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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.
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Monday (July 3rd):
Instructor: Eliane Bauer

9:00 am            Housekeeping and intros
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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
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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
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