Back to School

My cousins and I have to go back to school on Wednesday (August 31)! I am not quite ready to get back into my normal routine of waking up early, working hard at school, and then coming home and doing homework. Unfortunately, this also means that Camp Kt has ended for Summer 2011. :( However, I will still be posting ideas and activities on here as much as possible (which might not be that often). Hope Everyone had an AWESOME SUMMER! 

Camp Out

You don't have to climb a mountain or go on a road trip to go camping. You can camp out in the "wilderness" of your own backyard. Pitch a tent, have a campfire, play games, and tell stories. And that's just what we did for Camp Kt last night (except we didn't have a campfire). Oh Well. We still had a ton of fun. It was a good end to a great summer!

Art Day

We had art day yesterday at day camp. The kids had a blast! Here are some fun and easy art projects that you and your kids will love.

1. Mask Decorating

Here's what we used: plastic masks (from craft store), colored feathers (from craft store), sequins, and  tacky glue

How to: 

• give each kid a mask and some tacky glue
• Set all the supplies out on the table 
• Let the kids glue on decorations to their mask in any way they want. (remember a little bit of glue goes a long way)

      2.   Hand collages

Here's what we used: white construction paper, safety scissors, Elmer's glue sticks, sports magazines, kids magazines, halloween magazines, etc. 

How to: 

• Trace each child's hand onto a piece of white construction paper
• Cut each hand out and give each hand to the child it belongs to
• Give each child a pair of safety scissors, an Elmer's glue stick, and a magazine
• Supervize them as the cut out pictures in the magazines that they like and glue them onto their hands (The pictures can hang of to the side of the hand they do not have to fit completely)

Alternative: You could also do this activity with feet instead of hands.

       3. Door Hangers

What we used: colored foam door hangers (from the craft store), foam stickers (different varieties), Sharpies (optional), and Creatology foam glue

How to:

• Give each child a colored foam door hanger
• Set the rest of the supplies out on the table
• Let the kids decorate their door hangers how ever they'd like
• If you use Sharpies they could write their name on their door hanger or even writ "come in" on one side and "do not disturb on the other".

Alternative: Instead of using foam door hangers you could use foam rectangles, cut out the middle, and decorate a picture frame.

      4. Time Capsule: We did this one as a group

What we did:

• Got a shoe box
• Wrote the date and all of our names 
• Put things in it such as recent pictures of us, a list of new inventions from this year, a bunch old toys and things like that.
• Now we're going to bury it in our yard and did it up in 10 years (2021) 

Artsy Fashion

If your looking for a fun craft for a birthday party, for a holiday, or whenever, then I have somethings for you.
Have the kids decorate t-shirts or aprons with puffy paint, iron on decals, stickers, and/or fabric spray paint and stencils.

Here's how: 

1. lay the t-shirt or apron out flat
2. write and draw things with puffy paint
3. place a fabric stencil on top of the apron or t-shirt
4. Use the fabric spray paint and go over the stencil with it
5. Place the iron ons on the apron or t-shirt and go over them with an iron

You could also tie dye your shirt or apron.

Here's one way: 

1. lay the shirt down on the table or flat surface
2. take a wooden dowel 
3. place the end of it in the middle of the shirt 
4. press firmly down on dowel and twist so the shirt goes around it
5. once the t-shirt is wrapped all the way around the dowel (so it looks like a cinnamon role) use several rubber bands and wrap them around the t-shirt the pattern should look like a sliced pizza.
6. Use a dropper full of die and squeeze it in a circular motion around the shirt, use different colors (make sure you do both sides)
7. Let the shirt sit over night, then open it up 
8. Wash it in cold water then dry it in the dryer

You could also have kids decorate a jewelry box. Have them paint it with Crayola paint and add stickers.

Orange Slushies

Here's an easy healthy and delicious cold treat for a hot summer day.

Orange Slushies

What we use: 

• Simply Orange orange juice (pulp free)
• Cups (of any size)
• straws

How to make:

• Poor the orange juice into the cup
• Freeze until icy but not solid ice
• add a straw
• enjoy a nice cold and healthy treat.