Don't Get to the End of Your Rope

Don't Get to the End Of Your Rope!

Let Holiday Hill Day Camp and Holiday Recreation in Mansfield Connecticut save your summer!

See all that rope holding up the tent that is perfect for your corporate get away, family reunion( yep no need to hang out in Grandma's basement rec room)

See the strings, they are just little kinds of rope and these well they sure can sing. Your kids will be singing camp songs for years to come.

                                                           
GOT EAGLES? WE HAVE EAGLES ON ROPES!  Eagles are the big kids, learning confidence and teamwork at Holiday Hill Day Camp www.HolidayRecreation.com  OK I sense a bit of  jealousy, but don't be, your staff can come do a ropes course too!

Ropes are like campers..... one alone is not very strong but the more you twist together the stronger they are! So if your summer is lacking, your staff is slacking, come to camp and rope yourself a memory!

P.S. Look back a couple days in the blog there is a photo scavenger hunt to have fun with!

First Day of Camp 2011 Holiday Hill Day Camp Mansfield CT.

Summer temps, summer breeze, SUNSHINE! Today was the first day of the camp season at Holiday Hill Day Camp  in Mansfield, Ct. Have a look and see how the day began...

                               http://youtu.be/-SAFgyeIGJM

There are more camp sessions and the fun has just begun. It is not to late to guarantee some great memories at Holiday Hill Day Camp in Mansfield, CT. 

                                           www.HolidayRecreation.com 

Stop back here for regular updates on camp sessions and to see some glimpses of summer fun!

Summer in full swing at Holiday Hill Day Camp

Mansfield, CT.

                                                                           

Photo Scavenger Hunt

How to play:

Here is a list of items, go out and take pictures of as many of these items as you can find,be creative. Load them to a photo album on Facebook title it: Photo Scavenger Hunt and tag Holiday Hill Day Camp  so we can see the album.

This will be lots of fun to see who finds which items and who gets the list in on Facebook. While you are on our page be sure to click the LIKE button so you can see what else comes in on the

 Photo Scavenger Hunt

STATUE

BUG

HORSE TAIL

BROKEN WINDOW

CHICKEN

GUITAR

RIVER

SEUSS SIGN

BARBED WIRE

DAM

CAUTION

HUSKY

FIRE HYDRANT

SHEEP

CLOTHESLINE

KETTLE HOLE

CANOE

BASEBALL GAME

POOL

NAME OF A SCHOOL

YELLOW FLOWER

CRAFT

POISON IVY

SIGN WITH DATE 1710

MULBERRY TREE

STONE ANGEL

WATERFALL

MAPLE TREE

PIGGY TOES

HOUSE WITH STONES OF 50 STATES

WOOD CARVING

STONE STEPS

JOSHUA'S  WOLF ROCK

MANSFIELD VETERAN MEMORIAL

BOOK DEPOSIT

GUNPOWDER STONES

STEEPLE

COWS

BLUE CAR

MISS PIGGY

BULLDOZER

POND RIPPLES

PICNIC

TURTLE

WREATH

WELCOME TO MANSFIELD

TRAIN TRACK

WATER LILY

FROG

DRAGON FLY

TENNIS GAME

DRUM

ICE CREAM TRUCK

IRON BRIDGE

DOOR KNOCKER

MAIL TRUCK

FISH

Help Wanted

  Help Wanted at Holiday Hill Day Camp
 Mansfield Connecticut

Wanted dozens of campers to sit still for.....

 

Yes, sit still for canoe time so you DON'T rock the boat!  Besides you might see turtles or eagles, fish, bugs and wild ducks and geese. All kinds of wildlife in Mansfield Hollow

Help Wanted - campers to enjoy coming to Holiday Hill Day Camp, Mansfield  to engage in improbable activities and exciting games.

                                            Help Wanted... Campers for Nature Study

                                                                                

Yes we want all you campers to help us have a great year at Holiday Hill Day Camp 2011

P.S. Blog Elf has enlisted a very interesting helper for a few blogs be watching for this new character soon to make  the Holiday Hill Blog debut.

No More Pencils No More Books

Town by town schools are closing for the long awaited summer vacation.  Soon the morning  will be quieter, the streets will have very few buses going by......wait a minute......Don't miss the chance to catch a ride on the Holiday Hill Day Camp Bus! Pack your bathing suit, sunscreen, towel and lunch and go join the Eagles and smaller birds that are flocking to Holiday Hill Day Camp in Mansfield, CT. this summer.

You don't want to miss the cheer going up when the bus rolls down Chaffeeville Rd. to the camp!

YEEEEEAAAAAAAA!

Let the FUN  begin!

Summer Memories just waiting to be made at Holiday Hill Day Camp www.HolidayRecreation.com

                                                                               

Holiday Hill Day Camp Mansfield Ct Green Team

Join the green team at Holiday Hill Day Camp in Mansfield CT. Let's create a summer that is "greener" than ever. There are the standby rules of living and working green. Reduce, reuse, recycle, the 3 R's of the environmental movement.

Who will it effect? Let's think about that a minute. It will have an immediate effect on all the campers and staff at camp. By reducing, reusing and recycling they have less cleanup to do and a more beautiful camp and a move toward reducing carbon imprint on the earth.

learn more at: www.eredux.com/states/state_detail.php?id=1139

Pack a lunch that has reusable containers for your sandwich and drink. There is an easy start to less garbage! Car Pool to camp or catch up with out transportation system at a stop near you. Turn the lights off and keep rooms cool naturally. In the heat of the day find a cool activity like reading under a tree.

Get some kid sunny ideas at: www.ctgreenscene.com  see the solar youth section

                                                                           
  It is not just our camp a lot of wild life  call our camp home or live in the neighborhood. Keeping the camp environment wildlife friendly and green means our neighbors the birds and animals can live a better life too.
   So what else can be done? Hang your towel and suit to sun dry, along with your family laundry. Recycle papers,  compost organic material, conserve electricity and water, 

It will be a very green summer and the Holiday Hill Day Camp in Mansfield Blog Elf loves the color green!

                      Have more ideas for going green send us your green comments!
www,holidayrecreation.com your local go green place for camp and group outings.                            

Tips To Cool Off With

Tips to Cool Off With

OK The weather advisories are out, the  schools are closing early and the red bulb of the thermometer is rising! Here are some tips to help you beat the heat.

1.) Stop By a cool river and drop your toes in , try Eagleville Dam at Rte 275 on the Mansfield  Coventry town line. Also try a cool walk in Mansfield Hollow State Park - remember no swimming in the Hollow it's a drinking water source.

2.) Play drip drip splash!   You remember duck duck goose? This variation is played with  children ( hey if it's 100 adults should play too) The"it" person walks around players seated on ground in a circle letting a sponge drip drip drip on the players head then Splash! the  new "it" gets the sponge squeezed  out on their head a chase ensues until the first "it " is seated in their space in the circle. Go ahead drip drip drip splash!

3.) The Library will have the AC on and there is a book to suit every persons  reading interests.

4. ) make  juice Popsicles in paper cups and take them out under a leafy tree to enjoy

5.) Sprinkler   need I say more?

6.)  Ice Cream at Uconn YEAAAAA!

                                                                              
7.) a cool bath and  cotton clothes!

8.) water pistol fight, add a few water balloons wow fun is splashes

9.) sit by the fan and sip Lemonade while reading about snow!

10.) call Holiday Hill Day Camp  and sign up for a session or a family pool membership
 860-423-1375  the pool is waiting!  www.HolidayRecreation.com 
                                                                                   

Communication Fun

Communication is a lot of different things.  For some it is talking and reading and writing. Yes, they are all forms of communication but there are many more forms and some are found at camp.

MUSIC may be the number one favorite form of communication at Holiday Hill Day Camp

                                                                                 
Sometimes a few simple signs communicate the info of who goes where at camp!

                            Communication through  Photography - a picture is worth a 1000 words

                                                                                 
                               When you want your communication just for your team...HUDDLE 

  Then there are all these new sophisticated forms of communication, Facebooks, Tweets,
Pings, PodCasts,     and a Blog Elf's Favorite 

the tin can telephone !!!!  check it out at  www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_can_telephone   and
www.ehow.com/how_2067160_make-tin-can-phone.html   now where did I put my string and tin cans ?

Hello,   Hello can you hear me with this kind of communication? It's Holiday Hill Day Camp in Mansfield CT. calling,  the pool is ready! www.HolidayRecreation.com
                                                                        
  where did I put my