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Camp in a Bag

Looking for something to do as a family or with your friends during April Vacation Week? Are you going on vacation and will miss your usual Zoo activities? Are you planning a stay-cation and exploring your backyard? Look no further!

Pack your bags!

Camp in a bag offers an array of activities that can be done solo, with a friend or a grown up, indoors and outdoors, and encourages you to get moving. Enjoy all the fun of vacation week from the comfort of your own home.

Buy one bag or both! Each bag comes with unique activities related to both Stone Zoo and Franklin Park Zoo. When you register, you’ll select which bag(s) you want, which Zoo you’d like to pick the bag up from, and what time you'll pick it up. At pick up, you’ll have an opportunity to connect with educators and learn more about what’s in the bag. We highly encourage you to pick up your bag from Stone Zoo or Franklin Park Zoo. If you cannot pick up your bag from one of the two Zoos, we can ship it to you.

Camp in a Bag is intended for participants ages 6-10 and includes materials for one participant.

Yukon Creek Bag

Learn more about a Zoo in your neighborhood with the Yukon Creek bag! Go outside, see nature near your homes and learn how to protect wildlife. Your bag includes a "See/Think" activity, wonder chart, animal diet matching game, food web activity, craft, outdoor scavenger hunt and bug jar. Participants can do the activities solo, with a friend, or with family members. Activities can be done all in one day or over the course of a few days. With camp in a bag, you run the camp day!

Tropical Forest Bag

Learn more about a Zoo in your neighborhood with the Tropical Forest bag! Learn the similarities and differences between animals and their habitats here in Massachusetts and in Tropical Forests around the world, and learn how you can help those animals. Activities include, a Venn Diagram, animal habitat sorting game, sustainability scavenger hunt, craft, animal Olympics activity, outdoor animal observations, and binoculars. Participants can do the activities solo, with a friend, or with family members. Activities can be done all in one day or over the course of a few days. With camp in a bag, you run the camp day!