The summer workshops at Museum of Art & Photography give kids an opportunity to spend time inside an art museum not restlessly taking a look at art, however studying the right way to create it from inventive practitioners across the metropolis For ages 8–12, there’s a five-day run of workshops the place every day focuses on a brand new craft, proper from ceramics and mask-making to anthotype and cyanotype printing, constructing an imagined metropolis and pure tie-dye. It ends with a showcase the place kids current what they’ve made, and if you happen to’re a mother or father who has a job that doesn’t include a month lengthy summer break, the museum café is open for you to take calls and get work accomplished whereas periods are on. For older kids, aged 13–16, Doodle! Make! Move! run by filmmaker Hansa Thapliyal teaches members to construct dolls from on a regular basis supplies and work collectively on a brief cease movement movie that can be screened on the finish of the programme.
When: Craft workshops (ages 8-12), 4–9 May 2026; Stopmotion workshop (ages 13-16), 11-16 May 2026
Book: Craft workshops from Rs250; Stopmotion workshop from Rs1,000
Mumbai
Prithvi Theatre
Every summer, Prithvi Theatre opens its phases to kids by a much-loved line-up of workshops which have virtually develop into a ceremony of passage for younger performers within the metropolis. This 12 months, there are 25 week-long workshops operating by May and June, some already offered out, led by practitioners in performing, music, dance, and storytelling for kids aged 5 to 16, with choices for each sort of younger inventive. Richa Gupta Kala is internet hosting Words with Wings that makes use of poetry, prompts and free-writing to encourage kids to provide you with unique concepts and assist them develop their voice. Teens who’d somewhat be within the highlight can strive Musical Theatre and Jazz through which Sasha and Sumeet Nagdev introduce tune, dialogue and dance and assist them work in direction of a collaborative musical piece. There’s Rhyme Jam by Fable Street Education, which takes kids by poetry in each its written and performative varieties, culminating in an open mic the place they current their unique work. These are only a few among the many many stage performing workshops which can be on the road up as effectively, protecting fairly a variety, whether or not your little one desires to put in writing extra, carry out extra or strive one thing they haven’t earlier than.
When: Multiple 7-day workshops, 3 May– 21 June 2026
Book: Workshops from Rs5,000 onwards
Museum of Solutions
Museum of Solutions is a studying museum for kids to discover standard college classes in science, math and art by interactive displays and hands-on making. Families can drop in year-round simply to spend a day discovering the area. This summer, they’re operating 25 five-day workshops, and whereas some deal with issues like coding, prototyping and terrarium-making, there’s a robust set of arts and design workshops too, with batches by May to August—although the May and June ones work greatest for summer holidays. Art and Stories has youthful kids making shadow puppets, character-inspired musical devices and maze video games as alternative ways to inform tales, whereas Forest Art Studio makes use of leaves, petals, pine cones and dust for nature-based art tasks. For barely older kids, The Café Design Camp teaches kids to design and construct their very own mock restaurant. And for kids who take pleasure in technique or making issues from scratch, Board Game Design lets them create, check and package deal a sport of their very own to take residence. It’s choose for kids who like tinkering, working with their arms and figuring issues out as they go.
When: Multiple 5-day workshops, 11 May–14 August 2026
Book: Workshops from Rs10,000 onwards