Banner featuring various crafting supplies like glitter, paint, scissors and a theatrical mask for The Re.Imaginaries Creative Play Adventure Summer Camp in NE Portland, Oregon.
 

We are deeply committed to your children’s creativity, and are so excited to be bringing play, passion and possibility directly to your kiddos this summer!

 
 
A young child is kneeling in front of a diy robot created from a cardboard box, foil, and other various maker elements at The Re.Imaginaries Creative Play Adventure Summer Camp in NE Portland, Oregon.

Are you ready to send your child on the adventure of a lifetime? 

We’ve taken our 20+ years of experience hosting summer theatre programs, our costume creation savvy, and hands-on building expertise and woven them into something entirely new and completely magical.

This summer, we are facilitating adventures in creative play with your unique and brilliant kiddos in mind. Our curriculum provides transformative experiences to help your students dive even more deeply into their own imaginal realms alongside a dynamic cast of creative peers and mentors.

The.Re.Imaginaries camps consist of 5 days of immersive, guided exploration in our backyard theater/maker space. We’re offering 5 sessions of camp, so choose what works best for you.

Each session is limited to 16 campers so there is ample focus and attention for each young creator. Every day is designed to be overflowing with inspiration — to spill out long past our in-person time together, engaging your child’s imagination and play through prompts and activities and ample opportunities for making.

 

Creative Play Adventure Camps

Calling all young adventurers! In each Creative Play Adventure camp, we’ll spend the week developing characters, coming up with exciting challenges, collaborating on creative solutions, making props and costume pieces, and establishing new imaginary worlds to play in. Our week will culminate in a celebratory showcase curated by the campers. 

We’ll be exploring relationship-building, emotional expression, theatre exercises, hands-on making, and lots of creative play! Each camper will be provided with all of the tools, materials, and inspiration needed to create their own characters, costumes, props, and plays!

Days 1+2: Character + World creation

Days 3+4: Setting out on the quest, adventuring, role-playing, overcoming challenges, achieving missions

Day 5: Culminating showcase celebration

A young child is on stage dressed in an elaborate costume that includes several tulle skirts of various colors, star sunglasses, and a velvet hat at The Re.Imaginaries Creative Play Adventure Summer Camp in NE Portland, Oregon.
 

The Details

WHO: These adventures are best suited for kiddos between the ages of 6 and 14

WHERE: The Reframe Collective, 6114 NE 35th Ave, Portland Oregon, 97211

WHEN:

Camp 1 ((masks required))
June 24th - June 38th, 2024

Camp 2 ((masks required))
August 12th - Aug 16th, 2024

TIMES: Each camp will run from 9-2, Monday through Friday. We will be taking a walk to Fernhill Park each day for lunch from 11:00-12:00.

((There are only 16 spots each week, so be sure to grab yours today!))

Sign your child up for one ((or all three)) camps!
We’d love to spend as much time with your creative kiddo this summer as possible!

 

A note about our masking policy

We have always set out to be an all-inclusive space, and to provide opportunities for those who may be unable to participate in these experiences otherwise. Because this is the case, we will still be requiring masks for some of our summer camps. 

We want to continue to be a place where immuno-compromised youth can still enjoy a vibrant community experience, while simultaneously establishing a space where community care is inherently a part of the curriculum.

Even if your child hasn’t been masking recently, we are excited to encourage them to join us in this practice of looking out for everyone in our community. 

We will share plenty of times where students can take mask breaks, and we will host a lunch break each day where students will be eating on their own individual blankets at the park.

We are grateful for your understanding and empathy on this issue! Together, we are building a kinder, more compassionate world! 

 

The Re.Imaginaries Camps infuse your child’s summer with inspiration, entertainment, and energy that will last far beyond our in-person time together!

 

We can’t wait to imagine with you!


“The camp has been a true bright spot for our kiddo. She looks forward to it every day. On camp days she is cheerful long after the session is over, and she is really proud of what she has been working on!” — Neha Patel

 
 

The Investment

We are committed to making this offering accessible to all students. Our tiered pricing plan is designed to both honor our course instructors’ expertise AND enable student attendance.

✦$450 - I can cover the full cost of this camp and contribute a little extra to make the experience accessible to all.

✦$400 - I can cover the full cost of this camp.

✦$350 - Thank you for making this more affordable!

*Full and partial scholarships are also available. ((Students and families with marginalized identities are given priority.)) Please email us directly at the.re.imaginaries@gmail.com

 
 
 
 
 

We feel honored to be creative mentors for your child, and with our current global situation, it feels more important than ever.

 

Let’s re.imagine the world together!

 

About Your Guides

Blue brings 33-years of construction and making experience and Caitlin brings 20-years of teaching, and together we bring our shared life-long love of creative expression and evolution through education.