Camp Week 3 2023

Week 3: Up-cycled Art
July 3 - July 7
Instructor: Various

In this session campers will learn how everyday items and packaging materials can be used to create art, toys, and other fun projects. Each instructor will take you on a different journey using materials that you may already have around your home, transforming them into something new.

Note that there will be NO camp for the 4th of July Holiday.

Monday (July 3rd):
Instructor: Eliane Bauer

9:00 am   Housekeeping and intros

9:15 am Ice Breaker Activity: Paper flowers
  Description: Students each get two sheets of paper (from a magazine, scrap paper, or otherwise destined for the waste
basket) – how can you turn this into a flower?
  Materials: magazine pages (preferably ones with less interesting pictures), newspaper (can also be scrap paper or other
  paper that would be tossed otherwise), scissors, tape, glue sticks

9:30 am Activity/Lesson: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Repurpose, Upcycle – Discussion on Waste
  Description: We will have a brief discussion on waste and what the terms (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse, Repurpose,
  Upcycle) mean. What are limitations of each? What waste have you been producing during camp so far? What kind of
  waste do you think you typically produce a lot of? Are any of the items recyclable? Can you reuse anything? Can we apply
  the Design Thinking Process?
  Materials: Journals, pens/pencils

10:00 am Activity/Lesson: From 2D to 3D
  Description: Students will fold, roll, wrap, and coil paper and other flat materials to change the texture and build
dimension. What can you make?
  Materials: magazines, snack wrappers (e.g. chip bags, candy wrappers, caprisun), scissors, glue sticks, tape

10:15 am BREAK

10:30 am Activity/Lesson: Self-portrait Collage
  Description: Students will create a self-portrait in the form of a collage. Feel free to experiment and build layers and
  dimension with the techniques learned earlier.
  Materials: Cardstock (as the base to create the collage on), magazines, snack wrappers (e.g. chip bags, candy wrappers,
  caprisun), scissors, glue sticks, tape, pencils, pens

11:30 am      LUNCH

12:15 pm Maker Journals
  Description: Campers will receive a Maker Journal to document their process and work over the course of the week.
  We will review how to use the journals as well as the worksheets available to them.
Materials: Maker Journals, Salad Bar pages, pens/ pencils

12:45 pm Transition into Tinker Time
  Share back your work from the morning.
Brief reflection in Maker Journal and plan what you want to do during Tinker Time

1:00 pm TINKER TIME Intro to Tinker Journal
  Optional Activity: Upcycled pencil case or wallet
  Description: Students will create a pencil case or wallet out of materials that would otherwise be tossed.
  Materials: repurposed thin cardboard (toilet paper roles or paper towel roles work well, back of a used writing pad),
  magazines, snack wrappers (e.g. chip bags, candy wrappers, caprisun), tetra pak, duck tape, clear thick tape, yarn

2:05 pm Share back what we made during Tinker Time.
  Tasks for Friday: Think of a 5 minute activity you could teach your peers. Bring in some materials to work with!

2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm   Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm   Clean Up
3:00 pm   Camper Pick Up

Wednesday (July 5th): Fun With Toilet Paper Tubes
Instructor: Kim Mesa

9:00 am   Warm-up Activity: Pinwheels
Description: We will make pinwheels using paper, straws, straight pins, and beads.
Materials: Scissors, pliers, clear tape, and markers/colored pencils

9:30 am Activity: Toilet Paper Tube Characters
Description: Toys, like action figures, can be expensive and kids often get bored with them pretty quickly. So why buy
  them when you can make your own? Using a little imagination and materials you have around the house you can have
  fun making your own action figures! Create pollinators for your garden, animals for a zoo or farm, or pets to add to your
  family. The possibilities are only limited by your imagination! This fun activity guides you through the process of making a
  butterfly using a toilet paper tube and colored paper. You will then learn how to modify your designs to make other
  critters/Characters.
  Materials List: Toilet paper tubes, colored paper, pipe cleaners or twist ties, scissors, glue sticks, clear tape, and markers

10:15 am BREAK

10:30 am   Activity: Marble Runs
  Description: Campers will design, prototype, and create marble runs. A marble run is very much like a slide – only
  instead of sliding down a structure, a marble rolls down it. Building a marble run is an effective way to explore the
  concepts of relative position and motion, slopes, turns, gravity, heights, and more. Building a Marble Run from scratch is
  challenging and teaches the fundamental concepts of engineering in a practical way.
  Some of the educational benefits of making Marble Runs include:
Building Spatial Awareness
Raising Creativity
Developing Engineering Skills
Enhancing Problem-Solving
Improving Hand-Eye Coordination.
  Materials: Design Thinking worksheet, blank paper, toilet paper tubes, cardboard (various thicknesses), paint,
  colored paper, clear tape for prototyping, and glue guns

11:30 am      LUNCH

12:45 pm   Continue morning activity: Finish and share Marble Runs

1:00 pm   TINKER TIME

2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm   Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm   Clean Up
3:00 pm   Camper Pick Up

Thursday (July 6th): Paper Construction
Instructor: Kim Mesa

9:00am Warm Up Activity: Paper Construction Garland
Description: Campers will create garland using strips of paper to create various shapes.
  Materials: Scissors, hole punch, clear tape, colored paper, and yarn or string,

9:30am Activity: Paper Lanterns
  Description: Campers will make paper lanterns, which can be used as decorations for parties and holidays like
  Lunar New celebrations. This activity includes instruction for a long lantern and a round lantern.

  Reference: Lanterns can be traced back thousands of years to the Eastern Han
Dynasty in China (25–220 C.E.), when the bright, floating objects were used not
  only as light sources but also to relay important military signals across long
  distances. Today, however, the traditional lanterns hold a slightly lighter
  significance, as they’re commonly used to commemorate cultural and spiritual
  celebrations across Asia and in various destinations around the world with large
  populations of Asian descent.

10:15 am BREAK

10:30 am   Activity: Fire Breathing Dragon
  Description: Campers will make Fire Breathing Dragons, which are used to celebrate the Lunar New Year
  (the beginning of the year based on the Lunar Calendar). Campers will make their dragons out of toilet paper
  tubes/cardboard, colored paper/ and tissue paper.
  Materials: Scissors, clear tape, liquid glue or glue gun, craft sticks, pompoms, googly eyes, and self-stick gems

  Reference: The Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia and in many other
  parts of the world. Dragons are usually a part of the Lunar New Year
  celebrations, with red dragons dancing to create excitement and usher in good
  fortune. The Dragon is also part of the Lunar Calendar, with the next Year of the
  Dragon in 2024.

11:30 am      LUNCH

12:45 pm   Share morning projects

1:00 pm   TINKER TIME

2:15 pm Snack
2:30 pm   Review of day and Camper assessment of activities
2:45 pm   Clean Up
3:00 pm   Camper Pick Up

Friday (July 7th):
Instructor: Eliane Bauer

9:00 am   Ice Breaker Activity: Campers teach mini activities
  Description: Campers can volunteer to lead an activity
  Materials: Materials we have in the room already
  Alternative: If no one wants to share an activity: What items did you bring with you? (Discussion)

9:15 am   Activity: Upcycled Jewelry and Ornaments (Bottle Cap Jewelry or Stain Glass Ornaments)
  Description: Students will create jewelry or ornaments from repurposed materials.
  Materials: Bottle caps (from non-alcoholic beverages) both plastic and metal, thicker clear plastic sheets (often used as
  “windows” in packaging to display product), hammer, nails, wire, wire cutters, small pliers, chains to attach jewelry to as a
  necklace, other jewelry holders (such as rings or earrings intended to attach your own items to), repurposed yarn,
  sharpies, magazines, clear nail polish, white glue, items from the tinker jars

9:45 am   Activity: Egg Carton and plastic bottle projects
  Description: Student will create flowers, animals, or costume noses out of egg cartons. They also have the option to make
  flowers out of plastic bottles.
  Materials: Egg Cartons, plastic bottles, repurposed yarn, paint, pens, wire, wire cutters, small pliers, pipe cleaners, tape,
  white glue, stapler, hole punchers

10:15am BREAK

10:30 am   Activity: 3D Self-portrait Collage
Description: Students will create a 3-dimensional self-portrait using different repurposed materials. They can choose to
  do something other than a self-portrait but should work in 3 dimensions.
  If students brought in anything from home, this would be a good project to incorporate it.
  Materials: Various repurposed materials, wire, hot glue, hot glue guns, magazines, snack wrappers (e.g. chip bags, candy
  wrappers, caprisun), scissors, small pliers, wire cutters, chicken wire, cardboard (both as possible base for collage and to
  use in collage)

11:30 am      LUNCH

12:15 pm   Continue morning activity

12:45 pm Transition into Tinker Time
  Share back your work from the morning.
  Brief reflection in Maker Journal and plan what you want to do during Tinker Time

12:45 pm TINKER TIME – ONLY if weekly project is complete

2:30 pm   Daily Camper Assessment
Weekly Camper Survey
2:45 pm Snack
3:00 pm   Clean Up and Prep for Showcase

3:30 pm   Student Showcase

4:30 pm   Camper Pick Up