22 Kids Arts & Crafts Spots Around NYC

The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers some of the best art collections in the world, but it also has a great art studio for families. Whether you attend the MetFriday's "Drop-in Drawing" sessions or the "Family Afternoons" on a Sunday, you're sure to have a wonderful experience. Parents and kids can create their own sketches, paintings, and artistic creations with the MET's very own art instructors.

Kids at Art invites young artists to explore a variety of mediums. There's the chance to work with paint, pencil, cray pas, printmaking, papier-mache, sculpture, drawing, and more. Small class size allows kids to receive specialized, age-appropriate attention.

The Art Studio NY focuses on drawing, painting, realism, abstraction, and more in an individual setting to serve each child's unique abilities.

The Supermud Pottery Studio offers kids' classes in hand building, wheeling throwing, and glazing. Students choose what to create and the instructor helps in the creation process. Also, the studio provides the clay, tools, and 24 hours of free practice time each week. Each class has a maximum of eight students, which fosters individual attention in a relaxed setting.

At Loop of the Loom kids choose to make a belt, hat, bag, pillow, or accessories. Kids will learn at their own pace in a group setting with semi-private instruction. This program helps students discover skills by spinning and felting, knitting, sewing, and crochet.

A Sprinkle of Fun specializes in creative and artistic birthday parties, but you don't need to wait for a special occasion to drop in during their Open Paint hours and decorate a plaster creation. A flat fee covers one plaster piece, paint, brushes and glaze. Make sure to call ahead on weekends to confirm the space won't be in use for a party.

The Art Nest says its programs are free-form without rigid structure in an effort to uncover each student's hidden talent. Choose from painting, drawing, printmaking, mix-media, collages, and more. They also offer in-school and after-school enrichment programs and they are a DOE-approved vendor.