campella
Stop juggling spreadsheets and group chats. Browse camps near you, plan each kid's summer week by week, and coordinate your schedule with families and friends.
New here — and growing
Campella isn't just a camp list — it's where Katy & Houston parents discover camps, plan each kid's summer week by week, and coordinate with friends, all in one place. And we build it together: know a camp that isn't here yet? Add it in seconds — free to join, free to add a camp.
Top camps
Katy, TX · 5 runs
Camp West is a Christian day camp for kindergarten through 8th grade located in Katy, TX. Campers enjoy a safe environment with activities including archery, rock climbing, lake time, arts and crafts, team building games, and more. Named "Best of the Best" Summer Camp by the Houston Chronicle, Campity Camp, and Houston Latino Family Magazine.
Katy, TX · 14 runs
Creative, hands-on arts camps where kids act, perform, design, and make their own mini films in a fun, supportive environment. Offering courses in acting, filmmaking, musical theatre, improv, and design at the Katy location. Trusted since 2012 with over 150 plays and short films directed.
Katy, TX · 25 runs
A paint and sip studio offering Summer Art Day Camp sessions for children, featuring painting and craft activities with drop-off care from 10am-2pm. Kids bring their own lunch and create themed art projects throughout the week.
Katy, TX · 29 runs
Cordovan Art School offers summer art camps for ages 5-16 featuring painting, drawing, clay sculpture, and themed creative projects. Children work with professional artists using various mediums including watercolors, acrylics, pastels, and hand-built pottery.
New · Summer Planning Pass
Tell us about your camper and what they love — the AI scheduler finds the right camps and builds a week-by-week season for you, automatically. It's included with the Summer Planning Pass.
Why Campella
I'm Crystal — a working mom of two. When my kids hit camp age, I learned just how hard and time-consuming it is to plan a summer that keeps them busy, happy, and on budget. Wrangling camp schedules and comparing notes with friends over text turned into a full-blown group-chat nightmare.
So I built Campella. It's the easiest way to find camps near you — but it's also where you can see what friends and families are booking, what they're loving, and even copy a schedule you like right into your own wherever it fits. Less texting, more summer.
— Crystal, founder of Campella
How Campella works
Campella is curated by parents like you. The more we share, the better summer gets for everyone.
This site is curated by you, the parent — so help share what camps are out there. Just paste the camp's website when you Add a camp and our AI helper fills in the details for you — no typing required. An admin reviews it, and once approved it joins the directory and stays up to date going forward.
Some camps have claimed their own listing and keep the details current themselves. You'll see an Owner-managed badge on the camp's detail page so you know the info comes straight from the source.
For now, you'll click through to the camp's own registration page to book your spot. Once you're signed up, be sure to mark the camp as registered on Campella so friends get notified you're going! We're working hard to build connections into camp platforms so booking becomes seamless right here on Campella.
Resources & links
It's the peak of summer heat — and indoor art camps are the perfect way to keep kids cool, busy, and creating. My daughter has loved art for as long as I can remember; here are the Katy studios that actually taught her something, plus a brand-new school already posting fall sessions. (Every painting here is hers.)
Read more →Last summer we got a pickup call almost every week. This year has been different. Here are two end-of-summer camps near Katy that met my kids exactly where they are — and the reason I built Campella in the first place.
Read more →A parent-tested shortlist of the best-loved summer camps in Katy — from STEM and sports to arts, cooking, and full-day care.
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