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School Break Camps in NYC: Winter and Spring Break Camps to Keep Kids Busy on Days Off

SKATEYOGI camps are designed for students ages 5-14 of all skill levels. Photo courtesy of SKATEYOGI
SKATEYOGI camps are designed for students ages 5-14 of all skill levels. Photo courtesy of SKATEYOGI
1/24/25 - By Diana Kim

Finding great school break camps in NYC to keep kids busy during spring break and other NYC school vacations is a breeze thanks to these local school break camps. If kids need something to do, these NYC winter and spring break camps offer activities ranging from STEM to sports, visual arts, performing arts, cooking, and more. Many offer programming during week-long breaks and single days off. We have found school break camps in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, and we're sharing them all below.

Be sure to check out our NYC Kids' Guide to Camps for more options for school holidays and all summer long, and find more top NYC spring and winter break camps in our camp directory.

If you're already deep into summer planning mode, take note: Mommy Poppins is hosting a Winter Festival and Summer Camp Fair on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Atlantic Terminal. Register for this FREE fair today!

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Taste Buds Kitchen cooking camps are the perfect recipe for gaining kitchen confidence, learning essential cooking skills, and making new friends. Photo courtesy of Taste Buds
Taste Buds Kitchen cooking camps are the perfect recipe for gaining kitchen confidence, learning essential cooking skills, and making new friends. Photo courtesy of Taste Buds

Best General Interest and Specialty Winter and Spring Break Camps in NYC

NORY STEM + Sports Camp

Multiple Manhattan and Brooklyn Locations
Ages: 3-12
Best for: Hands-on learners
Children are makers and creators at Nory's holiday break and summer camps. Children can engage in woodworking, robot building, Roblox coding, and more. Questions are encouraged as kids build confidence and new skills. READ MORE

Trail Blazers

Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Ages: 3-10
Best for: Kids who love the great outdoors
Trail Blazers Brooklyn day programs are based largely out of Prospect Park. Each day offers a new adventure where campers learn about the environment, connect with friends—both new and old—learn through hands-on activities and games, and of course, play! READ MORE

Taste Buds Kitchen Cooking Camps

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Ages: 4-17
Best for: Budding foodies
Taste Buds Kitchen allows kids to get hands-on in its cooking camps. With delicious themes like All You Knead is Love, Around the World, Super Foodies, and Culinary Cocoa, children can join for a single day or the whole week.  READ MORE

The Brooklyn Magic Shop

Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
Ages: 7-14
Best for: Curious magicians in the making
The Brooklyn Magic Shop is a family-owned magic store where kids and adults can explore their magical interests. Enjoy a wonderful family-friendly magic show, attend magic classes, or register for its summer and school break camps. Patrons can also purchase magic supplies from its carefully curated inventory.  READ MORE

The Brooklyn Strategist

Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Ages: 5-14
Best for: Deep thinkers ready for a challenge
The Brooklyn Strategist offers half-day and full-day programs that let kids build kingdoms, strategize takeovers, save the planet, and cure disease together—all by playing games. Kids have a blast while developing important cognitive skills. After-school classes, summer camps, and winter and spring break camps are offered.  READ MORE

Steve & Kate's Camp NYC

Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Ages: 6-12
Best for: Kids who want lots of options
Since 1980, Steve & Kate’s Camp has put kids in charge, allowing campers to choose from a variety of activities in real-time, including sewing, stop-motion animation, coding & gaming, sports & recreation, maker crafts, water play, baking, and more. School break programs are offered in Brooklyn only, at the German School. READ MORE

New York Botanical Garden School Break Camps

Bronx Park, the Bronx
Ages: 4-12
Best for: Nature lovers
NYBG school break camps focus on nature and science, with programs for kids ages 4-12. Campers explore the vibrant 250-acre New York Botanical Garden, discovering amazing plants, creating colorful crafts, and diving into fun experiments that show how plants, animals, and even rocks are connected. READ MORE
TADA! is a place for children to learn, grow, hone their skills and, above all, perform! Photo courtesy of TADA!
TADA! is a place for children to learn, grow, hone their skills and, above all, perform! Photo courtesy of TADA!

Visual and Performing Arts Winter and Spring Break Camps in NYC

TADA! Youth Theater - Camps & Classes

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Ages: 4-10
Best for: Next-gen Broadway stars
TADA! offers fun, interactive, musical theater classes and camps for kids of all ages and from all backgrounds. Its musical theater programs aim to build creativity through high-quality productions. Summer and school break camps are offered. Financial aid aims to make arts education at TADA! accessible to all.  READ MORE

The Fashion Class School Break & Summer Camps

Upper West and Upper East Sides
Ages: 6-12
Best for: Budding fashion designers
The Fashion Class offers creative and fun fashion design camps for children ages 6-12 years old in its Upper East Side and Upper West Side studios throughout the school year, winter break, spring break (March and April), and summer break. Each day breaks down into multiple classes led by experienced instructors who work in the fashion industry. Campers learn to sew using real sewing machines and take home everything they’ve created in camp. READ MORE

Playday

Multiple Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan locations
Ages: 5 and older
Best for: Creative kids who want to make art
This micro-chain of creative hubs offers a variety of creative classes in NYC for kids in a safe, small-group atmosphere with experienced, passionate art instructors. Camps are offered during school breaks and all summer long. You can also book a creative birthday party here. READ MORE

The Art Farm School Break Camp

Upper East Side
Ages: 3-5
Best for: Little animal lovers
Campers can experience music, art, science, nature, games, cooking, and live animal science lessons in the petting zoo where children meet new animals every day. School break campers can attend for full- or half-days depending on your needs. READ MORE

Creatively Wild Art Studio

Dumbo, Brooklyn
Ages: 6-14
Best for: Budding Brooklyn artists
Creatively Wild Art Studio provides an inspiring, artistic class experience to nurture and enrich creative minds. Classes are offered for all ages and abilities in a gorgeous, light-filled, airy studio. Budding artists work with authentic professional art materials, dabble in techniques like color mixing, texture, and brushwork, and learn fun paint applications as well as explore non-traditional media. The studio also hosts birthday parties, plus summer and school break camps. READ MORE

The Craft Studio

Upper East Side and Tribeca
Ages: 4 and older
Best for: Kids who celebrate creativity
The Craft Studio offers art classes and summer and school break camps in NYC for kids. Older kids can learn techniques and apply them to the coolest, trendiest crafts. The Craft Studio can provide staff and supplies to any party location and lead kids in activities, including decoupage, tie-dye, dioramas, and that ultimate kid-pleaser, slime.  READ MORE

Art Lab at Snug Harbor

Snug Harbor, Staten Island
Ages: 6-12
Best for: Kids who want studio art experience
Art Lab offers four semesters of classes and workshops throughout the year. Spring and winter break camps are available in full- or half-day programs for kids ages 6-12. READ MORE

Winter and Spring Break Sports Camps in NYC for Kids

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Multiple Brooklyn Locations
Ages: 5-14
Best for: Kids who want to shred
These small-group camps offer aspiring skateboarders the chance to learn how to shred at three Brooklyn locations. Beginners can take advantage of complimentary rental gear as they learn the sport. A mini-camp is available for ages 5-7.   READ MORE

Asphalt Green

Upper East Side and Battery Park City
Ages: 4-12
Best for: Active kids who want to sample all the activities
Asphalt Green offers two supersized sports complexes in Manhattan. The youth sports curriculum includes classes, recreational leagues, and competitive teams. The Summer Day Camp, for children ages 4½-15 offers campers a wide variety of activities—such as swimming, team sports, yoga, arts and crafts, and recess games—in a safe, supportive environment led by experienced staff. Play Days are shorter, flexible programs offered during school holidays and breaks.  READ MORE

Fastbreak Sports Camps

Upper East Side
Ages: 2-17
Best for: Kids who crave active play
Fastbreak camps offer a well-rounded, active experience for kids of all ages and interests. Programs are organized by age and include a mix of sports, field games, arts and crafts, and creative play. For more advanced athletes, Fastbreak also offers an Elite Training Academy option. Camps are available during school breaks and throughout the summer. READ MORE

Super Soccer Stars NYC

Upper East Side and Upper West Side
Ages: 3-12
Best for: Little kickers
Super Soccer Stars offers classes and camps citywide that aim to teach soccer skills in a fun, non-competitive, educational environment. The sport is used to build self-confidence and develop teamwork skills. Super Soccer Stars classes start at age 12 months with parent-and-me soccer classes, and its programs carry athletes through childhood and up to age 18. READ MORE

The Movement Creative

Citywide
Ages: 6-15
Best for: Kids who want to use the city as their playground
The Movement Creative holds personalized kids' parkour classes throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens and offers school break camps, summer programs, birthday parties, and one-on-one sessions. READ MORE

Kids of Summer Sports Camps

Upper West Side
Ages: 6-12
Best for: Athletes who don't mind the elements
Kings of Summer Camp programs offer a full day of multi-sports action, with sports that may include flag football, dodgeball, kickball, basketball, and more. Campers are broken up into age-appropriate divisions, when possible, with an experienced coaching staff. Most play is outdoors, but spacious gymnasium facilities are utilized for winter camps or for rainy days during spring camps. READ MORE

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Diana Kim
Diana Kim has been a contributor to Mommy Poppins for nearly 8 years. A Brooklyn mom of three (ages 7-16), she loves exploring family-friendly events and activities in Brooklyn and sharing the best finds with readers.
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