Summer is flying by here at the George household! We are keeping busy camping, swimming and swinging on the tree swing. We have another summer day camp project this week from Kara from The Joys of Boys. Kara is a mom of 4 boys, which also makes her a nurse, referee, taxi driver, teacher, baker, ATM, maid, personal shopper, jungle gym, coach, puppeteer, motivator and negotiator. On her blog she shares fun activities, crafts, recipes and ideas designed just for boys.

Today for our Summer Day Camp Instructor Kara is showing you how to make boats using juice boxes. The full instructions can be found at her website by clicking this link: The Joys of Boys.

Visit us next Tuesday the 16th of July for another day camp project. And if you missed last weeks project, click here to see what you missed!

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I know you’ve been anxiously awaiting the summer camp project for week four. I’ve been a little behind in my posting because we took a family camping vacation. We made some awesome memories and my kids were seriously sobbing when we got home because they were so sad about the end of our camping fun.

Our project this week is by Katie from Katie’s Nesting Spot. It is an Ed Emberley inspired pendent using a fingerprint. I love this! So easy and fun for kids and a perfect camping project. Hop over to her site Katie’s Nesting Spot for the full instructions for making your own pendant!

If you have a summer day camp craft idea and would like to be one of our camp instructors we would love for you to join in, you can email me at: alannageorge(at)alannageorge.com

Visit next week for another summer day camp project!

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It’s the second week of our Summer Day Camp series and our Camp Instructor for this week is Amanda from Ninth Street Notions. Her project is a Found Object Mobile. My kids are excited to make this at our house (we have bags full of “treasures” we can use to make it). You can visit her blog post for detailed instructions for completing this craft at: Ninth Street Notions.

If you have a summer day camp craft idea and would like to be one of our camp instructors we would love for you to join in, you can email me at: alannageorge(at)alannageorge.com

Visit next week for another summer day camp project!

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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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