Creative Explorer Art Camp Themes
Learn more about our unique themes according to age group. Once you see a theme you like, you can register using the links below.
At the Beach
Join us as we go "surfing" through mixed media projects focused on ocean life and seaside fun!
Draw, Paint, and Sculpt your favorite creatures and what you love most about the beach.
Projects include making sand art, seashell clay sculpture, and keepsake prints!
- Little Explorers
- Junior Adventurers
Mudpie Clay Pottery
In this camp little hands will love exploring using real clay to make a Fairy garden flower pot.
Campers will be introduced to the 4 basic methods of working with clay: pinch, coil, slab, and molds.
Kids will also be able to paint a piece of pottery from our selection of bisqueware!
- Little Explorers
Painting Wonderland
Explore all the wonders of painting in this camp that focuses on the wonderful world of using paints to create wondrous works of art! We explore watercolor painting, acrylic painting, and paint pouring techniques. Campers learn how to mix their colors in their own palette to create a large canvas of the subject of their choice using standard and found object techniques.
- Little Explorers
On the Farm
Experience the fun of life on a farm! Little rangers learn about farm animals, basics of gardening, and history of farm life from early settlers to current practices by local farmers! Includes farm themed art projects like painting a mini canvas, sculpting a barn diorama with clay animals and mixed media, and weaving a straw basket! Campers will look forward to harvesting all of their creations!
- Little Explorers
Time Travelers
Take a trip in our time machine to explore past and futuristic expressions of creativity while learning artistic techniques in mixed media. Campers learn a bit of art history and the different types of art styles from Prehistoric to Modern Concepts and Digital Art. Projects include subjects from Dinosaurs to Robots! We draw an art in space timeline, carve a clay tile, make a mini robot sculpture, design a time capsule, and do a Pop Art canvas painting!
- Little Explorers
Craft Me a Story
Tell a story through mixed media. Write a story or read a book, then design projects based on your own interpretation. This camp allows the student to use creative thinking and writing skills as they create their own world!
Projects include: Storyboard creation, Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture of Characters and more!
- Little Explorers
Create with Nature
Explore nature, landscapes, florals, and textures in mixed media while using actual tools and natural elements from the great outdoors! Learn about Lenape Native American culture and indigenous crafts.
Projects include making our own natural paints, flower pot decorating, pressed flowers and leaves, fiber dream-catcher weaving, tie-dye shirt, and bean mosaics!
- Little Explorers
Build Like An Egyptian
Tour the Nile and mysterious tombs as you build models, make sculptures, and engineer a design with mixed media in Egyptian inspired and styled projects. We will draw, paint, and sculpt with the same methods that artists used centuries ago.
We will also make a clay tomb and pyramid, draw our name in hieroglyphs, and learn about these ancient master crafters!
- Junior Adventurers
International Voyage
Join us as we meet famous artists and learn mixed media art techniques and styles from your favorite locations Around the World! Go on a trip without leaving the studio! Travelers create their own passport to destinations such as Italy, France, Egypt, Japan, as well as their favorite Country, and learn from the Masters like Leonardo DaVinci, Vincent Van Gogh, and more!
- Junior Adventurers
Wild Safari
Go on a summertime safari to discover new textures and patterns while exploring wild animals in jungle and safari landscapes with mixed media materials.
Projects include animal drawing, canvas painting, mask making, and clay sculptures in a diorama!
- Junior Adventurers
Science Art Lab
Using observation, testing, and hypothesis we explore natural elements and mixed media materials to perform scientific experimental projects!
We make slime, do paint pouring, and make interesting reactive art including making a mini erupting volcano!
- Junior Adventurers
What a Character!
Let's explore the world of ILLUSTRATION to draw your favorite character or make up your own! We will explore drawing with graphite, colored pencil, pastels, charcoal, pen, and markers! Projects include creating a storyboard illustration comic book, designing a painting, and sculpting a polymer clay character diorama!
- Junior Adventurers
Sculpting Claymates
This 5-day camp is great for beginners who want to learn how to work with clay using multiple hand-building processes such as pinch, coil, and slab methods. Kids will also be able to paint a piece of pottery from our selection of bisqueware! Campers will explore the world of clay from wedging and trimming to carving and glazing final pieces to take home!
- Junior Adventurers
Manga Palooza
Let's explore the world of Anime and draw, paint, and sculpt MANGA style. Teens who love drawing and illustration will love this camp! Projects include drawing a storyboard and comic book illustration, designing a landscape fantasy painting, and creating a polymer clay character sculpture!
- Teen Tourists
Clayworks Pottery
In this 5-day camp, kids ages 13 and up will explore making pottery in multiple forms. Using the pottery wheel, aspiring potters will learn to center clay and throw a bowl or small pot. In addition, kids will have fun designing their own hand building project and adding personalized details as they learn the process steps of working with clay.
- Teen Tourists
EcoTrend Organic Design
Found objects find new life in this camp where we create upcycled art. Old items and fabrics find purpose in projects such as a patchwork tote bag, upstyle old sneakers painting, and a recycled sculpture! Show off your thrifty best and gain design techniques to reduce, reuse, and recycle!
- Teen Tourists
Register your Creative Explorer
Camp Registration is now OPEN!
Early Bird Discount get 10% OFF now through February 28th!
Sibling Discount: Enter code Camp2gether5 at checkout!
Payment plan options also available during checkout.
Little Explorers
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Junior Adventurers
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Teen Tourists
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Let customers speak for us
I love the whole process and Nancy is a wonderful and experienced teacher!
Thank you.
I love Smartivities! It’s a small family owned business and they make learning pottery fun and rewarding all within a warm, positive, and comfortable space.
Great birthday options or just come and paint on a random day! Quite a variety of art classes available for kids and adults!
We had our daughter's 9th birthday party here for a clay jewelry making class and it was fantastic! Such a cool shop, and the kids loved making jewelry they could take home the same day. Highly recommend! We'll def be checking out their classes too!
This place is wonderful. Very friendly owners and staff. I love that you can take art classes as well as shop.
I love this place!! I had my daughter’s birthday party here & it was such a good atmosphere. Peaceful & such a unique experience. The kids loved it. 🥰 ❤️ thank you April!!!
Extremely kind and accommodating staff! Lovely, cozy environment! Very affordable too!
My girlfriend and I took the pottery class, highly recommend! Very friendly teacher and fun for everyone. Will definitely be back
✨A wonderful shop filled with talented artists handmade artwork! Reasonable prices and owner is kind 10/10 if you love to support small businesses✨
Amazing place and people! No place better for creativity, classes, and supplies for all kinds of art and all ages!
My son absolutely loved the summer kids camp class! Ms. April was wonderful and the kids were great too. We loved the project, I know we will be back soon enough, thank you very much!
I took a pottery experience class and it was an absolute blast. April was incredibly kind and patient, making sure we felt supported throughout the process. It was a bucket list item for me, and it was even better that I expected! Plus, the shop itself has an amazing selection of art & art supplies – definitely worth checking out!