Scotty DO!

Love this little Scotty dog and it will perfect for our sewing class. How cute!

LINK

String Bracelets

Our campers are OBSESSED with embroidery floss. We buy tons and tons, and then spool the string around scrap cardboard (if we don't we end up with a huge tangled mess).

The campers creations are amazing, and I recommend the KLUTZ book on Friendship Bracelets. We keep it hanging around our jewelry room, and the girls just go to town.

Gimp

What's camp without GIMP??? I never do this as a group project, but when the campers are done with other work, and have finished cleaning up, I offer gimp upon request. I haven't done gimp myself since I was a kid, but my 7 year old daughter is quite adept.

Here's a little tutorial.

Glass Bead Bracelet

From Fire Mountain Gems
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We can add strands, or matching necklaces/earrings to stretch this activity out.

Wow, SAFE Candle Making

Our utmost priority in all of our creative projects is SAFETY. I love the idea of candle making and we have done traditional candle dipping in the past, and truly, it is one of my favorite standard activities.

Beeswax candles are a wonderful alternative to the traditional candle making, and of course we are not working with heat, so they are an incredibly safe and simple and a perfect immediate gratification project...

Oooh, and dig the pretend sushi candles!!! Cool Beans!

Resin BottleCap Craft

C'mon, how cool is this! I'm going to do these as a magnet craft for boys and daycampers, and an earring craft for the girls..

Instructions and inspiration: LINK

Collage with Resin and Found Objects

We haven't worked intensively with resin, but we used a wonderful product last summer called Envirotex lite. It added a sheen to a couple of our projects that was astounding and simple. I'm ordering decorate your own trays from Oriental Trading, and a bunch of fun objects, beads, cool papers, fabrics, and we're going to do a version of the project below. I'm VERY excited about this one!