Summer camp offers a bounty of opportunities for kids to let their creative spirits soar.
Along with days of fun-filled waterfront activities, wilderness explorations and campfires, youngsters at sleepaway camp can try out all things artsy: Theatrical performances Woodworking Painting Ceramics
Campers can choose to concentrate on a current passion for painting or explore a wide variety of new creative interests.
Many camps celebrate these summer masterpieces at an end of camp art show.
Pretty much every summer camp has a crafts component, with programs exploring everything from tie-dye shirt creations to watercolor painting and papier–mâché collages.
Lots of camp crafts become treasured memorabilia of sunny days with camp pals, and you’ll find: God’s eyes Friendship bracelets T-shirts Picture frames galore among December’s holiday gifts
Kids also get a chance to hone drawing and painting skills, often featuring nature themes, whether painted landscapes of the surrounding wilderness …
… or clever mixed-media collages incorporating everything from feathers to ferns.