Accessorize & Style (Grades K-5)

This studio takes your camper’s passion for fashion, accessories, and style and puts it into action! In The Handwork Studio’s Accessorize & Style Studio, campers channel creativity and self-expression through fashion-based skills. From jewelry making to fashion sketching, draping, and even modeling, campers hone skills and build confidence. Weekly programs offer variety so fashion enthusiasts can come back for more. Whether campers want to design for their dolls, themselves, or a friend, there are plenty of creative opportunities in Accessorize & Style!

General Daily Schedule:

• Morning introduction

• Activity period—approximately 1 hour

• Snack and stretch break—approximately 15 minutes, outside weather permitting

• Activity period—approximately 1 hour

• Lunch and Recess break—approximately 1 hour, outside weather permitting

• Activity period—approximately 2 hours (included in this time can be a stretch break as needed)

• Clean up, pack up, dismissal 

Dates, Hours, and Fees

Themes + Weekly Overview

Fashion Design & Styling (Grades K-2, 3-5)

Does your child envision eclectic ensembles or draw show stopping accessories? Step into the dazzling realm of our Fashion Design & Styling Program, where we celebrate the art of fashion, design, and styling. From refining illustrative skills to creating mood boards, delving into draping and fast-paced styling challenges, this program gives our budding fashionista a creative edge.

By the end of the week, designers won’t just be following trends, but they’ll be setting them-customizing their own T-shirts, totes, and wearable accessories. Join us and see campers take fashion from drab to fab!

Techniques Learned in Fashion Design & Styling

Abstraction, Draping, Embroidery, Hand Sewing, Illustration- Fashion Croquis, Machine Sewing, Making Knots, Measuring, Mood Boarding, Needle Felting, Pinning, Pom Pom Making, Proper Scissor Usage, Textile Design, Tracing, Wonder Knitting, Design Process

Glamorize Your Doll (Grades K-4)

Get set for some serious fun! Glamorize Your Doll inspires campers to create impressive on-trend clothes and accessories for their very own 18-inch doll.

Every camper's 18-inch doll* is invited to attend camp to be a part of the unforgettable and collaborative experience. Campers will learn the fundamentals of hand sewing, embroidery work, needle felting, and even receive an introduction to the sewing machine to make costumes, outfits, and accessories for their dolls.

Glamorize Your Doll is the perfect experience for any aspiring designer or child who wants to build friendships, make memories, and add a bit of pizzazz to their doll’s wardrobe.

*18-inch dolls are generally American Girl Dolls, Our Generation, Journey Girls. Campers will not be provided their own doll.

Techniques Learned in Glamorize Your Doll

Embroidery, Garment Sewing, Hand Sewing, Illustration- Fashion Croquis, Machine Sewing, Making Knots, Measuring, Needle Felting, Pinning, Pom Pom Making, Proper Scissor Usage, Tracing, Wonder Knitting, Design Process

Jewelry Making (Grades K-2, 3-5)

Whether to add a little sparkle or hold memories close in a sentimental keepsake, jewelry has always been an important form of wearable self-expression and art.

Campers will delight in discovering that jewelry making is also a fun and accessible way to get creative. From whimsical necklaces made from polymer clay to sophisticated and elegant wire-beaded rings, campers will create their one-of-a-kind pieces with the help of our patient Handwork Studio counselors.

Bling never looked so good!

Techniques Learned in Jewelry Making

Bead Making, Brush Techniques, Clay Jewelry, Collection Design, Color Therapy, Jump Rings, Measuring, Painting, Perler Beads, Product Design, Sculpting, String Beading, Wire Wrapping, Design Process.