Three Summer Camp Activities for Kids

With summer vacation around the corner, it is important to have summer camp activities for your kids. Here are some of my summer camp activities.

Flower Pens- these are a great way to accessorize pens for your kids and a nice way to welcome in the summer flowers!

Here is what you need: silk flowers, pens (ball point work best), floral tape, scissors and a hot glue gun (depending on the age you may need to have an adult supervise this)

Here is what you do.

- take the silk flower and cut it so there is only 2 inches of stem attached to the flower

- close to the top of the pen, put a small dab of hot glue on one side of the pen

- set the flower's stem into the hot glue. You will have to hold for a few seconds until the hot glue sets

- let this dry for a few minutes

- now, take the floral tape and starting at the top, wrap the tape around the pen

A nice way to display these pens is to take a small vase filled with marbles and put the floral pens in the vase.

The Sea In A Bottle

Here is what you need: rubbing alcohol, mineral spirits, blue food color, and a clear water bottle

Here is what you do:

- take the water bottle and fill half of it with the rubbing alcohol

- put a few drops of blue food coloring in the bottle

- take the mineral spirit and fill the bottle up with it and put the cap on the bottle

- holding the bottle horizontal, the clear and blue will sort of separate, once this happens, you can tilt it to create waves.

Sand Art- this is a great way to get your child to be creative

Here is what you need: clear vases, colored sand available at your local craft store, spoons

Here is what you do: t
- take the colored sand and put it in small containers (easy to spoon)
- take the spoon and layer different colors of sand into the vase
- there you have it a piece of art your child made!