Some children want to make something colourful before breakfast, conquer a climbing challenge by lunch, and invent a new game before anyone has found the missing water bottle. A summer camp built around one activity can feel limiting when your child’s imagination and energy refuse to stay in one lane.
Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp brings art, gymnastics, free play, and group activities into one lively program in North York. Children ages 4 to 9 can choose Art Camp, Gym Camp, or Combo Camp, with every option offering time to create, move, explore, and enjoy both Liliput play worlds.
A Camp Day That Keeps Changing Pace
Liliput Summer Camp runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Before care begins at 8:00 a.m., while after care continues until 5:00 p.m. for families who need a longer day.
Every camp day includes two guided workshops, supervised play, group activities, snack and lunch breaks, and time in both Liliput Playhouse and Gulliver Playstudio. Children can focus closely during a workshop, release energy through movement, and then follow their own ideas during free play.
That rhythm keeps the day varied without packing every minute with instructions. A child might begin with an art-focused activity, head upstairs for an active challenge, and end up building an elaborate imaginary world with new camp friends.
Three Camp Paths Create Three Kinds of Summer Fun
Art Camp, Gym Camp, and Combo Camp give children different ways to enter the Liliput summer world. Each track includes guided workshops and play, while the chosen camp determines the main focus of the daily activities.
Art Camp centres on creative expression and artistic exploration. Gym Camp places movement and gymnastics-focused workshops at the heart of the day, while Combo Camp brings both directions together.
The options also leave room for children whose interests seem to change every ten minutes. Your child can follow a favourite activity or choose the track that keeps the day full of different discoveries.
Art Camp Gives Ideas Somewhere to Go
Children rarely approach art in the same way. One may plan each detail carefully, while another begins immediately and decides what the creation means after it is finished.
Art Camp welcomes those different instincts through daily workshops guided by artists. Children can explore materials, make creative choices, and respond to each week’s theme without pressure to produce identical results.
The experience continues beyond the workshop. Liliput Playhouse on the second floor is shaped around artistic and imaginative play, so a finished activity can lead into storytelling, pretend worlds, or another idea that appears once children have time to keep experimenting.
Gym Camp Makes Movement Part of the Story
Some children experience summer through motion. They want to climb, balance, test themselves, and repeat a challenge until their bodies finally agree with the plan in their heads.
Gym Camp channels that drive through movement-focused workshops guided by coaches. Children can explore gymnastics and active challenges while enjoying a program that still includes creative play, group activities, and time to connect.
Gulliver Playstudio gives this part of camp a memorable setting. Located on the fourth floor, the play world uses bold artistic sculptures to invite climbing, balancing, navigation, and games children can shape for themselves.
Gulliver Playstudio is reserved exclusively for campers during camp hours. The group can move through workshops and supervised play as part of its shared summer routine.
Combo Camp Refuses to Choose One Kind of Fun
Choosing between art and movement can be difficult when your child considers both essential summer business. Combo Camp mixes art-focused and movement-focused workshops, all inspired by the same weekly theme.
The change in pace gives each part of the day its own energy. A detailed creative activity may be followed by active play, while a movement workshop can lead into a quieter period of making or imagination.
Combo Camp also reflects how children naturally play. Art becomes storytelling, sculptures inspire games, and movement turns into an adventure with rules that change every three minutes because childhood democracy remains extremely efficient.
Two Play Worlds Make Camp Feel Like a Bigger Adventure
Liliput Summer Camp takes place across two artistic environments at the same Avenue Road venue. Each world contributes a different mood and set of possibilities to the day.
Liliput Playhouse offers a cozy setting shaped around imagination, art play, and shared pretend worlds. Gulliver Playstudio creates a bolder landscape where children can climb, balance, explore, and engage with movement-based play sculptures.
Moving between the two spaces keeps the camp experience from feeling confined to one classroom or gym. Children can concentrate during workshops, connect during group activities, and discover their own ways to use each environment.
Weekly Themes Give Every Session Its Own Character
Each camp week uses a theme to inspire the workshops across Art Camp, Gym Camp, and Combo Camp. Children can explore the same central idea through making, movement, play, and their own wonderfully unpredictable interpretations.
A theme gives the week a shared thread without forcing every child toward the same result. Campers can participate together while still creating, moving, and imagining in ways that feel personal.
Families booking more than one week can also encounter fresh workshop ideas rather than repeating one fixed camp routine. The core format remains familiar, but each theme gives children a new starting point.
The Week Ends With Something Worth Sharing
Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp closes each week with a showcase celebrating the children’s imagination. Families can see what campers explored and created without turning the week into a competition for the most polished project.
Photo updates offer another glimpse into workshops, play, and group activities. These snapshots may answer a few questions before the traditional after-camp report of “I don’t remember” suddenly becomes a detailed monologue at bedtime.
The showcase gives children a moment to revisit their ideas and enjoy what the group created together. The focus stays on participation, expression, and the experiences that made the week feel like their own.
Small Groups Bring Care Into the Camp Day
Liliput organizes campers into age groups for children ages 4 to 5, 6 to 7, and 8 to 9. Small groups operate with one instructor and one caregiver for every four children.
The team includes artists, educators, caregivers, musicians, and gymnastics coaches. Children receive guidance from adults connected to the activities while still having space to explore at their own pace.
That structure supports both the guided and playful sides of camp. Workshops have adult direction, while free play and group activities remain supervised throughout the day.
Practical Details for the Summer Bag
Families can book Liliput Summer Camp by the week or choose daily and half-day options through the Summer Camp registration page. The available formats can help you plan around travel, other activities, or a first visit before committing to a full week.
Meals and snacks can be ordered for an additional fee. Food is prepared through the Liliput kitchen and its collaboration with Café Landwer, with attention to allergies, dietary needs, and kosher or halal considerations.
Children may also bring packed lunches and snacks from home. Liliput asks families to keep food nut-free and avoid overly sugary choices.
Socks are required for everyone attending, and a change of clothes is recommended. Considering the program includes art, gymnastics, and active play, the extra outfit may be the most sensible item in the entire summer bag.
Frequently Asked Questions
What ages can attend Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp?
Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp welcomes children ages 4 to 9. Liliput Playhouse organizes campers into age groups of 4 to 5, 6 to 7, and 8 to 9.
What is the difference between the three Liliput Playhouse camp options?
Art Camp features art-focused workshops, Gym Camp centres on movement-focused workshops, and Combo Camp includes a mix of both. Every Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp option also includes supervised play, group activities, breaks, and access to both play worlds.
What are the Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp hours?
Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp runs from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Before care is available from 8:00 a.m., and after care continues until 5:00 p.m.
Can my child attend Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp for less than a week?
Yes, Liliput Playhouse offers weekly, daily, and half-day Summer Camp registration. You can choose the format that best fits your schedule and the dates currently available.
Can children bring food to Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp?
Yes, children can bring packed lunches and snacks to Liliput Playhouse Summer Camp. Food from home should be nut-free and not overly sugary, while prepared meals and snacks are available for an additional fee.
Choose a Summer With Room for Every Side of Your Child
A memorable summer day can hold paint-covered hands, active challenges, new friendships, and a game nobody else could have invented. Liliput Summer Camp gives children space for all of it through guided workshops, warm care, and free play across two distinctive worlds.
Explore Liliput Playhouse, choose Art Camp, Gym Camp, or Combo Camp, and book the format that fits your summer plans. Your child may arrive with one favourite activity and leave eager to try several more.
