Home camping trip

Yearning for camping? But it's too cold? Guess what? You can have a camping trip in you're very own house!

What you will need: 
A sleeping bag
A lantern (optional)
Marshmallows (if you're mom wants you to eat something healthier, ask her to make these: http://urbanposer.blogspot.com/2011/11/home-made-honey-sweetened-marshmallows.html )
A blank scrapbook
A camera
A computer and printer
Crayons

How to: First, roll out you're sleeping bag on the couch or on the floor. Put the lantern next to it. Then, take a picture of you on you eating marshmallows on the sleeping bag. True, you can't roast them, but I think they taste good anyway, right? If you want, you can draw a picture of a campfire and pretend to roast them with you're dolls and stuffed animals. You can take a picture of that, too. 

Sometimes when I go camping, I buy postcards and mail them to friends. If you want, you can draw pictures of forests or lakes or campsites, and paste them into the scrapbook. You can even add magical forest creatures, like gnomes, phoenixes, dragons, and forest fairies. If you have a stuffed magical creature, (or a magical creature doll) you can place it in front of a drawn picture of the woods and take a photo. Or you can take a photo of a magical creature in the woods in a fairy tale book. (Make sure you can't see the words!) 

Finally, print out all the pictures you took and paste them into the scrapbook. (Glue sticks work best.) For extra decoration, draw things like leaves, mushrooms, flowers, etc. around them. Presto-wham-o! Not only was that fun, but you also made a really cool scrapbook, right? =)

How to make a duct tape bracelet

Step one: Choose some duct tape. =)

Step two: Take one long, piece of duct tape. Make sure it's long enough to fit around you're wrist and take off without having to cut it off. Then pull off the the same amount as before again. But keep it in one piece.

Step three: Cut it off. Then fold it together. Next, cut it down the middle so it's thinner. Then tape it together. 

Have fun!

Campout themed birthday party!

It's that time of year when lots of kids are having birthdays. Here is a party that you that I came up with that you might want to have for your party!

Campout themed party!

For invitations:  Draw tents on pieces of paper, Then write the party details inside. (You know, time, date, where, please bring, etc.)

Activities: When your friends get to your house, help them carry they're sleeping bags and pillows out to a big tent in your backyard. Then you can get the activities started! You can make glow-in-the-dark necklaces with glow-in-the-dark beads found out craft stores such as Michael's and Hobby Lobby. After that it will probably be dinner time, and you can have hamburgers or hotdogs, or whatever you usually eat when you go camping.

 Then you can have cake and open presents, and after that, you can roast marshmallows on your grill. (I just love roasted marshmallows, don't you?!) Then you can watch a movie in the tent, by watching a movie on you or your parents' computer, or slipping a DVD in it. You can even sleep in the tent when it's time to go to bed! Oh, and you can sign each other's pillow cases with permanent markers. Just make sure its okay with you and your friends' parents to do it first. 

For party favors: The glow-in-the-dark necklaces work as activities and party favors, but if you feel that's not enough, you can also hand out mini flashlights or trail-mix with candy in it before your friends leave.

For cake: You can have a log shaped cake, with things like flowers, frogs, birds, or even forest fairies on it made out of icing. 

Hope you have a great birthday!