A Calm, Creative Summer Camp for Sensitive and Neurodivergent Kids

Limited to 6 children | Ages 5-10

Does your child shine brightest in small groups, with quiet moments to create, reflect, and just be themselves?

The Calm Creative Camp is a week-long, gentle summer camp designed especially for emotionally sensitive and neurodivergent children who flourish in soothing, imaginative spaces.

Led by an experienced meditation guide and artist (that’s me!), this camp combines art-making, sensory play, gentle meditation, and calming rituals to support emotional wellbeing and self-expression.

Personalised support throughout from a Special Needs Assistant

This camp is especially supportive for:

• Neurodivergent kids (including autistic, ADHD, sensory-sensitive, or highly intuitive children)

• Children who become overwhelmed in big, busy summer camps

• Kids who thrive in small, emotionally-attuned spaces where they are truly seen

🌸 What’s Included:

• A safe, soft space for only 6 children

• Daily creative art projects using beautiful, high-quality materials

• Guided meditations and movement designed to support emotional regulation

• Outdoor nature time (weather permitting)

• Grounding rituals and story-based visualizations

• A take-home Calm Kit and art journal

I am delighted to have special guest sound therapist Nicola O Sullivan. Nicola will join us for a 45 minute sound therapy workshop on the Thursday afternoon to integrate all the creative work that happened all week.

Activities for the five day Art and Meditation camp.

All Art will be taken home on the last day of camp and sibling discount available

• Water colour Dreamscapes and fantasy worlds, exploring surrealism and imaginative landscapes from dreams.

• Making 3d creatures from found materials, wire and cardboard

• Magic potion station

• Candyland sculptures, make giant sweets from paper mache

• Bubble themed abstract paintings, make abstract art from straws and blowing bubbles

• Cyanotype Printmaking Use natural objects like leaves, flowers, and grass to create cyanotype prints that celebrate summer.

• Make jewellery and bracelets

• Linoprinting of Irish wild life
  
  

August SUMMER CAMP ROOM 2 COLLIS SANDES HOUSE, TRALEE AGES 4-10 YEARS

Schools out for summer!!

The theme for the Summer Camp is Imagination and Dreams!

This curriculum focuses on nurturing children’s creativity and self-expression through fine art projects. I encourage imaginative thinking, introduce fine art techniques, and integrates fun, age-appropriate meditation exercises to inspire a love of art.

Activities for the five day Art and Meditation camp.

All Art will be taken home on the last day of camp and sibling discount available

• Water colour Dreamscapes and fantasy worlds, exploring surrealism and imaginative landscapes from dreams.

• Making 3d creatures from found matierials, wire and cardboard

• Magic potion station

• Candyland sculptures, make giant sweets from paper mache

• Bubble themed abstract paintings, make abstract art from straws and blowing bubbles

• Cyanotype Printmaking Use natural objects like leaves, flowers, and grass to create cyanotype prints that celebrate summer.

• Make jewellery and bracelets

• Linoprinting of Irish wild life
  
  

🌿 Nature Inside & Out: A Six-Week After-School Club Rooted in Play, Nature & Creativity
Tuesdays | 3:30 PM – 5 PM
For children aged 4–10 | Led by Artist Tricia & Therapeutic Play Practitioner Rachel Worthington.

Join us for a nourishing six-week after-school journey where we gently bring the magic of nature indoors and head out into the woods whenever the weather allows.

Nature Inside & Out is a slow-paced, grounding and joy-filled club for children aged 4–10, designed to help them unwind after the school day and reconnect to themselves through creative nature-based play.

Each session is a soft landing after a busy day, a space where children can just be. Together, we’ll explore nature through the senses, make beautiful things with our hands, and follow the natural flow of the afternoon whether that means sand tray therapy, weaving with willow or sitting quietly listening to the birds.

If the weather is kind, we’ll spend part of each session in the woods—building willow tipis, making mini habitats, noticing seasonal changes or simply lying back and listening to the wind in the trees. Inside, we’ll continue the magic with art practices that might include visual Art, crafts, natural painting, mandala-making, or crafting with gathered treasures.

At the heart of it all is a sense of freedom, connection and deep acceptance. There’s no pressure to perform or "do it right"—just space to explore, create and be fully themselves. With a therapeutic play practitioner supporting each session, we hold space gently for children’s feelings, friendships and unique ways of engaging.

🌼 What the Sessions Look Like:

• Nature-Based Exploration indoors and out: from woodland wanders and sensory games to nature listening and sand tray therapy

• Art & Making – creative sessions using natural materials: painting, weaving, clay, storytelling through art

• Time in the Woods (weather permitting) building tipis, collecting treasures, grounding play and imaginative freedom under the trees

• Calm, Grounded Transitions soft rhythms that help kids decompress and shift gears after a structured school day

• Child-Led Flow some days are lively and muddy, some are quiet and dreamy and all are welcome

🍃 Why Families Love It:

• Freedom to Be Themselves every child is accepted exactly as they are, with no pressure or expectations

• Friendship & Bonding shared play, trust, and creativity help children connect in gentle and joyful ways

• Supports Emotional Wellbeing – nature, play, and creativity offer grounding, soothing tools for big feelings

• Fuels Imagination & Curiosity – open-ended play invites wonder and creative exploration

• Nurtures the Whole Child – emotionally, socially creatively, and spiritually

• Held with Care by facilitators who are experienced, compassionate, and deeply child-centered

This isn’t just an after-school club—it’s a weekly exhale, a little wild freedom and a creative, nurturing space for your child to feel safe, seen and inspired.

Welcome to the Grown up and Me Creative Club- a laid back and joyfully messy morning for mom's, dad's, grandparents and their little ones (0-3) who are ready to explore, play and create.

This is a space where adults can reconnect with themselves through creativity, meet other like minded parents and simply breathe, while their little ones dive into mess friendly, sensory play right alongside them.

What to expect

🌸 A gentle guided meditation or somatic movement practice for adults to come back to themselves.

🌸 Creative, expressive Art projects for adults, no pressure or perfection. Think intuitive painting, collage, inspiration cards or mindful doodling.

🌸Messy sensory rich play for ths little ones, take safe, texture filled, colourful fun

🌸 A cozy space to socialise, create or just be with other adults.

Even if you just want to lie on the floor, sip tea or coffee and soak up the supportive energy of other adults, that's completely okay too.

This is a space for you as much as it is for your child.

Why join Grown up and Me Creative Club?

Its a space to reconnect with yourself through creativity (no experience needed)

A safe space for your little one to explore messy play, movement and sensory fun.

You'll feel lighter, brighter and more you again.

🌸 Art supplies, messy stations and all the fun provided

🌸Come as you are, this is your midweek exhale.

Hummingbird Art & Meditation Autumn Kids’ Art and Meditation Course

This autumn your child can join us for 6 weeks of creativity and calm, exploring seasonal themes like autumn leaves, winter landscapes, and festive holiday projects. Alongside painting and drawing, we’ll include gentle mindfulness practices to support focus and imagination.

All materials are provided, and the course is designed to nurture your child’s natural talents and build their skills in a relaxed, supportive space.

Autumn Art Exhibition — A Celebration of Growth

To celebrate their journey, we’ll be hosting a Autumn Art Exhibition . This exhibition is more than just a show — it’s a way to help children see the real value of their talent and recognize the natural progression of their skills over the autumn months.

Family are invited to witness and celebrate the amazing growth and creativity your child has cultivated throughout the course.

Course Details:

🎨6 weekly sessions

• All materials included

• Mindfulness and creative development

• Final Autumn exhibition event

Investment: €120 for the full course and exhibition.