Chinese New Year holiday camps for kids 2024 

Here’s an exclusive guide to eight of the best Chinese New Year holiday camps, each offering a unique adventure, vibrant activities, and the opportunity for children to create lasting memories.

The Backyard Gang

The Backyard Gang offers a year-round programme of exciting adventures for children to get outside and explore nature. Their holiday adventures allow existing and new gang members to get out and be active during the holidays. Running across two days, the camps include many activities, games and socialising with new friends. Camps incorporate activities based on the four elements – earth, wind, water and fire and are constantly engaging and exciting. You can expect tired yet smiling kids at the end of each day.

Location: Aberdeen Country Park, Clearwater Bay & Wilson Trail

When: February 14-16

Suitable for ages 3-9 years old

Price: $1,860 for two days

YWCA International Kids Club: Chinese New Year Multi-Activity Camps For Kids In Hong Kong

Kids learn through play with YWCA International Kids Club’s multi-activity Chinese New Year Camps for children aged 3-11 years. 

Celebrate Chinese New Year with the YWCA through immersive courses and camps, including Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, Lion Dance and Kung Fu Day Camp, Creative Art Masterpieces and a special festive Parent and Kid Workshop, all while discovering traditional Chinese culture and skills.

STEAM and educational courses allow children to expand their horizons with YWCA’s STEAM Space and Planets Series and stimulate their imagination at the Helen O’Grady Drama Academy CNY Camp. There’s also the opportunity to enhance creativity at the Art Kids Hub and develop coding skills with the LEGO Education – Coding Express.

Location: YWCA International Kids Club, 3/F, No. 1 Macdonnell Road, Mid-Levels

When: February 8-16

Suitable for ages 3-11 years old

Price: Starting price from $230 – please check the website for details

COBO Academy

Cobo Academy hosts workshops and classes about coding and robotics. The four-day Chinese New Year holiday camps hone your child’s logical thinking and problem-solving skills while having fun. As official Global Training Partners of Microsoft and Minecraft, programs are fast evolving to stay ahead of the hottest tech trends. Something excites every young enthusiast, from AI, NFT, Mobile App Development, Game Development, Web Design, Robotics, and Virtual Reality to Python.

Location: 6/F, Yam Tze Commercial Building, 23 Thomson Road (Wan Chai Campus) and

1/F, Hong Kong Productivity Council Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue (Kowloon Tong Campus)

When: February 14-17

Suitable for ages 4-16 years old

Price: From $3,360 for four days

Active Kids

At Active Kids holiday camps, children can ‘go green’ with Science Adventures, unleash their inner Picasso with Arts & Crafts, build and code robots with RoboCode and design and make festive attire with Mission Runway. Stormy Chefs offers children the chance to try cooking traditional Chinese dishes, and little ones can learn how to play chess at Chess Academy. 

Location: Unit A, 1/F, Nan Sang Building, 86 Belcher’s Street, Kennedy Town

When: Camps from from February 5-17

Suitable for ages 3-17 years old

Price: Depends on the course – check the website for details.

ESF Explore

This Chinese New Year, ESF Explore has some exciting and magical activities to get children into the festive spirit with a range of half-day accompanied and unaccompanied camps and one-off workshops taught by a team of experienced and qualified educators. You and your child will learn about a traditional Chinese tale, immerse yourselves in sensory activities, explore Hong Kong delicacies and create memories through arts and crafts.

Location: ESF Language & Learning Centre (Wan Chai)

When: January 29 – February 16

Suitable for ages: 6 months – 8 years

Price: From $100 per session through to $3,750 for a week of half-day classes

Preface’s CNY Bootcamp

Learning to code is the first step to equip kids on a tech-enabled journey and pave the way for their futures. Ed-tech company Preface offers options to suit everyone over the holidays with one-off sessions covering various topics and a three-day tech boot camp. 

One-off sessions include exploring robotics about CNY traditions, exploring AI’s power through Minecraft missions and code engineering for older ones. The three-day camp is age-specific, covering topics such as prompt engineering, creative media design and aerospace & robotics. 

Location: Preface, 18/F, Tower 535, 535 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay

When: February 14-16

Suitable for ages 4-18 years old

Price: From $100 per session through to $3,750 for a week of half-day classes

Babel Film Workshop

Have a budding filmmaker at home? The Babel Film Workshop Camps feature a range of festive-themed filmmaking experiences. Students aged 8-11 can enjoy Video Editing, Kung Fu Sound Effects or a special Lunar New Year edition of the popular Creative AIAI: Design a Character workshop. Those aged 12-18 can create a video for a new business with AIAI and Create cinematic shots using advanced techniques. 

Location: Unit 1704, 17/F, M Place, 54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang

When: February 14-17

Suitable for ages 8-18 years old

Price: $1,990 for a half day through to $3,980 for three half days

Faust

Established in 1999, Faust International Youth Theatre is an expert in keeping children entertained and engaged. The group has launched Chinese New Year Holiday Programmes for children aged 3 to 12. Whether your child is new to drama and writing or an experienced

performer/writer, these programmes offer a wonderful holiday experience.

This year, children can choose from Holiday Theatre, Creative Writing and Musical Theatre workshops, with new content and themes prepared for each workshop.

Location: 5/F, Nan Dao Commercial Building, 359 & 361 Queen’s Road Central, Sheung Wan

When: February 13-16

Suitable for ages 3-12 years old

Price: From $2,700 for four half days

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