Celebrity Parents Who Send Their Kids to Summer Camp

They’re just like Us! Over the years, celebrity parents have sent their kids off to camp for a summer filled with fun.

“For scraped knees, and trees climbed, for hearing ‘You’ve got a friend’ from the bathtub, for rosy cheeks and easy bedtimes, for nicknames and friendship bracelets taped to the back of anything standing,” Jennifer Garner captioned an Instagram photo of a craft inscribed with the word “Mama” made by one of her kids in August 2019. “For dirty limbs and popsicle smiles, for role model counselors–soul protectors, for camp directors who deserve all the showers and all the winter to recover. For crafts that come home saying, ‘mama.’ Thank you, summer camp. ⛺️🌞🤸🏼‍♂️❤️.”

Garner shares daughters Violet and Seraphina and son Samuel with ex-husband Ben Affleck. Affleck and the Alias alum tied the knot in 2005 and called it quits in 2015.

Three years after their divorce, Garner began seeing John Miller in October 2018. The two split in August 2020, but less than a year later, Us Weekly revealed that the couple were giving it another shot.

In July 2022, a source shared with Us that Garner and Miller were “spending more time” with each other’s kids. Miller shares daughter Caroline and son John with ex-wife Caroline Campbell. “They meet at each other’s houses – even for a quick glass of wine or for a low-key dinner date night away from prying eyes,” the source said.

Affleck, for his part, married Jennifer Lopez in July 2022.

Jenna Dewan, who was married to Channing Tatum from 2009 until they finalized their divorce in 2019, has also shared photos and videos of leaving her daughter, Everly, at summer camp over the years. Dewan has two kids: Everly, whom she shares with Tatum, and son Callum with fiancé Steve Kazee.

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“Then one day she grows up and wants to go to sleepaway camp 🥺❤️🙏🏻,” the Step Up actress shared in an Instagram Story in July 2022. “She asked for 20 hugs from Callum 🥰.”

Dewan has previously discussed how Everly has a special connection with Kazee.

“They have a beautiful bond,” she shared with Us in November 2021 before moving on to talk about Callum. “He was born to do anything and everything his older sister does.”

The American Horror Story: Asylum alum has also spoken about how she was worried about the age difference between Evelyn, born in 2013, and Callum, born in 2020.

“All those times I worried about the age gap and if they would bond,” Dewan wrote via Instagram in August 2021. “Worrying is a waste of time and energy. Trust.”

Scroll below to see which celebrities have sent their kids off to summer camp over the years:

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Jenna Dewan

Dewan sent her daughter, Everly, to sleepaway camp for the first time in July 2022 — and the proud mom got very emotional. In an Instagram Story, she shared that she “held it together until the car.”

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Rachel Zoe

Zoe posted a video picking her son up from camp in August 2022. “Yes, I am officially that embarrassing, emotional mom that cries at camp pick up. 😭#boymom,” she shared on Instagram alongside a video of her running up to hug her child.

The celebrity stylist shares two sons, Skyler and Kaius, who were born in 2011 and 2013, respectively, with husband Rodger Berman.

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Giada De Laurentiis

The Food Network star dropped her daughter, Jade, off at camp in July 2022. De Laurentiis posted a photo on Instagram to document the special occasion. “Made it to camp! So proud of you Jadey! #mommymoments,” she wrote in the caption.

De Laurentiis welcomed Jade in March 2008 with her ex-husband Todd Thompson. The two called it quits in 2015. After the split, the chef began dating TV producer Shane Farley.

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Mario Lopez

Lopez’s son Dominic – whom he shares with wife Courtney Mazza – went to wrestling camp in the summer of 2022. “Dominic López CAMPER OF THE WEEK! Congrats mijo… #wrestlingcamp #CalPoly,” the Saved by the Bell alum shared on Instagram in August 2022.

Lopez and Mazza, who tied the knot in 2012, have three children – Gia, born in 2010, Dominic, born in 2013, and Santino, born in July 2019. In December 2019, the Access Hollywood host admitted that he would be open to having more kids.

“I always told her [Courtney] I’d like to keep going if it was up to me, but I’m not the one having them,” he told Us at the time.

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Hank Azaria

Azaria dropped his son, Hal, off at camp in June 2022. “Dropped the kid off at camp this week. Consoling my emotions in pics 2 and 3,” he wrote in an Instagram post at the time.

The Simpsons alum welcomed Hal with wife Katie Wright in 2009. Wright and Azaria tied the knot in 2007.

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Sari Lennick

Lennick sends her son, Dylan, to Iverbe Day and Sports Camp, which has programs at several schools in Los Angeles.

“Everybody from the Westside who’s anybody goes,” the Serious Man star told The Hollywood Reporter in August 2018, adding that her son loves Water Day at Culver City’s Bill Botts Field. “[It’s] a bunch of kids running around on the side of a mountain shooting each other with water guns all day. Isn’t that the camp experience we all wish we had?”

Lennick welcomed Dylan in August 2007 with husband Alan Lennick.

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Jennifer Garner

Garner has posted on social media about sending her and Affleck’s three kids – Violet, Seraphina and Samuel born in 2005, 2009 and 2012, respectively – to summer camp. “For crafts that come home saying, ‘mama.’ Thank you, summer camp. ⛺️🌞🤸🏼‍♂️❤️,” the 13 Going on 30 star shared on Instagram alongside a craft made by one of her children.

Since Affleck and Garner’s 2015 split, the two’s coparenting relationship has constantly been evolving especially with Affleck marrying Lopez in 2022.

“It’s always a work in progress,” a source revealed to Us about Affleck and Garner in February 2020. “Things come up between them, but they are committed to doing the best they can for the kids. They stay on top of things and have a lot of meetings and check-ins … If they have differences, they keep it to themselves and don’t let it have an impact. They always put on happy faces for the kids and put their well-being first.”

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Molly Shannon

Shannon sent her daughter, Stella, to the Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Mark Wahlberg, Felicity Huffman and Max Greenfield’s kids have also attended the YADA theater school.

“YADA really brings the magic out that kids have inside them. Theatre in general is so wonderful for kids learning how to present themselves onstage. At YADA they get to perform with their friends and be silly and have fun. My daughter just loves it. It is truly a magical place with the best teachers in town,” the former Saturday Night Live member shared in a review in May 2018. “My daughter Stella loves it. The productions are top notch. It is just so heart warming that a place like this exists in Los Angeles.”

Shannon married husband Fritz Chesnut in 2004 and welcomed daughter Stella in 2003 and son Nolan in 2005.

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Heather Dubrow

The Real Housewives of Orange County star has shared photos in the past of her kids at sleepaway camp. “Images from sleepaway camp… UGH, I miss them so much ! #COMEHOMEMAXANDNICKY #6moredays,” the Bravo alum wrote on Instagram in 2015.

Heather and her husband, Terry Dubrow, share daughters Maximillia, Katarina and Collette along with son Nicholas.

In February 2022, the “Heather Dubrow’s World” podcast host opened up about how she and Terry parent their children after growing up in a strict household.

“With our kids, we’ve sort of taken the approach [of], ‘Look, we’ve given you all the tools. We trust you. And until you prove otherwise, we’re going to just continue to trust you,” she told Us at the time. “It has served us.”