Summer day camps are very popular around here. There is everything from sports camps to scout camps to museum camps... and the list goes on! I think most of the camps are really good, but the thought of taking my children makes me very tired! Five different people headed in five different directions for five different camps makes me twitch (and the thought of paying for all those camps makes me twitch even more!). So, up to this point, I have just pretended that summer camps do not exist.
A friend texted me to find out if Anna Grace was going to do museum camp. She wanted to know if her daughter would have a friend there. I jokingly responded that we were going to "home camp" this year and have exciting themes like "bubble camp" and "water fight camp". We both chuckled and moved on.
The idea stuck in my head and I did a little thinking about it. I decided having summer day camp at our house might be fun! It would be cheap, the kids would have fun, plus I might actually do some of the things on my summer bucket list. I talked about it with a friend, and she volunteered to do a couple of our "sessions". We brainstormed some old fashioned fun activities, and I put together a simple flyer to make it "official". We decided to invite children from the girls' book club and their siblings. That gave us a total of twenty campers.
Our Bubblemania session at Camp Johnson is this week. Hopefully it will be lots of fun! Here is our flyer--
The Johnson and Pitts families are excited to present the first annual
SUPER SUMMER FUN day CAMP SERIES
Bubblemania
We will spend the afternoon experimenting with different household
objects and homemade bubble tools to create one-of-a-kind bubbles. We will also test out a couple of homemade bubble solution recipes to see which ingredients make the best bubbles!
Supplies— Bring homemade bubble blowers or common household objects you think will make cool bubbles
Playdough
Make up a batch of homemade playdough and come join us for an afternoon of sculpting fun! Prizes will be given for—brightest playdough, best smelling playdough, most creative playdough sculpture, etc.
Supplies— homemade playdough
Sidewalk Art
Join us as we create sidewalk masterpieces out of chalk and paint.
Supplies needed—cheap paintbrushes, muffin tins
Wild Water Day
Come join us for some fun water games. We will end our time with a good natured water fight! Come dressed to get wet!
Supplies— Your favorite water gun and filled water balloons.
Family Carnival Night
Get ready for an old fashioned family carnival. Bring your favorite carnival food and a carnival game to share!
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