Creative Nature NYC I Art Program for Kids in Greenpoint Brooklyn

09/09/2026

Thank you, Ridgewood kids and parents! You are beautiful! 💛

We had one of the most magical, playful, joyful, and artsy summers ever. 🌿🎨✨

Thank you for showing up to play, to wonder, to slow down and notice the magic at Evergreen Park, and for trusting us with your little ones.

Wishing everyone a beautiful transition into the new school year and into the winds of fall. 🍂

We hope to see you all again for our 2027 Spring Recess and Summer Camp!

With so much gratitude and love,
Creative Nature NYC 🌱

09/04/2026

Hi families!

We still have a few spots available for our Labor Day Camp! 🌿🎨

📅 Monday, September 7
⏰ 9 AM–3 PM
👧🏽👦🏻 Ages 3–9
💛 $135

We’ll spend the day creating, exploring nature, playing, and having fun together!

Please reach out if you’d like your child to join us. We’d love to have them! 🌱✨

09/02/2026

08/27/2026

🍂 Fall After School is Here — Pick-Up Right from P.S. 88! 🍂

We're so excited to bring Creative Nature NYC's outdoor, nature-based after school program to P.S. 88 families this fall! 🌿🎨

📅 Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays | 2:20–5:20 PM
Mondays: Sept 14 – Dec 14
Thursdays: Sept 17 – Dec 17
Fridays: Sept 18 – Dec 18

📍 Evergreen Park & Ridgewood Presbyterian Church
59-14 70th Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385

🧒 Mixed-age program for ages 3–9 | Small group, max 17 children — lots of individual attention!

Kids will spend their afternoons exploring, creating, and playing outside — art adventures with nature, right after the school bell rings.

⏰ Early Bird Pricing extended through Tuesday, September 1!
✨ $65/session if you register by 9/1
$70/session starting 9/2
(Semester enrollment required)

We're working to reach our minimum enrollment so we can confirm and launch this program for P.S. 88 families — and if we hit that goal, we're hoping to grow it into a full-year offering! DM us if you would like to fill up a short survey sharing your interest with full year after school.

to enroll visit : www.creativenaturenyc.org

08/25/2026

This week at camp, we’re looking beneath our feet and discovering the tiny creatures that make the soil come alive.

Earthworms don’t have eyes, so they experience the world through touch, light, and vibrations. We do have eyes—and we can use them to really look.

Therefore, we made mud portraits of each other!

We slowed down, paid attention, and noticed the little details that make each person unique: the shape of a nose, the curve of a smile, the lines and textures of a face.

💛

08/13/2026

Yesterday our campers made new friends at the park and borrowed a walkie-talkie for a very important mission: a collective gemstone hunt! 💎📻

The day was full of new friendships, games, spinning objects, and walking together on a shared adventure. ✨

For the next 2 weeks, we’re offering extended days until 5:00 PM, and we still have a few spots available next week! 🌿🎨

08/11/2026

🌻🌀 This Week at Creative Nature NYC: Spinning & the Wheel! 🌀☀️

This week, we’re exploring the fascinating world of spinning, wheels, and movement!

How do planets move around the sun? 🌎☀️
How do sunflowers grow and turn toward the light? 🌻
What makes a top spin—and how can we make it spin longer, faster, or better? 🌀

Along the way, we’ll wonder:

✨ What makes something spin?
✨ What happens when we change the shape, size, or weight of a spinner?
✨ Can we predict which top will spin the longest? Why?
✨ How are wheels and planets alike? How are they different?
✨ What do you notice when you watch something spinning closely?
✨ What ideas can we test, change, and try again?

These are just some of our explorations this week. Stay tuned for more adventures as we cruise through the universe, whirling, spinning, and orbiting around the sun! 🌎🌻🌀✨

08/05/2026

Hi all,

We are excited to share that Creative Nature NYC will be offering After School this fall, including pick-up from PS 88Q!

The program runs Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 2:20 PM–5:20 PM, September through December 2026, for children ages 3–9. Children will enjoy outdoor play and nature exploration at Evergreen Park, followed by creative art and ecology projects in our indoor space at Stone Circle Theatre.
Through hands-on activities, open-ended projects, and imaginative play, children build confidence, curiosity, creativity, and friendships. Families who are not from PS 88Q are also warmly welcome to join us and bring their children for an afternoon of nature, play, and creativity!

🌱 Early bird discount available through 08/26

More information and registration:
https://www.creativenaturenyc.org/after-school-fall

08/04/2026

This week’s exploration theme is Water, and nature has given us the perfect classroom with all the rain! 🌧️💙

Yesterday, we headed out on a neighborhood rain walk where we splashed through puddles, caught raindrops, discovered how water makes tissue paper release its colors, and observed the beautiful changes rain brings to trees and plants.

This is just the beginning! Stay tuned as we continue exploring the many forms and bodies of water around us through hands-on experiments, creative discoveries, and outdoor adventures. 💦🌿✨

08/01/2026

FREE PLAY🙃!
We intentionally make lots of time for free play and dramatic play because it’s at the heart of what we do and what we believe in. 🌿✨

Through imaginative play, children build meaningful friendships, strengthen their creativity, grow in confidence, and develop critical thinking skills. Some of the most important learning happens when kids are simply free to play.