4-H Cloverbud Day Camp Measures Up

We started Tuesday of 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp with a colorful and bright outlook. After working on our camp themed coloring pages, we recapped the day before finding out that many of them enjoyed trying the new creations that they cooked up the day before. They were proud of the cups they made and designed, and really enjoy Mrs. Penny's cooking. They also said they like the games we play to get the wiggles out. So after talking about the upcoming day it was time for a serious game of red light green light.

After all that fun we sat down for a morning snack. Then we spilt up to cook and craft. Our crafters got to make pom pom characters that they took home and play games on the stage. While campers were with Mrs. Janice they learned how to measure, what the fractions on the side of the cups stand for, and made some spectacular Jello fresh fruit wigglers.

Of course with all that talk of food it was time to think lunch. Spaghetti, salad, garlic bread and wigglers made by the first group that morning. After lunch we settled in to watch another historic movie about rabbits, roosters and pigs. That was just the beginning of our animal adventures today.

Ms. Messy Missy, a 4-H volunteer joined us for story time. She read us really cool frog books including one on Picasso the frog. He jumped into jelly beans and became multi-colored. How cool is that? After reading to us about different frogs, Ms. Missy introduced us to some. Honest she had two frogs with her. One was really friendly and liked being in her hand. The other one was a tree frog and it liked to jump everywhere, but Ms. Missy caught it and put it back in its carrier.

After story time it was time for us to work with Ms. Tameka. She is teaching us about the different colors in the food pyramid. Today we learned about grains. Rice is a grain, wheat is a grain and our snack for today is a really yummy grain. Professor Popcorn fixed his favorite snack, popcorn for us. We had our choice of sprinkle on seasonings and boy oh boy was it yummy.

Each day gets better and better. I can't wait to see what tomorrow has to bring.