Welcome to our most recent edition of Kids Corner. While there is always plenty of activity and friends to keep you busy at your campground, you can never have enough ideas for the kids!
So, with summer is in full swing, here at Kids Corner, with thanks to Nancy and FamilyFun.Go.com, here are some fun activities for you to try.
CampSite Murals
- Materials
- Old bedsheet
- Tempera paints
- Paint brushes
- Sponges
- Squirt bottles
- Instructions
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- Start by soaking an old sheet in water and then hanging it on a clothesline or draping it over a fence.
- Get out various tempera paints and applicators — sponges, paintbrushes, squirt bottles — and go at it, creating pictures, tic-tac-toe grids, or just colorful designs. You can also mute and mix colors with a water-filled spray bottle.
- Whenever you don’t like what you see, simply hose down the canvas and start over. For art on a smaller scale, try the same techniques with a pillowcase or an old T-shirt.
Rainy Day Fun
- Materials
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- Card stock
- Washable markers
- Instructions
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- Draw on card stock with washable markers, then place the papers outdoors in the rain until the colors have run.
- Bring the paintings back inside and put them on a flat surface to dry.
Camping Pals
- Materials
- Sticks and twigs
- Hand pruners (a parent’s tool)
- Hot-glue gun
- Flat stone
- Colored pencils
- Small objects from nature, such as pinecones, pine needles, pieces of bark, acorns, and leaves
- 8-inch piece of twine (optional)
- Instructions
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- Trim the sticks with the pruners and hot-glue them together to form a body with arms, a torso, and legs.
- Draw a face on the stone with colored pencils, then glue it to the torso.
Glue on the other features, such as pine cone feet, an acorn cap, bark pants, or a pine needle skirt.- Once the glue has set, you can hang your project by tying the twine into a loop, then gluing it to the back.
- There you have it. Have fun and until next time…
- Happy RVing!
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