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 you a craft blogger? If so I would love for you to be involved in my Summer Day Camp craft series as a Camp Instructor. I am looking for some bloggers who want to join in on the fun!

Want to know what you need to do to become one of the Camp Instructors? Well, here’s the scoop:

I am looking for day camp style craft projects for kids. Each Camp Instructor can submit one or more projects. Depending on the number of submissions, the Summer Day Camp series will run over a period of 6-8 weeks in the middle of the summer. Probably from mid-June to mid-August. If your project is selected then you will prepare your project, photograph it and write instructions for your camp project. When it gets close to the date your project will be published on your blog, you will email all the Camp Instructors your project photograph with a link to your blog post for the camp project. All Camp Instructors will post your project picture on the designated day and link it to your blog so their readers become your readers for the day!

To join the fun please:

1. Email me with your name and blog url.

2. Tell me a little about your day camp project idea. (Only projects that have not been previously blogged.)

3. Please contact me by May 25th via email at: alannageorge(at)alannageorge.com

That’s it!

I am super excited to get this idea up and running! I hope you will join me and become a Camp Instructor.

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