Best Animation Summer Camps

If your children are curious about making cartoons, video games, or already have good drawing skills but want to learn advanced software or techniques, then an animation summer camp is perfect for them. At these animation camps, children can learn new animation skills or increase their current skill level in a learning environment that can prepare them for a possible career in animation.

Whether it's becoming a future Disney animator or creating their own shows, these programs teach them skills that are hard to learn anywhere else. Find camps depending on your child's interests and capabilities – whether it's a light introductory course or a deep dive into making animated films and 3D games.

Top Animation Summer Camps

  • Online and Multiple US Locations

  • Ages 7-19

This is more than camp—it’s a launchpad for every future. At iD Tech, your child can dive into coding, AI, robotics, or game design courses led by inspiring instructors. Alongside like-minded peers, they’ll level up their skills in next-gen labs...

  • Online

  • Ages 8-9

Animation sparks the imagination and brings drawings to life. Magic occurs when a character we have just sketched in our notebook suddenly awakens, moves around and smiles at us from the page. But what is the secret of animation? And...

  • Online

  • Ages 11-18

Our first and primary course, The Animation Course consists of five levels with the goal of giving the student the tools they need to enjoy the process of creating stories and animating them, thus producing their own short films.

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  • Interlochen, MI

  • Ages 8-18

  • Coed

Do what you love best all day long—in the most beautiful place imaginable.

Experience all the fun of summer camp—from cabin games and activities to time in the sun, exploring the great outdoors—all while practicing, performing, and making art. Perfect...