Brumley Forest

This week was full of exploration and play! The Acorn group enjoyed finding critters in the creek, looking for signs of beavers by the pond, and learning about different types of seeds in the forest!

Acorn (Orange – June 9-13, 2025)

Buzzing through the forest are our F-ant-tastic Insects! We loved celebrating our smaller creatures, while enjoying hiking on the trails, cooling off in the creek, playing sneaking games, and singing songs. We also found some turtles and climbing vines along the way!

F-ANT-tastic Insects (Orange – June 9-13, 2025)

To celebrate the start of summer and to “settle” into summer camp, we tried our hand at early American handicrafts of the forest like creating shelters, making fires, dipping candles, and making corn husk people! Spending the afternoons cooling off in the creek and enjoying some mud was just the icing on the cake! Our homemade butter cake that is! Does your camper remember the butter churning song?

Settle Into the Summer (Orange June 9-13, 2025)

Our Catfish Crew spent their days with fishing poles in hand! We tried to attract fish at the pond and played a game where we tried to avoid the fish scientist while searching for his hidden tools in the forest without being seen! We worked on our nature journals drawing the animals we saw throughout our adventures before cooling off in the creek! What a fin-tastic week!

Catfish (Orange-Brumley, June 16-20 2025)

We spent our days appreciating and enjoying the nature around us including the water, sticks, grass, rocks, shells, and (especially) the mud. Finding critters like crawfish, butterflies, and snakes was also so much fun! The best part was all the new friends we made while playing in the forest.

Build Your Village (Orange-Brumley, June 16-20, 2025)

Not only were we able to practice our fire skills, work on our whittling techniques, create plant presses, and look for snakes, but we also enjoyed running through the forest playing games, and opening up a mud spa. The creek was the perfect way to cool off after earning all those Growth Rings!

Growth Rings: Learn to Earn (Orange-Brumley, June 16-20, 2025)

Extra hot = extra creek time and popsicles! The Lizard group enjoyed cooling off in the creek while finding crawfish, snakes, and mud. After some fun water time, we stayed in the shade and enjoyed coloring and pipe cleaner crafts inspired by the nature around us.

Lizard (Orange-Brumley June 23-27, 2025)

Into the woods to whittle, play with mud, build a fort, pet a snake, and then play with some more mud! We also needed to defeat forest monsters (who turned back into counselors after the game) while working together.

Run the Rugged Wilderness (Orange-Brumley June 23-27, 2025)

Throughout the week, the sounds of music wafted through the trees. Campers created their own songs accompanied by instruments made of materials from the nature around us. Cooling off in the creek and playing games with friends was the perfect way to spend the afternoons.

Woodland Ensemble (Orange Brumley June 23-27, 2025)

The Clover crew found lots of critters and crawlies this week! We found crawfish, spiders, and snakes as we splashed around in the creek! We also stopped for millipedes, butterflies and frogs along the trails. After our running and hiding games we rested our legs while whittling and making friendship bracelets. 

Clover (Brumley – Orange, June 30-July 3, 2025)