients, scents, and mix-ins to create our own unique recipes. Then we will have fun playing, molding, swishing and just experiencing the fun of getting a little messy!
Teacher: Emelia Higgins (Pre-K teacher at MHEA and experienced camp teacher)

Calling all princesses! This camp will encourage children to become the princesses they have always dreamed of. Princesses will listen to and learn Disney princess songs and learn to choreograph dances that go along with the songs! Each day, these princesses will also be doing crafts and activities that are princess related such as creating princess crowns, wands, princess dresses, and designing their own glass slippers. Children will also be reading a Disney book each day to stimulate their imagination and creativity! Princesses are encouraged to wear their favorite princess dress or outfit to camp!. This week is going to be so fun and magical, hope to see you there! Teacher: Megan Vigneri (pursuing a M.Ed. in Middle Grades Education at Georgia Southern University)

Ever wanted to explore under the sea? Then you’re in the right place! Together we will explore all the creatures in the sea, and create crustacean crafts! We will design jellyfish, rock crabs, sea turtles, and so many more fishy friends! We can relax and paint a blissful beach scene, and then have a REEL-y good time playing underwater games! The most exciting part is the treasure hunt at the end of the week. We must save the sea creatures and find the treasure before anyone else! SEA you there!
Teacher: Olivia Berry (pursuing a BSEd in Elementary Education at the University of Georgia)

Enjoy a week of music, dancing, and fun! In this class we will explore the world of music through various instruments and activities. Children will practice the basic concepts of music as we connect songs and melodies to actions and movements. Crafty kids get ready to make instruments of your very own. We will dance, sing, and create a week of musical magic!
Teacher: Beth Cunningham B.S. (Experienced Teacher and Tutor)

In this camp, students will fall in love with Jesus as they listen to Bible stories, create crafts, and sing songs of prayer! We will learn dances to go along with our upbeat worship songs. Each student will have the opportunity to say a prayer for the class and speak from their hearts. We will talk about how to praise the Lord and ask for help through prayer. To show our love for Jesus, we will make plenty of arts and crafts! Of course, there will also be plenty of time for playing outside and making new friends. We are so excited to share our love of Jesus with your child and leave them knowing they will be eternally loved!
Teacher: Kelly Barron (pre-K teacher at MHEA, and experienced summer camp teacher)

Come explore under the sea in Magical Mermaid Adventures camp! We will discover the deep blue sea and find our inner mermaid along the way! Campers will create their own unique mermaid tails, design their own mermaid shirts, and have fun with bubbles galore! Let’s have some fun with washable face paint and learning our own magic tricks! Explore SO much more and have waves of girly fun here at camp!!
Teacher: Ella Langley (experienced summer camp teacher at MHEA and toddler assistant)

Come one, come all, current and future spies! This camp will talk about all things ciphers, laser fields, fingerprints, invisible ink, and disguises. Enjoy sneaking through obstacle courses, solving “top secret mystery” challenges, and uncovering mysteries at Ms. Heathers! Crafts for your spies include writing secret messages, creating and deciphering coded messages, and making your own disguise. Inspired by contest winner Sarah Petito!
Teacher: Teacher: Lexi Dollar (Junior at Brenau University pursuing a degree in Elementary Education, experienced MHEA assistant)