Peeps for Peeps

  Our 4-H Arts and Crafts Day Campers had a little Deja Vu today.  Each group switched spots and even vehicles to get through day three of camp.  Today our youth traveled back up to Fayetteville to see and do what they had not yet seen and done before.
  For our youth who traveled to the museums yesterday today was their day in front of the sewing machine.  For our youth who learned to sew yesterday today was the day to be on the run.  Our youth got to visit the History and Transportation Museums in Fayetteville.  They learned all sorts of great things including that gold was found in Cabaras County.  Who would have thunk it?  After lunch they traveled to Just Clayin' Around where they also painted a plethora of ceramics that should be fired and back to us in about a week.
  For our youth who hit Loving Stitches it was time to tackle their fear of the sewing machine.  Our youth quickly learned about the pressor foot (not to be confused with the foot pedal), sewing a straight line, and how to pin material.  It seemed like mere minuted before they were rolling their burritos and learning to sew three pieces of fabric together to make the cuff of their pillow case.  Then, after unrolling the burrito they sewed the rest of their pillow case.  What was really cool was that they sewed two pillow cases made from a peeps material.  One pillow case went home, the other to children who are staying in pediatric ICU at Duke Hospital.  It was pretty awesome seeing them gain new skills and put them together for someone else.
  At the end of our day we met back at our office and worked on some of our open projects trying to see if we can make some progress before the end of the week.  We are really excited about all the cool things we made today and can't wait to show our families at home about our new skills.