Free Activities Offered At Bass Pro Shops Family Summer Camp

  • Monday, June 26, 2017

The Bass Pro Shops Family Summer Camp features free games for kids, activities and workshops where families can learn skills for outdoor adventures together.  It continues through Sunday, July 23, at Bass Pro Shops located across the United States and Canada. 

During the Family Summer Camp event, free workshops, which are conducted by store experts, will be held from 12-3 p.m. every Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday June 24-July 23.

Families may learn the basics of camping, fishing, shooting and archery. Other workshops include hiking and backpacking, water safety for boating and kayaking, and learning about animals in the wild. All workshops are approximately 20 minutes in length and kids will get a free lanyard and then earn a free, collectible pin for every workshop completed. When kids have finished all six workshops they will receive a completion pin (while supplies last). 

Families can participate in the following workshops:

Thursdays
Noon – Fishing—freshwater/saltwater
1 p.m. – Animals in the Wild—identifying animals
2 p.m. – Water Safety—boating/kayaking
3 p.m. – Trek and Prep—shelter, maps, tools

Saturdays
Noon – Fishing—freshwater/saltwater
1 p.m. – Shooting/Archery—hunting and recreational
2 p.m. – Camping/Hiking—fire safety, supplies
3 p.m. – Animals in the Wild—identifying animals  

Sundays
Noon – Shooting/Archery—hunting and recreational 
1 p.m. – Water Safety—boating/kayaking
2 p.m. – Trek and Prep—shelter, maps, tools
3 p.m. – Camping/Hiking—fire safety, supplies 

In addition, kids can try free craft activities such as coloring a camp bag, creating a wooden camp photo frame, planting grass seeds in a decorative pot, and painting a duck track magnet and a wiggle fish. A different craft activity will be featured each week on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, from noon - 2 p.m. (while supplies last). 

At the stores, kids can enjoy several free hands-on activities including:
Casting buckets challenge
Archery shooting arcade
Daisy BB gun ranges
Souvenir photo download
Catch and Release Pond opportunity is available at select stores only, Saturday and Sunday, July 1 and 2 only, from noon-5 p.m.   

This year, a new games area offers free family games such as Spikeball, Kan Jam, bag toss, ladderball and washer toss. 

For more information and details visit www.basspro.com/summercamp.


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