Show Related Pages

Youth Programs

C.S.I.

Lincoln is about to become the location of a serious crime and we need all the Crime Scene Investigators we can find! Someone has stolen "Parker", Lincoln Park District's best canine friend. As a forensic scientist you hold the key to discovering the culprit. The class will get you into the hands-on world of forensics and crime solving as you build your own CSI Crime Kit.

View Full Program Details

Creative Drama Camp

Jump-start your imagination with this week-long Creative Drama Camp. The week will be filled with improvisations, theatre games and warm-ups as well as arts, crafts and a busy rehearsal schedule. Actor and actresses will put on a performance for their families and friends on Friday.

View Full Program Details

Dance, Dance, Dance!!!

Rest up before you come because you're going to be dancing like a star! For three mornings in a row, you'll get to experience Jazz, Ballet and Clogging. Each dancer will also double as their own choreographer! Audra Turley, our instructor will teach you how to apply some new moves to you favorite song.

View Full Program Details

Funny Business 101

Come learn about the world of one of the most unusual occupations - Syndicated Cartooning. Ms. Larson will share creative development of your comic ideas, the artistic mechanical individual drawing process and style. Character development and dialogs along with an introduction to the business of writing and drawing a daily and Sunday cartoon will be covered.

View Full Program Details

Gingerbread House

Have you ever made a traditional gingerbread house? We'll supply the materials and each young person will be their own designer.

View Full Program Details

Halloween Cookie Decorating for Kids

Join us in decorating 6 Halloween themed cookies. We'll supply the cookies and frostings. A variety of toppings will also be available to choose from. Make them scary or make them cute. When we're done decorating we'll enjoy some Holloween treats ourselves with a glass of milk and a non-scary story or two.

View Full Program Details

Holiday Drop & Shop

Are you trying to get the holiday shopping done without your little "helpers"? We have the perfect answer for you. On the second Sunday of December, drop your little ones off at the Park District. We'll have games, coloring, activities out on the courts and just a lot of fun.

View Full Program Details

Kids in the Kitchen

Break out your apron! We're cooking up a storm in the kitchen! Kids will learn to make fun and simple meals on their own. This four week, two-hour class will have participants making breakfast, lunch and dinner entrees.

View Full Program Details

Letters to Santa

Come color a picture or two, enjoy some milk and cookies and write your Christmas wish list to Santa. We'll make sure your list gets to the North Pole in plenty of time for Jolly ole' Saint Nick.

View Full Program Details

Putting on a Play

Have some excitement this summer Putting On a Play. Learn how plays are staged, rehearsed and performed. The camp will end with your very own play production on Friday afternoon. Thespians will learn how to adapt stories to be performed for audiences, create costumes, make-up and sets. Learn acting techniques and have fun doing it!

View Full Program Details

Red Cross Babysitting Training

Learn how to be the best babysitter that you can be. The focus of this class will cover supervising children, keeping them safe and first aid. You'll learn when you should call for help and what to do in an emergency. Young people taking this class should be mature and responsible.

View Full Program Details

Scavenger Hunt

Calling all Junior High young people! Do you have the winter blahs and nothing to do? Join us this winter for our first ever indoor Scavenger Hunt. We'll put you in teams of four and give you a list of cryptic clues of items to look for and a map of the building. Follow the clues to find things from combs to a dirty sock. After the hunt we'll award goofy prizes and enjoy pizza and sodas.

View Full Program Details

XBOX Split/Second Tournament

Play against your friends in the sports car racing game Split/Second on the XBOX 360! There will be snacks, sodas, and tons of fun! Space is limited to the first 14 players to sign up.

View Full Program Details