Activity Days Girl's Day Camp

I was such a lucky mom and got to tag along with Abi to Girl's Day Camp at Krupp Scout Hollow with the Activity Day Girl's. Abi LOVES Activity Days and the friends she has made. She happily chatters along about the activities and her goals and what she wants to teach the other girls next month. It has been really good for her as she is the only girl her age not only in our neighborhood but also in our ward. She has already completed a "Super Goal" of reading her scriptures every night for a month. But back to Day Camp. After several rousing rounds of Capture the Flag against the staff we gathered at the amphitheatre for flag ceremony, some instructions and a few scout skits. I had to giggle because they are still doing the same songs and skits as when Kris was on staff at Treasure Mountain.

The theme for our day was Space so each station had a spacey name to go along with the activity. This was "Laser Guns" and although they aren't really laser guns the girls had a great time plunking away at pop cans with the BB's. At each station they also earned a bead that they can work into their bead necklace.

Here the girls are making rockets. They launch a little plastic bottle out of a cardboard tube using the pressure created by mixing an Alka Seltzer and water in the bottle and then corking it. The girls decorated them so cute with paint.

Our last station was "Rocket Cars." The girls had a blast :) racing these little Go Carts down the field and around obstacles. It was our last station because the rain which had been holding off all day came pouring down in sheets. We tried to wait it out in the "Town Hall" while playing "Down By the Banks" and singing "The Princess Pat" but after 20 minutes it was not letting up. So we packed up early and headed home. A quick little stop at Arctic Circle for fudge dipped cones rounded out a great day of fun.

Postscript: The next day I could barely walk from all of the running during Capture the Flag. Hope that doesn't mean I'm getting too old :)