Cutting Up

Our second day of 4-H Cloverbud day camp got our creative juices flowing.  Our theme for Tuesday was arts and crafts day and its fair to say we got pretty crafty.  As will be our daily schedule we started the day by grabbing crayons, markers and coloring pencils and coloring away on coloring sheets.  When it was time we moved to the carpet and talked about what we learned yesterday.  Our plans then move to the schedule of the day and what we have to look forward to.

Our first crafty activity involved rubbing alcohol, ink, tiles, and cotton swaps.  A project you can find on our 4-H Pinterest board, essentially you paint a ceramic tile with rubbing alcohol then drop ink on it and swirl a design together.  Let the tile dry then spray it with clear acrylic.  Makes great coasters and no two are exactly alike.  

We took a quick snack break then worked on our next project which believe it or to involved food.  Not people food, but bird food.  Using Popsicle sticks we made our own bird feeders.  They were awesome.  When they dried Mrs. Jessica tied string to them so we can hang them from a tree.
Our next project was really cool!  We used glue to make a design then sprinkled salt on the glue.  Using cotton swaps and water colors we lightly touched the wet paint to the glue and the salt sort of sucked up the paint.  It was really awesome.  We could do designs and the different colors would blend together where they met.  When it dried it sort of looked like a puffy paint.

  After working so hard we needed a little sustenance.  Thank goodness Mrs. Margaret and Ms. Danielle came to fix us lunch.  We had the most awesomest grilled cheese sandwiches, chips, and carrots.  Lunch was great.

  After lunch it was time for us to hold court for the first time.  Our law enforcement officers from Candy Village had written almost 8 tickets to campers for infractions that ranged from talking when we shouldn't to leaning back in the chairs.  Our judges determined fines based on the jury's recommendations.  In some cases campers were found not guilty, some had to offer apologizes, others were put on probation and some were even fined Peyton Bucks.  It was tough but our jury and judges did a great job.

  When court was over it was time for Mrs. T and our EFNEP lesson.  Today we talked about germs.  We learned the meanest and baddest germ is called bacteria an
d we don't want to mess with that germ.  Mrs. T showed us the proper way to wash our hands then we tested it by seeing our germs under a black light.  Then we washed our hands using soap and water and she checked them again before we we got to make our snack.  Today we made taco salad.  Even though some of us did not like it, if we tried it we got a hundred Peyton Bucks added to our Candy Village Bank accounts so it definitely made it worth it.  

  Before we knew it it was time to head home.  We are looking forward to a futuristic day tomorrow.  Stay tuned for all the fun we will have.