Under the Sea

  It's the last day of 4-H Cloverbud day camp and we thought we would go for something a little different.  Today our theme is Under the Sea and all of our activities are water related without the water.  Almost crafty isn't it?
  We started our day with hanging out with our friends.  We played games, and colored.  Even found some new stuff today to play with.  It was pretty neat.  We even played our adults and beat some of them.
  After our learned and liked session we had to play the quiet game.  This is our very favorite game which everyone piles on the carpet, gets comfortable, and can not speak or move.  If you do speak or move, you are out.  Last one laying on the carpet wins.  It's a tough game that requires focus and any of our campers can win.
Our first under the sea activity was actually involving us making something you play with before getting into the sea, sand.  This wasn't any ordinary sand, it was moon sand.  We used flour and baby oil to make this really soft and pliable sand.  It was fun to play with and we had no idea we made a pretty big mess.  As we cleaned up our adults packed up our sand to take home.  Wait until we show our families when we get home.
  We did have a moment for a snack, and a rather appropriate one at that, goldfish.  We got a choice of three goldfish and we were quick to tell stories about each one that jumped into our mouths.
  Our next activity involved salt and glue.  Bet you thought we were going to say water, but this was one of many tricks up our sleeves.  We made our own puffy paint jellyfish creations.  We made the design of our jelly fish using glue.  Then salt was sprinkled on the glue and it got stuck there.  Then we used water colors to color our jelly fish.  The water paint spread across the salt and it was a really neat effect.  Some had striped jelly fish others made them look like stained glass.  Each and everyone of them was unique and represented the artist.
  With all of this work we had needed a moment for sustenance and took a break for lunch.  Today Ms. Margaret came back with Ms. Michelle and made us chicken nuggets and mac and cheese.  It was yummy.  Since it was our last day we had a special dessert, ice cream with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.  Everyone was excited about it.
 Our afternoon activities introduced us to the octopus and socktopus.  For those of you not familiar with the later it is like an octopus but made with a sock and stuffing.  Our campers made them and then gave them their own personality with google eyes and a mouth.
  Before we realized it Ms. T. was ready for us to finish up our last lesson.  This one was on dairy and we made our own astronaut pudding.  We mixed our pudding with our fingers in a baggie.  Then we cut off the corner of the bag when it was all mixed up and got to squish it into our mouth.  It was really good.  We played some review games with Ms. T. and then we got to see our germs.  We talked about germs but this activity let us see them and then go wash our hands to get them off.  It was really gross and neat all at the same time.
  By the time we got done it was time to pack up all our stuff and go home.  What a fun and wonderful week of camp.  We hope our cloverbuds will come back during the year, or just come back again next summer for 4-H Summer Fun.
That's a Summer Fun wrap folks.