Spend your summer break with us!
NCM’s 2023 Summer Camp Sessions are Sold Out.
For all sold out camps and summer studios, we invite interested families to submit their information via our waitlist. Camp spaces do often open up throughout the spring and early summer season. Camp staff will reach out to waitlisted families in the order of which submissions were received.
The New Children’s Museum offers camps (ages 4 – 9) and summer studios (ages 10 – 12) that are project-based and taught by professional artist-educators. The program encourages young artists to work individually and in small groups and offers activities where they can think, play, and create. All camps and studios take place from 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday and include classroom time to explore projects and learn new skills as well as opportunities to enjoy the Museum. Family and friends are invited each Friday to exhibitions to view artwork created during the week. Spaces fill up quickly, so register soon! All members will receive a 10% discount on Camp.
Questions? Email us at camps@thinkplaycreate.org.
Already enrolled in 2023 Summer Camp? The Museum is partnering with our local café vendor, Bean Sprouts, to provide a pre-fixed lunch ordering opportunity for camp families! Museum camp staff will support with the lunch pick-up and distribution to campers. Orders should be placed in advance and directly through Bean Sprouts. Check out the Bean Sprouts menu and ordering details.
pricing
Member Pricing
5-day week: $360
4-day week*: $288
Non-member Pricing
5-day week: $400
4-day week*: $320
*4-day pricing is only available during the week of July 3 – 7 (no camp held on Tuesday, July 4).
Siblings get a 10% discount.
Explorers Camps Pre–K (ages 4 – 5); capacity max 10 students per week
Explorer camps offer art experiences and more to create an early foundation for creativity alongside daily trips to the Museum’s galleries to play within the installations. Family and friends are invited each Friday to an exhibition to view artwork created during the week.
2023 Dates
June 26 – 30 *SOLD OUT
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Discover your inner biologist! Observe your world and explore making insect and other bug-inspired drawings, paintings, sculptures and more.
July 3 – 7 (no class on Tuesday, 7/4) *SOLD OUT
STEAM Explorers
Experiment with your creativity! Explore materials in a new way and take on creative, design challenges using your curiosity and invention.
July 10 – 14 *SOLD OUT
Superhero Training Camp
Calling all future superheroes! Join other heroes-in-training and learn how to make your own costume and discover your super strengths.
July 17 – 21 Comic-Con (no camp offerings)
July 24 – 28 *SOLD OUT
Locally Grown
Explore what lives in your local gardens! Create nature-inspired art and discover together what it takes to make plants and flowers grow.
July 31 – August 4 *SOLD OUT
Puppets, Play, Perform
Make, play, and perform together! Create puppets, construct costumes and share stories through imaginative play, performances, and songs.
August 7 – 11 *SOLD OUT
Tiny Toy Tinkerers
Put on your thinking caps! Design and create your own toys in this fun camp that is all about invention, creativity, and play.
August 14 – 18 *SOLD OUT
Mindful Movers
Create your calm! Enjoy mindfulness practices together through fun and flow-filled explorations of music, movement, and art making.
Makers Camps Grades 1–3 (ages 6 – 9); capacity max 15 students/week
Makers camps provide creative challenges and activities centered around art making and paired with daily trips to the Museum’s galleries to play within the installations. Family and friends are invited each Friday to an exhibition to view artwork created during the week.
2023 Dates
June 26 – 30 *SOLD OUT
Making Miniatures
Build a magical miniature world! Learn to design and build small scale using a variety of fun materials and your imagination.
July 3 – 7 (no class on Tuesday, 7/4) *SOLD OUT
Fiber Art Fun!
It’s a fiber arts party! Learn new techniques for sewing and printmaking to express your creativity through this soft and flexible art form.
July 10 – 14 *SOLD OUT
Animated Art
Calling all animators! Learn how to show movement in art and to create characters, storyboards and animated short films using different media.
July 17 – 21 Comic-Con (no camp offerings)
July 24 – 28*SOLD OUT
Eco Art
Investigate the world around you! Create beautiful and Earth-inspired works of art using materials, textures, patterns, and colors found in nature.
July 31 – August 4*SOLD OUT
Sci-Fi Adventure
Robots, spaceships, and droids! Join us on an immersive arts adventure through the world of science fiction using creative art and writing projects.
August 7 – 11*SOLD OUT
Print Shop
Explore the many ways to print! Use found objects and other materials for printmaking and to create multiple works of art on paper, fabric, and more.
August 14 – 18 *SOLD OUT
Build It, Shape It, Sculpt It
Bend, twist, and build with a variety of materials! Design your own sculpture creations using clay, wood, and other supplies to create unique 3-D art forms.
Summer Studios Grades 4-6 (ages 10 – 12); capacity max 15 students/week
Summer studios give artists the chance to work directly with artist-educators to explore the Museum and to learn new techniques and innovative approaches to art making. Family and friends are invited each Friday to an exhibition to view art work created during the week.
2023 Dates
July 31 – August 4*SOLD OUT
Mural Makers
Learn to work BIG! Join the creative community and discover the many steps taken to create magnificent, monumental-sized drawings and paintings.
August 7 – 11*SOLD OUT
Painters Studio
Express yourself through paint! Learn to mix, blend, and explore painting techniques on paper and hand-stretched canvas on your own and with a group.
Questions?
For questions regarding camps, contact us at camps@thinkplaycreate.org.