Craft Shop Summer Art Camps
Camps and Workshop Dates
June 8-12, 2026: Clay Dinner Party
Clay Dinner Party
Get creative with clay! Discover wheel throwing and hand-building techniques to create a unique themed set. Students will learn how to make plates, bowls, cups, clay food, and other items for the table. Each day will focus on different items to add to the decorative and functional table setting. The class will learn to add color with underglaze and glaze. Finished works will be available for pick up approximately 2 – 3 weeks after camp after the final glaze firing.
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 1 – 3)
- Min 4 - Max 12
- Cost: $185
1 PM – 4PM - (Grade 4 - 8)
- Min 4 - Max 14
- Cost $195
June 14-18, 2026: Wearable Art (4-day camp- No Friday due to Holiday)
Wearable Art
Create unique wearable art such as pins, necklace, crown, stamped leather belt, and custom printed tee shirts, and more. We look at artists who focus on wearable items.
Campers will create a variety of materials such as clay, fabric, felt, paper, yarn, leather, and more
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 1 – 3)
- Min 4 - Max 12
- Cost: $160
June 22-26, 2026: Design Your Own Board Game
Design Your Own Board Game
Design your own board game! Throughout the week we will create a book of rules, develop board box packaging, design the game board, create the parts and pieces using clay and various other mixed media. By the end of the week, you will have a playable creativity-created board game
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 1 – 3)
- Min 4 - Max 12
- Cost: $165
1 PM – 4PM - (Grade 4 - 8)
- Min 4 - Max 12
- Cost $175
July 6-10, 2026: Paper, Print, Bookmaking
Paper, Print, Bookmaking
Explore the age of technique of papermaking, printmaking, and bookbinding. This week camp will learn to make our own paper using molds and deckles from paper pulp to plant fiber. We will use our handmade paper for drawing on, collage and to print. to create a colorful creative artist book.
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 1 – 3)
- Min 4 - Max 12
- Cost: $180
1 PM – 4PM - (Grade 4 - 8)
- Min 4 - Max 12
- Cost $190
July 13-17, 2026: Sewing Stuffed Sculptures
Sewing Stuffed Sculptures
Learn both hand sewing and to use sewing machine to create felt stuffed sculptures. You can make a pillow, animal, cartoon, or use your imagination and create
a mythical creature. We will design on paper, create a pattern, sew, and build. After our sculptures are
assembled, we will embellish with fabric paints, buttons, embroidery and appliqué techniques.
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 1 – 3)
- Min 4 - Max 10
- Cost: $200
1 PM – 4PM - (Grade 4 - 8)
- Min 4 - Max 10
- Cost $200
July 20-24, 2026: Art Explorers
Art Explorers
Discover the world of art. This week camp will focus on different media each day from watercolor painting, clay, fiber arts, printmaking, sculpture, sewing, and more.
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 1 – 3)
- Min 4 - Max 10
- Cost: $175
1 PM – 4PM - (Grade 4 - 8)
- Min 4 - Max 10
- Cost $185
July 27-July 31, 2026: Clay Sculptures
Clay Sculptures
Learn the many techniques of hand-building with clay to make sculptures. We will work on a theme each day to create four creative projects. We will learn to coil, pinch, and slab build to create a sculpture from our imaginations. On the last day we will use colorful underglazes, slips, and cold finishes such as paint and mixed media to add color and finished pieces. Finished works will be available for pick up approximately 2 – 3 weeks after camp after. This is not a wheel throwing class.
9 AM – 11 AM (Grade 4 – 8)
- Min 4 - Max 10
- Cost: $185
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