🎨 Art & Creative Summer Camps in Naperville 2026

Updated April 2026 • Curated by NaperKids

Nurture your child's creativity this summer with Naperville's best art and creative camps! From painting and pottery to theater, music, and dance, these programs let kids explore their artistic side in a fun, supportive environment. Perfect for budding artists, performers, and creative thinkers of all skill levels.

233 places • Naperville & surrounding area
🏆 Top Pick

Kneaded Earth Pottery Studio

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 7-adult

Pottery classes, workshops, and studio time for all skill levels. Wheel throwing and hand-building.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 596-7742 Full details →
⭐ Highly Rated

American Martial Arts Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 Kids (Tiny Tigers) through adults

Kids program focuses on character building and leadership. Tiny Tigers program for young kids. Fun and safe environment.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 352-0114 Full details →
👍 Parent Favorite

National Karate & Martial Arts Aurora

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids through adults • 🌟 Free

Award-winning school. 3 weeks free martial arts training + complimentary uniform for new students. Family-friendly, 50+ years expertise.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 585-1700 Full details →

National Karate Naperville

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

50+ years of karate and martial arts expertise serving the Naperville community.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 581-1500 Full details →

Warrior's Edge Martial Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

Self-defense and self-perfection training for the entire family. Teaches Banzenkan Aiki Ninjutsu, comprised of 12 authentic ninja and samurai arts fro...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 416-1946 Full details →

Victory Martial Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

Martial arts training for kids and adults in the Naperville area.

🌐 Website 📞 (708) 351-4175 Full details →

Hawaii Fluid Art

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville

Drop-in art projects and group classes

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 441-3951 Full details →

Naperville Art Studio

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Art studio offering classes and workshops in Naperville.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 441-3951 Full details →

Ogden Art Studio

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Art studio offering classes and workshops in the Naperville area.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 441-3951 Full details →

Foam Party All Stars

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages

Mobile foam party service bringing high-energy fun to your yard, driveway, or outdoor space. Features pro-grade Super Foam Cannon, kid-friendly music,...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 296-6676 Full details →

World Class Tae Kwon Do

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids through adults (Little Tigers program for young kids)

Leading martial arts instruction. Little Tigers program teaches courage and communication. Serves Aurora and Naperville.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 870-9293 Full details →

Ultimate Dance on the Move

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville

Mobile dance studio with Naperville location

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 809-2010 Full details →

Children of America Oswego

★★★★★ 5
📍 Oswego

Summer camp and daycare programs

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 882-5105 Full details →

Edge Music Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Music lessons in piano, violin, and guitar in Naperville, Mokena and Homer Glen.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 216-9190 Full details →

Freedom of Movement Dance Company

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-18

Training dancers ages 4-18 in ballet, jazz, hip hop, tap, and contemporary while building confidence, discipline, and lifelong friendships.

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Dottie's Art Studio

★★★★★ 5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Kids through adults

Women-owned art studio. Young artists explore new mediums, discover famous artists, try new techniques. M-Th 4:30-9pm, F 4:30-6pm, Sat 12-2pm.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 302-3339 Full details →

Meghan Conti Wellness - YogaKids

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 Children

YogaKids program introducing children to yoga movement in a playful, educational way. Teaches breath work for emotional self-regulation. Available at ...

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 933-6858 Full details →

Bel Canto Music Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

Private studio spaces offering piano, voice, violin, singing, drum, cello, guitar, and flute lessons. Also offers Suzuki method in piano and violin.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 226-2055 Full details →

Stacey De & Company

★★★★★ 5
📍 Lisle • 👤 3-adult

Music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, drum, violin, saxophone, plus acting and theater classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 541-6072 Full details →

Board And Brush

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville

Creative DIY art projects workshop

🌐 Website 📞 630-276-4602 Full details →

T-1 Martial Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville

Affordable martial arts programs

🌐 Website 📞 (224) 999-2909 Full details →

First Steps Dance Program

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-7

Dedicated to giving each child the tools to learn and grow on and off the dance floor. Welcomes children ages 2-7.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 849-7849 Full details →

Illinois Shaolin Kung Fu School

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Traditional Shaolin Kung Fu training.

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 556-3622 Full details →

Parties at Local Glass Studio

★★★★★ 5
📍 Glen Ellyn

Local Glass Studio800 Roosevelt Rd.Building D10Glen Ellyn, IL 60137

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 547-2329 Full details →

Twinkle Star Dance Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-18

Dance classes for kids ages 2-18 in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, creative movement, lyrical, and more.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 864-5741 Full details →

Hobson School — Saturday Parent-Child Program

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 2 years old

Gentle introduction to preschool environment. For children who are 2 at the start of the school year.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 420-8220 Full details →

Downtown Aurora Visual Arts (DAVA)

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Elementary through adult

Open Studio (Elementary) with drawing, painting, ceramics, sculpture, interdisciplinary STEAM projects.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 256-3340 Full details →

Flourish Dance Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Carol Stream • 👤 Ages 2 through adults

Serves Carol Stream, Wheaton, Glendale Heights, Bloomingdale, West Chicago.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 588-8205 Full details →

Jin Martial Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Ages 4+ (kids classes start at age 7, younger at 4)

Kids classes, family discounts available.

🌐 Website 📞 +1 630-345-6395 Full details →

Ask Aunt V

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-adult

Hands-on cooking classes for all ages. Mommy and Me (2+), Junior Chef (5-11), Tweens (12-14), Teens (15-18), and Adult classes.

🌐 Website 📞 630.717.0716 Full details →

The Little Gym of Naperville

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 4 months-12 years

Physical development center offering non-competitive programs including parent/child classes, gymnastics, dance, sports prep, camps, and birthday part...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 303-9669 Full details →

XPOP Art Craft

★★★★★ 5
📍 Lisle • 👤 All ages (special program for ages 3-5)

Walk-in crafts, DIY workshops, pop art-inspired crafts. Birthday parties and group events. Creative program for ages 3-5. Non-intimidating art space. ...

🌐 Website 📞 (779) 390-3766 Full details →

Front Street Dance

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Dance studio offering classes in multiple styles for kids and adults.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 373-2623 Full details →

Imagine Performing Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Ages 4-13

1-week theatre camps. Each session has a theme. Kids devise their own play, learn drama games, develop characters, learn Broadway musical numbers. Inf...

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 860-7789 Full details →

Sundo Martial Arts

★★★★★ 5
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 All ages and skill levels

Taekwondo school founded by master instructor Michael Raiz. Comprehensive curriculum: technique, sparring, character development.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 209-9300 Full details →

Bristol Grove Music

★★★★★ 5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 All ages

Serving Joliet/Plainfield since 1992. Piano, guitar, percussion, woodwinds, brass, strings. 30-minute weekly sessions. 5 modern studios with acoustic/...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 439-1743 Full details →

Plainfield Dance Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 0-2 (Mommy & Me), 3-4 (preschool), 5-12 (youth), teens

Mommy & Me, Pre-Ballet, Pre-Tap, Tumbling, Modern, Ballroom, Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Kid Folk Dance, Jazz/Lyrical, Yoga. Experienced instructors.

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 732-9284 Full details →

Bentley Academy of Irish Dance

★★★★★ 5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 All ages and skill levels

~80 students. Beginner class 4:30-5:15pm, followed by advanced sessions. Also has Forest Park location. Contact: [email protected], Phone: (6...

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Skill Samurai Aurora-Naperville

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Children • 🌟 Free

Coding and robotics programs for kids, with courses ranging from beginner coding to Minecraft, Robotics, and drones. Free trial class available.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 426-1617 Full details →

Children's Art Classes (Geneva - serves Aurora)

★★★★★ 5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids

40+ types of art: acrylic, watercolor, charcoal, stained glass, clay. Weekly workshops summer (June-July) and school year (Sept-May).

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 998-8162 Full details →

Music Together YNS

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville

Music Together classes for young children

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 369-9679 Full details →

Stormz United Soccer Academy

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 Youth (contact for specific ages)

Travel soccer club committed to providing quality youth development where young soccer players from all backgrounds are guided to reach their full pot...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 802-2004 Full details →

Naperville Chinese School

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 1-15

Chinese language and cultural programs for kids K-9th grade. Offers Heritage Chinese for children from Mandarin-speaking families and Chinese as a For...

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Plainfield's Best Summer Camp

★★★★★ 5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Various

Sports, arts, dance, and safety education in a supervised environment. Summer and after-school programs.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

Elite Feet Dance Center

★★★★★ 5
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Toddlers through teens

Tutu Toddlers (creative movement/ballet), Petite Feet (ballet/tap combo), Twirling Diva (PreK-1st ballet/jazz), Kids Hip Hop, Pre-Teen Jazz/Hip Hop. A...

🌐 Website 📞 (262) 249-0398 Full details →

Music Together with Mrs Tara

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 0-5

Music Together classes for toddlers and young children. Parent-child music engagement program.

🌐 Website 📞 (618) 978-3489 Full details →

iD Tech Camps at Benedictine University

★★★★★ 5
📍 Lisle • 👤 Kids and teens

Coding, game development, robotics, 3D printing. Expert tech mentors. Summer camp format at Benedictine University campus.

🌐 Website 📞 (800) 246-2154 Full details →

I-RADHA (Indian Rhythms Arts & Dances Heritage Academy)

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 5+

Founded 2016, offers Kathak dance classes for all age groups (Kids 5-8, 9-12, Teen 13-19, Adults). Hindi language classes focused on conversational Hi...

🌐 Website 📞 (847) 483-4158 Full details →

KidsMatter

★★★★★ 5
📍 Naperville • 👤 Youth and families • 🌟 Free

Free events and programs serving 45,000+ kids in DuPage and Will counties since 2001. Prevents problems before they start by equipping youth and famil...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 864-3974 Full details →

Warrior Youth Athletics / FCA Basketball

★★★★★ 5
📍 West Chicago • 👤 1st grade - 8th grade

Recreation and travel basketball program in partnership with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Recreation league for boys and girls grades 1-4 w...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 386-3549 Full details →

Wheaton College - Community School of the Arts (CSA)

★★★★★ 5
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Babies through adults (1,000+ students)

Early Childhood music classes (babies-early elementary), Keyboard Classes (elementary), Private lessons in multiple instruments. Degreed faculty.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 752-5567 Full details →

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art — Free Wednesdays

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Oak Brook • 👤 All ages (always free for 6 and under) • 🌟 Free

Hidden gem. Unique museum with Chinese jade carvings, animal dioramas, mineral specimens, gemstones, interactive geological exhibits. Fully accessible...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 833-1616 Full details →

Kids Empire Bolingbrook

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Bolingbrook

Indoor playground with nonstop fun and birthday parties

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 426-8332 Full details →

Naperville Yard

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages

Sports complex offering birthday party packages for children of all ages.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 245-1100 Full details →

Naperville Yard Sports Complex

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-18

103,000 sq ft facility with indoor soccer fields, after-school sports, concession stand, playroom, acceleration training, daycare, birthday parties, a...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 245-1100 Full details →

Little Brushes at Pinot's Palette

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville

Creative painting classes and birthday party experiences for children

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 457-5440 Full details →

Pinot's Palette

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville

Paint and sip studio with step-by-step guidance

🌐 Website 📞 331-457-5440 Full details →

Fairytale Entertainment

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Warrenville

Princess and character party entertainment for kids birthdays and events.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 686-2081 Full details →

Yong In Aurora

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids through adults

Martial arts training center.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 375-0502 Full details →

Naperville Martial Arts for Kids

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Lisle • 👤 4-14

Martial arts classes specifically designed for children in the Naperville/Lisle area.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 213-7144 Full details →

Musical Expressions

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Piano, voice, drums, brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar, violin & viola instruction along with group ensembles and classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-1110 Full details →

KH Kim Taekwondo - Plainfield Academy

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Various age groups

Taekwondo and karate classes for various age groups.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

School of Rock Naperville

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Music lessons combining one-on-one drum, bass, keyboard, vocal, and guitar lessons with group band practices. Performance-based curriculum using popul...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 922-5400 Full details →

Breakthrough Basketball Camp at IBA Naperville

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 3rd grade - 8th grade

Basketball camp hosted at Illinois Basketball Academy focused on developing better scoring moves, ball handling, and playmaking ability. Coaches focus...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 442-1560 Full details →

Sharkey's Karate Studio

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville

Martial arts and karate classes for kids and adults

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 369-8055 Full details →

Ultimate Ninjas Academy - Naperville

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 1-8

Obstacle course training center offering birthday party hosting for kids ages 1-8.

🌐 Website 📞 +1 312-500-2040 Full details →

The Conservation Foundation - McDonald Farm Nature Camps

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 Entering grades 1-3 (Early Elementary); other sessions available

Small group nature camps at McDonald Farm in Naperville. Half-day camps (9am-12pm) Mon-Fri with unique weekly themes. Children explore native prairie,...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 428-4500 Full details →

Jerry Evans School of Music - Mini Musicians

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Young children

Mini Musicians classes meet once a week for 45 minutes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 359-7725 Full details →

Kumon of Naperville - South

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-18

Math and reading after-school program. Part of the world's largest supplemental education network.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 689-9889 Full details →

Starr Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Shorewood • 👤 2 years and up

Serving Plainfield/Shorewood since 2002. Ballet, Tap, Hip Hop, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, Tumbling.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

Shingari's School of Rhythm (SSR)

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids through adults

One of the top Indian Bollywood dance schools in the nation. Focus on preserving Indian culture through dance with technical excellence.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 340-4336 Full details →

Edward-Elmhurst Health - New Mom Support Group

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 New moms with infants (0-6 months) • 🌟 Free

Wednesday drop-in group (10am-11:30am) for new moms and infants. Topics include dental health for babies, infant CPR and choking, tummy time sessions,...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-2522 Full details →

Whim Studio Space

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Children and adults

Open by appointment for pottery painting (text 630-640-9442 for appointments, no set hours). Offers private pottery painting and clay making parties f...

🌐 Website 📞 630-790-8200 Full details →

Noteable Notes Music Academy

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Music academy offering lessons for kids and adults in the Naperville area.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 456-1804 Full details →

Renaissance Art School

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Art school offering classical and contemporary art education.

🌐 Website 📞 (872) 216-6499 Full details →

Renaissance Classical Art School

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Kids, teens, adults

Formal art lessons in painting, drawing, color theory.

🌐 Website 📞 (872) 216-6499 Full details →

DuPage Art League

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Various

Art classes and community programs.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 653-7090 Full details →

Midwest Music Academy

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Plainfield • 👤 All ages (Suzuki method for youngest)

Founded 2008. Guitar, piano, and more. Suzuki method for youngest students, traditional music education, and hybrid programs.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

Plainfield School of Music

★★★★ 4.9
📍 Plainfield • 👤 All ages

Guitar, bass, piano, drums, percussion lessons from independent teachers.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 557-7512 Full details →

Art Institute of Chicago — Free Winter Weekdays (IL Residents)

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Chicago • 👤 All ages (under 14 always free) • 🌟 Free

Under 14 always free. Illinois residents get free admission on winter weekdays 11am-close through end of Feb 2026. Also free for Chicago teens under 1...

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 443-3600 Full details →

Hyper Kidz Bolingbrook

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Bolingbrook

14,000 sq ft safari-themed indoor playground, 3 age zones, LED dance floor, ages 0-13

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 626-1893 Full details →

Classic Cinemas Tivoli Theatre

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 All ages

Nearly 100-year-old movie palace. Classic cinema and latest movies. Good for parties and gatherings.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 968-0360 Full details →

Sur La Table Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 8-adult

Engaging and educational kids and teens cooking classes teaching essential skills through hands-on interactive approach.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 428-1110 Full details →

Knoch Knolls Nature Center - Free Nature Discovery Days

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 18 months to 10 years • 🌟 Free

Free drop-in Nature Discovery Days during winter (Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar) and two weeks each summer (August). Indoor self-guided activities for families w...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 864-3964 Full details →

Sensory Garden Playground - Danada South

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Wheaton • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Universally accessible playground in the heart of DuPage County Forest Preserve's Danada South. Offers multi-sensory experiences for seeing, hearing, ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 690-4880 Full details →

Naperville Music

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-1404 Full details →

Ultimate Ninjas Academy

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 1-8

Obstacle course training for kids age 1-8. Weekly classes, open play, and birthday parties.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 381-4040 Full details →

Woodridge Public Library — Kids Programs

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Woodridge • 👤 Various • 🌟 Free

Includes collaborative art projects and special themed events (e.g., Black History Month art projects).

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 964-7899 Full details →

Kidz Kabaret

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-18

Children's theater offering workshops, classes, and full stage performances. No auditions required to join. Alternative to traditional audition-based ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-9212 Full details →

Youth Actors

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville

Summer camps and kids theater classes

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-9212 Full details →

NP Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Professional and experienced instruction for children of all ages and levels.

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 478-3900 Full details →

Naperville Riverwalk

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 0+ • 🌟 Free • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

1.75-mile pathway along the DuPage River featuring gardens, fountains, bridges, and splash areas. Free to enter. Hosts free activities and music throu...

🌐 Website Full details →

Wilton Sweet Studio

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 6-16

Hands-on baking and decorating camps at Wilton corporate headquarters. Each camper gets own workstation and tools. Summer camps available.

🌐 Website 📞 (800) 794-5866 Full details →

Big Time Ninja

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 Kids and adults • 🌟 Free

Ninja gym with obstacle courses. Kids and adult open gym sessions (4 kids, 3 adult per week). Drop-ins welcome. Camps, parties, and competitions avail...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 312-8873 Full details →

ClaySpace Ceramic Arts Center

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 7-adult

Ceramic arts center offering pottery and ceramics classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 393-2529 Full details →

We Rock the Spectrum - Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages (with adult supervision) • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Autism-focused indoor playground and kids gym providing sensory-safe environment for all ability levels. Features zipline, swings, trampoline, imagina...

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 472-0764 Full details →

We Rock the Spectrum Kids Gym

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 0-12 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Autism-focused sensory-safe indoor playground and kids gym with zip line, swings, monkey bars, interactive video board, sensory bins, art station, and...

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 472-0764 Full details →

Tyson's Taekwondo

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids through adults

Longtime Aurora landmark. Parents credit classes for improving kids' focus and self-esteem.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 347-6351 Full details →

Makery Studios

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Plainfield • 👤 All ages

Drop-in crafts, birthday parties, special events. STEM makerspace with finished crafts and supplies available. Studio open for making at any time.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 260-4033 Full details →

My Gym Wheaton

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Wheaton • 👤 6 weeks - 10 years

Gymnastics, fitness classes, Mommy & Me, camps, birthday parties. Open gym for members. Non-competitive: bars, vault, beam, tumbling. Mon-Fri 9AM-7PM,...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 499-1299 Full details →

United Martial Arts

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

9th degree Black Belt instructor with 40 years teaching experience. Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Aikido, Taekwondo, Karate, and self-defense classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 369-4949 Full details →

Bach to Rock Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Toddler-adult

Music school with private lessons in piano, guitar, drums, voice and more. Programs include band, glee club, DJ lessons, parties, and programs for kid...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 318-0312 Full details →

Gallery's Choice

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Art gallery and classes in the Naperville area.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 969-5660 Full details →

Code Ninjas - Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 5-14

Coding and junior coding classes for children ages 5-14. Programs include basic block coding, Minecraft and Roblox programming, and hands-on robotics.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 229-8922 Full details →

Code Ninjas Wheaton

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Wheaton • 👤 4 - 13 years (kids classes)

Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, MMA for kids. Focus on self-discipline. M-Sat 9am-9pm.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 200-4446 Full details →

Nike Basketball Camps at Shoot 360 Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 10-14

Coed clinic combining expert coaching with cutting-edge Shoot 360 technology including AI-driven analytics, interactive drills, and live gameplay. Pla...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 593-3006 Full details →

Shoot 360 Naperville

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 5-14+ (varies by program)

State-of-the-art basketball training facility using advanced technology including AI-driven analytics, NBA-level shot tracking, interactive drills, an...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 593-3006 Full details →

Studio Nafisa

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Aurora • 👤 4-adult

Programs for ages 4 and older including LEGO creativity, art, and drawing classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 340-0534 Full details →

ATA Karate for Kids

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Toddlers through adults

Programs: Tiny Tigers (youngest), Karate for Kids, Adult Taekwondo, Black Belt Club, Leadership Club. Phone: (630) 681-0060.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 681-0060 Full details →

Acharya Performing Arts Academy

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 6+

Bharatanatyam (South Indian classical dance) classes for ages 6 and above. Instruction available in Naperville/Aurora and Schaumburg locations.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 281-2859 Full details →

Sonia's Dance Rhythm

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Dance studio in the Naperville area offering rhythm and dance classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 585-6683 Full details →

Downers Grove Public Library - Cookies, Cocoa & Crafts

★★★★ 4.8
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Kids/Families • 🌟 Free

Free family event at 5:30pm. Check library events calendar for upcoming dates.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 963-1300 Full details →

Blackberry Farm

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages

Living history museum recreating pioneer life through educational demonstrations and hands-on fun. Admission includes unlimited rides on train, hay wa...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 892-1550 Full details →

Settlers' Park

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Plainfield • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free

FREE. Scenic strolls, picnicking, open-air amphitheater with seasonal concerts and movie nights.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 436-8812 Full details →

Chasers Laser Tag

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 6+

Family entertainment center specializing in birthday parties. Also hosts scout, camp, school, and team building events. Activities include laser tag, ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 851-6930 Full details →

Big Blue Swim School

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 3 months-12 years

Year-round weekly swim lessons. No contracts or registration fees. Start and stop at any time.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 793-2581 Full details →

Fountaindale Public Library — Storytimes

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 2-6 years • 🌟 Free

Includes Storytime at the Museum, IKEA Storytime, bilingual storytime, cultural crafts, and LEGO Club (grades 1-5). Free to all but registration requi...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 759-2102 Full details →

Old Town School of Folk Music (Naperville)

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville

Wiggleworms music classes for young children

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 728-6000 Full details →

Camp Red Kite - Chicago Children's Theatre

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Chicago • 👤 Ages 8-22 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Dynamic theatre day camp for young people on the autism spectrum. Campers ages 8-22 explore drama, music, and visual arts during three fun-filled week...

🌐 Website 📞 (773) 227-0180 Full details →

Purple Brush Art Studio

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Weekly art classes and summer camps for ages 3 and up. Drawing, painting, and mixed media.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 537-0039 Full details →

Sunshine Dance

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-12

Dance classes for young children in a fun, supportive environment.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 446-6060 Full details →

World Champion TaeKwonDo

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Naperville

Safe, challenging, and fun classes

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 983-0993 Full details →

City of Aurora - Theatre Education

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 Varies

Theater education programs for youth.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 844-4924 Full details →

City of Aurora - Aurora Dance Arts

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 Ages 3-19

Continuous 9-month progressive dance program. Styles: ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, contemporary, choreography, poms, tumbling/acro, hip hop. Also offers...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 340-3366 Full details →

Xplore Tumbling and Gymnastics

★★★★ 4.7
📍 North Aurora • 👤 Kids through teens

Multiple tumbling levels from beginner (handstands/cartwheels) to advanced. Focus on strength, coordination, self-esteem. Summer camps available.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 229-6115 Full details →

EDGE Homeschool Cooperative

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Glen Ellyn • 👤 School-age children

Christian homeschooling support group in DuPage County offering enrichment classes in art, science, writing and more. Meets Fridays at a church in Gle...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 462-9657 Full details →

Fox Valley Special Recreation Association (FVSRA)

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Formed in 1976, provides over 600 year-round programs and special events annually for residents with disabilities. Programs range from fitness to craf...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 907-1114 Full details →

Moves Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.7
📍 Wheaton • 👤 All ages

Dance classes, camps, theatre programs. Ballet, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, creativity, performance. Award-winning competitive dance program.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 264-6300 Full details →

Tanners Orchard (seasonal trips from Aurora)

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages

Grain bin sandbox, spring animals, pedal tractors, pony rides, gem mining, train rides, face painting. Seasonal (fall popular for apple picking/pumpki...

🌐 Website 📞 (309) 493-5442 Full details →

Let's Go Bistro

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Various ages

Hands-on and demo recreational cooking classes. 12-week series covering basic techniques.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 389-8444 Full details →

HealthTrack Sports Wellness

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Glen Ellyn • 👤 5-18+

Full-service fitness and wellness center with 4 indoor hard tennis courts and 4 pickleball courts. Offers junior and adult tennis programs, private le...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 942-9600 Full details →

American Eagle Performing Arts

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-18

Performing arts classes led by professional teaching artists. Drama games, improv, movement, and singing fostering confidence, empathy, and collaborat...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 995-8900 Full details →

Naperville Public Library - Children's Programs

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 Birth to teens • 🌟 Free

Over 40 free children's programs weekly across three locations. Includes storytimes, craft classes, special events, summer reading programs, outdoor s...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 961-4100 Full details →

People's Resource Center - Art Program

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Various • 🌟 Free

Painting, ceramics, collage classes. Phone: 630-682-5402 ext. 333.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 682-5402 Full details →

Lyman Woods Nature Center

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Ages 4-14

Nature programs including archery, beekeeping, astronomy, wilderness skills. Field trips: Fascinating Forests, Wetland Wonders, Incredible Insects, So...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 963-9388 Full details →

Color Me Mine Naperville

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Paint-your-own pottery studio offering walk-in painting, parties, camps, and classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 778-1000 Full details →

Bee Happy Club

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 0-7

Indoor playground for kids 0-7 with corn play area, slide with ball pit, trampoline, ride-on cars, and private party spaces.

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 774-1677 Full details →

Bee Happy Hive

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 0-7 years

Bright, modern indoor playground for young children. Trampolines, ball pits, corn play area, slides, little cars. Themed birthday parties with charact...

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 774-1677 Full details →

Pottery Bayou

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

1.5 hour pottery painting classes allowing kids to create and express creativity.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 718-9823 Full details →

My Gym Aurora/Naperville

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Aurora • 👤 6 weeks-10 years

Kids birthday parties, Mommy and Me, gymnastics camps and programs. Confidence-building activities for young children.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 499-1299 Full details →

Premier Gymnastics Academy West

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Oswego • 👤 18 months - high school

Near Plainfield in Oswego. State-of-the-art facility with in-ground training pits, 40-ft tumbling trampoline. Tots through competitive teams. Birthday...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 554-7480 Full details →

Warrenville Public Library

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Warrenville • 👤 Children/families • 🌟 Free

FREE weekly storytimes (Family Storytime on Thursdays), STEAM activities, arts & crafts sessions. Escape Room: Magical Land of Oz (teams of 2-6). Regi...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 393-1171 Full details →

Oswego Public Library District - Children's Programs

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Oswego • 👤 Infants through 5th grade • 🌟 Free

All Children's Room programs are free and open to the public. Storytime with stories, music, rhymes. Process art for preschool ages 4-5. Pokemon Go wa...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 978-1205 Full details →

Xtreme Dance Center

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-adult

All styles: Jazz, Hip Hop, Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Lyrical, Contemporary, Modern, Breakdancing, Freestyle, Tumbling, First Steps Early Learning. 8 spacio...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 922-5678 Full details →

TM Martial Arts

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Kids through adults

Karate for kids classes instilling respect, courtesy, and self-control.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

Wheaton Ice Skating Academy (WISA)

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Youth through competitive level

Competitive figure skating academy with world-class coaching. Private lessons with personalized instruction. Training includes freestyle, ice dancing,...

🌐 Website 📞 See website Full details →

AZ Acres Riding

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Plainfield • 👤 7 years and up

Riding lessons, summer camps, parties, group events. Hands-on experience with horses. No trail riding or boarding.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 474-5606 Full details →

Inspire School of Dance

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-18

Nationally recognized dance studio training young dancers in technical ability, performance skills, diversity, and maturity.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 527-4777 Full details →

Ceramic Art Cafe

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville

🌐 Website 📞 (708) 579-3033 Full details →

BrightSide Theatre Youth Project

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Naperville • 👤 8-18

Youth theater productions at Meiley Swallow Hall for kids ages 8-18.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 447-8497 Full details →

Village of Bolingbrook - Free Community Events

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 All ages / family • 🌟 Free

Annual events: Village Picnic (Art in the Park, petting zoo, scavenger hunt, fishing derby), Wednesday Night Summer Concerts (Roger C. Claar Performin...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 226-8400 Full details →

Kids Garage

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Woodridge • 👤 Young children/toddlers

Automotive-themed indoor play area with bounce houses. Open for play and birthday parties.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 852-4485 Full details →

Vaughan Dance Academy

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Plainfield • 👤 2 years - teen

Family-owned studio in downtown Plainfield. Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Lyrical, Contemporary, Mommy & Me, Tiny Tots, Pre-dance, Boys Dance, Tumbling....

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 750-3238 Full details →

Fox Valley Hands of Hope

★★★★ 4.6
📍 Geneva • 👤 Ages 5-18 (youth program) • 🌟 Free

Nonprofit providing expert grief support for children ages 5-18, families, and adults experiencing loss. Youth and family bereavement support. Service...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 232-2233 Full details →

Twisted Pin (formerly Plainfield Lanes)

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 All ages

Luxury bowling with bumpers available for kids. Arcade with classic pinball to VR experiences. Birthday parties. Summer Pin Pass program for families....

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 782-7790 Full details →

Players Indoor Sports Center

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-18

State-of-the-art facility serving the Naperville area since 2008 offering indoor environments for soccer, lacrosse, football, and other field sports.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 470-6400 Full details →

TOCA Soccer Center Naperville

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 18 months to adult

The largest indoor soccer center in Chicagoland at 95,000 square feet. Features four indoor synthetic turf fields (three full-sized for 8v8, one small...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 470-6400 Full details →

Rocket Ice Arena

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Bolingbrook • 👤 3+

Premier ice skating rink near Naperville with ice skating lessons for all ages and abilities. Public skate times year round with character skates and ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 679-1700 Full details →

Downers Grove Public Library - Kids Programs

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Under 36 months (baby storytime), Preschool, K-8 • 🌟 Free

Weekly storytimes for different ages. 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. 2026 Bookmark Contest (grades K-8). Children's area has light-up wall, ...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 960-1200 Full details →

Plainfield Area Public Library

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Plainfield • 👤 0+ • 🌟 Free • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Weekly story times, craft sessions, and STEM programs tailored for children.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 436-6639 Full details →

M14 Hoops Basketball Academy

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kindergarten - 12th grade

State-of-the-art 53,000 square foot basketball development facility with 6 indoor high school regulation basketball courts, 4,300 sq ft weight room, f...

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 281-0192 Full details →

Spartz Sportz Basketball Training

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Ages 3-13

Elite basketball trainers ensuring a positive and fun experience for developing basketball players ages 3 to 13. Lil Hoopers and Ballerz classes focus...

🌐 Website 📞 (708) 297-0653 Full details →

Lisle Library District - Kids Programs

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Lisle • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free

YS Play Area with forts, mini climbing wall, games, LiteZilla. Take & Make crafts. Explore More Illinois (free museum/attraction passes for cardholder...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 971-1675 Full details →

BIG Gymnastics

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Burr Ridge • 👤 18 months - Adult

Women's recreational and competitive gymnastics and tumbling facility serving the Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, Downers Grove, and western suburbs area. Teach...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 323-6244 Full details →

Action Gymnastics

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 All ages

USAG member gym. Classes for various age groups, camps, and birthday parties. Phone: (630) 251-5506.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 969-0900 Full details →

CYT Chicago (Christian Youth Theater)

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5 - 18 years

After-school theater arts training. Weekly classes in voice, drama, dance, and specialty themes. Serves the greater Chicagoland area.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

CYT Chicago Aurora (Christian Youth Theater)

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Aurora • 👤 Youth

Weekly classes in drama, voice, dance, specialty topics. Three 9-10 week sessions during the school year (2-hour classes).

🌐 Website Full details →

Steps Dance Center

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Aurora • 👤 3-adult

Dance studio and dance company in Aurora offering classes for all ages.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 499-5678 Full details →

VERSA5 Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 Ages 2+

College-educated instructors. DiscoverTots (2-3, 30 min), DiscoverDance (3-5, 45 min), KinderCombo (Grades K-1), INT Combo (Grades 3+). Also Ballet, J...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 963-0456 Full details →

Illinois Conservatory for the Arts

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 8-adult

Formerly Academy of the Arts. Located inside The Matrix Club offering classes, camps, and performances for adolescents, teens, and adults.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 243-5100 Full details →

Kidinary Cooking Academy

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-14

Cooking academy dedicated to teaching kids culinary skills through fun, hands-on classes.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 600-2044 Full details →

Flourishing Lives Counseling Center

★★★★ 4.5
📍 Naperville • 👤 Children

Creates a safe space for children with trauma backgrounds to process experiences and feelings through play and expressive arts therapy.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 229-3123 Full details →

Sky Zone Aurora

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages

Wall-to-wall trampolines, SkySlam dunking, Ultimate Dodgeball, foam zone. Sky Camp programs for kids. Birthday parties available.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 207-4759 Full details →

Guitar Center Aurora - Music Lessons

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 Kids through adults

Professional music lessons including piano, guitar, drums, and more.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 375-1466 Full details →

DuPage Children's Museum

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 0-10 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Interactive exhibits in math, science, and art designed for young minds. Features bubble station, mini river for water play, and hands-on learning act...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-8000 Full details →

DuPage Children's Museum - Birthday Parties

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 1-10 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Birthday parties where guests explore, create, build, wonder, discover, think, and play. Educational and hands-on party experience at the museum.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-8000 Full details →

DuPage Children's Museum - Sensory Programs

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 Infants to 10 • 🌟 Free • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Offers Adaptive Play Time and Sensory Friendly Saturday programs with modified environments for children with disabilities, autism, and sensory proces...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-8000 Full details →

DuPage Children's Museum Tinkering Camp

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-10 • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Hands-on adventure where kids explore materials, chase curiosity, and experiment. Part of museum summer programming.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-8000 Full details →

School of Rock Plainfield

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Plainfield • 👤 8 - 18 years (Rock 101 ages 8-13)

Guitar, drums, piano, bass, vocals, keys. Performance Program with live shows at local venues. Rock 101 for beginners (no experience needed). Music ca...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 792-4084 Full details →

Aurora Community Theatre - Acting Up!

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 Youth (beginners and experienced)

Students learn fundamentals of theatre, voice projection, performance etiquette. Advanced students build acting and improvisation skills.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 859-8606 Full details →

City of Aurora Recreation Centers

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 3-18 • 🌟 Free • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Basketball, swimming, crafts, cooking. 'We Are Aurora Youth' offers free meals noon-4PM at designated centers. Summer youth programs available. A.R.I....

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 859-8606 Full details →

Barnes & Noble — Saturday Storytime

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free

Free weekly storytime at participating locations. No registration needed. Store hours: Mon-Sat 10-9, Sun 11-7. Call (331) 288-9766 to confirm.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 288-9766 Full details →

Community Commons SportsPlex - Open Gym for Littles

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Plainfield • 👤 1.5 - 5 years • 🌟 Free

FREE open gym for littles. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 9:30-11am. Safe, encouraging play space with age-appropriate toys and activities. Part of Community C...

🌐 Website 📞 Contact Community Christian Church Full details →

LOVV The Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Infants through adults

Classes build foundational and social skills. Programs for all ages starting from infants. Phone: (630) 909-9271.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 909-9271 Full details →

City of Aurora Summer Youth Programs

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Aurora • 👤 Youth • 🌟 Free

City-run summer youth programs including camps, activities, and free meal programs.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 859-7501 Full details →

Naperville School District 203 - Dual Language Program

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 Kindergarten and 1st grade entry • 🌟 Free

Language immersion program at select elementary schools for students from both English and Spanish speaking households. Promotes bilingualism starting...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 420-6300 Full details →

Xilin Association

★★★★ 4.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 Children through adults

Largest Asian community center in Illinois, founded 1989 in Naperville. First Chinese school in the US to teach simplified Chinese characters. Offers ...

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 213-9876 Full details →

Enchanted Castle

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Lombard • 👤 3+

60,000 sq ft entertainment center since 1983. Indoor go-karts, laser tag, bumper cars, rides, mini bowling, miniature golf, two-story playland, VR, es...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 953-7860 Full details →

Indian Boundary YMCA

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Downers Grove • 👤 6 months+ for swim lessons; various ages for sports and programs

Private and group swim lessons (starting at 6 months). Basketball and volleyball clinics. Early learning center, day camp, school age child care. Club...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 968-8400 Full details →

Canlan Sports - Romeoville

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Romeoville • 👤 4-8 for youth programs, all ages

State-of-the-art multi-purpose facility with 3 NHL-sized ice rinks, event room, full-service sports shop, and concessions. Home to one of the largest ...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 886-4423 Full details →

Wheaton Sport Center

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Wheaton • 👤 3 months - 13 years (child care); all ages (swim/fitness)

Two pools (recreation pool with kid-friendly slide + lap pool). Family swim in recreation pool. Swim Academy lessons. Child care for members: Baby Roo...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 690-0887 Full details →

Kids Town Play & Party (Fox Valley Mall)

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Aurora • 👤 0-10

Indoor play space featuring slides, obstacle courses, and toddler-friendly areas with birthday party packages.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 907-7700 Full details →

Northside Family Aquatic Center

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Wheaton • 👤 All ages (family-friendly)

Family aquatic center. Swim lessons available. Part of Wheaton Park District.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 690-4880 Full details →

Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA)

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Carol Stream • 👤 All ages • ♥ Special Needs Friendly

Cooperative extension of the Naperville Park District providing year-round recreational and social programs for children, teens, and adults with speci...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 681-0962 Full details →

DuPage Forest Preserve - Summer Day Camps

★★★★ 4.3
📍 DuPage County • 👤 Entering grades 1-8

Summer camps for kids entering 1st through 8th grades focusing on nature and STEM. Themes include Illinois rocks, bird watching, and fishing skills. Q...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 933-7248 Full details →

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - Summer Camps

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Wheaton • 👤 Ages 4-14

Summer camps June 1 - August 14, 2026. Various programs for different grade levels.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 933-7248 Full details →

Naperville Music Academy

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

Highest quality music lessons in piano, guitar, voice, violin, viola, ukulele and drums. Students of all ages welcome.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 585-6000 Full details →

Aurora STEAM Academy

★★★★ 4.3
📍 Aurora • 👤 Aurora students (school age)

After-school co-curricular program exploring Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math interconnections.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 299-7560 Full details →

Home Depot Kids Workshop

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-12 years • 🌟 Free

Must register online ahead of time. One parent can register up to 4 children. Upcoming: Mar 7 Leprechaun Trap, Apr 4 Farm Planter. Kids get to keep wh...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 637-9200 Full details →

Ball Factory - Naperville

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 Up to 12 years • 🌟 Free

Family-owned indoor playground with 4-story play structure, slides, tunnels, foam obstacles, and mazes. Designated toddler zone. Cafe for parents with...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 640-2020 Full details →

Ball Factory Playground | Party | Cafe

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 0-12

Family-owned indoor playground with ball pits, climbing structures, themed play areas, and designated toddler zone. Cafe on site.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 640-2020 Full details →

Chuck E. Cheese Naperville

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 2-12

Family entertainment center with arcade games, pizza, and kids birthday parties. Adventure Zone indoor playground with trampolines and slides.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 369-2012 Full details →

Parkside Lanes

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages

Kids bowling parties on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Everything provided except cake and ice cream (bring your own).

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 898-5678 Full details →

College of DuPage Youth Academy

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 Grades K-12

Enrichment classes for grades 1-8 at Naperville Center. Programs include speech, creative writing, chess, archery, culinary arts, game design, and STE...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 942-2208 Full details →

C.W. Avery Family YMCA

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Plainfield • 👤 6 months+ (Kids Corner); all ages for swim/sports

Family Aquatic Center & Indoor Waterpark, 8-lane lap pool, gymnasium, open gym hours, youth swim lessons, dance programs, sports leagues, summer day c...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 267-8600 Full details →

Wheaton College - Spring Break Staycation

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Wheaton • 👤 3-12 years • 🌟 Free

Spring Break week activities in Billy Graham Center Museum, Sports & Rec Complex, Wade Center. Story time, scavenger hunts, open gym, open pool, movie...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 752-5000 Full details →

All Seasons Ice Rinks

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 3 and up (Snowplow Sam through Free Skate levels, Adults)

Naperville's longest-running indoor ice rink, in business since 1972. Two full-size rinks offering year-round skating, lessons, hockey, and figure ska...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 851-0755 Full details →

Sea Lion Aquatic Park

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Lisle • 👤 All ages (tot lessons available)

Seasonal outdoor water park. 11 attractions: 5 water slides (2 flume, 2 free fall, 1 tot slide), zero-depth shallow end, sand play area, adults-only d...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 964-3410 Full details →

Splash Central Indoor Aquatic Center(Bartlett)

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville

700 S Bartlett RoadBartlett, IL 60103

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 540-4800 Full details →

A Kid's Kitchen

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-18

Introduces children to cooking using nutritious ingredients in a professional kitchen. Parent & Child, Teen Camps, Summer/Winter Break Camps, Birthday...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 983-3663 Full details →

BDA Dance Studio

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Kids through adults

Creative movement, ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, acrobats, yoga. Serves Joliet-Plainfield-Shorewood.

🌐 Website 📞 Contact via website Full details →

Dancencounter

★★★★ 4.2
📍 Naperville • 👤 3-adult

Dance studio offering encounter-based dance education.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 232-1221 Full details →

Lowe's Kids Club Workshop

★★★★ 4.1
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages • 🌟 Free

Free DIY workshops for kids at participating locations. Registration required. Recent project: Birdhouse (Feb 21).

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 445-6226 Full details →

Astro Fun World

★★★★ 4.1
📍 Aurora • 👤 3+

Family entertainment center with go-karts, laser tag, bumper cars, mini golf, and immersive experiences.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 206-0267 Full details →

YK Martial Arts

★★★★ 4.1
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-adult

Taekwondo for all ages with specialty in teaching kids to stay focused and disciplined.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 470-9338 Full details →

Paramount School of the Arts

★★★★ 4.1
📍 Aurora • 👤 Ages 3-18+

90+ classes per session in theater, music, dance, and visual arts. Kindergarten through high school theater/acting classes. Connected to the Paramount...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 896-6810 Full details →

Urban Air Adventure Park - Naperville

★★★★ 4
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages

Indoor adventure park offering customizable birthday party events with trampolines, climbing walls, and more.

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 472-8799 Full details →

Expression Dance Studio

★★★★ 4
📍 Naperville

Expression Dance Studio750 Pasquinelli Dr.Westmont, IL 60559

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 968-5678 Full details →

United Gymnastics Academy

★★★★ 4
📍 Carol Stream • 👤 All ages

Established 1997. Recreational & competitive gymnastics, tumbling, ninja classes. Girls & boys classes. USAG Women's Program levels 3-10. Open gym ses...

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 681-8400 Full details →

GymQuest - Studio 815 Dance

★★★ 3.9
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Various

Dance program within GymQuest facility.

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 609-6360 Full details →

GymQuest of Plainfield

★★★ 3.9
📍 Plainfield • 👤 Walking age (1 year) - 17 years

Gymnastics, Dance (Studio 815), Cheer, Tumbling, Preschool classes. Open Gym Fridays 11am-12pm for ages 6mo-12yr ($5/child). Operating since 2005. M-S...

🌐 Website 📞 (815) 609-6360 Full details →

Naperville Art League

★★★ 3.9
📍 Naperville • 👤 5-adult

Not-for-profit volunteer organization offering session-based drawing classes teaching basics of line, value contrasts, and perspective.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 355-2530 Full details →

City of Aurora Birthday Parties

★★★ 3.7
📍 Naperville • 👤 All ages

Book city recreation facilities for birthday parties.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-0516 Full details →

City of Aurora - Art Education

★★★ 3.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 Varies

Art education programs including Summer Art Classes and STEM-Powered History Camp.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-0516 Full details →

City of Aurora - Music Education

★★★ 3.7
📍 Aurora • 👤 All skill levels

Music classes and camps for all skill levels.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 897-0516 Full details →

Kids STEM Studio

★★★ 3.4
📍 Naperville • 👤 4-14

Weekly enrichment classes covering robotics, coding, and game design for ages 4-14. Kids as young as 4 learn coding basics with visual programming. Su...

🌐 Website 📞 (312) 757-5000 Full details →

Grow Wellness Group - Child Social Skills & Therapy

★ 1
📍 Naperville • 👤 Ages 3+

Full-service mental wellness provider in Historic 5th Avenue Station. Offers social skills workshops for children ages 4-6 and 7-10. Teen anxiety reli...

🌐 Website 📞 (331) 457-2020 Full details →

Club SciKidz - Naperville

📍 Naperville • 👤 K-8

STEM curriculum featuring hands-on experiments and projects for summer camps and after-school programs.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 461-4211 Full details →

Illinois Math and Science Academy (IMSA) - Summer@IMSA

📍 Aurora • 👤 Grades K and up

Summer day programs and Saturday programming. Robotics camp with Sphero BOLT robots, coding missions and challenges.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 907-5000 Full details →

Samskriti Foundation

📍 Naperville • 👤 Children through adults

Indian dance classes in Naperville area including multiple dance forms for children and adults.

🌐 Website 📞 (630) 527-1498 Full details →

Tippi Toes Dance (Southeast Aurora)

📍 Aurora • 👤 18 months to 12 years

Dance classes for boys and girls. Age-appropriate, fun-focused instruction.

🌐 Website Full details →

Water Lantern Festival (Aurora)

📍 Aurora • 👤 All ages (FREE for under 8) • 🌟 Free

Seasonal event with food trucks, live music, vendors, scavenger hunt, lantern launch. Kids under 8 free.

🌐 Website Full details →

Party Naperville

📍 Naperville

📞 (630) 686-7600 Full details →

Frequently Asked Questions

What art summer camps are available in Naperville 2026?

Naperville offers painting, drawing, pottery, sculpture, mixed media, digital art, theater, musical theater, dance, music, and creative writing camps. Programs cater to beginners and experienced young artists alike.

Are there theater and performing arts camps in Naperville?

Yes! Several Naperville organizations run summer theater camps where kids rehearse and perform a show by the end of the week. Musical theater, improv, and acting technique camps are also available for various age groups.

What age groups do art camps serve in Naperville?

Art camps in Naperville typically start at age 4-5 with simple crafts and exploration. More structured programs begin at age 6-7, with advanced workshops and portfolio-building camps for teens. Many studios offer age-specific sessions.

How much do creative summer camps cost in Naperville?

Art and creative camps in Naperville generally run $175-$400 per week depending on materials and program length. Specialty camps (pottery with kiln, theater productions) may cost more. Many offer half-day options at lower price points.

Do kids need to bring their own art supplies?

Most Naperville art camps include all materials and supplies in the camp fee. Some specialty programs may ask for a small materials fee. Kids usually bring home their creations at the end of each session.

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