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Our Earth Art campers had a delightful week exploring artistic wonders of the natural world at Harris Lake County Park. They experimented with using different bits of nature like pine needles and pinecones to create paintings, sculptures, mobiles, forts, and more. Some even made a miniature island nation using all natural materials. We learned about fire-building and perfected our rock-skipping techniques. We took some time for classic Schoolhouse activities like whittling, games, and looking for critters. We enjoyed some of the last warm days of the year together enjoying the outdoors. Take a look at our photo gallery to see a small glimpse of our awesome week! 

Our campers had a frightfully fun week out at Harris Lake County Park, doing everything from building monsters to learning about fire to finding native critters! We kicked off the week with some gardening work at Schoolhouse of Wonder’s adopted garden where campers and counselors worked with park staff to tend a small plot. We painted and carved pumpkins, and even cooked up the pumpkin seeds over our campfire. Campers learned how to build fires and the importance of respecting fire. We found a bunch of critters, including frogs and toads, and even a rough green snake! We played games and whittled and had a wonderful time enjoying every moment of our shortening days together. Take a look at our photo gallery to catch a glimpse of our week. 

Our Wild Games campers stole feathers, found hearts, ran, hid, and jumped through the fall woods with friends this week.  We got to play a ton of games including some Schoolhouse favorites like Bakweli, 6 Feathers, and Windigo. We also found some time to enjoy the leaves by making all kinds of Earth Art and building our own mini village. Exploring the creek was a lot of fun because we found all kinds of critters like crayfish, frogs, and salamanders. We even spotted a box turtle and a garter snake this week.  We also squeezed in time for whittling and finding our own sit spots in the forest.  What an exciting week!

Our Backcountry Adventures campers had an exciting week learning the basics of camping and backpacking.  They worked on their map-reading, plant identification, and knot-tying skills.  They assembled three different types of shelter.  They even had the opportunity to practice filtering water using several types of filters and tried Frank’s famous ramen bombs, which was only possible after “saving” him using their basic wilderness first aid skills! The group capped off the week with some Schoolhouse classics like Six Feathers and (survival themed) Scout Mission and of course a little whittling.  It was definitely a week filled with Backcountry Adventures!