When School is Out, Art is In Fort Mill!
What we offer
The High Level Scoop
Our fun & enriching half day programs educate, inspire & entertain your creative young artists! Variety is the spice of life so all of our camps offer a wide range of project topics and supplies that will spark their creativity & expose them to a stimulating mix of age-appropriate art techniques each day.
Summer camps give us time to dive into larger scale & grander projects like papier mache, batik painting, & sculpture. For our die-hard campers who return year after year (or week after week), we catalog all projects students complete & make every effort to avoid repeating projects!
And school holidays and snow days make for a fun excuse to roll up our sleeves and get creative!
School's Out & Summer Camps
Convenient Options
In the summer, we offer weekly Mixed Media Camps with two convenient times to pick from: Morning 9am-12pm or Afternoon 1-4pm.
Summer Camps are for mixed Ages 4-14, with a few special sessions for themes we’re particularly excited about, or limited age groups (such as preschool ages)! Summer Camps are open for enrollment!
School’s Out Camps are half day drop off camps for ages 5-14. If there is a full day off, we typically offer a Morning 9am-12pm or Afternoon 1-4pm session. Also see our Workshops for special themed 1.5 hour events!
Summer Camp Details
Imagine combining your wildly imaginative children with impressive art supplies, phenomenal art teachers, oodles of fun & a dash (or 8) of glitter. All you need to worry about is deciding where you’re going to display your new art collection!
We strive to create a welcoming environment that fosters your child’s creativity and individuality, where new friendships blossom and kids get time to collaborate with other camp-mates as well. Each day, we plan a well-paced line up of projects, involving a wide variety of materials, subjects, and art principles. We might start the day with a watercolor painting project, and then finish a papier mache project from the day before. Throughout the week, students could have the chance to explore decoupage, painting, drawing, chalk pastel, oil pastel, sculpture, papier mache, collage, printmaking or batik making! As necessary, students are split into age groups to work on age and developmentally appropriate projects.
A short break half way through each day allows for a healthy snack & giggle break. Your budding super stars are washed up and ready to go right at pick-up. Be prepared, as they will have (slightly drippy) projects in hand that they are beaming to tell you about!
All camps are DROP OFF.
All weeks are Mixed Media, Ages 4 – 14 and take place Monday – Friday except the weeks noted below for special themes or only for Tweens or Preschoolers. Mixed Media includes painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, printmaking, & more!
Our Mixed Age camps are a great fit for most and enable siblings in different age groups to be in the same camp and have fun creating together! If we have two distinctly older and younger groups of kids in a camp session, they are segregated by age (if they choose). Everyone may be working with the same medium (such as watercolor) but we may modify the project to be age appropriate.
Preschool Camp, June 25 – 27 (3 days, Tues – Th), 1:00-3:30pm or July 29 – Aug. 1 (4 days, M-Th)9:30am – 12pm; drop off ages 3-6 (must be potty trained & independent in the restroom)
Making It Camp, June 24 – 28, ages 11-15; 9am-12pm
Woodland Camp, June 17 – 21, ages 4 – 14; 9am-12pm
Weekly summer camps run M-F, 9am-12pm or 1-4pm. All weeks are Mixed Ages 4-14 unless specifically noted. Camps are announced in January with an Early Bird Discount for a limited period of time.
Keep an eye out in early January each year for our Early Bird promotional discount, which runs for a limited period of time! The regular weekly camp rate is $235, and a 10% sibling discount is automatically deducted from total for additional children from the same family.
Discounts cannot be combined (for example, Early Bird discount + sibling discount). Please call to discuss which discount is most advantageous for your situation.
Keep an eye out in early January each year for our Early Bird promotional discount, which runs for a limited period of time! The regular weekly camp rate is $235, and a 10% sibling discount is automatically deducted from total for additional children from the same family.
Discounts cannot be combined (for example, Early Bird discount + sibling discount). Please call to discuss which discount is most advantageous for your situation.
Fort Mill Summer Camp Highlights
2020 Summer Camp Cancellation Policy
A non-refundable $100 deposit, per child, per camp session, is required to register. The full balance (less your deposit) is due no later than the first day of camp. We will send you an email reminder the week before camp with a link to pay the balance due online. If you need to cancel and have already paid for the session, your payment (less the non-refundable deposit) will be refunded if we are notified in writing seven days prior to the start of camp (helloFM@smallhandsbigart.com). There are no refunds for last minute cancellations less than seven days prior; however, we’re happy to consider any special circumstances and offer a studio credit at our discretion.
If you’d like to change the camp dates & times, please submit a change request via email at least one week prior to the start of camp and we’ll be happy to accommodate your request, space permitting.
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