Crafty Ideas Make Camp Fun

It's that time of year again. We are busy hiring our staff and planning for the summer ahead. My big thing this week has been working on camp crafts. I am pleased to say I have them all picked out. And guess what, we will be doing zentangle again but in a fun new way. 

Last year we did zentangle with leaves, charcoal, and tiles. This year I plan on getting some ATC's (artist trading cards 2-1/2" x 3-1/3") that are scratch-art. This eliminated the pens and markers that got destroyed over the course of the summer. Scratch-art cards only need a wood stylus. I am intrigued to see how this works out. 

My other crafts this summer will be a bottle cap bracelet:

A string art shape on a wood disc/tree slice (sorry no pic of this one yet. Check Pinterest tho! Lots of cool ones there) 

And a paper bag book the kids will assemble and embellish with papers, stickers, ribbons, etc. 

I have even included a pocket for stashing their new zentangles. These books will be great for the kids to take home and add pictures of camp later as well. 

As we prepare for the summer we always pray for the kids coming and for the staff as well. It's a crazy process and lots of work the rest of the year to make a couple months of the summer work out smoothly in programming for each week. Please consider adding us to your prayer list. We appreciate it immensely. 

Now, onward with preparations... Provided I don't get distracted by more crafty things. :)