Use these tips to generate ideas to turn your expertise, talents and love of art into a summer art camp business that you may want to do year after year.

The best summer art camp ideas for kids.

My art room is stripped bare, supplies sorted and cupboards cleaned. The last thing I want to think about is pouring paint and cleaning brushes but summer can be a great time to test out new art lesso

This gorgeous Nature Watercolor Spray Art is such a fun watercolor painting idea for kids! This is a beautiful outdoor painting project for kids with brilliant results!

Did you know that you can make your own scratch art paper?! It's actually super easy! Why buy expensive art supplies when you can create your own DIY scratch art using crayons and paint? We had so much fun with this scratch art! There's something so magical and cool about drawing on a black piece of paper to reveal a rainbow of colours! It's a great art project for kids, and tons of fun for summer camp and sleepovers. This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps

Mixed Media Art Summer Camp Project Ideas - Fun mixed media projects with full instructions and planning suggestions to make successful!

Fun, messy, and nature-inspired outdoor art ideas for kids that are perfect for summer fun, backyards, preschool, and forest school.

These DIY wind chimes are so beautiful and they sound so cheerful ringing in the breeze. Made from a few simple supplies, this summer craft is really easy to make! DIY Wind Chimes Beaded wind chimes are such a beautiful decoration for your porch, patio, or gazebo. They're perfect for placing in the garden and make a lovely gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or a summer birthday. I love the soft clinking sound of the beads brushing against each other and the subtle chime of the bells when the strands move back and forth. Learning how to make a

Looking for a natural easy kids craft for earth day? All you need is a few plants or flowers and some clay. Roll the imprint of the spring flowers into the clay for a beautiful impression. This is a project you will want to try!

I suppose I should have titled this 10 Crafts Campers and Parents (Probably) Won't Throw Away The First Chance They Get, but that is way too long for the title of an article. As most of us know, so many of the crafts kids do at camp or after school just end up in the

It's SO EASY to make beautiful yarn art! Create a colourful yarn 'painting' by gluing leftover yarn onto a dollar store canvas. It's such a fun craft to experiment with colour and texture! Yarn art is the perfect art project for groups at summer camp or sleepovers. You can make a picture of a landscape, like we did, or create a simpler, abstract design. Either way, it's so much fun to make this unique fiber art! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this

We're back with another Summer of Art Camp...last year we had an amazing Summer full of crafts,art,excursions, games and much much more... I am offering 6 weeks of Camp this year... Please share this post with friends with children who may be interested. You can register via Paypal on the right hand side bar of this site...or email me with details to where to send the registration form and payment: blueshineart (at) rogers (dot) com We hope we'll see you in the Summer! For MORE info on the Summer courses click on the Summer Art Camp link above.

Learn how to paint fireworks with acrylic paint and paper rolls. The perfect kids craft for the summer holidays, these fireworks paintings are absolutely gorgeous, and they're SO EASY to make! How to Paint Fireworks with Acrylic Paint Who knew that a cut up paper roll could create such beautiful fireworks?! These firework paintings are so colourful and impressive looking, yet they're incredibly simple to make! We chose seven different colours for our fireworks, but you can make it even easier by choosing three or four of your favourite colours - they'll still look awesome. Try red, white, and blue to

Camping Activities and Printables - So many summer activities for the kids! Love these!

Over 40 camp crafts that are perfect for kids! Whether you are camping outdoors or hosting a kids craft camp, you will find ideas that will keep the kids busy! #kids #crafts #camp #camping

So many ways to explore some extra creativity! These fun art challenges are perfect for kids and adults to stretch their imaginations!

You have to see this fun drawing game for kids we played at our art summer camp in our children's art studio in Charlotte, NC.

Tropical Tote Bags Summer Camp Craft Get ready for Summer sunshine with these cute tropical vibe tote bags! Need a quick craft for Summer c...

This painted rock photo holder craft for kids is perfect as a homemade gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Christmas, and also makes a great summer camp craft! This creative craft using stones of various sizes can be adapted for just about any age. I’ll share tips for adapting this craft for each of the …

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a drip sculpture inspired by one of my FAVORITE contemporary artists, Dan Lam. Before exploring this project, check out Dan Lam's eye catching drip sculptures on her website here and her Instagram page here. Dan Lam’s "tactile, technicolor sculptures use unconventional materials to

This beautiful Clare Youngs inpsired sun painting & collage is a bright & cheery art project for summer!

Free Jellyfish art tutorial for kids and adults! This stunning jelly can be recreated with a few watercolors and a bit of clear glue. This mixed media art project creates lots of interesting textures and designs that are sure to delight your students.

Check out the coolest printable ever! Grab one, color it and glue together to make a totally awesome flextangle!

Create colorful mosaics of all your favorite characters from the new movie Dolittle!

This chalk pastel galaxy art project is out of this world! Kids will love using easy chalk pastel techniques to create this stunning galaxy craft.

10 super fun jellyfish art projects for kids! From marble print jellyfish, to clay jellyfish projects to up-cycled jellyfish crafts, there is a jellyfish project for everyone!

Make beautiful bubble painting Hydrangea flowers! Fun DIY dish soap paint recipe. Great kids art activity & easy beginner watercolor ideas!

You can run an amazing art camp! I’ll show you how. You can easily deliver an engaging program of art activities :: everything’s prepped for you. You’ll be able to engage children in creativity and artful thinking :: connect and get them off screens! NurtureStore’s Art Camp gives you […]

How to make a lantern from simple materials at home (ex: Soda bottles). Craft activity inspired by the Jamaica Plain Lantern Festival and Parade in Boston, MA.

Upcycling old DVDs and CDs after you Marie Kondo | Upcycle them into garden art, wall hangings or sun reflectors.

These simple drawing ideas for kids is shadow art created with basic art supplies and the sun! Shadow art is…

I've been wanting to post this project for a year. This rainbow collage invitation was presented to my art camp kids one year ago today, which just happened to be the same day as the Pulse night

DIY Yarn Art | Easy Tactile Canvas 'Paintings': I've always liked simple, bold and colourful designs....and it just so happens I also have a rather large collection of yarns...so I thought I would combine the two! This Instructable shows you how I made a collection of mini artworks out of stretch…

Learn about the life and work of artist Ruth Asawa while creating your own DIY hanging sculpture! 20 fun Art Activities for Women's History Month on the ART CAMP blog.

Would you like to paint without using any paint? Try yarn painting!

Change up your art supply list to include aluminum foil with this colorful foil art for kids idea!

It's SO EASY to make beautiful yarn art! Create a colourful yarn 'painting' by gluing leftover yarn onto a dollar store canvas. It's such a fun craft to experiment with colour and texture! Yarn art is the perfect art project for groups at summer camp or sleepovers. You can make a picture of a landscape, like we did, or create a simpler, abstract design. Either way, it's so much fun to make this unique fiber art! This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a small commission which helps us run this

This is the BEST paper tube Koi Fish, and one of several other Lunar New Year Animal inspired art lessons that we offer. This fun DIY craft is an original idea from ART CAMP Studio. It's a great year round project for all ages.

Create adorable fluffy pet rocks with pom pom trimmings. This is a simple rock craft idea for kids and makes a cute kid-made gift idea

The Summer Solstice marks the beginning of summer and is the longest period of sunlight of the calendar year.

Pebble art is so easy to make and fun for people of all ages! They are completely customizable and each picture has a one-of-a-kind and unique look. I

A fun abstract art project for kids using cardboard and simple art supplies Inspired by Pablo Picasso's famous Bull (Plate V )