Thank you for visiting our "camp site"!
At Creative Camps, we believe that making things with our hands is not only a fulfilling individual pursuit, but a powerful vehicle for connection.
We want to foster a creative community spirit in all that we do. One that is curious, uplifting - and decidedly old-school. Currently, we offer two avenues for connectivity through the arts:
1) Art kits
Our first collection is live! We are so excited to roll out additional themed collections. Here are some awesome things to do with our kits:
Enjoy one on your own or gift one to a friend
Invite your child, grandchild, or significant other on a date and work on two together
Host a "craft night" using our kits as the activity. (If you happen to live in the Raleigh-Durham area, we can even host it for you.)
Psst: Our kits are for kids of all ages. Most indicate a recommended age from 8 or so up, but were developed to be just as fun for adults.
2) Summer camp - where it all started. We hosted our first 3 weeks of art camps in 2024 (Folk Arts, Zine Design, and Printmaking). These in-person camps currently take place in North Carolina and are for kids. Eventually, we plan to offer…
Camps for adults! And inter-generational camps!
Lesson plans and complete camp-in-a-box sets so you can run a Creative Camp anywhere in the world! Please be sure to subscribe to our newsletter, Creative Juice, to stay in the loop on all of this.
What's the vibe here?
Both our kits and camps operate with an ample dose of nostalgia. Whether it's core memories from our own time spent hanging at summer camps; or just that feeling we get from movies like The Parent Trap, Moonrise Kingdom, and Wet Hot American Summer. We love activating this appreciation of "simpler times" in adults, and instilling it in the next generation!
Why subscribe?
In addition to keeping you posted on our art kit releases, we plan to add many more goodies to our Creative Juice publication over time, and you'll get them straight to your inbox. These include:
Project ideas
Digital resources for makers, parents, and program planners
And creative content highlights from other makers, to bring you a squirt of vintage summer camp all year round ✌️.
Whether you want to explore new art media, find a beautiful hand-made gift, or you just enjoy being inspired by good old-fashioned scoutcore, you will find ways to do that here at Creative Camps. We are so grateful you found us.
Happy Trails to you,
The Creative Camps team - Megan O'Connor, Alder Keene, & Emily Guyton
Join the crew
Be part of a community of people who share your interests. If Creative Juice was an actual craft shack, we'd want you to carve your initials in the picnic table and take a Sharpie to the walls. So please comment, share, introduce yourself - leave your mark!
