Locust Grove is having some very cool hands on workshop/camps for kids this summer and registration is open now. I’m a little bitter because this stuff sounds fun. I want to learn basic woodworking skills. Fun activities where you learn stuff are awesome, send your kids to these.
Woodworking Camp
June 14 to 18, 2010
Ages 11-14 – 9:30am – 11:30am
Ages 7-10 – 12:30pm – 2:30pmBuild a birdhouse, or a stool, or another fun project out of wood. Learn about how to use tools and the basics of woodworking, from experienced Locust Grove woodworkers. You’ll learn about types of wood, historic and modern woodworking tools, and complete a project to take home. $75 per camper.
Archaeology Camp
July 15 & 16, 2010
Ages 9-11, 9:00am – 12:00pmCome learn history Indiana Jones style! During this 2-day camp, kids will participate in an actual archaeological dig on the grounds of Locust Grove. Help trained archaeologists discover what artifacts are hidden beneath the surface. $40 per camper.
Pioneer Camp
July 19 to 23, 2010, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Ages 7-10Explore the past through crafts, hands-on activities, and demonstrations. Experience 18th Century living first-hand, using the house, gardens, grounds, and woods at Locust Grove. Try some of the tasks and games of early Kentucky children. New projects every year, so if you’ve come in the past, come back this year! $80 per camper.
Craft Camp
July 26-30, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Ages 8-14Learn handicrafts from the 18th century! During this week long camp, explore how things were created long ago. Make a painted canvas floor cloth, learn to finger cord, create wood block stamps and print them on handmade paper, make a small quilt, and a larger quilt as a group. Virginia Tucker, owner of The Virginia Floor Cloth Company in Louisville, will lead the classes. Campers will take home a completed 2’ by 3’ floor cloth on the last day. The cost of the week long camp is $110. All materials will be provided.
April 21st, 2010 at 9:56 am
Your post reminded me of a “humanist” kids summer camp I read about in The Economist.
The story is by subscription only, but fortunately some enterprising (and probably very handsome) blogger summed it up here.
April 21st, 2010 at 10:38 pm
i have done these camps (or i did when i was a kid 15 years ago) and they sound pretty similar to what we did except that floor tile thing which i am hugely jealous about because i’m dying to know how to make that and a quilt. anyway, they were a lot of fun, i’d totally recc them.
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:30 pm
I can’t wait until Conner is old enough to do these kinds of camps!