This past weekend, we held our annual Club Overnight at camp. We saw faces from Boone, Des Moines, and Ames all converge to celebrate the end of the club year and explore more of Camp Hantesa.Check out the pictures below to get a peek at our awesome adventure!
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Compostable Seed Planters
Hopping the creek in Ledges
On the hunt for Hantesa Beach
Exploring the river
Found a Friendship Rock!
One awesome fort!
Today, campers learned about Outdoor Living Skills. They learned how to build a fire, cook a meal on a campfire, and how to make things with natural materials.
Working as a team to to find wood for fort building
Chillin' in a fort
Fort building!
We enjoyed a cookout meal for lunch: foil packs! Yum!
We made mini-campfires today for a craft!
There’s always lots more to learn! Come to resident camp to work toward your gypsy honor in camp craft!
Starting the day with some sun salutation yoga!
Making Seed "bombs" with clay, compost, and wildflower seeds. Throw 'em and watch for them to grow soon!
Exploring compost and worms
We created planters out of soda bottles!
A beautiful day for climbing in the climbing tree!
Setting up smore fixins in the solar ovens we made!
Cooking via solar power!
We found four toads!
Exploring the Natural Rock Outcroppings of Camp Hantesa
Sadie joined us for a little fun too!
Running around in the fall is almost as fun as swimming in the summer!
On Monday, Columbus Day, Boone campers were lucky enough to not have school. These campers got to enjoy their day at camp at our “Natural Wonders” School Day Off Program.
We started the day collecting items on the trail for an art project. We ate breakfast for lunch, and played thicket and gaga. In the afternoon, we made art from the pieces of nature we had collected on the trail. Check out some of the masterpieces below! We ended the day with a classic camp fire and s’more roast. What a great fall day with our campers!
Discoveries on the trail
A treasured find along the trail: horse hair!
Climbing on the Bouldering Wall
Sadie makes some new camper friends!
New Friend
Leaf Art
House
Nature's Bouquet
Face!
Day campers hiked into ledges and explored the stream. Our shoes got a little wet, but we had fun!
One of our Happy Hill campers found this 4-wing butterfly this evening! Has anybody ever seen this before?
4 Wings!
This week’s them for Day Camp was “Animal Kingdom”. On Friday, the campers got a special visit from the reptile lady. The kids learned about turtles, amphibians, lizards and snakes. They even got to hold a few in their hands!
