Girl Camp

My friend, Jackie, is the best idea person I know. One of her brilliant ones was Girl Camp. She says she read about this in a magazine, but I wouldn't doubt that she just came up with it on a whim! So, this week, we had 16 girls "enrolled" in girl camp which rotated houses and moms and had fun girly themes each day.

The first day, I hosted with my friend, Amy. She came up with the fun idea to host a circus. We had circus animal shaped waffles for snack, then we had clown crafts, and an obstacle course full of circus activities. We also played pin-the-nose-on-the-clown, tame the lion, then we read books, and watched a circus movie. Amy found this idea to make snake hot dogs, flame thrower fruit kabobs, and popcorn. The kids had a blast!

Meredith, walking the tight rope
Jillian loved playing parachute
After the planned obstacle course, the girls put on their very own circus without any of the moms helping - it was priceless! Meredith was a dancing seal and Jillian just jumped in as needed...
...like to be a baby elephant
Meredith loved her clown gear!

The best part for the moms was that they only hosted one day, so the other days of the week you were girl-free (which, since I am a mom of 2 girls, meant I was kid-free!) On Wednesday, the girls had a Princess Movie day - they watched Tangled, dressed-up, and did Princess crafts. Thursday was craft day at Jackie's family's art gallery. They also took time out to do hair and make-up and a fashion show. Jackie told me that Meredith took such good care of Jillian and they walked the runway together for their portion of the show. Today was the last day, and they had a science and nature day - they took a nature walk, made volcanoes, and brought home goop. Each day Jillian was a bit resistant to being dropped off, but she always told me "had fun at camp!" or "had fun with friends!" And of course Meredith looked forward to it every day. Now, to plan for Girls Camp 2012!