Camps for Kids in Manalapan, NJ
Our art and design camps offer engaging, hands-on experiences where children explore painting, sculpture, architecture, and interior design. Students learn about influential artists and designers, develop creative skills, and build confidence through guided, project-based activities. Every camp is designed to encourage imagination, critical thinking, and self-expression in a fun and supportive environment.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
A 5-day creative camp where students explore different art styles inspired by Frida Kahlo, Paul Cézanne, David Hockney, Faith Ringgold, and Louise Nevelson. Each day, children will learn about the artist’s life and history, then create their own artwork to take home.
From portraits and still life to landscapes, storytelling, and sculpture, students will build skills, creativity, and confidence through fun, hands-on projects.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
In this 5-day camp, students explore the fundamentals of interior design and architecture by creating their own apartment model using cardboard and mixed materials. From planning to final details, kids learn how spaces are designed, organized, and brought to life.
Each day introduces a new step in the design process: developing a floor plan, creating a visual board, constructing walls, designing interiors, and adding furniture and details. Along the way, students build creativity, spatial thinking, and practical design skills while expressing their personal style—and take home their finished model at the end of the week.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
In this 5-day camp, students explore the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Antoni Gaudí, Frank Gehry, and Shigeru Ban while discovering diverse architectural styles and ideas. Each day focuses on a different building type—from residential homes to innovative and emergency structures—showing how design, materials, and purpose come together.
Students will learn about each architect’s vision and influence, then step into the role of architect themselves—designing, building, and presenting their own projects. This hands-on, open-ended camp encourages creativity, experimentation with materials, and problem-solving as young architects bring their ideas to life and take home their finished model at the end of the week.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
Discover the world of Ancient Greece through hands-on art and architecture projects inspired by mythology, classical design, and storytelling. In this 5-day camp, students explore history, literature, and creative expression while bringing ancient ideas to life.
Throughout the week, children will learn about Greek culture and dive into myths such as Theseus and the Minotaur, Abduction of Persephone, and Chimera. Each day features a new hands-on project—from building classical columns and designing the Minotaur’s maze to creating and decorating a papier-mâché vase and inventing a magical creature.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
In this fun and creative camp, students will celebrate their love for animals by choosing to sketch and paint either a cat or a dog. Guided step by step, they will explore color, expression, and painting techniques to bring their chosen pet to life.
In addition to painting, students will create a clay sculpture of a cat or dog, learning basic sculpting and form-building skills. This hands-on experience encourages creativity, confidence, and personal expression—and students will take home both their painting and sculpture at the end of the camp.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
In this 5-day camp, students will explore the world of Impressionism through the work of Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and Camille Pissarro. Each day focuses on a different artist, their style, and techniques, followed by a hands-on art project inspired by their work.
Students will experiment with color, light, texture, and movement while developing their creativity and artistic confidence. Projects include Monet’s Lily Pond with a Bridge, a Van Gogh-inspired pop-up room, Degas’ foil ballerina, Cassatt-inspired papier-mâché hat, and Pissarro’s landscape dot painting.
All students will take home their artworks, building a beautiful collection by the end of the week.
Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (includes ~30-minute break; please bring a snack)
In this creative, ocean-inspired camp, students will explore art through the magical world beneath the sea. They will design, sketch, and paint a large-scale fish composition, experiment with fluid art using ocean-inspired colors and movement, and sculpt a clay fish that can be painted and displayed at home.
This hands-on camp focuses on creativity, spatial and 3D thinking, and artistic exploration, encouraging students to experiment freely with different materials while bringing their underwater worlds to life.