(5-8 yrs.) Pack up your favorite doll and experience the life of an American girl growing up in different eras in history. Bring these times to life with your doll through activities, costumes, crafts and themed games in a beautiful historic setting. No camp July 3.

(8-12 yrs.) Discover what it was like to grow up in the past. Explore history through simple recipes, heritage crafts and games. Make food the way your ancestors did and be entertained with historical games and crafts as you become a time-traveler through history.

Experience history through as you churn your own butter, sample historic foods, gain traditional crafting skills and play historic games.

(8-12yrs) Experience history through simple recipes, crafts, and games. Have fun as you churn your own butter, sample historic foods, gain traditional crafting skills and play historic games.

(6-Adult) Our Continental Army, formed in 1775, was created from colonial volunteers. Farmers and tradespeople learned to follow directions, march and fight as one unit. Join us as we practice drilling and talk about the Army's struggles and successes around the campfire.

(6-12 yrs.) Spark curiosity and deepen appreciation for science through engaging and hands-on learning experiences. Stemtree curriculum empowers campers to become confident scientific thinkers by exploring the core principles of science. Campers will code in either Python or Scratch based on their grade levels. Scratch is a highly visual programming language suitable for younger students. Python is one of the most popular programming languages used in data sciences and machine learning. Previous participants will continue learning new STEM concepts.

(All Ages) Bring Dad or Grandad out to see and hear 19th century technology at work. The miller will be grinding, conditions permitting. Please call the site to confirm. Free admission for Fathers and Grandfathers.

(14-Adult) African Americans' labor, experience, and knowledge were crucial to 19th-century grist milling. Explore a historic mill as you discuss the contributions of African American millers in Fairfax County. This program links to the VA250 and Fairfax 250 commemoration.

(3-Adult) Enjoy a summer afternoon like the miller's family did in the 1800s. Churn and eat ice cream. Play with historic games and toys, then make a toy to take home.

(4-Adult) Explore 200-year-old Colvin Run Mill as we grind grain using the power of the waterwheel. Hear and smell the grindstones at work. Learn how automated gristmills revolutionized flour production. Visit the 19th century Miller's House and stop by Colvin Run General Store to purchase our ground grain. This program links to the VA250 and Fairfax250 commemoration.

(16-Adult) Learn the basic skills and shapes to felt wool into animals, and practice as you make needle felted birds to take home. Spend an afternoon learning and creating animals that make wonderful decorations and gifts. All supplies for two birds included. Take home a felting kit to continue crafting at home.

(6-12 yrs.) Explore a wide range of concepts from electricity to electronics with hands-on activities and experiments with Stemtree. Robots inspire young engineers to learn skills and apply science knowledge in computer programming, model construction, circuits and problem-solving.

(6-10 yrs.) Discover how flight developed from birds and insects to balloons and kites, then to planes and rockets. Conduct hands-on experiments to see how lift, drag, weight and thrust make flying possible.

(6-10 yrs.) Get ready for a little deception, secret messaging and eavesdropping. Learn the science of spying and create your own secret messages and practice a few of these skills yourself.

(6-10 yrs.) Try six simple machines that operate alone or together to make work easier. Come experiment with wheels and axels, levers, inclined planes, pulleys, wedges and screws for a morning of fun work.

(1-4 yrs.) Get moving with your toddler as we explore the park using our senses. Each month, we will make, taste, dance, walk, sing and tell stories. Different topics and activities every session.