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Musication Camp
Mid-Winter Break is wrapping up (almost there!) but as parents, we have to be one step ahead – so we’re already thinking about the next school break. NYC public schools close again for Spring Break (April 9-17) and we are brainstorming ways keep our kids entertained, active, and engaged while juggling other responsibilities and retaining a little bit of sanity. If you need to work (or panic at the idea of entertaining your child alone for 11 straight days), take a deep breath and stay calm…Spring Break Camps are here to help!
If you love your Mid-Winter Camp, you may decide to stick with them for Spring Break, since many of the same camps offer programs for all school breaks. But in case you’re looking for something different (or regret not signing up for camp this week), we have rounded up some of our favorite Spring Break Camps in Brooklyn for your consideration.
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Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX)
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 Flip Flopped Fairytales, Wild Things, and Colossal Creatures. Morning performing arts workshops and afternoon visual arts workshops are both taught by guest art specialists. They also provide supplemental enrichment activities and social play. They are grouped into NanoBAXers (K-2nd grade) or Mega/Giga BAXers (2nd-5th grade) with 25 kids in each group as well as one Group Leader and two Junior Counselors who facilitate supplemental enrichment activities and social play. Ages: K-5th Grade (they also offer Master Classes for ages 10-14) / Dates: April 13-17 (K-5th Grade) and April 14-16 (ages 10-14), 9 am – 3 pm (extended day available) / Cost: $125 per day (Sliding Scale Tuition Available) / Location: Park Slope
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Brooklyn Game Lab (credit: Marc Goldberg Photography)
Brooklyn Game Lab
The Holiday Game Labs are great for kids (6-14) who want to play games all day while sharpening their logistical thinking and social and emotional IQ. They start with quick-playing games and then add more complex, strategic board games. Kids also work on new game designs and modifications and receive merit badges for contributions. After a break for outdoor game play (weather permitting), the afternoon concludes with role playing games, design time, and choice time. In addition to standard day-long labs, there will also be a themed “Magic: The Gathering” Lab at their South Slope location. Dates: March 16 – 20, 23 – 27 (Independent School Break); April 9 – 10, 13 – 17 (Public School Break) / Ages: 6-14 / Locations: Park Slope, South Slope, Tribeca, and DUMBO (new) / Discount: A Child Grows readers can get 10% off by using promo code: childsp10
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Brooklyn Music Factory
Creative kids (4-11) spend the day writing songs with bandmates and spend lots of time exploring different instruments. Campers play music games to strengthen music skills (on any instrument), make music in their bands, and jam on guitar, bass, keyboard, drums and voice in BMF’s fully equipped studios. They also enjoy outdoor playtime in the park across the street, weather permitting. Campers also go rock climbing at Brooklyn Boulders! Day camps cost $149 per day, or $695 for the week. Dates: Spring Break (April 13-17) / Ages: 4-11 / Cost: $149/day or $695/week / Location: Gowanus
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Brooklyn Robot Foundry
The Brooklyn Robot Foundry offers Spring Break Full-Day Sessions where kids (K-5th Grade) get to create two robots each day (tand take them home) and participate in other fun activities in between. Children also 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. Returning students in 3rd-5th grade can choose to enroll in the Robot Inventors program, in which they’ll design and build their very own robot creations. Multi-day discounts are available if you register for more than one day at once. Dates: April 9-10th and April 13th-17th, 9-3 PM / Ages: K-5th Grade / Cost: $120 + $30 material fee per day / Locations: South Slope, Atlantic Ave/Boerum Hill, Tribeca, Upper East Side
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Child’s Play NY (Credit: Aline Salloum)
Child’s Play NY
This theater camp encourages creativity and musicality through dramatic play, and they will offer their Musical Day Camp for a single day (April 10th) during Spring Break. The campers (ages 3-6) will explore the pride lands as they participate in an original re-telling of the Lion King. As the “cubs” go on a thrilling quest for the crown, they will learn musical theater skills. All proceeds go to Drama Club – an innovative non-profit organization that provides theatre programming to incarcerated and court-involved young people in New York City. Dates: April 10, 9-12 pm / Ages: 3-11 / Cost: $75 / Location: Carroll Gardens
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CinemaKidz
CinemaKidz presents “Survivor Kids,” a spring break camp where kids get to immerse themselves in the natural world and test survival, acting, and team skills. Campers start the week participating in a Park Ranger Survival Skills workshop and learn all about making shelters, building fires, and how to live in the wilderness. Next, campers will form teams and head outside each day to act in, film, and create their very own Survivor Show. Children will test their wilderness skills, dream up fun personalities for the show, and participate in team building outdoor games. At the end of each day, they head back to the camp to edit their shows together using professional equipment. Campers learn how to make short video projects and use Adobe Suite to edit their videos and add special effects. Dates: Spring Break (April 13 – 17th), 9am – 4pm (extended day 8am – 5:30pm) / Ages: 7-14 / Cost: $500/week / Location: Brooklyn Heights
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Homage Skateboard Academy
Homage Skateboard Academy offers School Holiday Skate Sessions where kids (6-14) get to learn or develop skateboarding skills when school’s out at their training facility in Gowanus. In the Spring Break Program, skaters participate in stretching, group lessons, free skate periods, and options for arts and crafts and other non-skateboarding activities. They teach everything from the basics of riding a skateboard to the most advanced street and transition tricks. No experience is required to participate in the program. Dates: Public School Spring Break (4/9, 4/10, 4/13, 4/14, 4/15, 4/16, 4/17) / Ages: 6-14 / Cost: Single Day $160; 5 Days $750 (early drop off and extended day options available) / Location: Gowanus
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Musication
Musication
During the week-long Musication school break camp, campers (3-6) explore a musical theme like “Music from around the world” or “Discovering Different Musical Styles.” They explore the theme through singing, instrument playing, live concerts, drum circles, instrument craft-making, movement/dancing, as well as playing and exploring sound in Prospect Park. Parents receive detailed daily emails about their day and kids take home a CD with all the songs they learned and concerts they listened to at the end of the week. Dates: Spring Break (April 13-17) / Ages: 3-6 / Cost: $470 for 5 days / Locations: Prospect Lefferts (The Maple Street School) and Park Slope (The Brooklyn Free Space School)
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NORY
They will offer their Robots & Science Spring Break Camp, where kids (ages 3-10) use their strengths and develop new skills to program a robot as well as build circuits and structures. They will also learn about builders’ engineering, motion & matter physics, and blast chemistry in the STEM camp. Innovative kids are encouraged ask questions and solve problems and spend the day “doing what they love and learning while doing it.” Dates: April 13-17, 9-3 (full day) or 9-12 (half day with option to extend) / Ages: 3-10 / Cost: $625 per week or $140 per day (full days) / Locations: Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan
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Brooklyn Boulders – Spring Adventure Days in the rock climbing facility will engage kids (ages 5-12) in climbing, team-building exercises, and S.T.E.A.M activities. The camp day includes the challenge course and team building elements, outdoor recess (weather permitting), and more. Team members are experienced climbers and the 1:5 ratio allows their team to get to know the kids and make sure their needs are met. Dates: April 9-17 (9 Am – 3:30 PM) / Ages: 5-12 / Cost: $139-$159 per day (sibling discounts available) / Location: Gowanus
Creatively Wild Art Studio – They offer Kids Arts Camps (ages 4.5-8), Teen Camps (ages 9-17), and Toddler Camps (ages 22 months-3 years) during Spring Break. They spend the day creating one of a kind pieces to take home while discovering professional artistic techniques in painting, drawing, mixed-media, 3D & Found Object Art, Collage, Cartooning, Manga, illustration and more. Camps are taught by professional teaching artists and all art supplies are included. Dates: March 4-5, March 18-20, April 9-10, April 13-17 / Ages: 4.5-17 / Cost: $150 per full day, 9-4 PM (kids and teen); $75 per day, 9-11 AM (toddler camp) / Location: DUMBO
NY Kids Club – The Spring Break Camp allows kids (ages 2.5-6) 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 6-17 (9-12 pm, 1-4 pm or 9-4 pm) / Ages: 2.5-6 / Cost: $150 per day (full day) or $110 per day (partial day) / Locations: Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Dumbo, and locations in Manhattan
One World Project – Spring Recess “Seeds and Chefs” Camp allows kids to dig in dirt, test new recipes, and test new recipes in Spanish. Each day campers are introduced to vegetables and fruits, learn about its health benefits and cook a delicious snack inspired by it. Seeds & Chefs is designed for children between the ages of 2 and 8 years old (in different groups depending on their age). Dates: April 9-17 / Ages: 2-8 / Cost: $120 per day or $550 per week (9 AM – 3:30 PM) with flexible Half Day and Extended Day options available. / Location: Windsor Terrace
Park Slope Day Camp – April Mini Camp is filled with field trips around the city. Every day is a new adventure to places like the Zoo, Deno’s Wonder Wheel, arcades, and even Medieval Times for older campers. Mini Camps keep your child social, active and engaged – and they are a great way to try their program if you are considering signing up for their summer camp. Dates: April 13-17 / Ages: Pre-K to Grade 10 / Locations: Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope Windsor Terrace
Prospect Gymnastics – Spring Gymnastics Camp is for energetic kids (4-9) who need to let out some steam. The camp includes intense workouts and self-expression through movement. In addition to gymnastics, the day will include trampoline games and arts and crafts. Campers will work every morning on gymnastics skills such as handstands and cartwheels as well as as partner tumbling and headstands. They also offer a spring camp for younger kids (ages 3-6) at their Prospect Lefferts Gardens location as well as afternoon toddler playtime (ages 0-4) every day of spring break (3:15-5:15 PM). Dates: April 13-17 (9-12:30 with aftercare available) / Ages: 4-9 or 3-6 / Cost: $375 per week / Location: Prospect Park South & Prospect Lefferts Gardens
SKATEYOGI Day Camp – School Break camps are designed for kids (ages 6-12) of all levels to try out skateboarding and develop skills. They get outside to explore Prospect Park and the city’s skateparks (weather permitting) while also skating and learning in their home base (140 Empire Blvd). Skate park etiquette and other topics are introduced throughout the camp. They have a 4:1 camper to instructor ratio. Dates: March 16-20 and April 9-17 /Ages: 6-12 / Cost: $165 per full day (8:30am-3:30pm); $195 with extended day (until 6 pm). 5-Day packs available. / Location: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Textile Arts Center – Full-day Mini Camps for kids (ages 5-11) anytime they are on break for 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. During full week breaks, they will explore different subjects each day. Scholarships are now available for TAC kids programs. Dates: March 23-27 (Private Spring Break – Brooklyn Location only) and April 9-17 (Public Spring Break), 9-5 PM / Ages: 5-11 / Cost: $140 per day (10% discount for multi-day registration) / Locations: Gowanus, Greenwich Village
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 (ages 4-10) 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 (4/9-4/10) to try it out. The overnight campers (ages 6-10) spend the week exploring the forest, riding bikes, playing games, singing songs, and sitting by the fire. There will be hiking, biking, low ropes, and digging in the garden. Dates: April 9-17 (Day Camp); April 9-10 (Overnight Camp), Ages: 4-10 / 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
UrbanGlass – All Ages Weekend Workshops take place over the weekend April 11th-12th from 10 AM to 3 PM both days. “Plant Paradise: An Intro to Vessels & Terrariums” (ages 11+) alllows you to create a new home for your plants in an introductory glassblowing course. The workshop “Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bead” (ages 11+ or 9+ with guardian) is a chance to create beads that are all about Spring and learn the key fundamentals of flameworking glass beads. Dates: April 11-12 / Ages: 11+ (or 9+ with guardian for bead workshop) / Cost: $395 (bead workshop) or $500 (Plant Paradise workshop) / Location: Ft. Greene/Downtown Brooklyn
THESE CAMPS WERE CHOSEN BY OUR EDITORS AND INCLUDED AT NO COST, BUT SOME CAMPS HAVE CHOSEN TO SPONSOR THEIR LISTINGS AFTER SELECTION. *We have added additional camps to this list who are current advertisers upon request. Please note that we often know these camps through recommendation, but we don’t have personal experience with all of them.
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