Crafty Thursday

  We are on the downhill slide for our 4-H Cloverbud Day Camp so that means its time to ramp up the fun. Today our plan is to cut up a little, paint the world bright colors, and do some strange and wonderfully fun things to celebrate our Crafty Thursday.
  Our day started with puzzles, coloring, war, Tenzy, and much more as we talked with all of our new friends and got to know them even better. It wasn't long before we got to the business at hand arts and crafts!
  Our first project was to finish one we started on Wacky Science Wednesday, taking our chromatography coffee filters and turning them into butterflies.  All of the designs were one of a kind and unique.  With a mere pipe cleaner we were able to transform our science project into an art project making the most delicate and adorable decorations that flew right into our hearts.
  So another link that makes this day special is that 4-H does a special contest for 4-H members called Artastic.  This is a visual arts contest where 4-H members enter their items for competition and can win awards.  The staff then takes all the entries to the fair and enters them in the fair for us.  It's a really neat opportunity and lots of us said we would like to take part with all the stuff we did at 4-H day camp.

  Our next project was something we had never heard of but our adults seemed really excited about it, something called Shrinky Dinks.  We each got to color on a clear piece of plastic that had a hole in it.  They said it was going to be a key chain but it seemed really big.  When we got done, they put them in the oven and in no time the plastic started rolling up and over and looked really funny.  In just a few minutes it was flat again, but much much smaller and thicker.  It was really cool and just the right size for a key chain.
  After our snack we experimented with water colors.  We painted some really cool designs and learned how to share, make the colors brighter or softer, and made sure not to use too much water because it would make our paper really funny.
  It was no time before we finished our masterpieces and moved on to our fashion collection.  Each of us got a big bandanna and learned that it could be used as a handkerchief, as a headband, a sweat rag and more.  We used fabric markers to tell a story or make a design on this fabric.  We can't wait to show our parents.
  Before we knew it lunch was ready and we were hungry.  Ms. Margaret made lunch for us today and it was fantastic.  We had grilled cheese sandwiches, chips, and watermelon for desert.  It was so yummy and Ms. Margaret told us some silly and funny stories while we ate lunch.
  After lunch we headed outside for some water paint art.  The neat thing about this is each of us got a water gun and it was loaded with water colors.  We aimed at our paper and created unique designs.  We traded guns to add different colors and created what was call abstract art.  Didn't look like much to the campers, but it was fun.
  Once inside we learned about the ancient Japanese art form of paper folding, origami.  We learned how to make a dog with a few simple folds.  Our dogs were colorful, quiet, and won't eat much.  It was also fun to do.
  Before we knew it, it was time to work with Mrs T.  Today we expanded my plate and talked about proteins.  She showed us a lunchables hack which was soooooo awesome because we can do it at home.  We were able to make stacked sandwiches with ham and turkey and then we put them on a stick.  We decided any food on a stick is better.  We enjoyed eating our sandwiches and before we could finish swallowing it was already time to go.
One day left, and what in the world could they have in store for us?