Camp Crafts

A few years ago, before I came, Camp Rivercrest had a craft time. But because kids have lost interest in arts and crafts, it is no longer offered as an activity. However, that doesn't mean that there are no crafts being made at camp!

For several months now, I've been setting aside all my Rivercrest tees, saying that someday I'll do something with them. Finally, two weekends ago, I began my project. Here's what I have so far:

It's only 2 by 4 right now, but I'm hoping to find at least three more lost-and-found camp shirts this summer so I can add another row. For now, it's the perfect size to drape over my chair in the health office. Although it took a long time, this blanket was no-sew which made it somewhat easy for me to make, especially since I lack a sewing machine. 

First I collected all my camp t-shirts that I have duplicates of or were willing to part with. One at a time, I laid each one flat on the ground.

I measured each one out and, with a pencil, drew a square where I would cut. The Solid Rock shirt was tricky because the brown was too dark for the pencil to show up on it. 

After looking around for a few minutes, I discovered that Blixtex works great in this instance! 

After I had the squares cut out, I made a two-inch fringe on each square, and then proceeded to tie the fringe together. A lengthy process, but I think it was worth it! 

Although time to do artsy projects is limited, here are a few other creative things I've been up to:
-I made most of my own health room decorations. My favorite is a tea-stained and burnt-edges poster with 1 Peter 5:6-9 on it.
-I found some fabric markers in the laundry room from when there used to be crafts. My used-to-be-boring white shoes are now super colorful.
-I dyed my hair reddish on Wednesday. Not exactly an art project, but it did involve coloring stuff, right?

And a few other things I've been up to when I'm not curing headaches and bandaging wounds:
-Last Saturday, I got my oil changed. I had a coupon to try a new place (there are a TON of auto shops in Fremont!) so I got the oil change, tire rotation, inspection, and car wash for under $20! Of course, the very next day I was about to go to church, but when I went out to my car I discovered I had a completely flat tire. How does that happen the very next day? But the cool thing about working at a camp is that I just left my car there, which was magically transported to the shop and today I could drive it again because it magically got fixed over the week.
-After I got my oil changed, I went farm-hopping with a few friends. No, farm-hopping is not a typical Nebraskan activity. At least, I don't think it is. We started by going to a friend's house to ride her horse, and then we wanted to see her baby cow, but it was currently at another farm. When we got to that farm, we were informed that it was at yet another farm. When we got to that farm, we couldn't even see the baby cow because it was in tall grass behind an electric fence. But not all was a loss; we rescued a goat who got its head stuck in a fence!
-After those farm activities, we decided to hit the city. We went to Village Pointe in Omaha to watch Monsters University. Definitely a great movie! I'm also excited to see Despicable Me 2 this Wednesday with a few of my favorite people.
-I gave blood today. I tried giving it last week, but my heart rate was too high. I even had a high heart rate before giving today, but it fortunately went down by the second time they checked it.
-After giving blood, I stopped by Moller Field on the way home to do a bit of geocaching. It was tricky, but I found what I was looking for! My GPS was a little jumpy, so I first thought it was at the foot of a light pole. Then I realized it might be at a nearby shed. Just as I was about to give up, I backed away and saw a piece of PVC pipe underneath the shed. It was the cache!