Maggie & Ellie's Pottery and Art Studio — Attraction in Strongsville

EDIT: I didn’t say anything during camp because I learned about everything AFTER the camp ended. We met other families who said the kids were denied water also. So.. really? I don’t think two separate families/kids from two separate kids camps this summer both told the same lie. Also there was never any nice exchange between us and the teachers. One girl told us how to wash tie dye and that was it. Nothing further. This camp is NOT LIKE SCHOOL. It’s supposed to be a fun summer camp, I did not sign my child up for summer school. Honestly it doesn’t matter how much you deny things, the truth will always come out in the end and your business will eventually suffer. I’ve heard so many stories since about this camp from so many families so I know my child is not lying.

Do NOT do their summer camps. They may be ok to your kids when you’re with them, but not alone. 3 kids from 3 different families have all said the same thing. Mocking kids for normal kid behavior, withholding water due to talking!!!? expecting perfect behavior for children who are literally just acting like normal children. Staff are essentially kids themselves and these kids have said they are mean and very strict. When I wrote a simple “my child did not like camp due to mean teachers” review, the owner responded with a nasty email stating my child was the problem and the kids talked too much and some kids just shouldn’t go to an arts and crafts camp. I have showed the email to multiple people, all of which are appalled. We ran into someone who asked us about summer camps and when we shared our experience here they said oh we just heard the same thing from someone else about this camp! Just avoid, they do not know how to deal with normal child behavior.

Another note .. two of the kids stated the teacher said to the group collectively that because of how misbehaved and how loud they were they couldn’t do camps on Wednesdays because other people didn’t like hearing them and behind around them. Who says...

Picked my grandson up from this and let me tell you. They have young kids running this. I have witnessed these girls being very rude and verbally mean to the kids in this program. I also was hearing more than just a couple kids saying they wouldn’t give us water as a punishment because we were not listening. You say you have been in business for 10 yrs or so and if all of this was true you wouldn’t be in business means nothing. I also witness many many parents just dropped and go with their kids and come to pick up late. If all parents stuck around and just listen and watch they would witness what I have and others in how you’re not treating these kids properly. The mental and verbal abuse should never happen. There are all sorts of different kids that sign up for this. If you’re staff is not equipped and educated to know how to handle the situation in the correct manner then perhaps you should invest in the proper staff not these young teenage girls who don’t have the knowledge. You are running a program open to the public for all kids no matter what the children’s background is to pay for such classes then to be treated poorly. If you can’t deal with children with special needs perhaps you should state that or hire staff that knows how to deal with children with special needs. Having teenage girls should not be in charge of kids in this program. I advise the parents in the future drop by or stay and watch what goes on. If your business doesn’t allow this then that itself tells you something...

After a bad experience for our child at summer camp, owner denies everything and tells us we are lying even after multiple other families told the exact same stories from different age kids camps. Denied kids water for talking too much, claims this camp is not for kids who don’t listen (like ours she said) and is like “school”. Our child has never had any issues at any other camp by the way. One child was in even sat in a chair almost the entire camp one day, not allowed to do anything due to “behavior.” Thankfully it wasn’t our child because we would’ve been reporting to whoever we needed to immediately. Talking during camp shouldn’t be a reason to not attend an art and crafts camp. Talking and a social aspect should be a part of any summer camp. Maybe just stick to the adults that you can control better? We have warned many families about...