If you are as many years young as I am you may remember making friendship pins in grade school. I remember I would pin them on my shoelaces down near the bottom row so I would always have them on without having to remove them everyday from my shirt. Oh to be as cool now

I thought I would revive this easy craft for a summer day camp project. I found these awesome coil-less pins at Jo-Anns. Did they make these pins way back when? My kids had fun making the pins and then giving them out to friends and trading them too. This is a fun activity and requires few supplies!

Supplies:

• Coiless Safety Pin (by Darice)
• Assortment of Beads (make sure holes are big enough to slide on pin)

How To:

1. This really couldn’t be easier. Slide beads on pin.
2. Trade finished pins with friends and wear.

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I am so glad you are joining us for our first ever online Summer Day Camp project. My kids and I had a great time making these Hula Hoop Hideouts and they hung in the trees for days while the kids continued to play in them and eat snacks in them. (I was hoping I would get lucky and someone would actually fall asleep in one.) If your kids are like mine they will love having their own hideout.

Supplies:

• Hula Hoop (Mine are from Dollar Tree for $1 each)
• Safety Pins
• Twine or Rope
• Tulle and/or Ribbon (Mine is from Jo-Anns Dollar bin)
• Sheets
• Scissors
• Cushions and Blankets

How To:

1. Pin the top edge of the sheet to the hula hoop by folding the sheet over and pinning it to itself. (see pic below)
2. Use twine to create a hanger to tie your hideout to the tree with. I used two long pieces of twine and tied each piece to opposite sides of the hula hoop. The two pieces then criss-crossed over each other. I tied the two together where they criss-crossed with another piece of twine. Later I used that piece to actually tie the hoop into the tree.
3. Tie on tulle and ribbons or any other embellishments you have. (see pic below)
4. Hang the hideout from a tree branch.
5. Add blankets and cushions underneath your fort so you can be nice and comfy.
6. Take a little nap or eat a snack inside your new hideout.

I hope you enjoyed this post. Visit here next week to see our next Summer Day Camp project by Amanda from Ninth Street Notions.

* Click on the thumbnails below to see them full-size.

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Are your kids complaining of boredom yet? Our Summer Day Camp featuring Kids Crafts will be starting next week. I am excited for you to see all the projects we will be showing you. So check back here next week to see our first post. We will be posting at least one day camp style project each week.

I also want to introduce you to some of our Camp Instructors.

Katie from Katie’s Nesting Spot

Katie is a Kindergarten teacher turned blogger. She shares tons of family friendly crafts and product reviews on her blog. She also co-hosts A Crafty Soiree where you can link up pictures of the projects you made. You can find Katie’s blog here. If you are interested in linking up your latest project visit A Crafty Soiree here.

Amanda from Ninth Street Notions

Amanda is “learning to create, one craft at a time” and she shares her journey on her blog, which you can find here. She also has an Etsy store where you can purchase her latest creations, check out her store here.

Sarah from LimeMade Designs

Sarah is a natural crafter and a truly talented sewer. She has an Etsy shop featuring an amazing array of sewn items. Visit her shop here.

Alanna from The Craft Nest

Well, that’s me. If you are here then you hopefully know a little something about who I am.

If you are a blogger and have an idea you would like to share via the Summer Day Camp I would love for you to join in with us. Just email me at: alannageorge(at)alannageorge.com. You can read more details in my previous post here.

* So join us next week for our first project that will help take the boredom out of summer!

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