❄️ HIVE5 Winter Camp 2026 Christmas Magic & New Year STEAM Adventures!

Ages: Jr. 4–6 • Sr. 7–12
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Date: December 21-24 & December 28-31, 2026

Cost: $85/day (materials included)
Before Care (8–9 AM): $10/day
After Care (4–5:30 PM): $15/day
Location: Hive5 STEAM PlayPark, 43 First Commerce Dr., Aurora

Celebrate winter break with festive science experiments, creative art, engineering challenges, coding, food activities and daily indoor playground fun!

Schedule Summary

December 24 and December 31: No after care. Pickup by 4:00 PM.
December 25 and January 1: No camp.
Care fees are additional to camp packages.

🎄 Week 1: Santa’s STEAM Workshop

Mon Dec 21 –Santa’s Inventor Workshop
Tue Dec 22 – North Pole Science Magic
Wed Dec 23 – Gingerbread Builders & Holiday Bots
Thu Dec 24 – Christmas Eve Sparkle Lab

🎄 Week 2: Countdown to a Bright New Year
Date

Mon Dec 28 –Santa’s Inventor Workshop
Tue Dec 29 – North Pole Science Magic
Wed Dec 30 – Gingerbread Builders & Holiday Bots
Thu Dec 31 – Christmas Eve Sparkle Lab

🌟 Daily STEAM Themes & Descriptions

Week 1: Santa’s STEAM Workshop

🧪 Day 1 – Monday, Dec 21

❄️ Santa’s Inventor Workshop

Engineer a toy using moving parts, build and test a LEGO sleigh, create an elf invention, and tackle a gift-delivery playground obstacle course.

🧰 Day 2 – Tuesday, Dec 22

North Pole Science Magic
Explore a snowstorm-in-a-bottle experiment, fizzy “snowball” reactions and ice-melting challenges, then make colourful snowflake art.

🎨 Day 3 – Wednesday, Dec 23

🖌️ Gingerbread Builders & Holiday Bots
Build and test gingerbread-style houses, code a robot gift-delivery route, decorate a festive cookie, and play holiday teamwork games

🎉🍪 Day 4 – Thursday, December 24

🎊 Christmas Eve Sparkle Lab
Design glowing holiday cards, make festive ornaments, explore colour and light, and celebrate with a bubble dance and Christmas STEAM scavenger hunt.

Week 2: Countdown to a Bright New Year

🧪 Day 5 – Monday, Dec 28

❄️Arctic Rescue: Build, Code & Explore
Engineer an Arctic shelter, build a bridge for a toy penguin, code a winter rescue mission, and tackle an indoor explorer obstacle course.

🧰 Day 6 – Tuesday, Dec 29

❄️Snow Globe Science & Winter Art
Create a mini snow globe, investigate floating and sinking, make snowflake resist paintings, and sculpt winter creatures.

🎨 Day 7 – Wednesday, Dec 30

🖌️ Future Makers: Invent for 2027!
Design a future city, build a helpful invention, explore circuits through light-up creations, and make a New Year wish jar.

🎉🍪 Day 8 – Thursday, December 31

🎊 Countdown Carnival: Pop, Fizz & Glow!
Engineer a confetti launcher, explore fizzy celebration science, create a party hat, and enjoy a glow dance with an afternoon countdown to 2027

Activities are adapted for each age group and balanced with indoor playground time, active games and breaks. Food activities are subject to allergy requirements.
All prices in CAD. Materials included.

Single-day adventure: $85
Christmas Workshop Package — Dec. 21–24: $320 
New Year Adventure Package — Dec. 28–31: $320
Full Winter Break Package — all 8 days: $640
Before care: 8:00–9:00 AM — $10/day, available on all eight camp days.
After care: 4:00–5:30 PM — $15/day, available December 21–23 and December 28–30.
December 24 and December 31: No after care. Pickup by 4:00 PM.
December 25 and January 1: No camp.
Care fees are additional to camp packages.