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Stop juggling camp schedules in your head
The free Google Sheets planner for parents managing multiple kids, multiple camps, and a summer that refuses to organize itself.
THE PROBLEM
Summer camps start simple. Then it isn't.
Every camp has its own drop-off time, its own location, its own pickup window. Multiply that across weeks and kids and you're not managing a schedule, you're managing a different job every Monday morning.
- Which kid is at which camp this week?
- Did I already pay the deposit for the second session?
- What time is drop-off at the STEM camp again?
- Are any of their friends going the same week?
- What still needs to be packed for Monday?
Most parents are piecing this together from confirmation emails, text threads, and memory. This planner puts it all in one place.
WHAT'S INSIDE
Five tabs. Every angle covered.
Camp plan
Your command center. Week-by-week schedule for up to 4 kids, live budget total, and vacation weeks that auto-strikethrough.
The only tab you need open all summer
Camps
Enter each camp once. Name, type, schedule, cost, drop-off, pick-up, aftercare, deadlines. Everything else pulls from here automatically.
900+ formulas so you never retype anything
Budget
Auto-generated from your Camp Plan. Listed cost fills in from Camps. Override with the actual cost when you get a discount or pay a different amount. Track paid status and confirmation numbers here.
The only place you need to track payments
Friends coordination
See which weeks your kids overlap with friends. Share the sheet so other parents can fill in their side.
No more group texts trying to figure out who's where
Packing and logistics
One row per camp. Drop-off time and pick-up time auto-fill. Add what to pack, special instructions, carpool info, and emergency notes.
Fill it in once, reference it all summer
WHY IT WORKS
Built for how summers actually work.
Enter each camp once
Every tab pulls from your Camps list automatically. Change a cost or time in one place and it updates everywhere. No copy-pasting across tabs.
Built for the messy middle
Split days, vacation weeks, 3 or 4 kids. It handles the edge cases other planners ignore without cluttering the default view.
Coordinate with other parents
The Friends tab is something no other planner offers. Share the sheet and stop playing text tag about who's at which camp which week.
Budget that keeps up with you
See committed, paid, outstanding, and remaining in one glance. No more guessing whether you paid for that second session.
No checkout. No account.
The Etsy versions charge $9 to $12 for less. This one is free, no strings, and works the moment you open it in Google Sheets.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Everything you want to know.
Is this really free?
Yes, completely free. No checkout, no account, no credit card. You enter your email, we send you the planner, and it opens directly in Google Sheets.
Does it work for more than one kid?
It supports up to 4 kids out of the box. The Dashboard gives you a week-by-week view of every child's schedule side by side.
What if my kids go to different camps the same week?
That's exactly what the planner is built for. Each child has their own column, so overlapping weeks and split schedules are easy to see at a glance.
When should I start planning summer camps?
Most popular camps fill up between January and March. The Guide tab includes a registration timeline so you know when to start researching, signing up, and paying deposits.
How does the friends coordination tab work?
You share the Google Sheet with other parents and they fill in their kids' camp weeks. The tab shows you which weeks overlap so you can coordinate carpools and playdates.
Do I need to know how to use spreadsheets?
Nope. The planner is pre-built with everything you need. Just fill in the yellow cells and everything else calculates automatically. The Guide tab walks you through setup in under 5 minutes.
Built by the team at Scribble Art
We make beautiful hardcover books from kids' artwork. We built this planner because we're parents too, and summers kept beating us.
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