June 26, 2018

Questions to Ask Your Wild Arts Camper – Tuesday

TURTLE CAMP (Carson’s Group) Turtle and Gnarly Stump joined forces for a supersized game of Rainy Day Six Feathers. How is the game played? Did you get a feather? Did the rain make it harder or just muddier? What animal’s skeleton did you find? What was the texture of it like? How do you think […]

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June 25, 2018

Untamed Creators Photo Gallery

Our first week of the summer brought together a mad mashup of Untamed Creators. Our campers this week were busy creating all sorts of amazing things including boats, rafts, and kites. When we weren’t creating, games filled much of our time. Scout Mission, Windigo, and Werewolf were just a few of the games that challenged […]

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June 25, 2018

Chickadee Photo Gallery

We had a great time in our first week of the summer, Chickadee camp! We explored Brumley Forest in the fields, woods, and creek and found plenty of awesome critters including Northern Water Snakes, crayfish, minnows, vultures, geese, turtles, frogs, and clams and mussels galore! Our week was filled with some very fun games including Eagle […]

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June 22, 2018

Firekeeper Photo Gallery

Whether focusing on safety, building techniques, or cooking, we spent this week learning all about fire. We got to practice making a few different kinds of fire structures and learned about different methods for igniting them, like using a bow drill or steel striker. When not learning about fires, we spent our time playing some […]

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June 22, 2018

Outdoor Survival Skills: July Photo Gallery

Looking for outdoor adventure? Look no further than Outdoor Survival Skills camp! We spent the week learning the basics of fire-building, shelter-making, edible plant-testing, water-finding and much more! We practiced using steel strikers, building shelters like lean-tos, and learning new knots to help in our endeavors. Of course, we took time each day to cool […]

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June 22, 2018

Outdoor Survival Skills: June Photo Gallery

We crammed as many wilderness skills as we could into this jam-packed week. We learned the basics of using a compass and map, how to find water sources in the backcountry, basic wilderness first aid, and much, much more. When not practicing our wilderness skills, we played games, and listened to stories. We searched for […]

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