Outdoor Adventure Camp | Fonthill, Ontario | Limited to 15 Students Per Week
Leave the screens behind — this is a camp where your child will walk the land, shoot the bow, spark fire from steel, and learn the ancient skills of survival.
At Barefoot Bushcraft, our 100% outdoor day camp helps youth reconnect with nature, develop real-world skills, and build confidence that lasts long after summer ends.
Barefoot Bushcraft
1874 Highway 20, Fonthill, Ontario
(near the Allanburg Bridge)
July 7 – 11
July 14 – 18
August 11 – 15
August 18 – 22
⛔ Strictly limited to 15 students per week. Spots fill quickly.
Primitive Skills, Canoe Garden, Wandering, Opening Owl Pellets, and Thanksgiving.
Our Wilderness Archery Camp offers a mix of fun, challenge, and hands-on outdoor education:
🏹 Archery Training – stance, focus, aim, and instinctive shooting
🔥 Fire-Making – with flint, steel, and ferro rods
🪓 Axe & Knife Throwing – supervised and skill-based
🪵 Bushcraft & Survival Skills – shelters, knots, and tool safety
🧪 Open Owl Pellet Dissection – learn animal biology through exploration
💦 Sponge War Finale – fun, teamwork, and laughter to close the week
🥾 Nature Immersion – wandering, canoe garden, and cultural connection
👣 Barefoot-Friendly Environment – freedom and grounding encouraged
“This is not daycare in the woods — it’s a week of becoming something more.”
Ages: 9 – 13yrs
Ages 9–13 only
Camp activities require maturity, focus, and coordination
Staff are trained in outdoor education and child safety
All gear provided
Our camps will have your student of any age learn many bushcraft and outdoor skills each week!:
Click below to reserve your child’s spot before sessions fill up:
Unplug. Unleash. Reconnect.
This summer, give your child something real:
A week outdoors learning archery, building fires, making shelters, and walking barefoot on the land.
At Barefoot Bushcraft, we don’t do plastic crafts or cafeteria trays. We teach ancient skills, encourage freedom, and build confidence through nature connection and real adventure.
“They came home dirty, tired, and proud — and couldn’t stop talking about it.”
Safe and instinctive bow shooting
Axe and knife throwing
Target challenges and mini competitions
Fire-making with flint, steel, and ferro rods
Knife safety, carving, and batoning
Cordage making, knot tying, and tarp shelters
Orienteering, map-making, scavenger hunts
Students work in teams to build their own shelter — used for shade, lunches, and games throughout the week.
Investigate real owl pellets
Frog catching, camera stalking, mud play, seed saving, and water filtration
Optional exposure to safe firearms discussion & outdoor tools
Each Friday ends in our famous sponge war — a splashy, muddy battle of joy and teamwork!
📜 Camp Details & Pricing
SIBLINGDISCOUNT🧍♀️ Late pick-up until 18:00 ($10/hr late care)
Please remember to send your student with:
Students learning how to start fires
Students building fort / shelters in the woods
REFUNDS: Due to the fixed costs of camp including staff wages, supplies, insurance, etc. No refunds are given on camp fees.
Day Camp is strictly limited to 15 students per week
Use Code: SIBLINGDISCOUNT To get $15.00 off each child (A $30.00 discount in total) when registering two or more students!
Register Early as weeks are strictly limited to 15 students!
Camp is Pre-Paid: There is no wait list
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