Holiday Art Programmes

At Auckland venues

April 2026 Holiday Programme

Bookings OPEN

Holiday Art Programmes

More than ever our children need opportunities to get creative, connect with others and have fun in a new environment. Our holiday workshops provide a safe and happy place for your children.

Way more than your average holiday programme, our Auckland based art classes are educational with a focus on a rich development of the creative process, encouraging individual creativity and artistic interpretation as well as time to explore and experiment with ideas and visual arts techniques. We believe in the benefits of vertical age grouping and cater for the individual needs and developmental stages of each child.

$88 per day

from 9am - 3pm

for children aged 5 - 13

All materials provided unless you need a recycled item for your project

Our workshops are:

Perfect for children who love to create
Designed to encourage children to think creatively and critically
Limited to 13 children per workshop with 1 educator
Education based - workshops are written by a qualified primary school teacher
Taught by practising artists and experienced educators/teachers
Fun, creative and inspiring for children
A calm, positive environment for your children to thrive

Please note:

Our art classes are designed for children who are interested in art and who are capable of focusing for 6 hours on a creative project (with breaks of course). Please ensure your child is interested in the projects you have chosen together. If you are booking in a 5 year old, please make sure they are up to working in this way for a whole day.

Our Auckland Venues

Herne Bay

Bayfield School, Room 3
2/12 Clifton Road, Herne Bay

*NEW VENUE*

Holiday Art Workshops

Please choose your projects and preferred venue then click on the venue name in the coloured boxes below to be taken through to our booking system (some classes may not be available at your chosen venue)

Herne Bay

Mt Eden / Epsom

Grey Lynn

Kohimarama

Ponsonby

Ellerslie

Takapuna

Kumeu

April 2026

This April, Creative Matters is proud to be part of EcoFest 2026 — joining a powerful community movement focused on sustainability, creativity and positive environmental action.

Explore recycling, upcycling and sustainable art practices through hands-on, imaginative projects. Using repurposed cardboard, reclaimed materials, found objects and eco-conscious techniques, students will discover how creativity and care for the planet can go hand in hand.

Bold Relief-Style Faces

Tuesday April 7th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Kumeu, Ponsonby

In this cardboard sculpture workshop, children explore the bold, expressive faces of artist Kimmy Cantrell, whose work celebrates authentic self-expression, peace, curiosity, and positivity. Using recycled cardboard, paint, and markers, children will learn that powerful artworks don’t need to be perfect or realistic. Through fast sketching, idea development, and building in layers, students are encouraged to stay curious, keep going, and express themselves boldly, discovering that many simple shapes can come together to form a strong, confident whole.

Imaginary Tower Cities

Wednesday April 8th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Kumeu, Ponsonby

Create a fantastical cityscape in this mixed media sculpture workshop. Combine pieces of stiff card, recycled cardboard tubes and boxes with our favourite brightly coloured foam clay and miscellaneous papers to build towers for the city of your dreams. Problem solve as you make connections between pieces to ensure a solid freestanding composition. Finish the session with an awesome A3 sgraffito work using pastel and paint. Feel free to BYO recycled cardboard tubes!

Day 2: Saint Phalle Super Sculptures

Friday April 10th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama

Day 2: Completion of sculpture project
Transform an old plastic bottle in this funky 2 day sculpture workshop. Take inspiration from the incredible giant sculptures of Niki de Saint Phalle as you scrunch, bend, twist and shape tinfoil and tape ‘limbs’ around the bottle base, then apply papier mache to give it strength and structure. Develop your painting skills and bring your artwork to life with bright, bold and beautiful colours and patterns.

YOU CAN BOOK DAY 1 ONLY BUT NOT DAY 2 ONLY. We recommend booking 2 days for the whole experience and to complete your sculpture.

Funky Vases

Monday April 13th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Grey Lynn

Create a beautiful quirky unique vase out of paper construction, tin foil, masking tape and paper mache around a plastic bottle base. Go crazy with design and your imagination! Then create a final design which will be decorated with mosaic style collage application.
*Bring a cardboard box to put the vase for your trip home as it will be wet!

Recycled CD Tricycles

Tuesday April 14th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Ellerslie, Kumeu, Grey Lynn

Get ready to roll into creativity!
In this hands-on recycled art workshop, kids will transform old CDs into colourful tricycles using yarn, sticks, and a mix of fun decorative materials. From flower-filled baskets to bunny travellers and tiny food cargo, children will design and build imaginative moving 3D creations — all while learning how everyday materials can be reused in exciting new ways!
Packed with creativity, construction, and eco-thinking, this workshop encourages kids to design, build, decorate, and bring their recycled tricycles to life.

Recycled Rollercoasters

Wednesday April 15th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Ellerslie, Kumeu, Grey Lynn

Thrills, twists, and towering loops await! In our Recycled Rollercoasters project, children step into the role of theme park designers and engineers, using recycled materials to imagine and build their very own rollercoasters. From zooming tunnels and steep climbs to unexpected curves and clever structures, each creation becomes part of a vibrant mini theme park full of colour, movement, and personality. Along the way, children develop creativity, problem-solving, and design thinking skills — discovering that big ideas need strong foundations to truly stand tall.

Upcycled Monsters

Thursday April 16th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Ellerslie, Kumeu, Grey Lynn

Get ready for a wildly weird world of wobbly monsters in their magnificent motels!
In this imaginative building workshop, kids will dream up their own quirky creatures and design the outrageous motels they visit! From slime-spa resorts to floating cardboard towers and underground snack caves, children will build, layer, stack, and decorate their monster worlds using recycled materials.
This is a hands-on 3D adventure in creature design, storytelling, engineering, and eco-friendly making. Every child leaves with their very own Monster masterpiece.

Pieces of Me

Friday April 17th

Herne Bay, Mt Eden/ Epsom, Takapuna, Kohimarama, Grey Lynn

In this collage and mixed multi-media workshop we explore the expressive self-portraits of artist Derek Gores. Discover how artists can build portraits from many small, broken fragments using torn paper, magazines, and painted textures. This workshop encourages children to see beyond what is immediately visible, understanding that many small, imperfect pieces can come together to create a powerful whole. We re-use and recycle old magazines and experiment with repetition, form and texture. Children will create a series of self-portraits that express mood, colour, and personality.

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