Have you ever been so tired you could cry? Well, I am that tired! but I'm not crying-yet.
Every year my 8-11 yr old girls participate in a 3 day camp. It's called Activity Day Girls Camp. They take 6 different classes everyday and have tons of fun. The classes this year were Hip Hop, Cooking, Babysitting, Beautiful You, Crafts, Sewing, Choir, Outdoors (rope tying, whittling, compassing, obstacle course etc).
I've been in charge of the craft class for the past 3 years. The camp ended today. Planning, preparing, executing, teaching, managing and cleaning up after 80 plus girls crafting everyday can be exhausting and I tell you-I'm exhausted!
This year we did a service project on the first day. We colored, cut and laminated flannel board stories. We are sending them to childrens organizations in Peru, Bolivia and South Africa. The girls made over 80 kits on that day.
The second day, each girl made a journal and a darling paper clip bookmark.
Today, the girls made mini clip boards that are the perfect size for post it notes. The three days involved tons of adhesive, paper, ribbon, punches and ink. If I ever get up again I'll take some photos and post them.
My big challenge every year is staying within my little budget. The budget this year was $100 for all three days and the total spent was $99.87. Sa-weet!
It was a great time for everyone...and I tell you-I'm so tired I could cry!
Dance like no one is watching...
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2 comments:
Chari, I've been out of town and so I haven't had time to tell you about blog designs. I know www.pyzam.com has some cute ones for free. They aren't easy to design yourself unless you have photoshop or other programs that allow you to save images as jpegs. We'll talk more about it for sure.
What a lovely blog! I just found your blog via The Pioneer Woman. Sounds like you are having a fun summer!
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