DIY Craft Camp, Ages 3-4
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Craft, Create, and Take Home Amazing Projects!
Young creators will dive into a world of endless possibilities at our DIY Craft Camp! From shaping pottery and painting vibrant tie-dye shirts to building custom birdhouses and dreamcatchers, every day is packed with hands-on fun. Campers will explore their artistic talents through friendship bracelets, mosaic art, and colorful planters they can take home as lasting memories. It’s a week filled with creativity, learning, and one-of-a-kind treasures that showcase your child’s imagination!
Special Feature: Special artist visit
Daily Activities
Day 1: Pottery Play Day
- Activity 1: Handmade Clay Creations
Shape and mold air-dry clay into bowls, plates, or fun shapes like animals. - Activity 2: Painting Pottery
Paint pre-made clay pieces or their own creations with vibrant, child-safe paints. - Activity 3: Decorative Tile Art
Decorate small tiles with colorful patterns using paint pens or stickers.
Day 2: Tie-Dye Fun
- Activity 1: Tote Bag Tie-Dye
Use fabric dye to create colorful patterns on tote bags. - Activity 2: Tie-Dye T-Shirts
Design their own wearable art with spiral, striped, or crumpled tie-dye techniques. - Activity 3: Exploring Color Mixing
Experiment with blending dyes to create new colors, teaching basic color theory.
Day 3: Functional Crafts
- Activity 1: Birdhouse Building
Assemble and paint wooden birdhouses, personalizing them with designs. - Activity 2: Colorful Planters
Decorate small flower pots with paint, stickers, and craft jewels. - Activity 3: Wind Chime Wonders
Create wind chimes using beads, bells, and ribbon to hang at home.
Day 4: Friendship & Keepsakes
- Activity 1: Friendship Bracelets
Learn to braid or knot colorful threads into bracelets for themselves or friends. - Activity 2: Personalized Keychains
Make fun keychains with beads, charms, and small figurines. - Activity 3: DIY Mosaic Frames
Decorate picture frames with small mosaic tiles or colorful paper pieces.
Day 5: Craft Carnival Celebration
- Activity 1: Dreamcatcher Creations
Design dreamcatchers using hoops, yarn, feathers, and beads. - Activity 2: Showcase & Gallery Walk
Set up a mini-gallery to display all the crafts created during the week, inviting parents or teachers to admire their work. - Activity 3: Take-Home Craft Kits
Pack small kits with materials for a bonus craft to do at home, such as sticker sets, mini paint kits, or modeling clay.
Take-Home Items
- Clay Pottery Creations
- Decorative Tiles
- Tie-Dye Tote Bag
- Tie-Dye T-Shirt
- Painted Birdhouse
- Decorated Flower Pot
- Wind Chime
- Friendship Bracelet
- Personalized Keychain
- Mosaic Picture Frame
- Dreamcatcher
- Bonus Take-Home Craft Kit
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