Family Camp: Day 1

I had NO idea what to expect when it came to Family Camp crafts. These campers are all ages and I tired to cover all my bases with activities. 

The camp is divided up into activity times and there are two separate craft times throughout each day. The first craft period of the day was very small - only two kids and their mom! But we didn't let that stop crafts. I introduced them to leather tooling and we made crosses with different designs imprinted into the leather. After we imprinted them we colored them with permanent markers and the kids took them to their cabins.

 

The other half of the craft period they spent working on fused bead designs. For whatever reason, probably because it was FRIGID in Rockland, the iron wouldn't heat up all the way. I had to iron everything so many tiiimmes...

fused beads.. always

The second craft period of the day was productive as well! I had the kids working on string art. \
First step: Raid the maintenance area woodpile for good pieces of lumber
Step 2: Paint wood with spray paint - left over from elementary camp!

of course we are going to paint in the rain

Step 3: draw stencil design for wood piece
Step 4: tap in nails on design and remove paper stencil
Step 5: wrap string around nails in interesting and awesome designs. I had provided my example of the cross but everyone did something different.

step 6: show off!

really cool idea :) she's going to do one more on the left side to balance it out

close-up

clever, clever

close-up

I haven't quite decided what we will be working on tomorrow. I think the choices were narrowed down to working on the weavings and making paper. Luckily, I have done both lessons enough to feel comfortable teaching BOTH at the same time.
It's not all fun and games here at camp.. it's also learning and strategy and organization!
And now it's time to get some cleaning done in Rockland to prepare for tomorrow.

Ms. K