Slime Camp

Well Csilla did it again . . .she convinced me to help her run a Slime Camp during her first session of summer camps she's organizing. :) She had five camps going on - Skateboard camp, Wrestling camp, Paddleboard camp, Spa Camp (Csilla ran that one, as well as over-saw and organized, etc. all the others), and Slime camp. Slime camp was super popular and filled up right away. Talk about pressure!

Luckily, it wasn't a whole week and we weren't just making slime the whole day. Camp lasted three days, Tuesday - Thursday, from 8am - 4:30pm. But Csilla schedules the camp pretty wonderfully. From 8-10 is drop-off at the fieldhouse where bouncy houses are set-up. So all the kids from all the camps come sometime in that time-frame and have fun bouncing, playing soccer, tag, etc. 10-10:30 is a break and snack-time. At 10:30 the camps all go their own ways and begin their activities, including a lunch break. Then from 2-4 (later for the skateboards because they are hard-core. :) ) kids either go to the Rec. Center for some indoor, big-pool swimming - or come back to the fieldhouse for outdoor swimming or more bouncy houses. Kids get to do a lot and do a lot of awesome activities. Jonas got to go to skateboard camp and he LOVED it. In fact, he just bought a board today (just a board - the other parts, "axels" called "trucks" for skateboards, wheels, etc. are sold separately). He was quite good. Csilla's son, Levi, was the best of the group; Jonas was second. Lucy went to the Spa camp and had a super-fun time making edible face masks, doing foot scrubs, painting nails, making cute flip-flops and headbands, etc. Miles and Emmy were my helpers and they were very much appreciated!

For my camp we made two different slimes each day. Your basic slime and edible slime on Tuesday (oh what a mess edible slime was - I hate dealing with cornstarch!), metallic and glow-in-the-dark slime on Wednesday, and chalkboard and a big finale HUGE Fluffy Slime with the other campers on Thursday. I had 15 kids total in my slime camp (about 50 total with all five camps). A couple, one in particular, were pains. :) One was a HUGE pain (he was in my group, of course!). The others were little pains (again, in my group!).

Overall, it was great. My kids all had fun and it was pretty cool to be part of such a cool summer camp. Csilla's ideas for organizing camps are spectacular. She wants them to be rowdy, fun, adventurous, messy, etc. Some people, unfortunately, don't agree with her philosophy . . . but that's a whole other post that I will probably not do. :)

Okay, on to pictures! I have a ton!

 Stretchy slime - how far will it go!? So fun.

 She was a master slimer. :)

 My awesome slimey helpers.

 Lucy and a new friend playing at the fieldhouse one morning.

 Lucy's edible face mask she did with Csilla's camp: powdered sugar and water mixed. Then you dip your face in sprinkles. Adorable.

 A boy and his metallic slime beard.

 I saw this the night before and actually had straws at my house - win! Blowing slime-bubbles was a huge hit.

 He was a master slime-bubble blower.

 He wasn't too shabby himself! (Oh, guess what?! I had more boys in my group than girls - weird, huh? 9 boys and 6 girls!)

 We took a break one day and played a fun game of Red-Rover. The kids LOVED it - except for the ones who didn't at various times in the game . . . Emmy and Miles were popular kids in this game. It was fun.

 Chalkboard slime . . . my favorite.

 A cool creation.

 The googly eyes I brought were a great addition to our chalkboard slime.

 Awww, a girl after my own "heart."

 A crazy monster!

 A poop emoji.

 So cool.

 The finale slime! I didn't figure out what it was going to be until the night before - 2 giant tubs of fluffy slime for everyone! Spa campers and wrestlers were there to join in the fun.

 Squirting in some shaving cream.

 Oh it was getting messy = fun!

 Yep, that's my Emmy girl.

 Yay, it worked!

Miles, Emmy, and Csilla's spa helper, Destiny (who was fabulous). And two big batches of wonderfully fluffy slime. We broke off chunks for everyone. :)

My days were long - getting up around 5:30 and home around 5:30 (after swimming, changing, checking-out kids, and then finally getting to go back to my room and clean-up, it was late . . .). Then I would come home, make dinner, and then get ready for the next rounds of slime the next day. :)

Oh, here is a fun video of the "finale" slime: