Youth Programs
The Rookery offers a many great programs for kids of all ages. Whether your enjoys sports and athletics, or getting creative with arts and crafts, the Rookery has a lot of fun and exciting options.
Read more about our current offerings below and follow the links to register for your child for one of our great programs.
Rookery Kids Summer Day Camp
Monday, June 19 - Friday, Aug 18 | 9:00am - 3:30pm | 5 - 12 years
Join us each week at Rookery Day Camp where the fun the will never stop. Rookery Kids will enjoy time outside doing small and large group games, arts and crafts and other fun weekly themed activities. Each week we will go swimming at the Rookery Aquatic Center (Mondays and Fridays), enjoy Wheelie Wednesdays (camper are asked to bring a bike, scooter or something with wheels to ride on), and Special activity/field trips (Thursdays). You can join us for all 8 weeks of camp (June 19th – August 18), or pick the weeks that work best for you. Day Camp will run Monday – Friday from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm. You will be able to choose which days you will be attending camp with a minimum of at least 3 days a week. Each Camper will receive 1 Camp t-shirt for the summer. The Summer will be jammed pack with fun that you won’t want to miss!
Each Camper will need to bring a bagged lunch with drink and a water bottle each day to camp. Campers will need to bring their swimming gear (swim suit, towel and goggles if they choose) on swimming days, a bike or scooter on Wednesdays, and any other specialty items that may be needed for Special activity / Field Trip days.
Before and Aftercare is available Monday – Friday. Before care is offered from 7:00 am – 9:00 am and after care is offered from 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm for an additional fee.
Swim lessons will be offered during the day on Tuesdays at the Rookery Aquatic Center. Campers may sign up for swim lessons for an additional fee.
After Care swim lesson will be available after camp on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Thursdays. If you would like to have your child attend After Care swim lessons, you may sign up for an additional fee.
Payment plans will be offered. Everyone is required to make a payment of 25% for each week per child that is being registered. The 25% down payment is a non-refundable down payment. Full/remaining balance for each week will be due two weeks before the start of the camp week that you are registered for. All families will be required to have a saved card on file in their account and will sign a release of payment form which will allow us to process that remaining balance to that card on the Monday two weeks before the camp date.
Member $220 | Non-member $265
Glow-In-The-Dark Art Camp
Thursday, July 6 and Friday, July 7 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 4 - 9 years
These projects will ROCK your child’s world long after the lights go out at night. You guessed it, all the projects we create in this camp will glow-in-the-dark! How cool is that?!?!?! We will be working with a variety of different art supplies including clay, paint and other luminescent materials to create masterpieces your child will be ready to show off in the dark! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child each day.
Member $88 | Non-member $98
Ninja Day Camp
Thursday, Jul 13 | 10:00am - 12:00pm | 8 - 13 years
Join us and Ninja Anywhere for a morning of fun! Ninja Anywhere will teach us all the tricks to their Ninja warrior course. We will learn how to successfully go their course with warped wall, floating boards, climbing ropes, Ninja rings, spring boards, crawl tunnels, quad steps, balance beams and so much more. We will also have an inflatable obstacle course and a Gian inflatable slide. Please bring a water bottle and dress to be outside in the sun. Socks and Tennis shoes are required. You won’t want to miss out on the fun! Can you beat the Ninja masters? Please Note: A Ninja Anywhere waiver will need to signed per camper and will be sent to all participants before camp.
Member $62 | Non-member $72
Preschool Summer Day Camp
Monday, Jul 17 - Wednesday, Jul 19 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 4 - 5 years
Calling all of our 4- and 5-year old’s! Do you want to come to Day Camp? Join us for some preschool Day-Camp fun. We will play some large group games, create some great projects and have lots and lots of fun! We will walk down the path to the Woods Edge Park. Campers will need to bring a water bottle and dress to be outside. Participants must currently be 4 by the start of camp.
Member $54 | Non-member $64
Ready, Set, MESS Art Camp
Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 3 - 6 years
In this camp, get ready to get messy with some of our most fun projects! Your little one will love getting messy with mosaics, creating with clay, and painting in wacky ways. We’ll even make our own puffy paint so we can paint yummy-looking ice cream cones on real canvas boards. Get ready, get set, and let’s go make a MESS! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and water bottle for your child each day.
Member $88 | Non-member $98
Preschool Summer Day Camp - Tropical Storm
Monday, Aug 7 - Wednesday, Aug 9 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 4 - 5 years
Calling all of our 4- and 5-year old’s! Do you want to come to Day Camp? Join us for some preschool Day-Camp fun. During our pretend Tropical Storm, our boat crashed on an island and now we are stuck. We will enjoy some fun water activities (we will get a little wet on Monday and Wednesday.) On Tuesday We will get WET, so please have your camper come in their swim suite and bring a towel. We will walk down the path to the Woods Edge Park. Campers will need to bring a water bottle, dress to be outside. Participants must currently be 4 by the start of camp.
Member $54 | Non-member $64
Glitter and Glow Art Camp
Monday, Aug 21 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 5 - 12 years
What rules supreme in your child’s world? Art projects that glitter or glow-in-the-dark? No need for your child to choose when you sign them up for this art camp! We will work with a variety of art supplies including clay, glow-in-the-dark paint, and of course, lots and lots of glitter! The kids will create snow globes that glow-in-the-dark, butterflies that shimmer and glimmer, an Eiffel Tower with stars that twinkle, and so much more. Glitter and glow… here we go! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack, lunch and a drink for your child.
Member $86 | Non-member $94
Nailed It Art Camp
Tuesday, Aug 22 - Thursday, Aug 24 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 5 - 12 years
Calling all creative kids! This is the perfect camp to hone both your artistic side and your puzzle-solving skills. Just like on the popular TV show Nailed It!, we’ll show you a final product and give you all the goods needed to recreate it. The rest is up to you! Your challenges will include creating a unicorn cake sculpture that looks good enough to eat, painting a fox at sunset, a llama with a flower crown, and so much more. We can’t wait to see if you can nail it! This is Nailed It!, Kidcreate-style, so instead of baking, we’ll be sculpting, painting, collaging, and more! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child each day.
Member $115 | Non-member $125
Tie Dye Party Art Camp
Thursday, Aug 31 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 5 - 12 years
This is NOT a project you want your kids doing at home! Send your kids to camp to make a tie-dyed shirt that they will wear all summer long. Children must bring their own white t-shirt to class. This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child.
Member $46 | Non-member $56
PRESCHOOL SPORTS SAMPLER
Saturdays , Apr. 15 - May 6 | 9:00 - 10:00am | 3 - 6 years old
Help your kids continue building those motor skills with this Sports Sampler program! Kids will get the chance to try their hand at basketball, soccer, t-ball, and floor hockey. Join us for 4 sessions of fun and skill-building for your little one!
Member $40 | Non-member $50
BASKETBALL BASICS
Thursdays, Apr. 20 - May 11 | 5:00 - 6:00pm | 6-9 years old
Calling young ballers! Do your kids want to learn more about basketball? Maybe they want to take their skills to another level? Have some fun and stay active while learning and practicing the fundamentals of the game from experienced and skilled instructors. Youth in grades 1-3 are eligible for this program.
Member $50 | Non-member $65
BAG TOSS LEAGUE
Tuesdays, June 13 - August 1 | 7:00pm - 9:00pm | 12+ years old
The classic tailgating game comes to The Rookery! Join us for a bean bag toss league. Satisfy that competitive side as well as your social side as you play with new and old friends in this easy and fun backyard game. Register as pairs. T-shirts for the winners!
$120 Per pair w/Member | $150 Per pair both Non-members
PICKLEBALL SKILLS & DRILLS
Dates TBD | Registration will open as soon as dates are set | 12+ years old
This 4-week pickleball skills and drills program will help you improve your pickleball game. You will learn and practice a variety of skills and drills to improve your game which will include serve and return, how to plan your 3rd shot, navigate the kitchen, work your forehand and backhand movements, and perform wall drills. Individuals registering for this program must already know the basics of the game. This is not a learn how to play pickleball program.
Member $48 | Non-member $60
Glow-In-The-Dark Art Camp
Thursday, July 6 and Friday, July 7 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 4 - 9 years
These projects will ROCK your child’s world long after the lights go out at night. You guessed it, all the projects we create in this camp will glow-in-the-dark! How cool is that?!?!?! We will be working with a variety of different art supplies including clay, paint and other luminescent materials to create masterpieces your child will be ready to show off in the dark! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child each day.
Member $88 | Non-member $98
Ready, Set, MESS Art Camp
Monday, July 24 and Tuesday, July 25 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 3 - 6 years
In this camp, get ready to get messy with some of our most fun projects! Your little one will love getting messy with mosaics, creating with clay, and painting in wacky ways. We’ll even make our own puffy paint so we can paint yummy-looking ice cream cones on real canvas boards. Get ready, get set, and let’s go make a MESS! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and water bottle for your child each day.
Member $88 | Non-member $98
Glitter and Glow Art Camp
Monday, Aug 21 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 5 - 12 years
What rules supreme in your child’s world? Art projects that glitter or glow-in-the-dark? No need for your child to choose when you sign them up for this art camp! We will work with a variety of art supplies including clay, glow-in-the-dark paint, and of course, lots and lots of glitter! The kids will create snow globes that glow-in-the-dark, butterflies that shimmer and glimmer, an Eiffel Tower with stars that twinkle, and so much more. Glitter and glow… here we go! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack, lunch and a drink for your child.
Member $86 | Non-member $94
Nailed It Art Camp
Tuesday, Aug 22 - Thursday, Aug 24 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 5 - 12 years
Calling all creative kids! This is the perfect camp to hone both your artistic side and your puzzle-solving skills. Just like on the popular TV show Nailed It!, we’ll show you a final product and give you all the goods needed to recreate it. The rest is up to you! Your challenges will include creating a unicorn cake sculpture that looks good enough to eat, painting a fox at sunset, a llama with a flower crown, and so much more. We can’t wait to see if you can nail it! This is Nailed It!, Kidcreate-style, so instead of baking, we’ll be sculpting, painting, collaging, and more! This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child each day.
Member $115 | Non-member $125
Tie Dye Party Art Camp
Thursday, Aug 31 | 9:00am - 12:00pm | 5 - 12 years
This is NOT a project you want your kids doing at home! Send your kids to camp to make a tie-dyed shirt that they will wear all summer long. Children must bring their own white t-shirt to class. This class is taught by Kidcreate Studio. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child.
Member $46 | Non-member $56
Bowling and Bounce House Fun - Trip
Monday, Mar 6 | 7:30am - 5:00pm | 5 - 12 years
Let go Bowling! Join us as we head to Splitrocks to go bowling. We will start our morning out with some outside group games and at Edgewood Park. we will jump on the bus and head to Splitrock Entertainment Center in Wyoming, MN where we will enjoy bowling, time in the arcade and a Pizza lunch. We will After we get back from bowling, we will bounce till we can’t bounce any more in our bounce house at the Rookery Activity Center. If bouncing is not your thing, we will have other gym activities like basketball and soccer balls out for you to enjoy as well. We will walk down the path to the Woods Edge Park to play. A morning and afternoon snack will be provided. A Pizza Lunch, provided by Splitrocks and a $3.00 in arcade tokens will also be provided. Campers will need to bring a water bottle, dress for the weather and MUST WEAR SOCKS. Participants must be currently in Kindergarten through 5th grade. We will only accept one pod friend request per camper and both campers must request each other for it to be granted. Campers may bring spending money if they wish to purchase more tokens for the arcade.
Member $60 | Non-member $75
Grand Slam - Trip
Wednesday, Mar 8 | 7:30am - 5:00pm | 5 - 12 years
Let’s go to GRAND SLAM! We will enjoy some time at Edge wood park before we jump on the bus and head to Grand Slam in Coon Rapids. While at Grand slam we will enjoy unlimited 18-hole Mini Golf, Bumper Cars, Batting Cages, Play Zone, Laser Tag and Ninja Course. Everyone will receive a $3.00 game card for the arcade. A morning and afternoon snack will be provided. All Campers will need to sign a Ninja Couse waiver to be turn in the morning of our trip. Please send a bag lunch, drink and a water bottle. Campers will need to bring a water bottle, dress for the weather and MUST WEAR SOCKS. Participants must be currently in Kindergarten through 5th grade. We will only accept one pod friend request per camper and both campers must request each other for it to be granted. Campers may bring spending money if they wish to purchase snack and more tokens for the arcade.
MN Twins Game
Wednesday, July 26 | 10:15am - 5:00pm | All ages Welcome
Come out and cheer on our boys of summer, as the MN Twins take on the Seattle Mariners. Our seats are in section 204, along the first base line. We do have some accessible seats available, please let us know if you need to reserve an accessible seat. We plan to arrive around 11:15 am for the noon game, so you'll have some time to explore before the game begins. We will depart after 10 innings if the game runs long. Youth must have an adult with them on the trip to attend. Registration includes transportation and game ticket. Please note: Standing and walking is required. Please bring spending money if you would like to make personal purchases.
$67 per person