Welcome, Artists! It has been an artsy week at DaVinci. Monday: 3-Dimensional Art In the morning, the campers chose what object or animal they would represent in a number of 3-Diminesiol art projects.  Throughout the day, they created tinfoil, clay, and toilet paper roll sculptures.  Tinfoil Sculptures Clay Sculptures Tuesday: Ornamental Art The students got to make lots of different types of jewelry (friendship bracelets, pins, necklaces...). Local artist Zoo Cain visited and taught the campers about abstract art. He also led them in a project.  Friendship Bracelets Posing by Zoo's car Creating masterpieces  Zoo Cain Jewelry Making Jewelry!! Wednesday: Home Decor Today, campers made an assortment of decorative crafts, including dreamcatchers, wind chimes, candles, and napkin rings.  Thursday: Craft Fair Preparation The students finished up a few crafts from yesterday in the morni...

 MONDAY  On Monday we started the day off by getting to know each other and coming up with our own spa and product ideas. For our topic of the day, we discussed the environmental impacts of micro beads and how we can exfoliate for cheap and be healthier just by using easily accessible home products. We then made a delicious and healthy brown sugar lip scrub. Here is a link to watch a youtube tutorial on making that particular lip scrub as well as several other great lip scrubs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxPUmdgHG8 After making our scrubs we decorated little jars to put them in.  After our day's lesson and craft, we went down to the beach for some paddle boarding and swimming.  TUESDAY In the morning we finished up our exfoliating topic by making a great salt scrub. We combined: Two scoops of coconut oil Himalayan Rock salt (eye balling it)  Coarse sea salt ( half as much as the rock...

Welcome, Astronauts! We have had a great week in outer space. Monday Today was constellation day! In the morning, the campers made space pictures to decorate the classroom. To celebrate the learning that they did around constellations, the campers made constellation viewers and also designed their very own constellations.  Making space pictures Constellation Creation Constellation Viewers Tuesday Today was planet day! Campers spent the first half of the day learning about our planets and making planet mobiles. In the afternoon, both classes prepared planet skits to perform for the other class.  Mobile Making! Mobiles! Wednesday Today was rocket day! In the morning, the senior campers made shape rockets while the juniors made watercolor rockets. Midday both classes made toilet paper rockets. The day ended with alka-seltzer rockets and box rockets.  Shape Rockets Rocket Paintings Junior Rockets Senior Toile...