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SOURCE: /mnt/d/GoogleDrive/Cercetasi/carti-camp-jocuri/dragon.sleepdeprived.ca/camping/CampThemeBookI.pdf
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--- PAGE 1 ---
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Camp
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Themes
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Compiled by: Dana Weatherell
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As her Stage II Goal
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April 2001
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--- PAGE 2 ---
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Introduction
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Putting this booklet together, two district meetings before our district camp in 2001, was my Stage
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II goal. The ideas all came from Guiders all over the world who I communicate with through a
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mailing list on the internet. I thought that sharing some of the wonderful ideas I see online with
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those who are not part of the list would benefit Guiding by giving you specific ideas for camp
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themes. After all, having fun is what keeps us all in Guiding right?
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This booklet was originally intended to be much smaller than this and has grown into a much
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bigger project. There were a couple more themes sent to me that I would like to add i.e. Harry
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Potter, Mom & Me and Camp Guidealot (like Camelot) however, the format of one is a little
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trickier for me to put into this edition and the others, well I just had to stop somewhere or I
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wouldn’t attain my goal! So watch for the second edition.
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I hope that you will use and enjoy the ideas presented in this package. I have made every effort
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to give credit where credit is due and have taken the liberty of adding some things to a few of the
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themes. Some of the themes presented are fully detailed camps while others are just enough to
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tweak your imagination and get you started.
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The second last section is a list of other theme ideas that were sent to me that have not actually
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been planned out yet or discussed on our forum. Perhaps you have more you’d like to add. Feel
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free to contact me, I’d be happy to add them in the secord (or third???) edition.
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Lastly, for those of you who have internet access, I have added a list of camping related
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websites. I hope you find them useful.
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Happy camping everyone!
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Dana Weatherell
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Millers Grove District
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ggc_dana@yahoo.ca
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--- PAGE 3 ---
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Alphabetical Index
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Be Prepared Camp..........................................................................................................................4
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Blast from the Past..........................................................................................................................7
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Bug Theme....................................................................................................................................11
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Cool Websites................................................................................................................................36
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Famous Five Camp.........................................................................................................................9
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Heritage Camp Ideas.....................................................................................................................23
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Hollywood and Star Theme...........................................................................................................33
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Jungle Safari Theme.....................................................................................................................22
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Medieval Theme..............................................................................................................................2
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Murder Mystery in Sherwood Forest.............................................................................................29
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Other Theme Ideas........................................................................................................................34
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Pioneer Camp..................................................................................................................................8
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Pirate Theme.................................................................................................................................13
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Science Camp...............................................................................................................................28
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Survivor Camp...............................................................................................................................32
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The Bare Necessities....................................................................................................................31
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Wild Weekend Theme...................................................................................................................17
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--- PAGE 4 ---
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Medieval Theme
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From: Marianne B Mitchell mguiding@HOTMAIL.COM
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Sue Hutchinson who ought to be the one credited with the Medieval camp theme ideas.
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The ideas for this camp came originally from Sue Hutchinson and we had additions from Shawn
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Bird, and others, including myself. If you need help with this, consider contacting the Society for
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Creative Anachronism or similar groups in your area.
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Medieval
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Have a medieval feast:
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The King and Queen sit above the salt.
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No cutlery except knives.
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Roast pig with apple in mouth carried in ceremoniously on a platter.
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Barefoot serving maids in burlap bag costume, tied at waist with rope girdle.
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Food: Roast legs of beasts (Chicken or turkey legs)
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Swords in Stones (plastic swords in baked potatoes)
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Green Dragon Cake (Cake made from zucchini instead of carrot cake)
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Dragon's Blood Punch ( cranberry punch)
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Grape juice in "wine goblets"
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Gruel for breakfast
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• Recorders make good medieval-like instruments.
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• Have a small group learn some madrigals and sing unaccompanied.
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• Dress up as Jugglers and jesters. The costumes are easy to make and some could
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entertain at the feast
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• Contact a local Society for Creative Anachronism and see if some of their members can
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come and teach your group about medieval times. Perhaps they could teach a simple group
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dance.
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• Make flowered wreaths to be worn on the head:
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Materials List
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Twine (braided to fit each head size)
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Dried Flowers
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Narrow Satin Ribbon
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Braid the twine to fit your head size and tie into a circle (wreath shape). Then work the
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dried flowers into the braid. The tighter the braiding, the better. Smaller sprays of
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flowers work better than larger. When the wreath is full, tie long pieces of ribbon onto the
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back of the wreath and let then hang down in large, loopy bows.
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• Use cardboard tubes (the long ones from wrapping paper) and coloured tissue paper to
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make hanging banners and coats of arms. Use a heraldry book for inspiration to help the girls
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design their own crest or coat of arms --one for each patrol.
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• Make a heralding horn from a cardboard tube and plastic cup at the end with a flag hanging
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from it. The girls will be announced as they arrive for dinner, e.g.. Announcing Lady Anne of
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(name of town or guiding district).
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• Bring a tape of medieval music
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• Come to dinner in long nightgowns. Make a waist corset and circlet to complete the
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costume:
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Waist corset: Purchase a couple of metres of black vinyl from the fabric store.
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For each girl cut a strip 8 inches wide and as long as required to go around her waist. Use
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a hole punch to punch holes in either end and have the girls lace them up the front using yarn or
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ribbon. It might not be strictly fashion for that period but the will girls feel like they are medieval
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princesses.
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Circlets: A headband fashioned from wire. You can use the kind from Christmas with foil
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stars entwined. You can also cut strips from an old pair of sheer curtains and drape it over the
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wire to hang down the girls backs.
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• Fire drill - hide a dragon in the nearby woods. Have the girls go out not to slay but to
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capture the dragon and lead it back in. when the "fyre-breathing dragon" comes back into the
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camp, sound the fire alarm. Talk about fire safety and what to do if the dragon catches your
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clothes on fire.
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Read "The Paper Bag Princess" (Robert Munsch)
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• Build a rope bridge about 1/2 meter off the ground. This is the bridge to Terebithia. Have
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the girls cross the rope bridge, being careful not to land in the moat.
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• The Queen has been put under a spell by Morgan La Faye. To cure her, find around your
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campsite 5 harmful plants, 5 healing plants. Do not pick them, but find out their names and how
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they help or hurt. Bring these magical names back to Merlin to break the spell (eg, helpful,
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blackberry, jewelweed, clover, cattail, pine...harmful...stinging nettle, poison ivy, poison oak, white
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sumach, any white berry and any mushroom
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• Crafts - make a banquet goblet out of dollar store plastic glasses with "gems" glued on.
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Create a banner for your Kingdom. Dress up as Paper Bag Princesses for the Royal banquet.
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Hat craft, foamy cut into shields with little cocktail swords speared through them.
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• Badge ceremony - have a knighting ceremony where girls are congratulated on their acts of
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chivalry.
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Songs: Early One Morning, Greensleeves
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Duties Titles:
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Dishes - Damsels with Dish-stress
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Sanitation - Sir Lat's A Lot
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Fire - Keeper of the Hearth
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Site Helper - Royal Consorts
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Staff Names: Sir Boss, Lady Elaine, Queen Gwenivere, Sir Lancelot, Sir
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Laughs-alot (The Jester), Sir Leaps-Alot (The physical fitness person)...
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Patrol names: look up family names from the time period.
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Be Prepared Camp
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Sent by Di (dew@NEX.NET.AU)
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Web site: http://www.trefoilnet.com/camps/stories/camppre.htm
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First Aid
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The idea started as an indoor camp with the guides helping out St John people by being the
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victims in a mock disaster. Somewhere along the way the format changed to a District camp,
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indoor and under canvas, guides learning first aid.
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We needed a name and Be Prepared was decided on. All the guides in the District were invited.
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The unit leaders were all to attend so that encouraged the guides. Age was the decider for indoor
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or outdoor sleeping. The camp was unusual in that the leaders did do a lot of the planning. The
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guides did prepare items they would be needing for camp.
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At the first of the two meetings together for the guides, they played some team effort games and
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planned their menus while a parents' meeting was held. The second had the outdoor guides
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doing their bed rolls and preparing a few needs. The indoor guides named their leaders and their
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patrols, drew a small design on their placemats, made 'bandaid' serviette rings, made a woggle,
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sorted out the duties, selecting sleeping buddies and got to know their patrol members.
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With the theme of first aid and being prepared, the items made reflected this. The placemats were
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material triangles as in our scarf triangle bandage. The woggle was a safety pin, decorated with
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ribbon and elastic to hold the scarf. The pin was set to be opened to collect items during the
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weekend.
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Indoor Patrols
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Fire - Prepared to cook
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Mittens - Prepared for the cold
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RSG - Ready, Steady, GO
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PJ's - Prepared for bed
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And so to camp
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The guides arrived on Friday evening to settle into rooms or tents. The first thing for the indoor
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members was to do the safety walk through drill. We had the campfire after tea where both
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camps came together for the first time.
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From Saturday morning, to tea, the guides were working hard at first aid sessions. They did rest
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for morning and afternoon tea and meals. The indoor younger guides did take the hour rest time
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after lunch while the others did special bits at their camp site. As they did a session they were
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given a small sheet on it. These went into a covered pocket photo album and became a first aid
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book.
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After tea was a wide game. All guides together and groups were sorted out. One girl from each
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was secretly given instructions for the 'emergency' she would have happen on the trail. Guides
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had been learning compass work in the units per-camp for this too. There were compass trails
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for the groups to follow. At the correct time the
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'emergency' happened and the guides had to do the first aid as had been learnt during the day.
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The group this leader was with had a cute happening. After the alert was dealt with, a young
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guide came up to me and whispered in my ear, "I don't think she was really hurt; she is only
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pretending". We were outside into the dark so became quite an adventure for the younger guides.
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After this they had an hour of Red Faces fun and games before super and bed.
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Things happening
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Now don't get things wrong; it was not all work, work, work. The guides were having fun too.
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The outdoor guides were slowly finding their pieces to build a first aid/be prepared kit to go in the
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film container they had prepared before camp. It was designed with a ribbon through the lid and
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the side so the lid hinged. With a pin attached it was to pin on a camp hat.
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The indoor guides were to be on the look out for small cards for their patrol. When found by a
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member, the patrol was gathered together and each were given the object, most of which were to
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be attached to the pin woggle.
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These were what they were finding -
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To obtain a need - Plastic coins
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To jot it down -Tiny pencil
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To wrap it up - A piece of string
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For Christmas - A piece of chocolate from an advent calendar and a gold angel
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For bed – The brush end of a tooth brush
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When you swim - A packet of lifesavers
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To light the light - Three matches (these were half toothpicks, one end dipped in red nail polish)
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To wipe it after - A mini hankie
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Be on the watch for - A jelly snake for each
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To be awake - A piece of fur with two small eyes
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The Placemats
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Their place mats were triangle bandage shape and were also for keeping. At each meal there
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were marker pens on the table. Each was able to have the person sitting either side sign their
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mat.
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Triple O calls
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Everyone, guides and leaders, were to find their OOO call at anytime, anywhere, during the
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camp. When found they received a whistle and joined their Safety Crew for the Sunday activities.
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whistles were confiscable if misused!
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The Crews
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The Safety
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Lifesaving
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Fire
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Ambulance
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Police
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Ranger
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Rescue
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Coming to an end
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Sunday morning, all the hard work came to a head.
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5
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All the guides were working in their crews with a leader. They were to take turns at doing CPR on
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the dummies then after morning tea, all did a revision test as well.
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When not doing the CPR and revision, there were masses of crafts and outdoor activities to
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choose from to just do.
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The camp finished with all receiving a Certificate and the guides a goodies bag full of safety
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information, stickers and goodies the leaders had collected from Fire Brigade, Ambulance, Police,
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Road Safety, and more.
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The guides worked well and played happy for the whole weekend. They learnt their first aide and
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had fun too. Good reports flowed back from them and the parents for the weeks after. It was a
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good exercise for we leaders too as our guiding first aid was updated, CPR included. We had a
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weekend getting together too. Not to forget; the outdoor leader earned her Camp Certificate.
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Blast from the Past
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Received from: Marianne B Mitchell <mguiding@hotmail.com>
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==> a different era for each day. ie... 30's 50's 70's 90's OR just pick one era
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patrol names: choose the name of music groups from each era
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• Pick a movie from each era to watch at camp
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• Have a dance with music from each of the time frames (or just pick one)
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• 1930's: It was the Depression and many people were really poor. You never threw out
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anything. Home canning was popular. Penny candy, especially grab bags - a little brown bag with
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miscellaneous candies.
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Games: Hide and Seek. Bouncing ball (lacrosse/India rubber balls) games against walls or
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on the ground. (E.g., 1,2,3 a Laura, 4,5,6 a Laura, 7,8,9, a Laura, 10 a Laura Secord)
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• 1950's:
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~hula hooping
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~bubble gum blowing contest (who could blow the biggest, the most etc.)
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~have a dance group come in and teach how to jive/twist ( or teach it yourself)
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~wear poodle skirts – you could even make them if you had older girls (Pathfinders)
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• 1960's:
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~ 60's style crafts:
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1. Peace, flower power and happy face buttons. (Spray paint frozen juice lids white,
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give the girls acrylic paint from $store, brushes, photo copies of these images for inspiration, and
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when dry we will glue pins to the back).
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2. Tie dye bandanas: white triangles of fabric, elastic bands to tie the fabric, fabric dye
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and needles and thread for those who are ambitious enough to hem them by hand. You can also
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tye dye t-shirts and socks. I will give them scraps of fabric that they can baste on top of their
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shorts or pants for that 60's worn jean look.
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3. Friendship bracelets from hemp string. You can adapt any of the projects here to
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hemp string, available in crafts stores & Walmar or http://www.friendshipwear.com/free-projects/
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~ have a sock hop
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Pioneer Camp
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Received from: Marianne B Mitchell <mguiding@hotmail.com>
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Think "Little House on the Prairie", only a Canadian version
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Patrol names: farmers, homesteaders, etc. Or use the names of different people who came to
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Canada.
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You could make this a New France version and create mini Seigneuries, and have the girls be
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habitants, Filles du roi, seigneurs and their wives, nuns, etc. An Ontario grade 7 history textbook
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can give you info on life in New France and in Upper Canada at this time. The grade 3 curriculum
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also includes Pioneer life.
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Games:
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• put buttons on strings
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• rolled hoops
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• cat's cradle
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• graces (Catching small hoops on sticks and then throwing them back)
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• marbles
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• skipping
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Other:
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• Make butter using whipping cream and a glass jar. Place a marble inside to make it go
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faster.
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• Bake cakes in cans
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• Make fire starters and learn how to light a fire
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• Make dipped candles
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• Make a quilt as a group – each girl can do one square. Or, make quilted potholders.
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• Make tin can ice cream
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• do laundry by hand
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**Some of the ideas under “Heritage Camp” could also be used here.
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Famous Five Camp
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Received from: Marianne B Mitchell <mguiding@hotmail.com>
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Note: this idea came from Bev Walkling. For more Famous Five ideas, check out the website for
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the Candian Heritage Minutes, they have activities about Emily Murphy and the Famous Five.
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I am not sure if this will help Brownies, but these are the games I play with my guide unit. (I am
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sorry this is so long, I just wanted to be clear)
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1. Octopussy - The point of this game to to show the girls what the famous five were fighting
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against. One wall is "women" and the other is "men", as in normal octopussy, an 'octopus' stands
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in the centre and tries to catch girls when they run across the gym. A leader calls out clues (these
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people were supposed to be brave or these people were supposed to stay in the home etc) and
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the girls run to the wall that matches the clue, or they stay put if they are on the right wall. The
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girls learn how few things women were allowed to do and they can see why the famous five
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wanted less divisions between the roles of the sexes.
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2. We also do a "Mock Parliament", but this requires a lot of set up. Nellie McClung wrote a play
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that made fun of the all male parliament. Iit did very well and turn of the century audiences
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thought it was very funny. It won a lot of support for the women's right to vote because it made
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sex-segregation sound so silly. In her play, she had the women running the parliament and a
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group of men come to ask for the right to vote. The women tell the men that they can't have the
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right to vote because it would break up families and all sorts of non-sense.
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Divide the girls into opposition, party in power and suffergentlemen. One girl is the Prime Minister
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and another is the leader of the opposition. Leaders make excellent Speakers and other house
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officials. The suffergentlemen give speeches asking for the right to vote (citing all of the women's
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reasons) and then the Prime Minster and the Leader of the Opposition reply (citing all of the old
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parliament's reasons). If you prepare the speeches for the girls, then they just need to read them.
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The other girls behave like parliament does, which is to say they boo and hiss at the other parties'
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speaker and cheer and clap for their own.
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3. We also have a brief write up of Jennie Trout and Emily Stowe and how they became the first
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licensed female doctors in Canada. We have pulled out repeated words and made it into one of
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those participation stories. (girls do whatever action when they hear a certain word).
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When we were studying Famous Canadian Women this year I did a role play of Emily Murphy. I
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dressed in what I felt was relatively appropriate gear and did the following speech:
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My name is Emily Murphy and I was born in the 1868. When I was growing up I always thought
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what a wonderful thing it would be to become a Lawyer, and so I studied hard and eventually
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became one. I was very proud, when I was appointed the first Woman Magistrate in the British
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Empire.
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Do you know what a magistrate is?
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Do you know what the British Empire was?
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Well, I started work at the Women's Court in Edmonton, and on my very first day there, I ran into
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a problem. Do you know what judges do? They have to make rulings or judgements about the
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evidence which lawyers put before them.
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--- PAGE 12 ---
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Well, on this day, I made a judgement, and the lawyer for the defendant challenged me! He said,
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that because I was not a "person" I was not able to fulfill the duties of a magistrate! Can you
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believe it?
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I just kept right on with my sentencing, but I did some research, and found out that according to
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what was then the law, a woman was a person when it came to being punished, but not when it
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came to having rights and privileges. How absurd! Women are just as much persons as men are!
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Well, he was the first lawyer to make that challenge, but far from the last. In 1917, one of my
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rulings went to an appeal court and they finally said there was no reason that a woman couldn't
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hold public office on the basis of her gender. I thought I'd won! But I soon discovered this meant
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nothing to the Federal Government. I wanted a federal government appointment, but got
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nowhere! In 1927 I and four other women appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada for
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clarification of the laws that said women weren't "persons".
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This court case finally went to the high courts in England, and at last they agreed, women were
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indeed "persons". And that paved the way for all the Canadian women who have been involved
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in Parliament ever since. I'm proud of the part I played to give you opportunities today!
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Bev Walkling
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32nd Sarnia Guides
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Mandy Gorski
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16th Waterloo Guides
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• Look at the Famous Five challenge
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• www.girlguides.ca/what-new/famous5.htm
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--- PAGE 13 ---
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Bug Theme
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Received from: Marianne B Mitchell <mguiding@hotmail.com
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suggested names: "Wings and Things", "A Bug's Life"
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Patrol names: ladybugs, spiders, dragonflies, bumblebees, grasshoppers
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• for a game, check out:
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http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/IPM/teachers/bug-go/bug-go.htm#cards
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(Very interesting, clear, concise info on each bug (learned *more* than I needed to know
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about bed bugs...yuck)!
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For Bingo markers... gotta use those little plastic ants/spiders you get in packs at $$ Stores
|
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and the like! Prizes... hair stuff with dragonflies, butterflies,etc... bug stickers or gummy worms
|
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for consolation prizes...
|
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• make bug suckers
|
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• magnifying glass hunt – use string to square off a piece of ground and then see what you
|
||
can find with a magnifying glass!
|
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• pony bead critters see: http://beadiecritters.hosting4less.com/patternindex.htm
|
||
• invite an entymologist (bug scientist) to come and talk to the girls
|
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• Use walnut shells and cardboard to make ladybug-shaped magnets (paint the walnut shell
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red with black spots. Use the cardboard to cut out the head and feet below and glue the magnet
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to the underside of the cardboard.
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***DO NOT USE THE WALNUT SHELLS IF ANY OF YOUR GIRLS HAVE NUT ALLERGIES!***
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You could probably use half of a Styrofoam ball instead, or something else as a substitute.
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websites:
|
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here's other great URLs on insects, bugs activities:
|
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http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/resourc/resourc.htm
|
||
http://familycrafts.about.com/parenting/familycrafts/library/weekly/aa052900a.htm
|
||
It has all kinds of bug crafts, as well as kid-neat trivia about different bugs.
|
||
From Ann Richey <annrichey@YAHOO.COM), Bushell Park (Moose Jaw), SK. Canada
|
||
We decided do the wings and things theme because there has been so much info on these
|
||
subjects and we can use birds, bugs, kites etc..
|
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some actvities we brainstormed-
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bug suckers
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bird houses
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pony bead critters
|
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dragonfly gimp pins
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||
web of life game
|
||
paper airplanes
|
||
maginfying glass hunt
|
||
and a menu for the day theme related (could use some help with creativity there )
|
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: Alana Raymond <alanapr@ACHILLES.NET>
|
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I just visited the neatest site. It has all kinds of bug crafts, as well as kid-neat trivia about different
|
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bugs. And, of course, you can go to all kinds of other craft categories and check them out
|
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(perhaps you should make a lunch before starting this surfing session :-)
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http://familycrafts.about.com/parenting/familycrafts/library/weekly/aa052900a.htm
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--
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Maybe the girls could be bugs and find their wings during the camp?
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Let each girl wear a caterpillar shape - maybe they could even make their own before camp -
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could be a pin-on or a woggle (scarf slide)
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At camp, each member, girls and adults, have a card with their name on it, This could have the
|
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picture of a cocoon. Someone would have the task to stick these cards anywhere at any time -
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spread them out for finding at intervals up to finishing at least 4 hours before the end of the camp.
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As a camp member finds her named card, her cocoon is stuck on a special board somewhere
|
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and she receives her wings for her caterpillar. These need to be designed to fit the caterpillar
|
||
easily. The cards we put out at camps (differing themes) can be in the fridge when we know the
|
||
person will go there, on a spoon, her pillow, her chair or her own back! In the rafters, at an activity
|
||
area, along the trail for the hike, in the cereal box, - I have found mine in my sausage roll, (in foil)
|
||
in my cuppa coffee, in my ham sandwich, in mashed potato ....... They delight in hiding the
|
||
leader's. The girls are asked at first if they want to tell each other or give them the fun of finding
|
||
their own. Girls usually give the others a time to find herself, then, it gets too much for them, they
|
||
give BIG clues for her to find!
|
||
AND
|
||
> those little plastic ants/spiders you get in packs at $$ Stores and the like! Put in the bottom of
|
||
Jelly - or what you call it over there. We had tiny spiders in the bottom of the jelly one camp.
|
||
Have fun
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
From: craft <c.r.a.f.t@HOME.COM
|
||
here's another great URL on insects, bugs activities -
|
||
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/resourc/resourc.htm
|
||
From: Carla Paddock <paddy4@MB.SYMPATICO.CA> , Brandon, Manitoba
|
||
I am back from one AWESOME Brownie area camp. Like many of you we had the theme BUGS!
|
||
This morning turned out to be quite hot. One station had wet sponges thrown at moving targets –
|
||
LEADERS….. We also did shotput - spitting mini marshmallows as far as we could.....
|
||
I took the girls and we went on a Bug hunt - sang the whole way - the same words as going on a
|
||
lion hunt...we went under the playground and around bathrooms...stopped every unit looking for
|
||
BUGS....
|
||
We also did an obstacle course and part of it was to be like caterpillars and we had to crawl under
|
||
a sheet that was about 2 inches off the ground -We did the song snail when you twist and turn
|
||
and eventually look like a snail with 220 people....GREAT!
|
||
The girls got a bag of "junk" to decorate a Guider up as a bug for the closing ceremony
|
||
Anyways, I could go on forever - just thought I'd share some fun!
|
||
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--- PAGE 15 ---
|
||
Pirate Theme
|
||
Received from Marianne B Mitchell <mguiding@hotmail.com
|
||
This is the first in a series of camp themes I have on file. Please note that I didn't come up with
|
||
all of the ides on my own -- most of them came from this list, and I just collated the ideas and
|
||
edited a bit.
|
||
Compass work
|
||
• follow a treasure map – use compass reading, map reading and trail marking skills!
|
||
• cut out eye patches out of black construction paper ahead of time, punched two holes in
|
||
them and threaded yarn through to tie them around their heads
|
||
• cut out cardboard swords ahead of time and then have the girls decorate them by covering
|
||
them in tin foil and using yarn, beads, etc to decorate the hilts
|
||
• make telescopes out of paper towel tubes
|
||
• have the girls "walk the plank" blindfolded (a bench or a line of rope that needs to be
|
||
followed) – do this as a trust excercise
|
||
• use paper doilies to make "lace" on the bottom of coatsleeves
|
||
• provide triangles of cloth for the girls to make bandannas on heads – you could use a
|
||
different colour or design for each patrol
|
||
• Teach and sing sea songs
|
||
• Go for a paddle in a canoe or rowboat
|
||
• Ahead of time spray paint some small boxes in gold or silver. Have the girls make keepsake
|
||
boxes ("treasure chests") by decorating them using odds and ends such as beads for jewels.
|
||
Save money on beads by using old buttons and spray painting them gold or silver.
|
||
• Dye macaroni of all shapes in different colors and award these "jewels" to the patrols for
|
||
things like: clean campsite, fire watch present, wood sorted correctly, tents neat and with no food
|
||
inside, etc.
|
||
• Kims game in - what is in the treasure chest?
|
||
• make pirate hats from newspaper or butchers paper
|
||
• make treasure maps from paper dyed in tea with the edges burnt using a candle
|
||
• Canon ball fight (sponge toss or newspaper ball toss) – line the girls up in two teams. On
|
||
"GO" they throw the cannon balls at each other - can pick up what lands on their ship and throw
|
||
again. Set time at 2 minutes max. One with less balls is the winner.
|
||
• With a patch over one eye - see how easy it is to catch, bounce, throw and catch a ball.
|
||
Walk a straight line, balance one's self.
|
||
Patrol Names: Peg legs, Blackbeards, Sailors,
|
||
Paper hats:
|
||
1. Take one sheet of newspaper (full-sized, not a tabloid).
|
||
2. Fold it where it normally folds so you have one full page on top.
|
||
3. Now fold it in half again, top to bottom.
|
||
4. With the folded edge at the top, fold each the top corners to the middle diagonally. You'll end
|
||
up with a point at the top, two folded triangles which meet in the middle of the paper, and 2-3" at
|
||
the bottom that weren't folded.
|
||
5. Take the top two raw edges at the bottom (which were the original bottom edges of the
|
||
newspaper). Fold them up to meet the bottom of the folded triangles. Now fold them up again
|
||
right at the bottom of those folded triangles. They will now be folded up over the bottom of the
|
||
triangles.
|
||
6. Turn the entire thing over.
|
||
7. Fold the remaining straight edges (which were the original top edges of the newspaper) in the
|
||
same way you folded the other straight edges.
|
||
8. Open and put on the head. By folding those bottom edges up twice, you are forming a band
|
||
which holds
|
||
the folded triangles in place. Some tape also helps a bit.
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 16 ---
|
||
From: Arenburg Family <arenburg.family@NS.SYMPATICO.CA> |
|
||
Anyone thinking of a Pirate theme for camp or a meeting will want to check Out
|
||
~~~~~~~~~
|
||
From: Debbie Palecek palecek5577@HOME.COM Mission, BC
|
||
We had our Spark/Brownie Pirate camp this weekend and I thought I'd share with you.
|
||
(Guidezoneable)
|
||
Girls arrived Friday night and were given nametags and bedtags to colour. They were divided into
|
||
characters from the Fisher Price Computer Pirate program: Cap'n Stubbs, Gunner John, Helga
|
||
and Queag. We adapted lots of our stuff from this CD.
|
||
Four Blankets were spread on the floor and girls were told they were islands surrounded by shark
|
||
infested waters. They could not leave their island until rescued. Supplies had washed ashore
|
||
and they needed to
|
||
1) Work together to build a shelter
|
||
2) Find and prepare food and water for snack
|
||
3) Send a message out to sea for rescue
|
||
4) Make a craft if they were bored.
|
||
5) Supplies on each blanket:
|
||
(cid:132) two chairs,
|
||
(cid:132) a bedsheet,
|
||
(cid:132) 15 feet of rope,
|
||
(cid:132) 10 clothespins,
|
||
(cid:132) a bottle of water,
|
||
(cid:132) a plate,
|
||
(cid:132) a plastic knife,
|
||
(cid:132) cups,
|
||
(cid:132) a few bananas and some kiwi,
|
||
(cid:132) some crayons and paper,
|
||
(cid:132) a bottle of water,
|
||
(cid:132) a bag of mini shells and beads and fishing line
|
||
(cid:132) a pair of scissors.
|
||
Girls had a ball and quickly figured out to drink the water and put a message in a bottle to throw
|
||
out to sea. They built their shelters and were happily stringing shell/bead necklaces. Can't
|
||
remember who (on this list) published this activity but thanks again for a great idea!
|
||
Later we played sharks. You spread out a tarp on the floor and girls sit around it with their legs
|
||
straight out and covered by the tarp. Everyone shakes the tarp up and down creating waves.
|
||
Two girls are assigned as sharks under the tarp and their goal is to grab someone's legs and pull
|
||
her under wherein she becomes a shark too. Each side is guarded by a lifeguard whose job it is
|
||
to grab the girl under her arm pits and save her from the sharks. They had a blast with this game.
|
||
Although I caution you they are so engrossed and noisy that it is difficult to stop the game quickly.
|
||
I positioned Guiders around who at my signal would step in and lift the tarp when things were
|
||
getting wild.
|
||
We had morning exercises by dancing to an active tape and moving whichever body part was
|
||
pointed to on the Halloween skeleton with a paper pirate hat on the wall.
|
||
Saturday morning the Sparks arrived at 9AM and received their camp orientation while the
|
||
Brownies were downstairs listening to a pirate story. All exited to the flag pole when the fire drill
|
||
whistle blew. Then they were treated to an awesome treasure hunt designed by Sherri Girls
|
||
travelled in their groups and each girl was given a pipe cleaner and they proceeded into the forest
|
||
with their treasure map . They came upon four stations marked by an x where they were to look
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 17 ---
|
||
for paper laminated tokens to string onto their pipe cleaner. The tokens were adapted from a
|
||
treasure hunt game from the thrift shop ($1.00) they were pictures of rope, treasure chest, shovel,
|
||
etc. When they gathered all of the pictures they returned to their tables. When they turned over
|
||
the pieces they had to unscramble the letters to discover the clue word- pirate. Then Sherri
|
||
walked to the pirate picture on the wall and they discovered another treasure map indicating how
|
||
many paces east, west, south and north to the buried treasure. They found the X marked on the
|
||
ground and I began to dig. We had buried a wooden pirate chest jewelry box and the girls were
|
||
so excited to unearth it. When we opened it up it was filled with thrift shop costume jewelry and
|
||
chocolate coins. There was also two final pieces to add to their pipe cleaner and pin to their hat.
|
||
The booty was divided up by drawing names so they could choose one piece of jewelry and 2
|
||
chocolate coins.
|
||
They all came indoors and decorated placemats with pirate pak stickers donated from White Spot
|
||
Restaurants. We laminated them and used them at every meal
|
||
Lee Anne prepared a wide game where a paper fish was tied by a long string to their ankle and
|
||
everyone had to try to capture the other teams fish.
|
||
Lunch was a big hit with a hot dog with a wooden skewer and a sail on a plate scattered with
|
||
goldfish crackers. Veggies and dip. Dessert was blue Jell-O in a clear plastic cup with jujube fish
|
||
suspended in the Jell-O and a cookie island on top. Each plate had little cocktail swords for
|
||
skewering vegetables.
|
||
After lunch, camp chores and quiet time Bev had them make a captains hook using a Styrofoam
|
||
cup and cardboard hook which they covered with tinfoil strips. Then they made an eyepatch from
|
||
black funfoam and elastic. Later in the afternoon they made really cute pom pom and felt parrots
|
||
for their hats. I had purchased paper pirate hats from the birthday supply store and everyone
|
||
dressed as pirates for dinner with their hat, eyepatch and hook hand. Cook served tater treats,
|
||
chicken strips and veggies and dip in the pirate pak ships donated by White Spot Restaurants.
|
||
We had chocolate pudding with crushed cookies sprinkled on top and a worm in each bowl.
|
||
In the evening everyone made telescopes. We used a paper towel roll and a piece of a
|
||
cardboard roll donated from a drapery shop. Girls attached clear cellophane to the end with an
|
||
elastic and then masking tape. They covered the rolls with different colours of construction paper
|
||
and decorated each telescope with colored electric tape from the dollar store
|
||
We had decorations of pirate cutouts around the room which I purchased from a party store. We
|
||
hung a fishnet on the wall and we had stuffed plush sea creatures (mostly from little mermaid)
|
||
and sea shells on the net.
|
||
The Fisher Price Pirate CD had a few songs which we taped and played several times throughout
|
||
the weekend and learned the songs.
|
||
Its a pirates Life:
|
||
Its a pirates Life, a pirates life
|
||
Its a pirates life for me.
|
||
on our galleon ship we'll have lots of fun
|
||
as we sail the deep blue sea
|
||
Its a pirates life, a pirates life
|
||
Its a pirates life for me
|
||
we can swim all day we can dance and play
|
||
as we sail the deep blue sea
|
||
Cannon Song:
|
||
Load up the cannon and fire away, we LOVE to shoot cannons by night time or day
|
||
Take aim at your target and focus your eye and laugh as you see that old cannon ball fly.
|
||
(We sang this song as we launched frozen peas from a spoon onto the grass for the rabbits)
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 18 ---
|
||
Out on the Ocean:
|
||
Out on the ocean sailing the sea, we're fun loving swashbucklin pirates are we
|
||
We search for adventure and love to be free, out on the ocean sailing the sea
|
||
With a shiver me timber and a yo ho ho ho, we look for adventure where ever we go
|
||
So climb on aboard it's great to be free, sailing the ocean sailing the sea
|
||
Searching For treasure:
|
||
Searching for treasure digging for gold, a chest full of treasure we're about to behold
|
||
Anything shiny anything bright, searching for treasure is a pirates delight
|
||
Arr Arr Arr Arrr and yo ho ho ho, a chest full of treasure in other words dough
|
||
Anything sparkly like stars in the night, searching for treasure is pirate's delight
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
From Barb Wright mailto:barbwright@home.com
|
||
Victoria, B.C., Canada
|
||
Website for Pirate info:
|
||
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/pirates/maina.html
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
From morristd wrote:
|
||
Several can be accessed from this page
|
||
http://dltk-kids.com/crafts/pirates/mpirate.html
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 19 ---
|
||
Wild Weekend Theme
|
||
From :Margaret Fraser snisymca@navnet.net, Halifax, NS
|
||
Menu
|
||
Friday
|
||
Crackers and cheese, juice.
|
||
Saturday
|
||
Breakfast: “Wild” pancakes (wild colours) with syrup, milk, fruit.
|
||
The pancakes will be made "wild" by swirling food colouring through them, and adding the berries
|
||
of the girl's choice - blueberries, strawberries or grated apples and cinnamon.
|
||
Snack 1: Trail mix and juice or milk.
|
||
Lunch: Grilled Cheese sandwich or Hotdogs (camper’s choice, but you will be
|
||
held to what you picked at the meeting), milk, carrot sticks.
|
||
Snack 2: Oatmeal cookies with Smarties in them, milk.
|
||
Supper: Spaghetti with meat sauce, salad, milk, rolls.
|
||
Snack 3: S’mores around the campfire.
|
||
Sunday
|
||
Breakfast: Cold or hot cereal (camper’s choice), toast, fruit, milk.
|
||
Snack 1: Odds and ends, leftovers.
|
||
Schedule
|
||
Friday
|
||
6:30 7:00: Arrive at camp
|
||
7:00 - 8:00: Set up tents, camp tour, fire drill.
|
||
8:00 - 8:30: Snack
|
||
8:30-9:30: Duties and Campfire
|
||
9:30-10:00: Ready for bed, lights out.
|
||
10:00: Taps
|
||
Saturday
|
||
7:30: Wake up. Dress. Tidy tents.
|
||
8:00-8:30: Wood and Water. Kitchen Patrol make breakfast. Individual camp challenges.
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 20 ---
|
||
8:30-9:00: Eat breakfast.
|
||
9:00-9:30: Duties (dishes, lats), individual camp challenges.
|
||
9:30-9:45: Flag Raising and Thought of the Day.
|
||
9:45-10:30: Hike to complete requirements 5 of Nature observer badge and 1 of Wildflower
|
||
badge.
|
||
10:30-11:00:Snack
|
||
11:00-12:00: Complete Wildflower badge (name three edible and three poisonous wild plants and
|
||
where you would find them, name endangered flowers and what is being done to protect them,
|
||
Mayflower craft).
|
||
12:00-12:30: Cook patrol makes lunch. Wood and Water. Individual camp challenges.
|
||
12:30-1:00: Eat Lunch.
|
||
1:00-1:30: Duties (dishes, lats). Individual camp challenges.
|
||
1:30-2:00: Kim’s Game
|
||
2:00-3:00: Siesta time!
|
||
3:00-3:30: Snack
|
||
3:30-4:30: Round Robin activities to complete Nature Observer.
|
||
1)Lynn for tracking Story
|
||
2) Carol for Kim’s Game
|
||
3) Kathy for cover, camouflage, direction of wind
|
||
4) Margaret for creeping quietly.
|
||
4:30-5:00: Play tracking game/camouflage game (Hide and Seek?) [One leader starts pot of
|
||
boiling water for spaghetti, otherwise we won’t eat until midnight!]
|
||
5:00-5:30: Wood and Water. Cook Patrol makes supper. Independent camp challenges.
|
||
5:30-6:00: Eat supper.
|
||
6:00-6:30: Duties (dishes, lats), independent camp challenges.
|
||
6:30-7:00: Game-moving quietly (possibly Dragon’s Hoard)
|
||
7:00-8:30: Campfire, snack. Flag lowering ceremony.
|
||
8:30-9:30: Wide game (possibly Night Eyes).
|
||
9:30-10:00: Get ready for bed. Lights out.
|
||
10:00: Taps.
|
||
Sunday
|
||
7:30: Wake up. Dress. Tidy tents.
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 21 ---
|
||
8:00-8:30: Wood and Water. Cook Patrol makes breakfast. Independent camp challenges.
|
||
8:30-9:00: Eat breakfast.
|
||
9:00-9:30: Duties (lats and dishes). Independent camp challenges.
|
||
9:30-10:30: Pack all belongings. Strike tents. Clean camp.
|
||
10:30-11:00: Snack.
|
||
11:00-12:00: Final camp clean-up. Guides Own. Go Well and Safely!
|
||
These are the camp challenges for the independent camp challenges part. Each one will have a
|
||
camp hat craft as the reward for doing it, and if girls do the first five they wil earn the WAGGGS
|
||
water badge. The Guides Own for this camp has not yet been put together. The girls will earn
|
||
the Wildflower and Nature Observer badges as part of this camp.
|
||
WAGGGS Water Challenge!
|
||
1) Figure out what the main causes of water pollution are in your area (for example, farming
|
||
chemicals, industry, sewage and so on). Tell a leader who is not busy. When you have finished
|
||
this challenge, take a challenge token. Do all five WAGGGS challenges well and you will earn a
|
||
badge!
|
||
WAGGGS Water Challenge!
|
||
2) Find out the source of water at camp. Is it purified in any way? Is it different from the city
|
||
water supply? If it is, how? Tell a leader who is not too busy. When you have completed this
|
||
challenge, take a challenge token. Do all five WAGGGS challenges and you will earn a badge!
|
||
WAGGGS Water Challenge!
|
||
3) Suggest some ways to improve either the water quality or the water supply for the City of
|
||
Halifax. Tell a leader who is not too busy to listen. When you have finished this challenge, take a
|
||
challenge token. Do all five WAGGGS challenges well and earn a badge!
|
||
WAGGGS Water Challenge!
|
||
4) Do you swim, or canoe, or go out in boats, or skate on a frozen lake? What effects can
|
||
these activities have on the environment? Can they be harmful to the environment? What health
|
||
and safety rules do you follow when you do these activities? Tell a leader who is not too busy all
|
||
about it. Then take a challenge token. Do all five WAGGGS challenges and earn a badge!
|
||
WAGGGS Water Challenge!
|
||
5) Name two or three plants or animals that live part or all of their lives by the water. Tell how
|
||
their habitat is important to them (why do they need water? Do they need it to live in, to keep
|
||
them wet, to feed them, do they breath under water?). Tell a leader who is not tearing her hair
|
||
out all about it. Then take a challenge token. If you do all five of these WAGGGS challenges,
|
||
you will earn a badge!
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Make Friends with a tree for the day. Visit it five times in the day, and be able to tell ten things
|
||
about it (what kind of tree is it?).
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Find five wild flowers. Draw them and find out what they are (Margaret has a book about wild
|
||
flowers).
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 22 ---
|
||
Recognise at least three different types of clouds in the actual sky.
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Know what to do and what not to do outdoors during a thunderstorm. Tell someone else.
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Put the same amount of water in three different places outside. Which one evaporates first?
|
||
Why?
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Be able to identify five trees, flowers, rocks, bushes or seeds which can be found around the
|
||
campsite (five total, not five of each, but feel free to keep going if you want to!).
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Find at least five things a bird could use to make a nest.
|
||
Nature Challenge!
|
||
Follow an insect for at least three minutes.
|
||
Friendship!
|
||
Know the full names of everyone in your group and one special thing about each person.
|
||
Friendship!
|
||
Choose a secret friend for the day. Do at least three nice things for them without them finding
|
||
out!
|
||
Friendship!
|
||
Draw a picture of someone in the camp. Display it and see if people can guess who it is.
|
||
Friendship!
|
||
Find out one special thing about each leader without actually asking them or someone else.
|
||
Friendship!
|
||
Sit for a meal with someone you don’t know very well. Get to know them.
|
||
Campfire!
|
||
Write a poem about camp. Recite it a campfire. Let the campfire leader know you want to do
|
||
this!
|
||
Campfire!
|
||
Using a tune you know already, write a song about camp. Sing it at campfire (you could do this
|
||
as a group). Make sure the campfire leader knows you want to do this
|
||
Campfire!
|
||
Write a diary entry about your day at camp, or about something special that happened to you that
|
||
day, or something funny, or….use your imagination! Read it at campfire (let the campfire leader
|
||
know about this ahead of time).
|
||
Silly but Fun!
|
||
Wear a badge that says “Most Polite Person in the World” for at least an hour. Show how you
|
||
won the award by being super polite!
|
||
Silly but Fun!
|
||
Eat a meal using chopsticks you made yourself.
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||
Silly but Fun!
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Eat a meal using the wrong hand to hold your fork.
|
||
Communication
|
||
Use semaphore or some sort of code to send a message to a friend.
|
||
Communication
|
||
Eat an entire meal communicating only in sign language and mime!
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|
||
Jungle Safari Theme
|
||
Received from: Annette netzer29@HOTMAIL.COM, Ottawa, ON
|
||
My daughter had a Jungle Safari theme for her birthday this year. She is younger than Guides,
|
||
but it could work for them too.
|
||
We played "Tree, Log, Bridge" which they loved. We play it with our Guides too and they love it
|
||
as well. This is a relay race. The first person takes about 3 large steps forward; spreads her
|
||
arms out like a "t". She is the tree. The next person runs around the tree; takes 3 large steps
|
||
forward and then lays down. She is the log. The next girl runs around the tree, jumps over the
|
||
log; takes 3 large steps forward and arches to become a bridge. Then they start over again until
|
||
they all cross the finishing line.
|
||
I bought cheap material from Walmart that looked like zebra stripes and leopard spots. I made
|
||
them headbands (or belt ties would work) which they loved (It also helped to separate them into
|
||
teams.)
|
||
We divided the kids into 4 different animals (e.g. elephant, monkey, lion, and tiger). They were
|
||
then blindfolded and had to make the sound of the animals and try to get themselves in the right
|
||
group. This was fun, but we had to watch them closing so nobody bonked heads!
|
||
To calm them down after this, we did the "Rain". Sitting in a circle, with eyes closed, the first
|
||
person quietly rubs her hands together. The next person follows the actions and so on. When it
|
||
gets back to the first person again, she snaps her finger; then slaps her tighs; then stomps her
|
||
feet; each action gets a little faster and louder. Then reverse the actions. Sounds really neat.
|
||
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||
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--- PAGE 25 ---
|
||
Heritage Camp Ideas
|
||
From Helen Archibald, Pointe Claire, Quebec
|
||
Ice Cream in a Tin Can
|
||
Note: Do not dispose of salty melted water on ground where plants grow - it is very toxic to plants.
|
||
The parking lot makes a good place to dispose of it.
|
||
Materials required:
|
||
Large coffee can with plastic lid;
|
||
Small coffee can with plastic lid
|
||
duct tape;
|
||
ice;
|
||
pickling salt, road salt, or coarse salt
|
||
For 1 pint of ice cream:
|
||
4 Girl Guide cookies
|
||
¾ cup milk
|
||
¾ cup heavy cream
|
||
1/3 cup superfine sugar
|
||
1 teaspoon vanilla
|
||
Chop the cookies into small pieces. Combine milk & cream with sugar. Shake in can 2 minutes
|
||
until sugar dissolves. Stir vanilla and crushed cookies into can. Seal top VERY tightly with duct
|
||
tape. (you don’t want salty water in there!) Place small can in large one. Fill surrounding space
|
||
with ice and salt. Tape lid firmly in place to make waterproof seal. Roll the can from one person to
|
||
another for about 10 minutes. Open large can, replace melted water with more ice & add more
|
||
salt.
|
||
Roll another 10 minutes.
|
||
Ice cream should be finished. It will melt very quickly because there are no additives.
|
||
Molasses Taffy:
|
||
3 Tablespoons butter
|
||
2/3 cup white sugar
|
||
2 cups molasses
|
||
Saucepan
|
||
Waxed paper
|
||
Scissors
|
||
Platter
|
||
Melt the butter in the saucepan. Tip the pan to grease the sides. Add molasses & sugar. Stir until
|
||
the sugar is well dissolved. Bring to a boil stirring all the while. Cook until candy tests “hard ball”
|
||
(a bit dropped into cold water becomes brittle). Pour onto well-greased platter to cool until you
|
||
can handle it. Grease hands, & pull taffy from hand to hand until it becomes firm & turns golden.
|
||
Draw out to a smooth band or twist into a rope. Cut into small pieces & wrap in waxed paper.
|
||
French Bread
|
||
1 package yeast (or 1 Tablespoon)
|
||
1 1/4 cups boiling water
|
||
1 Tablespoon sugar & 1 teaspoon sugar
|
||
2 teaspoons salt
|
||
2 teaspoons ginger
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 26 ---
|
||
1 Tablespoon shortening
|
||
4 ½ cups flour
|
||
bowl
|
||
plastic for kneading
|
||
measuring cup
|
||
combine:
|
||
1 1/4 cups boiling water
|
||
1 Tablespoon sugar
|
||
2 teaspoons salt
|
||
2 teaspoons ginger
|
||
1 Tablespoon shortening
|
||
stir until shortening melts. Cool to lukewarm.
|
||
Meanwhile: Dissolve 1 teaspoon sugar in 1/4 cup of warm water Sprinkle with yeast. Let stand for
|
||
10 minutes. In bowl, combine yeast mixture & warm water mixture. Add 2 cups flour, stirring
|
||
vigorously. Gradually add 2 to 2 ½ more cups flour. Work in with hands. Divide into a piece for
|
||
each person & knead for 8 to 10 minutes. Cover & let rise until double (1 to 1 ½ hours)
|
||
Punch down, & shape into small loaves. Let rise again (1 hour)
|
||
Bake at 425 deg. F until golden (about 20 minutes). (If it is 3 large loaves bake 25 minutes).
|
||
Butter:
|
||
Small bottle; marble; Whipping cream; salt, if desired Fill the bottle about half way with cream.
|
||
Add a clean marble.Close lid securely. Shake until cream separates into butter & buttermilk.
|
||
Buttermilk Paint:
|
||
Buttermilk; Blueberries; Water; Saucepan; Sieve
|
||
Boil the blueberries in water until you have mush & dark blue liquid. Strain out the blueberries,
|
||
add some blue liquid to the buttermilk until you have the desired colour.
|
||
Soap
|
||
Materials:
|
||
1 can lye
|
||
2 Kg lard or shortening or other fat (4 ½ lb)
|
||
1.4 L water (2 ½ pints)
|
||
Rubber gloves
|
||
Heatproof container, not aluminum
|
||
wooden spoon
|
||
large saucepan
|
||
petroleum jelly
|
||
pan with sides at least 2.5 cm (1 inch) high
|
||
Slowly add lye to cold water in heatproof container (not aluminum). Stir until lye completely
|
||
dissolves. Cool to lukewarm
|
||
Melt lard in large pot over medium heat until it becomes a clear liquid. Remove from heat & cool
|
||
until it fat offers resistance to a wooden spoon. Stir occasionally. Liberally grease pan with
|
||
petroleum jelly
|
||
Carefully pour the lye into the fat in SLOW steady stream with slow, even stirring. Continue to stir
|
||
slowly until consistency is like honey (about 10-20 minutes). Pour into pan. After 2 hours cut into
|
||
squares After 24 hours, remove from pan & stack to dry. (2-3 weeks)* Wrap in paper.
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 27 ---
|
||
* for Y2K camp, you will have to wrap it, take it home , unwrap it & let it dry further.
|
||
Dipped Candles:
|
||
Caution: remember that parowax is VERY flammable. Keep away from heat source. Be sure to
|
||
use double boiler or other control system to avoid overheating wax.
|
||
Parafin wax; small tin can, deep as candle will be; candle wick; small stick; electric fry pan; water
|
||
Fill electric fry pan with water and heat till water boils. Tie a piece of candle wick 10 - 12 inches
|
||
(30 cm) to a small stick. Break the parowax into pieces small enough to fit in can. Melt wax
|
||
carefully, adding wax till can is full. Dip the wick into wax. Lift it out. Let it drip over the tin until
|
||
dripping stops. When wax is firm dip the candle again. Repeat the process until the candle is as
|
||
thick as you would like. To make a well-shaped candle smooth & straighten the candle between
|
||
dippings with your hand - when it is cool enough to touch.
|
||
You can use old candles to melt down. You can also add colour by using old candles or old
|
||
crayons. You only need the colours in the outside layers.
|
||
Corn Husk Dolls:
|
||
corn husks
|
||
string, yarn or thread
|
||
scissors
|
||
permanent marker for face if desired
|
||
dried corn silk or yarn for hair
|
||
Soak the husks if necessary to make them flexible. Lay 4 -6 husks on top of each other. Fold
|
||
down enough to make head & body. (If the husks are long enough, fold in half). Use string or yarn
|
||
to wrap around for neck. Roll one husk into a cylinder to make arms. Insert through body below
|
||
head. Tie string around the arms near ends to make hands. (You may need to trim). Tie another
|
||
string around body below arms to make waist. If you want the doll to have pants, cut up the
|
||
middle of the lower part. tie string around each leg near bottom for ankles & feet If you want a
|
||
face, draw it on with a permanent marker Add hair by gluing on corn silk or yarn. Hang to dry.
|
||
Button spinner (whirligig):
|
||
large button with 2 or 4 holes (not a shank)
|
||
piece of string about 1 meter long (36 inches)
|
||
Tread the string through one button hole, and back through the other. Tie the ends of the string
|
||
securely
|
||
Pull the string loop so button is in middle. Hold the ends of the loops of string. Spin the button
|
||
round & round to twist up the string. When the string is tightly twisted, pull the ends of the string
|
||
apart. The button will spin so much it rewinds in the opposite direction. If you pull with an even
|
||
rhythm, you can keep it spinning.
|
||
Thaumatrope:
|
||
see Canadian Guider Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 2, spring 2000 page 23.
|
||
Pinwheel:
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 28 ---
|
||
sheet of paper; ruler; straw; straight pin; scissors; crayons or markers to decorate
|
||
Cut piece of paper 10 cm (4 inches) square. Draw two lines like an X connecting opposite
|
||
corners. Number corners 1-4. Colour sections different colours, if you wish. Cut halfway to centre
|
||
on each line. Take point 1 & bring it to center. Bring point 2 in & place on top of point 1. Then
|
||
bring in Points 3 & 4. Push a pin through all four points and into the straw. Bend end of pin so you
|
||
won't get hurt. Blow gently on pinwheel or hold it in the wind. In place of straw you can use a
|
||
pencil with an eraser.
|
||
Cat's Cradle:
|
||
Cut a piece of string about 1 meter (3 feet) long. Knot the ends together. Play cat's cradle with
|
||
string.
|
||
Team Cat’s Cradle:
|
||
Using a very large rope which is tied into a circle, and using people for your fingers, try to do a
|
||
cat’s cradle.
|
||
Hint: Have two people actually doing it on the fingers & a thrid person directing the people how to
|
||
do it.
|
||
Plains Indian Stone Game:
|
||
About 12 flatish stones.
|
||
paint
|
||
basket
|
||
2 teams of 1- X people
|
||
Take about 12 flat stones. Paint spots on one side of each. Put them in a bowl or basket and
|
||
shake the basket so the stones lift up in the air. When they land in the basket, score a point for
|
||
every one which lands spot side up.
|
||
Claudia Lister & Canadian Guider magazine
|
||
Flapjack Flipping Race:
|
||
two well-cooked (firm) pancakes
|
||
four frying pans
|
||
two teams of at least 3 people each
|
||
Teams face each other across the room.
|
||
:
|
||
:
|
||
:e
|
||
:p
|
||
facing:
|
||
:p
|
||
:e
|
||
:
|
||
:
|
||
Give a frying pan and a pancake to the first girl (:p) on each team, and an empty frying pan to the
|
||
girls second in line (:e). :p runs across the room, flipping her pancake while she runs, and then
|
||
when she reaches the opposite of the room, she flips her pancake into their empty frying pan and
|
||
hands her now empty frying pan to the next girl in line, then takes a place at the rear of the line.
|
||
26
|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 29 ---
|
||
The girl who NOW has the pancake runs back across the room, flipping it in the air as she goes.
|
||
If she drops it, she has to start over. When she gets across the room, there should be a girl with
|
||
an empty frying pan waiting and so on.
|
||
The pancakes HAVE to be tough or they'll disintegrate.
|
||
Claudia Lister
|
||
Cardboard Looms:
|
||
card board about 4 inches by 4 inches (10 cm x 10 cm).
|
||
Yarn
|
||
darning needle
|
||
Vinegar Candy:
|
||
2 cups white sugar
|
||
½ cup vinegar
|
||
2 Tablespoons butter
|
||
Melt the butter in a saucepan & tip the pan to grease the sides. Add the sugar & vinegar & stir
|
||
until sugar is dissolved. Cook slowly to hard ball stage. (265 deg. F.) Pour on buttered pan to
|
||
cool. Pull & cut as for
|
||
Molasses candy.
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 30 ---
|
||
Science Camp
|
||
From: Michele Challis (702546@ICAN.NET), White Oaks Area, Mississauga,Ontario,Canada
|
||
Have a great week eveyone one, I'm on no mail this coming week. I'm off to composite summer
|
||
camp at Camp Wyoka to do my "Mad Mad Science" week. We are starting the week looking at
|
||
Aviation, kite making stuff, archery, studying how arrows fly Tuesday is Engineering Science,
|
||
making gadgets and shelters. I am hoping our camp director Becky Vincent will help out there.
|
||
Wednesday is Weather Day ( but we will be checking out weather stations all week) Thanks to
|
||
Dorothy Crocker's ideas in the Let Try It books. I have my Beaufort Wind Scales all typed up.
|
||
Thursday Chemistry, making goop, facial cream, lip gloss, and some crazy cooking. I will be
|
||
putting that box oven to good use now that I know how to use it. (Thanks Susan and Julie)
|
||
Friday is Biology day with insect study Thru the whole week we have small experiments that the
|
||
kids can do on their own with Magnetism, Electricity, kitchen
|
||
I returned from week long summer camp at Camp Wyoka yesterday. Our Science camp was a
|
||
hit with the campers, but not necessarily because of the the science experiments, which for the
|
||
most part went wrong. The combination of good weather, great food and a great group of kids
|
||
would have made a success out of any week. We didnt get any wind to fly our kites, our baked
|
||
alaska didnt pan out, the experiments with baking soda and vinegar, fizzled.... however the paper
|
||
making was a big hit, as was the chemistry fun with mixing facials, and lip gloss and tatoo paint
|
||
(washable - but took FOREVER to dry) We had a great sky every night but the last for star
|
||
viewing. We had a engineering contest as to which group could build the tallest structure with just
|
||
wood and string. They were very ingenious. And when one group realized that they couldnt top
|
||
the tall ones they improvised the rules and went for the most useful gadget instead or the
|
||
smallest. It was super fun. They did learn that the tripod shape is the best. The tallest one was
|
||
over 18 ft tall. Our common area looked like a dinosaur skeleton display with tripods made of tree
|
||
limbs resembling legs and claws. So much so that we had to move them from the pathway to the
|
||
washroom as they were scaring kids at night.
|
||
Becky Vincent is the camp director joined Friday night to do a bug study with the kids, which they
|
||
initially were reluctant to do, but Becky got them going and they had a great time and learned
|
||
some stuff too!
|
||
From: "S. Nickerson" <s.nick@SYMPATICO.CA>
|
||
Pringles' Constellation Peephole
|
||
Materials- Pringles' Potato Chip Can (large or small); black construction paper; stick-on or glue-
|
||
on stars, etc. for decoration; glue, scissors, hammer, 2 inch regular nail, or ice pick, straight pin;
|
||
copy of constellation(s) on circle the size of the plastic top.
|
||
Eat or save chips. Punch hole with nail/pick in centre of can bottom. Cut discs of construction
|
||
paper - one per constellation. Use pin to create holes for the constellations stars in the disc.
|
||
Cover outside of can with construction paper and decorate. Put one constellation disk inside
|
||
translucent lid. Place on can. Hold can up to light and peep through peephole and see the
|
||
constellations.
|
||
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|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 31 ---
|
||
Murder mystery in Sherwood Forest
|
||
From: Joanne Senetza <JSenetza@HOME.COM> , Surrey, BC
|
||
The credit for creating the mystery must go to my co-Guider, Sue Valcourt. She is extremely
|
||
talented in coming up with these things. It sounds a bit confusing, but it really worked quite well.
|
||
In this case... the murder victim was the minstrel, Allan-a-dale. Sue took the role of the "ghost" of
|
||
Allan-a-dale, so she could oversee without being directly involved. Each of the other three
|
||
Leaders were given roles to play and "scripts" that we could improvise from. For instance, I was
|
||
the Sheriff of Nottingham. My "script" included the following information: I was trained to use all
|
||
the weapons available and had a special ability with the crossbow. On the night of the murder, my
|
||
alibi was that I was home in bed (alone). And I, of course, had no use for the victim who spread
|
||
malicious lies about me.
|
||
Another Guider was Friar Tuck, who said she was alone in the chapel, praying, at the time of the
|
||
murder.
|
||
12 picture cards were made up for each patrol: 4 murderers (including Allan-a-dale, in which
|
||
case it could have been an accidental death), 4 weapons, and 4 locations where the body might
|
||
be hidden. Each patrol had a different coloured set. 3 cards from each set were pulled at the
|
||
outset (the murderer, the weapon, the location). The remaining cards were given to the Leaders
|
||
to hand out to each patrol at the appropriate time.
|
||
10 clues were written (one was a red herring, since there were only 9 cards to hand out to each
|
||
patrol). Each clue included a fact, a rhyme which gave a suspect's name, and a keyword. Clues
|
||
were hidden over the course of the weekend, with never more than 3 out at any one time.
|
||
Hints for the location of a clue were provided in puzzles, riddles and rhymes. For instance, in the
|
||
bathroom was a note written in reverse (which you could read by holding it up to the mirror) which
|
||
said:
|
||
Who killed Allan?
|
||
I wonder too
|
||
By some water
|
||
there is a clue.
|
||
The clue referred to was hidden near the sink outside the shelter. Once found, a clue had to be
|
||
read and then left for others to find. The girl finding the clue had to then gather her patrol and go
|
||
to question the suspect mentioned in that clue. They had to provide the keyword to the suspect
|
||
(Leader), who would in return ask them a question about the fact given in the clue. If they
|
||
answered correctly, they would receive a card showing either a weapon, suspect or location.
|
||
Once they had collected all nine available cards, they could, by process of elimination, solve the
|
||
mystery.
|
||
They also received an arrow (sandwich toothpick) for their quivers for each correct answer given.
|
||
[Unfortunately, the arrows did not stay in the quivers very well, so we were often picking up stray
|
||
toothpicks around the site.]
|
||
The riddles and puzzles given to find the clues required the girls to use some knowledge or skill,
|
||
i.e. take 40 paces north from the flagpole, or find a birch tree with 4 trunks, etc.. The clues
|
||
themselves required the girls to absorb some knowledge (the facts given) i.e. a knot used to tie a
|
||
bedroll, weather proverbs. They also had to work together, since no one was able to get a card
|
||
without the rest of her patrol, and no patrol was allowed to look for clues or question suspects
|
||
until their duties were done. (I've never seen girls more anxious to get all their dishes washed!
|
||
This was a lot of work and I know Sue spent hours preparing clues and hints, but the girls really
|
||
had a lot of fun!
|
||
29
|
||
|
||
--- PAGE 32 ---
|
||
I hope I've explained this clearly enough. If you have further questions, perhaps you should e-
|
||
mail me directly so as not to clog the list further.
|
||
***************************************
|
||
A Murder Mystery in Sherwood Forest
|
||
Camp Report
|
||
This was one of the best camps we've ever done, if I do say so myself. In spite of all my
|
||
stressing out over which girl to put in which tent and who was in which duty patrol, the girls all got
|
||
along really well (for the most part). 18 (of a possible 19) girls participated, along with all four Unit
|
||
Guiders.
|
||
Almost everyone arrived on time on Friday evening and got their gear stowed in the platform tents
|
||
in record time. The rules of the camp were reviewed and the method for solving the mystery was
|
||
explained. We did the murder mystery somewhat like a game of Clue, in that we had cards made
|
||
up for each patrol with weapons, suspects, and locations. One of the parents selected the three
|
||
cards which would be the solution to the mystery. The girls had to work together in their patrols
|
||
to find hidden clues, question the suspects (the Leaders), solve puzzles and earn the cards which
|
||
would, by process of elimination, tell them who had done it, with which weapon and where the
|
||
body was hidden. Clues were distributed over the course of the weekend so that they had to wait
|
||
until Sunday morning for the last of them. Then they were asked to put on skits to show what
|
||
they thought had taken place.
|
||
All the patrols did their duties without complaint, and really enjoyed cooking their own lunch on
|
||
Saturday (sloppy joes). We made pineapple upside down cakes in tuna cans (which don't work
|
||
very well without the pineapple, by the way) and baked them in a foil reflector oven over the fire.
|
||
We had a monks' meal on Saturday night... the girls caught on fairly quickly and only a few
|
||
actually ended up without any utensils, but giggling continued throughout the meal.
|
||
Although it rained quite heavily on Friday night, all the girls and their gear remained dry and the
|
||
sun broke through by noon on Saturday. There were still some scattered showers until late
|
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Saturday night. Unfortunately, we did not have an outdoor campfire either evening due to the
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rain, but the girls enjoyed a sing-along in the shelter both nights. Saturday night was clear but
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cold. Some of our newer campers learned that we really mean it when we say bring a toque and
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mittens to Spring Camp.
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The girls really enjoyed the nature hike Saturday morning, when we worked on our Forestry
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badge and learned how to identify some trees. Info cards (with info from Dorothy's Let's Try It
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series) were posted around the site, so the girls could learn more. They also needed to use that
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information to find some of their mystery clues.
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We did crafts - a bow & quiver hat craft and tussie mussies, and made a simple camp gadget - a
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fuzz stick. The girls really seemed to enjoy learning to use their pocket knives properly and were
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whittling away at every available opportunity. Our First Aider was relieved that they only incurred
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two minor cuts in the process.
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The Bare Necessities
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From: Kathy Brown <kathy.brown@ns.sympatico.ca
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Here is an overview of what we have planned for this weekend. This is a Guider weekend, no
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girls. We have mostly Spark and Brownie Guiders attending.
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Friday is no set activities.
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Saturday:
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8:45 Registration
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9:00 Rules & Regulations (just like at camp)
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9:15 Colours (flag folding, raising, making your own flag pole)
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10:15 Break
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10:30 People Savers (Red Cross)
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11:30 Duties
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12:00 Lunch
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1:00 Games
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1:30 Hug-A-Tree Program Intro
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2:00 Developing a theme
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3:00 Break
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3:15 Budgets (financial statements for camp)
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4:00 Dealing with Homesickness
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4:30 Scavenger Hunt
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5:00 Supper
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6:30 Hat Crafts, social time
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7:30 Campfire
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Sunday:
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9:30 True Colors
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11:30 Reflections
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12:00 Lunch, clena up, depart
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A few of the crafts we are doing are: Toilet paper roll, frying pans, bottle (toilet) brush, fly swatter,
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bed roll, pipe cleaner bear (using 1 pipecleaner)
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Survivor Camp
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From: Gayle Boyd aagrboyd@TELUSPLANET.NET Edmonton, Alberta
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We had an awesome "survivor" camp two weekends ago.
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RE: voting people off - I made up injury cards, when we had a team challenge each member of
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the losing team had to draw a chip from a black bag, the one with the odd coloured chip had to
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receive an "injury". Other members of their team performed appropriate first aid for their injury
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and they went through the rest of the weekend with it. splint, slings, whatever). The un-injured
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girls were actually hoping for injuries by the end of the weekend!
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We set up an orienteering course that had various challenges (shelters, etc.) for them to follow.
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They also had to retrieve "lunch cards" on their way, each card got them an ingredient for lunch.
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Who could start a fire and cook lunch the fastest was another challenge. The girls were read a
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legend and then had to find masks hidden around the camp site with questions about the legend
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for them to answer. A "rules of the wilderness" trivia game was another challenge. Girls were
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lined up on a "board" and took one step forward for each right answer until one got to the end.
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(This challenge ended in a knot tie off between two girls who were tied). My husband and son
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brought in a safety harness and helped with our tree climbing challenge. A bell was hung high up
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in a tree and it was a timed race to see who could ring it the fastest. We also had a "know your
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tribal chiefs" challenge where the girls had to find out answers to questions about the guiders.
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(they had all weekend to work on this one).
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The definite highlight was the "Survivor Supper" the Guiders prepared for them. Rat(meatloaf
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shaped like rats with black olive eyes and long licorice tails wrapped around them on the plate),
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Rice (of course) and jungle greens (salad with a generous sprinkling of plastic bugs). Desert was
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not a survivor food but it was a challenge to eat....kitty litter cake!
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http://www.kidskuisine.com/asp/recipe.asp?recipe=104
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We ended the weekend with a survivor enrollment.
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It was a fantastic time, it is a fun way to cover a lot of B.P. emblem challenges.
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Hollywood and Star Theme
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From:Debbie Hillis <debbiehillis@HOTMAIL.COM
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To:GUIDING@SKL.COM
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How about making stepping stones with their hand prints and names in them and then donate to
|
||
the camp to put around campfire or a path somewhere special.
|
||
Debbie Hillis
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FromKaren Cheng <KarenCHCheng@AOL.COM, England
|
||
How about using old newpapers and sellotape to make Oscar dresses? The older girls would
|
||
definitely be up to it and the smaller the girls make really good models. If you have some old
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||
pinking shears and stickers or glitter pens you can make them really glamorous. At a guide
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||
meeting last year the girls (aged 10-14) managed to produce their creations in about an hour, so
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||
with the extra time you've got at camp, even the younger girls should be fine.
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||
From: Sue Hutchinson <dramatis-personae@SKL.NET> Toronto, Ontario
|
||
How about a easy take-off of the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
|
||
If you are outside, take long sheets of poster paper, and lie them on a flat surface.
|
||
Have the girls dip their hands and/or feet into pie pins filled with poster paint and have them leave
|
||
their hand or footprint for posterity.
|
||
Make pretend cameras out of small boxes and toilet paper rolls and pretend to take pictures of
|
||
the historic occasion.
|
||
Have the girls create a movie star image for themselves. Must be an entirely new name (for
|
||
example Zsa Zsa VanDoofleheiimer) and ask them questions about their illustrious movie career!
|
||
("Never heard of me! I was in pink poodles from Pluto as the Head Poodle Queen!)
|
||
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--- PAGE 36 ---
|
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Other Theme Ideas
|
||
From: Kathleen Whyte kwhite113@home.com, Central Area Trainer, Ontario
|
||
Dana - Horseback riding camp always my fav - western theme - campfire cooking - and cowgirl
|
||
hats
|
||
From:Liz Lovis <llovis@HOME.COM>, Ottawa Area,
|
||
"Camp Skills" (great for a new unit or those with lots of first years);
|
||
"Christmas in July";
|
||
"Do-Nothing";
|
||
Voyageur
|
||
Lumberjack
|
||
Goldrush Fever/Miner/Long may your big jib draw(whatever fits in your neck of the woods),
|
||
"Backwards Pmac";
|
||
"Gourmet Outdoors";
|
||
"Winter Survival";
|
||
"First Aid" (get them certified!);
|
||
"Special/Para Olympics";
|
||
"Provincial weekend (i.e. you're going to a different province for the weekend and focus on the
|
||
culture, arts, history, etc. of that particular province)
|
||
"Heritage Sports" (lacrosse cricket, shinny, old games from the turn of the turn of the century) ...
|
||
From: Marianne B Mitchell <mguiding@hotmail.com> Ottawa Area
|
||
The following is a list of camp theme ideas that I have heard suggested before, I've thought up
|
||
myself, or which I have participated in.
|
||
Western
|
||
Journey to the stars (astronomy, astrology, etc)
|
||
Time Warp (365 days of the year in a single weekend)
|
||
Holiday camp ( major holidays of the year, incl. different cultures)
|
||
Saturday morning cartoons
|
||
Sesame Street
|
||
Disney
|
||
Murder Mystery
|
||
International
|
||
Blockbuster Weekend (A weekend at the movies)
|
||
Under the Sea
|
||
Jungle Fever
|
||
Weekend Rock Ride: music from the 60's, 70's and 80's
|
||
Circus
|
||
At the beach
|
||
Weather
|
||
Science and Technology
|
||
Kindergarten
|
||
Fairy Tales
|
||
Camp Skills
|
||
A weekend of crafts
|
||
Water, Water Everywhere!
|
||
From: Jacquie Whelan <jacquie13@acncanada.net>
|
||
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--- PAGE 37 ---
|
||
Subject: Camp theme
|
||
>To: GUIDING@skl.com
|
||
I will be doing the "When in Rome..." theme with my Pathfinders for our upcoming camp....
|
||
So far we have planned a Toga party (Greek salad..and togas)...does anyone have suggestions
|
||
for me?
|
||
From: Sue Hutchinson <dramatis-personae@SKL.NET> , Toronto, Ontario
|
||
Re: [GUI/SCO] Camp theme “When in Rome”
|
||
How about chariot races Have the girls create chariots using recycled materials (empty cans,
|
||
toilet paper tubes.;whatever) and have them race them?
|
||
Try re-inacting a roman comedy with masks
|
||
How about storytelling creating your own myth?
|
||
A game when in rome do as the romans do (explain that in ancient rome, it was considered
|
||
etiquette
|
||
to.... (and create something that all must agree to and try)
|
||
eg "In ancient Pompeii it was considered polite to greet each other in the traditional fashion of
|
||
waving your hand in front of your face, bowing, turning around three times and saying chessie-
|
||
weesie neener neener neener)
|
||
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--- PAGE 38 ---
|
||
Cool Websites
|
||
From: Bev Spillane <bjspill@attcanada.ca
|
||
Dana, try this site. I've found it invaluable for ideas
|
||
http://www.childfun.com
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
||
Di <dew@NEX.NET.AU
|
||
There are five stories from camps at
|
||
http://www.trefoilnet.com/camps/stories/camp2.htm
|
||
May give mroe ideas.
|
||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
|
||
From:Sue Avey wavey@ODYSSEY.ON.CA, London, Ontario
|
||
,
|
||
I found some space songs on this site they are near the bottom of a very long page.
|
||
www.scoutinglinks.com/resources/daycamp/spacecamp.html
|
||
S.W.A.P.S.
|
||
http://members.xoom.com/Troop74/swaps.html
|
||
http://www.trudyd.homestead.com/swaps.html
|
||
http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/Troop74/swaps.html
|
||
www.Geocities.com/Heartland/3810/index.html
|
||
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3392/swaps.html
|
||
http://www.gsusa.org/girls/Go/Travel/Swaps/swaps2.htm
|
||
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/4413/crafts.html
|
||
Graces:
|
||
Includes music - http://homepage.mac.com/dragon3/Graces/menu.html
|
||
Themes:
|
||
http://www.boardmanweb.com/party/party_themes.htm
|
||
http://www.thepartyworks.com/freepartyplans.htm
|
||
http://www.childfun.com/themes/
|
||
Knots , Compass or Trails:
|
||
http://www.mistral.co.uk/42brghtn/knots/42ktthmb.html
|
||
http://www.astro.uio.no/~kjetikj/compass/
|
||
http://www.realknots.com/knots/index.htm
|
||
http://www.guidezone.skl.com/trailsing.gif
|
||
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6690/survival.htm
|
||
http://members.xoom.com/Yuppy/crafts/fknot.htm
|
||
Make you own compass: http://www.looklearnanddo.com/documents/projects_compass.html
|
||
http://www.trefoilnet.com/ideas/game/oddraw.htm
|
||
http://www.trefoilnet.com/ideas/game/glist.htm
|
||
Gadgets:
|
||
http://www.norfolkscouts.org.uk/res/ledow/pion6b.html
|
||
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--- PAGE 39 ---
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||
Camping:
|
||
http://www.hp.com/printing_ideas/
|
||
Camp cooking:
|
||
http://www..hotyellow98.com/johnnyscout/dutchcook.html
|
||
www.geocities.com/Yosemite/5307/lunch.html
|
||
www.greatoutdoors.com/hiking/recipes/users.htm
|
||
http://www.melborponsti.com/speirs/mastermx/index.htm
|
||
http://www.teleport.com/%7etguptill/cooking.htm
|
||
Winter camping:
|
||
http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/winter/wintcamp.shtml
|
||
http://www.learnnet.nt.ca/taketheplunge/Unit1/quinzhee1.html
|
||
http://www.escanabaschools.com/wintercities2k/science/science.htm
|
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