Junior Naturalists – Found art

Join us for one day of our art Junior Naturalist day camp July 25 from 9am-3pm! Ages 7-12
basket with plants and flowers found in nature

Day Theme: Found art

Join us for our one day of our art themed Junior Naturalist day camp on July 25, from 9am-3pm! This camp will have an outdoors and hands-on focus. We’ll spend the day learning about how to make art from items we find in nature.

The fee for the day is $30 and is open to children aged 7-12. Please note that we do allow drop-off beginning at 8:30am and pick-up until 3:30pm, but there will not be direct instruction at this time.

An email with the information you need to prepare your camper will be sent 1 week before the camp.

Date: Friday July 25, 2025
Time: 9am-3pm
Location: Ellis Nature Centre
Cost: $30

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