Welcome to
Camp WasteShed !
Spring Break Camp Details:
Monday through Friday, 8:30am–3:00pm from March 23, 2026 to March 27, 2025
Ages: 10 - 13
Paper Mache? Hooray!
Learn the ins and outs of creating art with paper mache in all of its gloopy sticky glory. Campers will learn how to make and use paper clay as well as craft structures with traditional papier-mache strips. Projects include: balloon bowls, colorful paper masks, and a final sculpture to be featured in a mini Friday afternoon art show on the camp’s last day!
General Information:
Camp WasteShed is back and this year we’re hosting a spring session for young artists who want to get their hands dirty and make some cool creative reuse art with upcycled materials.
Our 2026 spring break camp is geared toward young artists aged 10-13 and cover a kid-focused variety of arts and crafts skills across multiple day camp sessions. With a focus on skill building and exploring new techniques and materials, 2026 campers will learn from WS staff how to breathe new life into old trash using their own creativity.
Educational Goals:
Camp WasteShed sessions are designed to foster creativity, confidence, and environmental awareness through the lens of creative reuse. Campers will explore unconventional and reclaimed materials, learning to prototype, build, and imagine new possibilities for everyday objects.
Through this process, the’ll develop (1) problem-solving skills, (2) materials literacy, and (3) an understanding of sustainability, all while having fun in a safe and supportive environment.
This is a limited pilot program and we are unfortunately unable to offer scholarships for this season, but contact us in the form below to be notified about next year’s scholarship opportunities!
WasteShed Camp Counselors
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Emily Prescott is the Program Director of The WasteShed Evanston in addition to being a long time arts educator with a love of community arts education. She brings several years of experience in non-formal arts education, having taught previously in a wide range of settings, including:
As a nature educator with the Park District of Oak Park
Designing and leading youth programs at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation where she served as a museum education fellow
Teaching arts camps and classes at FAME Center, a community arts nonprofit in Chicago
Working with elders as the program director of a local memory care and assisted living community
Emily holds an MA in Arts Education from SAIC. Her personal art practice centers on craft traditions and their connections to environment and community. She works in ceramics, sewing, quilting, fiber arts, printmaking, collage, and mixed media. Formerly, Emily was the founder and owner of a small quilted goods business based in NY.She’s excited to bring together her love of project-based learning and her belief in the power of imaginative pedagogy to help kids envision new futures and build them by hand.
In her free time, Emily enjoys nature walks, hiking and backpacking, gardening, writing (she’s currently working on a novel!), and spending time with her partner and their three badly behaved cats!