Tie-dying in the afternoon.


Making a boat in the woodshop.

Tie-dying - before the colors.

Our finished projects.

A finished wood project.

Day 6

Today was another great day, with some wonderful weather. In our morning choice period, a lot of kids helped out with the shelter, while some stayed and did arts and crafts on the porch. Some gathered and identified plants with Judy, and others went to the pond to observe and catch some aquatic wildlife. The shelter is really coming together now, the walls are being constructed, and the roof mats are almost all completed.

We had a great lunch, with more games of capture the flag. Then we split up in the afternoon. Some kids went up to weave more grass mats and pick wild strawberries in the field. Some kids continued work in the woodshop, painting and finishing more projects, and others made windsocks with Allie on the porch. Everyone got to pick their own windsock color and personalize it with a variety of designs. There are some pretty good looking windsocks, and the projects are coming along quite nicely in the woodshop.

Remember that Wednesday is Pond Day!!

See you tomorrow,
Alex

Working in the woodshop


Making windsocks on the porch




Windsocks



Everyone got to create their own designs



Woodworking projects moving foreward

Playing games with Judy during lunch


Building the walls of the shelter




Lashing logs onto the posts




Working on the shelter



Painting woodshop projects

Day 5

Today we were supposed to have some rain, but it held off until just around pick up time. First we had our morning choice period, where we had shelter building in the woods, arts and crafts on the porch, and pond time with judy. Colin and Dylan helped two shifts of kids start the shelter, and the four corners, and bases of the three walls of our structure are already looking great. Allie and I worked on arts and crafts with the kids. Some enjoyed drawingv or painting, some made mandalas, and others made bracelets with Allie and me. Judy went to the pond with a small group of kids, and they made ducks and other animals out of cattails. It was a fun morning, despite the rather chilly weather, and although most of the kids won't admit it, we had a pretty productive morning too. (I got a new bracelet!)

Then we had lunch, and played a couple more games of capture the flag. During quiet time, several campers did more arts and crafts on the porch, but there were a few the barn sanding their woodshop projects as well. We slowed down a little in the afternoon, offering three activities instead of four. We had woodshop, observing wildlife at the pond, and a scavenger hunt that one of the campers had set up earlier that morning. The scavenger hunt was really fun, with groups of kids following clues around the land lab woods. A couple more woodshop projects were finished, and we discovered huge frogs, tiny frogs, and all sorts of dragonflies at the pond. Today was a little bit more relaxing, but we all still had a great time!

Have a great weekend!
Alex

Enjoying an afternoon at the pond


Working at the shelter site



Capture the flag after lunch



Hanging out during quiet time



Finished woodshop project

Making cattail animals at the pond


Arts and crafts on the porch



Cattail ducks



Making mandalas on the porch



Arts and crafts on the porch