Knights, Dragons, Fairies, and Princesses

This week was full of FIRE, FUN, and FANTASY!
The medieval world came to life as we made Dragon Apples, Princess cakes, lemonade, and enjoyed a feast fit for a king.

The Princesses

Listening to the tunes of the fairies.


Competitors on the jousting field, friends off the field.

Drinking the sweet lemonade.



More sweet, fanciful, fun in the castle.


Creating his own kite.

More kite creations.

Constructing their own fairies houses.

Reading all about princesses while eating Princess Cakes.

Roasting Dragon Apples over the open fire.

Even the fairies eat Dragon Apples!


Biting into the toasted Dragon Apple.

Running in the princess relays.

His competition, a real princess.

The Knight in shining armor.

The fire breathing dragon who welcomed the kingdom each morning.

Castle Rappelling.

Obviously enjoying the thrill of rappelling!

Building their own castle of cups.


This week was amazing! We were able to use our imaginations and send ourselves into the exciting times and lands of fantasy. We spent a day making Dragon Apples, running a princess relay race, rappelling off a castle, and constructing fairy houses. The next day We read all about princesses while we ate a light snack, princess cakes. We jousted in medieval times as knights, made kites, and decorated our fairy houses. The following day we sipped on sweet lemonade as we listened to the flutes of the fairies, we built castles with sugar cubes, made our own prince/princess crowns, and played an exciting dragon game. The last day was fantastic. We learned to waltz like prince/princesses, played a few rounds of sophisticated games, and prepared a feast for our entire kingdom to enjoy. We all feasted until our bellies were stuffed like a king! This week was packed with FUN, FIRE, and FANTASY!

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ONLY

For Boys and Girls ONLY!!

This week was a rivalry week between the boys and girls. They each had their own mascot to protect from each other; Molly Dolly was the girls mascot and Skeeter was the boys mascot. During the week the boys and girls both built their own clubhouses and painted them, competed in games against each other, learned how to make 4 different kinds of trail mixes, memorized the camp cheer and made flags for their clubhouses. This week was full of fun, and competition! Molly and Skeeter were taken time and time again, but it seemed that the girls always had to pay a ransom (m&m's or licorice) to the boys to get Molly back. At one point they were both in the hospital for sustaining injuries that needed TLC. Molly's back was torn and Skeeter's leg nearly fell off. A doctor sewed them up but they had to stay overnight at the hospital where they became good friends by morning. They were even caught holding hands!

Molly Dolly
Girls Mascot

Skeeter
Boys Mascot

Building the clubhouses

Showing how tough and smart they are by carrying the plywood for their clubhouse together.

Learning all about framing from the General Contractor.

Laying the studs out on the marks.

Measuring 16 on center for the studs.

The completed boys clubhouse.

The completed girls clubhouse.

Competitions:
Obstacle Course Boys won!!
Paper Airplanes Girls won!!
Kick Ball Boys won!!
Paper Boat Races TIE!!

Hula-hoopin' it up in the obstacle course!

Crawling through the tunnel in the obstacle course.

Doing their best to out jump those boys!

Using their lung power to race those boats!


THE FLAGS

Sketching for the boys clubhouse flag.

Creating the the flag for the girls clubhouse.

The girls snagged Skeeter without the boys knowledge...skills!

The victory huddle around the kidnapped Molly Dolly.

The ransom note...

The trade of the ransom (m&m's) for poor Molly Dolly who was taken by the boys.


Girls Activities:
Made fabric journals
Learned how to walk on stilts
Made flower crowns
Learned how to jump on pogo sticks
Made their own Hopi ta's
Drew creative hopscotches
Learned karate
Stretched in Yoga
Flipped and cartwheeled doing gymnastics
Learned how to fold origami
Made friendship bracelets and necklaces
Played jacks and double dutch
Pressed flowers
Painted frames for their flowers

Walking on stilts!!

Our fantastic personalized fabric journals!

Boys Activities:
Made their own fishing poles
Went toe fishing
Learned about catapults
Catapulted rubber hamburgers, hot dogs and steaks into targets
Went on a treasure hunt for crazy bouncy balls
Made paper boats
Played soccer
Played table football
Learned how to juggle
Made water balloon yoyo's
Made their own bow and arrows
Learned to craft paper airplanes

Homemade tree houses.

Real fishing poles, made by men!

We all had TONS of fun! Hope to see you next week!