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Spring hasn’t sprung yet but we feel like it’s right around the corner, waiting for winter to let its guard down…and of course, as always, we’re thinking ahead to the next school break! If you’re staying in town for Spring Break and need to keep your kids busy, check out these great Spring Break Camps offered by some of our favorite camps around Brooklyn.
Even if it’s just for one day, these camps are a great opportunity for your kids to get out of the house and acquire more independence, skills, friends, and generally have an amazing time. (Seriously, we wish we could do some of these camps! When will Parent Camp become a thing?)
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Brooklyn Arts Exchange – BAX
The BAX Spring Break Arts Program allows kids to discover their own creative voices through a variety of artistic activities (Theater, Circus, Tumbling, Dance, Music & Visual Art) and cool themes like Where the Wild Things Are, Fairytale Fantasies, and Mythic Mammals. Morning performing arts workshops and afternoon visual arts workshops are taught by guest art specialists. They also provide supplemental enrichment activities and social play.
Ages: K-5th Grade (they also offer Master Classes for ages 10-14) / Dates: April 22-26 (K-5th Grade) and April 23-25 (ages 10-14), 9 am – 3 pm (extended day 3-5:45 pm) / Cost: $125 per day / Location: Park Slope
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Brooklyn Game Lab
Like all their game labs, the Spring Break Lab gives kids the opportunity to explore and play games all day long. They start with a twist on chess and continue with strategic board games, and then kids even create new game designs and rules. Weather permitting, they spend an hour in Prospect Park for outdoor game play. They end the day with role playing games, design time, and free play.
Ages: 6-14 / Dates: April 19-26, 9 am – 3 pm (extended day available) / Cost: $620 for 6 days / Locations: Park Slope, South Slope, Tribeca
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Brooklyn Music Factory
Brooklyn Music Factory is a great option for kids who want to play music AND climb walls. Kids join bands and spend their days writing songs in the BMF studios, while also enjoying outdoor playtime every day at the nearby park and rock-climbing at Brooklyn Boulders. On Fridays, friends and family are invited to a celebratory “gig” where bands can play their original songs on the main stage.
Ages: 4-12 / Dates: April 22 – 26, 9 am – 3:30 pm (extended day 8 am – 6 pm) / Cost: $695 for the week / Location: Gowanus
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Brooklyn Robot Foundry
The Brooklyn Robot Foundry has Full-Day Sessions that feature two engaging projects each day with other fun activities in between. Children learn basic mechanical engineering and electrical principles while creating cool robots! They offer the standard Robot Builders program (grades K-4) and the Robot Inventors program (grades 3-5) at four locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Ages: K-5th Grade / Dates: April 19 & April 22-26, 9-3 PM / Cost: $120 + $30 material fee per day / Locations: South Slope, Atlantic Ave/Boerum Hill, Tribeca, Upper East Side
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KoKo NYC Spring Break Skateboarding Camp
This skateboarding camp gives kids the chance to build their own skateboards as well as customized, portable ramps out of found materials. They will learn how to make the wood curved and add trucks and wheels. Then they will also work on skating skills on field trips to local DIY skate parks with local celebrity skaters.
Ages 7-14 / Dates: April 22-26, 9-3, extended day until 5:30 / Cost: $550 for the week /Locations: Gowanus and Park Slope
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NORY
Spring Break STEM camps allow innovator kids to engage as makers and creators through collaborative project-based learning. Kids will use their strengths and develop new skills to program a robot as well as build circuits and structures. They will even learn about builders’ engineering, motion & matter physics, and blast chemistry! The camp also emphasizes building interpersonal skills and helping kids embrace challenges.
Ages: 3-7 / Dates: April 22-26, 9-3 (full day) or 9-12 (half day with option to extend) / Cost: $650 (5 Full Days) or $500 (5 Half Days) / Locations: Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan Locations
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Zoofari Spring Break Camp
At this Spring Break Camp in the Prospect Park Zoo, kids get to meet animals up close and learn about science as they investigate the zoo. The kids will join a team of researchers to welcome animals into the classroom, perform hands-on science every day, and even conduct their own experiments with inspiration from wild animals at the zoo. Snacks are provided; children bring their own nut-free lunches.
Ages: K-5th Grade / Dates: April 22-26, 9-3 pm / Cost: $500 for the week / Location: Prospect Park
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SKATEYOGI
Their spring break camp is designed for kids of all levels to explore skateboarding and develop new skills. They get outside and practice street skating in the morning (either in Prospect Park or a nearby school yard) then practice skating on ramps in their air-conditioned space later in the afternoon. Skate park etiquette and other topics are introduced throughout the camp.
Ages: 6-12 / Dates: 3/7, 8, 3/18-22, 3/25-29, 4/19, 4/22-26 (pick your days), 8:30 am – 3:30 pm (extended day available until 6 pm) / Cost: $149 per day (+$30 for extended day) or $650 for 5 day pack (good for 90 days) / Location: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
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Textile Arts Center
The TAC offers full-day Mini Camps anytime kids are on break from school. Students get to explore weaving, sewing, embroidery, printing, felting and dyeing. Each day is dedicated to a full project and supplemented with organized play time. Scholarships are now available for TAC kids programs.
Ages: 5-11 / Dates: April 19-26, 9-5 PM / Cost: $135 per day / Locations: Gowanus, Greenwich Village
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The School at Mark Morris Dance Center
The School at Mark Morris Dance Center’s multi-disciplinary camp provides full day of activities from dance with live music to visual art. Along with daily technique classes in ballet and modern dance, students get to explore a variety of dance styles including hip-hop, jazz, and African dance, yoga, and more. They’ll also learn Mark Morris’ repertory and use choreographic concepts to create their own dances.
Ages: 6-13 / Dates: April 22-26, 9:30-3pm (age 6-9) or 10:30-4pm (age 10-13) / Cost: $325 for the week ($425 for two hour extended day option) / Location: Fort Greene
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Backpacks & Binoculars – The School Break Camp allows kids to explore the world around them on excursions throughout all five boroughs of NYC. They encourage kids to problem solve and think critically about the world around them while participating in art and science experiments, scavenger hunts, nature walks and wildlife explorations. Farm-to-table breakfast, lunch, and two snacks are included in enrollment. Backpacks & Binoculars kit must be purchased for $35. Dates: April 19 and April 22-26 (drop off 8-9 am and pick up 4-6 pm) / Ages: Pre-K to 5th Grade / Cost: $150/day or $595 for the week (4/22-4/26) / Locations: Fort Greene and Crown Heights
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Child’s Play NY – Their camps develop musicality and creativity through dramatic play. During Spring Break, they will offer Vacation Day Camps only on April 19th. Younger kids (ages 3-6) can become mermaids and mermen and sing classic songs like “Under the Sea” and “Part of Your World” in the “Mini-Musical: Under the Sea” while older kids (7-11) get to explore Shakespeare and theater in “Shakespeare in Play: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” All proceeds go to Drama Club, which provides theatre programming to incarcerated and court-involved young people in New York City. Dates: April 19, 9-12 pm (Mini Musical) and 9-3 pm (Shakespeare) / Ages: 3-11 / Cost: $70 (Mini Musical) and $140 (Shakespeare) Locations: Carroll Gardens (Mini Musical) and Brooklyn Heights (Shakespeare)
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NY Kids Club – The Spring Break Camp allows kids to travel around the world in 10 days. Kids join a team of explorers to venture into a new territory every day including an African safari, under the sea, and outer space. They also get to try out a variety of activities including gymnastics, cooking, architecture, engineering, sports, art, science, dance, theatre, yoga, karate and music. Flexible registration with single day, partial day, and full day options available. Dates: April 22-26, 9-12 pm or 1-4 pm (partial day) or 9-4 pm (full day) / Ages: 2.5-6 / Cost: $140 per day (full day) or $100 per day (partial day) / Locations: Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Dumbo, and locations in Manhattan
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Park Slope Armory YMCA – The Holiday Camp at the Park Slope Armory YMCA offers the opportunity for kids to spend their break in a safe and engaging atmosphere under the supervision of certified counselor. Campers engage in lots of fun camp activities like arts and crafts, music, sports, swimming (per pool availability/camp session), and more. A complete schedule of activities is provided before camp begins. Ages: 5-12 / Dates: April 19-26, 9-5 PM (early drop off and late pick up available) / Cost: $340 members, $385 nonmembers (early drop off/pick up $40) / Location: Park Slope
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Trail Blazers – Nature-focused camp offers a Day Camp based in Prospect Park and an Overnight Camp in New Jersey over Spring Break. The day campers will explore Prospect Park and go on field trips, and they also have the option of going to the New Jersey campsite for one night (Thursday-Friday) to try it out. The overnight campers spend the week exploring the forest, riding bikes, playing games, singing songs, and sitting by the fire. Hiking, biking, low ropes, and digging in the garden are all on the schedule. Ages: PreK-5th Grade (Day) and K-5th Grade (Overnight) / Dates: 4/19; 4/22 – 4/26 (Day) and 4/25 – 4/26 (Overnight) / Cost: $50 – $100/day (Day) based on income tier, 8:00 – 3:30 (after care available until 6:00 for $10) or $140-$170/day (Overnight) / Location: Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Montague, NJ
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And if you’re thinking even further ahead to summer (it will be here before we know it), don’t forget to check out the great summer camps offered by CinemaKidz, Dodge YMCA, and Brooklyn Game Lab and MANY more on our Virtual Camp Expo.
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Disclaimer: While we try to find the best camps for our readers, we don’t have the resources to visit them all. For this round-up, we gave preference to camps who are participating in our virtual camp expo and offered pre-selected camps the option to upgrade their listings for a small fee.
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