10 Commandments Golf themed youth church camp

The theme for youth church camp is 10 Commandments and the main activity is Golfing.  

Food:       Potato wedges

                Watermelon wedges

                Par-faits

                Birdie -chicken

                Slice of Pizza

                Club Sandwiches

    Chips

Activities:  Golf

                   Mini-golf

                   Frisbee golf

                   Ladder golf

                   Monkey fist knot

                   Club holder sock puppet

Boys Camp Care Package

The theme for this years boys camp is BOOT Camp (Build Our Own Troop).  The scripture that goes with this is 1 Peter 3:8.

I made camouflage bandanas and put the BOOT CAMP logo on them with iron-on Cricut vinyl.

Short Speeches were assigned to the boys for evening firesides including topics:  Unity, Charity, Brotherly Kindness, Armor of God, Faith in Christ, Scripture Study, Prayer, I can do Hard Things, Peace in Tribulations.

I have leather stamps and 2" squares of leather that the boys made leather key chains with.  I also sent 4x6 (3 pack) canvas with rocks/pebbles from the DollarTree to make pebble art.  The boys loved these activities.  Other activities included hiking, water skiing, and fishing.

I sent them with board games including "Battle Ship".  Sent them with small Army Men from DollarTree.

I sent a picture of Christ to hang in camp.

Gun powder went with Pixi Sticks

DIY Large Angel Wings

I made these large angel wings by first drawing a wing with its feathers on large newsprint paper.  I then traced onto wood (some old paneling that I had) and cut out with a jig saw. 

I then, from my drawing, cut out one layer at a time of the wings to use as a stencil and using a putty knife applied putty or drywall mud.  You can see my layers of putty on the photo. 

 When that dried I painted the wings black.  I then lightly painted white with a downward stroke to leave the details of the putty feathers. The bottom feathers I used a screwdriver to scrape lines in the white paint exposing the black underneath.  I love how they turned out.  It was also super easy.

Decoupage

I am loving decoupage.  I started by painting my items grey then added a second coat of white paint.  After it all dried I did decoupage. 

My directions for decoupage are to cut out your image close to the edge but not necessary to cut right on the edge of your image. 

Glue the image on upside down on your item with Mod Podge.  Be sure to remove any bubbles.

When it had dried a few hours run water over your image until the image shows through.  Rub with your finger over the paper rubbing off the paper but leaving the image to your item.

  When dried after about 10 minutes paint a layer of ModPodge over your image and let dry.  I love this.  My images came from Graphics Fairy.

Gingerbread/Foamcore Houses

I used gingerbread templates from bobvilla.com to create my fun houses out of foam core board. We colored them. fun project to make with the kids. We made mini ones for our ornaments on our tree. To make real gingerbread houses there is a great recipe here at Housefull of Homeade.

Here are Bob Villa's A-frame house templates.

DIY Doll Water Cooler

When choosing a container to recycle to make my doll water cooler for camping I went with the Tootsie Roll candy bank.  I cut the top few inches off and replaced the lid.  I simply glued white card stock around the cardboard tube followed by a slightly smaller strand of orange construction paper.  I printed off the Coleman logo and glued it on.  Finally I glued on a pony bead for the water spout.  Must have water for camping.

DIY Doll Cardboard Canoe

To make the canoe I cut the bottom "football" shape from cardboard.  I then cut a length of 5" as long as the cardboard for the sides.  I cut triangle notches from 1" of one side to fold and glue to the bottom of the canoe base.  I used hot glue because it dries almost instantly and gives a good bond.  My daughter loves playing with this.  I even had a 1 year old sit in it and it held up.  I finally painted it for a finished look.

Paper Mice Template

Martha Stewart has these great mice templates here.

FingerPrint Drawings

kokokoKids has lots of great drawings from fingerprints. Fun for cards or kids.

Handprint Peacock

Sweet & Lovely Crafts has this fun idea here.

DIY Butterfly Mobile

Project Nursery has this beautiful paper butterfly mobile directions here. Pink Tea also has a tutorial here. I made mine with thick fishing line, wire wreath frame, hot glue, & paper punched butterflies.

Note Cards 3-D

Little Birdie Secrets has these brilliant note cards made from punched shapes sewed to cardstock. Love them. I found stapeling the butterfly worked lots better.

Free Printables - lots

I run mine to the photo shop to duplicate rather than print. **Sprik Spaces has adorabe ABC's here. Cathe Holden has some great downloads like vintage measuring tape & Cowgirl. Whisker Graphics has free gift tags for many occassions here. The Secret Stitch Club has these great printables **Sewing Subway Art Sewing Paper Goods

Paper City Printable

Love this free printable from Made by Joel.

Paper City with People Paper City Vehicles Paper City Helicopter Sydney Opera House and Luna Park

Dating Idea Book

This could be part of a valentines gift but it is a fabulous way to get ideas quick. Oopsey Daisy has the idea here. Hers is much prettier.