The end of summer sort of got away from me and here we are in Fall already! During one of our camping trips this summer I made this keepsake ornament craft with all the kids. We were up in the Northern part of Michigan where fossil rocks are abundant, so I decided to help them make a keepsake ornament with their favorite rock, a cork and some wire.

Supplies:

• Cork
• 2 Screw Eyes
• 2 Finish Washers
• Floral Wire
• Bakers Twine

How To:

1. Screw a Screw Eye through a Finish Washer on each side of the cork.
2. Use the wire to wrap around your favorite rock or treasure and attach wire to the screw eye on the bottom of the cork.
3. Create a hanger by tying baker’s twine through the top screw eye.
4. Hang on your tree at Christmas to remember your family vacation.

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The Summer Day Camp craft for week five is Recycled Robots. We made these robots while we were camping and they were a huge hit with all the kids. After the robots were finished, (we even had round #2 of robot making on a different afternoon) the kids had a robot show where everyone got up and showed their robot and told its name and other things it could do. Each presenter was given a unique medal for their robot. Some examples are: coolest robot, best in show, most unique, and funniest robot. Making robots is a lot of creative fun and full of laughs as you see what everyone comes up with!

Supplies:

• Recycled containers, caps, twist ties, etc. of all sizes
• Hot glue gun
• Pipe cleaners
• Large googly eyes
• Platinum or silver spray paint

How To:

1. Lay out all your cleaned recycled containers for everyone to see.
2. Grab interesting pieces to put together.
3. Use hot glue to attach pieces to each other. (Adult help is needed!)
4. Spray paint robot.
5. Add googly eyes using hot glue.
6. Let dry.

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I know I haven’t posted in a while. We have been busy having some summer fun. Last week we headed up North for family week. My Aunts, Uncles and Cousins all converge upon my Grandma’s house and hang out together for the week. We have relatives that come from Alaska, California and Kentucky. My kids love being able to play with their cousins! The weather wasn’t optimal this year, but we still had some fun in the water and on the sand dunes.

During family week my Grandma pulled out my Grandfather’s knife collection. He passed away last Spring and Grandma decided that it would be nice for anyone that wanted a knife from his collection to choose one for themselves. My kids loved looking at the selections of knives, supervised of course. Allan choose a trick wooden switchblade which he has been showing people all week. My kids get a big kick out of its spring action.

I thought this was a great boy craft to make. It was easy and fast. Now all my kids are flicking their popsicle stick knives at one another.

How To | Wooden Switchblade

Supplies:

• 2 Wooden Craft Sticks
• Rubber Band
• Clothespin
• Craft/Wood Glue
• Wax Paper

How To:

1. Overlap ends of craft sticks slightly and use rubber band to attach them together.
2. Put glue on the end of one of the craft sticks and clamp clothespin over glue.
3. Place wax paper in between the ends of the clothespin to avoid them being glued together. Let dry.

To Use:

1. Once the glue is dry you can play with it. Hold the knife out in front of you.
2. Twist the craft stick (that isn’t glued) around so it is lying on top of the other craft stick and clamp the end in the clothespin.
3. Squeeze the end of clothespin and the craft stick will fling out like a switchblade.

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