Our little friends have been very busy inventors, painters, and explorers! *Leaf Collage Invitation* Continuing our study of leaves and fall, we used our huge leaf collection to collage! Our Wednesday friends organized our leaves for us according to color which made it easier to choose which leaves we wanted to use for our masterpieces. This exercise was a great way for our minds to warm up in the morning as it took some good imagining and planning to foresee our leaf collage

After a week break, we are back in the swing of our summer camps! This week we have a tenacious group of ALL GIRLS! We are very excited to have a jam packed week full of art and learning about how we can love ourselves and each other! GIRL POWER!!! Day 1: *Mindful Morning* We began our week by discussing what being "mindful" means. Our campers brainstormed the following: "relaxing, being quiet, concentrating, closing our eyes, and poses!" Following our idea session, we practi

Our last day together has arrived! Today was filled with finishing our projects and completing our week of pebble meditation. Day 5: *Sun Print Tapestry Embroidery* The campers excelled at using real needles to create their own embroidery designs. *Pebble Pouch Necklaces* We added necklace strings to our painted pebble meditation pouches so that we can carry them with us wherever we go! *Habitat Construction Completion* Finishing our habitats required us to be focused! Some c

What an absolutely positively terrific Thursday! Day 4: *Mindful Morning* After some Bunny Breathing we walked our dogs. :-) Yoga zombies slowly rolling up from their forward folds. There was a competition to see who could be the slowest zombie. *Clay Creature Painting* The campers concentrated on getting their characters just right! *Nature Shadows* Using some of the materials we had collected during our nature walks, we printed and stamped with leaves on our spray watercolo

As one of our campers wrote, "Welcome to the best place to make new friends!" I couldn't agree more! Day 3: *Mindful Morning* Relaxing in Child's Pose. Standing firm in Tree Pose. Together we are warriors of peace. *Clay Creatures* Using feathers, acorns, wood shapes, dried pasta, pinecones, googly eyes, and imagination the campers created clay animals, aliens, and food. After they were satisfied with their creations we set our clay out to dry. Each camper made such a unique

Another wonderful day at camp! Today we spent a majority of our time in the sun - walking, playing, sketching, and printing! Day 2: *Mindful Morning* This morning we closed our eyes and shut ourselves off from the outside world - learning to be truly present in the moment. We had a room full of trees - some solid in their roots and some blowing softly in the wind. *Sun Printing Tapestries* Our first step was to paint our fabric with special light sensitive paint in our makesh

Summer Camp Season Has Begun! This week we kick off our summer camps with Art-Nature-Mindfulness Camp. Each day we will begin with a group welcome in our "relaxing room" where we will learn different breathing exercises and stretch our muscles. The rest of the day will include a variety of process art projects, a mindful nature walk, and a snack! Day 1: *Elephant Breathing* This morning we introduced Elephant Breathing to our campers! Just as elephants use their trunks to sho