Around the World
Fill your passport exploring the different cultures that make our world so interesting. Be sure to bring an appetite! We will create our own passports, then “travel” through world activities. Countries visited include Mexico, Italy, Russia, India, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Korea, and Pakistan. All campers will have the opportunity to go on a field trip to the Toledo Zoo. Other all-camp and group games are tininkling, Ounch/Reech, European Dodgeball, Ga-Ga, and Wan, Tu, Zum. As a special treat for 2011, Jon and Seoul Street will offer a Korean cooking presentation. Campers swim daily, except when on the field trip. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped activities for Around the World:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Create wind socks | Play with castanets | Learn about bocce ball |
| Make Italian Ice & tortillas | Learn about flags | Learn about world structures |
| Metal tooling/wind mills | African Elephant walk | Experiment with henna |
| Stuck in the mud | Japanese fans | Easy empanadas |
| Ojos du Deu | Mexican flowers | |
| Russian Prui | Stuck in the mud | |
| Russian Prui |
Sportin' Around
Get ready for an intense week of sports. Grab your gear and head out to the field! Campers will immerse themselves in sports activities, with the opportunity to play a wide variety of games, including (ultimate) frisbee, lacrosse, soccer, flag rugby, mini-golf, field or noodle hockey, kickball, basketball, and a range of racket sports. Throughout the camp days, campers will play both in their age-groups (see below) and in all-camp group games. They will have the opportunity to take a field trip to the High Velocity indoor sports complex. The culminating activity is the thrilling Honey Creek Olympics, an all-day games extravaganza. Campers swim daily, except when on the field trip. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped activities for Sportin’ Around:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Frisbee toss / disc golf | Lacrosse / scoop & throw | Soccer |
| Soccer | Make frisbees / soccer | Flag rugby |
| Mini-golf | Field hockey / hockey puck snack | Mini-golf |
| Noodle hockey | Kickball | Kickball |
| Basketball | Basketball | Ultimate frisbee |
| Racket sports | Racket sports | Racket sports |
Campers Ahoy!
Water, pirates, treasure, and high seas fun! Yo ho! Yo ho! A camper’s life for me! Pirate Campers will make boats and maps, then they will bury treasure. All-camp group games include a sponge relay, shipwreck, the Raingutter Regatta, sharks and minnows, and an all-out water balloon splash. There will be a field trip to Turtle Cove. Campers swim daily. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped activities for Campers Ahoy! Note that this camp is for a shortened holiday week:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Ice cube necklace | Pirate hats | Treasure hunt |
| Pirate hats (time permitting) |
Mystical Adventures
Experience the magical worlds of Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Accio Campers! Daily themes are Giants/Elves/Wizards, Smaug’s Jewels, Madam Pomfrey, Woosh-Woah, and Crookshanks & Scabbers. Campers will have a Sorting every day. Then, they will have the opportunity to build their worlds, constructing wands and robes, folding origami owls, and making brooms and parchment. Campers will play Wizard & Goblin Tag and Defend the Castle; but the big activity of the week is Quidditch. Campers play Quidditch several times during the week, culminating in the Quidditch and House Cups. There will be a Mystical Adventures field trip to the Cavern Club. Campers swim daily. For this special week, there are no age-grouped activities.Fine Arts Fest
Just how many ways can you make an image? This week we’ll find that’s not such an easy question to answer. Campers will explore visual, musical, and kinesthetic art. For 2011, the theme is Africa. Visual art activities vary by age group (see table, below); but all campers will have the opportunity to do Street Art with Pat, a large-scale chalk mural, and a general study of African art. Musical art activities include constructing African instruments, then campers will break into age groups to perform in a recording studio, participate in a sing-along, or STOMP. Finally, campers will come together for a variety of kinesthetic, all-camp group games/experiences: Night at the Wax Museum, color tag, marshmallow structures, Capture the Paintings, Found Art, musical chairs, Creationary, and yoga. Campers will wrap up the Fine Arts Fest with a special All Camp African Art/Music Performance. There will be daily swim.
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Make African instruments | Make African instruments | Recording studio |
| Sing-along | Geometrical Wheels | Make African instruments |
| African Arts | Recording studio | Clay-making & -building |
| Knotted bracelets | African Arts | STOMP |
| Street Art with Pat | Street Art wit Pat | African Arts |
| Crayon scratchings /clay | Pablo Picasso | Street Art with Pat |
Weird Science
Explore, experiment, and experience science… With a twist. Campers will have a hands-on, gooey, explosive, constructive week, learning and experimenting with things that go “boom” and things that go ooze. See the table, below, for the experiments that each group of campers will be conducting. Around these experiments, all-camp group games include Amoeba Tag, Birds of a Feather, Shrink Ray Tag, Droids and Clones, and a Star Wars Game. These fabulous activities at camp will be matched by an exciting field trip to the Impression 5 Science Center. The week culminates in a Science Fair and a Star Wars Extravaganza. Campers swim daily, except when on the field trip.
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Chalk | Fizzing bath soaps | Soap souffle’ |
| Lava lamps | Oobleck | Fire-proof balloon |
| Dancing raisins | Wave in a bottle | Candy chromotography |
| Alka-seltzer rockets | Milk star explosion | Sharpie art |
| Play-doh | Periscopes | Earth, air, fire, & water |
| Lightning in your Mouth | Egg strength test | Glow in the dark |
| Silly putty, goo, & slime | Making lightsabers | Baby diaper secret |
| Tea bag rockets | CD spaceships | |
| Life saver sparks |
Greek Mythology
Heroes, Monsters, and Legends! Capture the spirit of the Ancient Greeks, with Olympic challenges for mind and body. Campers will solve riddles of the Oracle, climb rock walls, learn archery, go on quests, and race chariots. Younger campers will be challenged to garb themselves with self-created apparel of the ages, while older campers will unravel the secrets of Arachne, the Labyrinth, Achilles, and Icarus. All campers will have the opportunity to create their own monster. Physical challenges include Medusa Tag, Gladiators, Capture the Flag, Escape from Monster Island, Dragon Race, Guarding the Golden Apples, Who’s Your Greek God, and Medusa Freeze Tag. The field trip will be to M Rock or Xtreme Bounce Zone. There will be a special exhibition of “Hero Training: Archery & Sword Fighting.” Campers swim daily, except when on the field trip. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped activities for Greek Mythology:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Greek vases | Make a monster | Create a monster |
| Cyclops | Greek pottery | Achilles’ heel |
| Olive leaf crown | Shields | Icarus flies |
| Build a monster | Ancient Greek scrolls | Arachne’s weaving |
| Medusa headbands | Togas | The Labyrinth |
| Hoplite shields | Greek medallions | Half-blood training camp |
| Ambrosia |
Time Warp
Quantum foam makes us roam! We’ll travel through wormholes each day to visit the bizarre, the amazing, and the amusing throughout time. As a group, campers will travel to prehistoric ages, for Mammoth Hunting, Dinosaur Tag, and Potato and Spoon Race. Then, they’ll jump forward several thousand years for Roman Ball, Sensei Says, catapults, and Duck on the Rock. They will have a grand Exploration, with Wild West Tag and Master Samurai. The last day of camp will feature a full-day Gold Rush, with a bonus Fistful of Dollars game. In-between, campers just might jump into the future, for a prescient game of robot tag. There will be a field trip to Tantre’ Farms, and the Knights of the Round Table will demonstrate their quantum skills. Campers swim daily, except when on the field trip. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped Time Warp activities:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Cave paintings | Edible amber fossils | Cave art |
| Dream catchers | Into the future: robot building | Mosaic |
| Robots | Build fossils | Deviled eggs |
| Runic messages | ||
| Viking wrist bands |
Carnival Daze
This week every camper is the star attraction! Showcase your talents (and discover new ones) during carnival daze. We have a fabulous series of all-camp and group games, including playing a human game of trouble, engaging in a t. p. toss, practicing group juggling, putting on a puppet show, racing in balloon and hula hoop relays, playing a giant game of bowling, having a big bold balloon battle, and creating a menagerie’ of circus animals. The special presentation for Carnival Daze will be the Detroit Fly House. At the end of the week, campers will put on a Camp Carnival Extravaganza, in which they’ll have a chance to show off everything they’ve accomplished. Campers swim daily. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped activities for Carnival Daze:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Face painting/ dice making | Candy toss board | Photo cut outs |
| Bean bag toss | Caramel apples/ puppets | Minute to win it |
| Clown snack | Coin drop board | Carnival cooking |
| Balloon pop | ||
| Tie dye |
The Great Outdoors
Smell that fresh air! We’re heading outdoors to experience nature in its purest form. No, it’s not virtual reality! Group games are highly experiential, including an ABC Hike, two different scavenger hunts (outdoor and nature), hunter/hunted tag and evolution tag, interpretive cloud gazing, Marco Polo Blindfold Dodgeball, and an exercise in environmental improvement (trash pick-up). The Great Outdoors field trip will take campers off the Honey Creek campus, to explore and swim at Independence Lake. We are also excited to have a special guest, the Leslie Science and Nature Center, who will present two days of hands-on workshops: “Fur, Feathers, and Scales” and “Tree Key.”
Campers swim daily. Please see the table, below, for age-grouped activities for The Great Outdoors:
| K-1 | 2-3 | 4-8 |
| Bird feeder and compass 101 | Beetle making | Un-nature hike |
| Nature prints | (2s) Beetle Painting | Beat a leaf / spitter spatter |
| Egg carton walk | Recycled twig birdhouse | Eagle eye |
| Compass making & exploration |