You Promised You Wouldn't Complain IF........

You Promised You Wouldn't Complain IF.......... it was warm and sunny. Now don't whine and say you don't remember that, let me remind you what day it was!


Are you thinking about it?



We were sure it would never be this HOT again!

                                                                                
Ok so now you need to smile and take the HEAT! Besides a day at Holiday Hill Day Camp in Mansfield, CT. is so much fun you can hardly feel the mercury rising. There are lots of ways to keep your cool and have fun!

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                                          All Aboard For Holiday Hill Day Camp Fun!

                                                               
        All the kids are having fun and chillin at Holiday Hill Day Camp, you can too, just check out the family pool membership. www.HolidayRecreation.com  or   860-423-1375

                                                                        
                                                                            

                                                                                

Rain Go Away - Activities for a Rainy Day

Rain Rain Go Away Come Again Another Day

Holiday Hil Day Campers want to play!

art time and clay

swimming all day and over by the tipi's to play

Rain Rain Go Away

I'm soggy I'd say and  sick of gray days

And ready for sun , goodbye wet May!!

                                                            Activities for a Rainy Day

 Play Clay Recipe: I Love this fun activity on a rainy day!

Kool-aid  Clay-Dough
Flour 3cups
Salt 1 1/2 cups
Water 3 cups
Vegetable Oil 2TB.
Cream of tartar 1TB.
unsweetened "Kool-Aid" 1pkg.
Mix ALL of the ingredients in a large saucepan.
An Adult will supervise or Cook over medium low heat, until the dough comes away
from the edge of the pan and it is hard to stir.
Remove from heat.
Cool until it can be handled.
Place on counter or wax paper knead 3-4 times.
Store in an air tight container or seal able bag squeeze he air out of the bag!.

Blog Elf Recommends:  Elfin Play Doh (glitter)

You Need
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup water  ( best water comes from a stream in Kerry Ireland)
1/2 cup salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
Food coloring gel (this will make the colors more vibrant) I use melted rainbow!
Glitter  ( but don't get caught stealin from my stash of glitter!)

Have an adult help mix ingredients with the exception of the glitter in a sauce pan
 heat stirring the mix constantly until it forms a ball remove at once.
Dump out onto waxed paper on counter
Add the magic glitter and knead until smooth and uniform.
Store in a tight sealing container.This mix stores at room temperature.keeps well in Elf caves and woodland huts too!


Need a delicious project?
Make a packet of instant pudding and finger paint with the pudding on a sheet of waxed paper and lick the fingers clean!

                       Can You Paint this Rainy Scene in Chocolate Pudding and Pistachio Pudding?                                                                                

Spring is Sprung

A funny little rhyme we  Blog Elves learned as children, it goes:

Spring is Sprung
The grass is riz
I wonder where
The Campers is?

Looked behind the wood pile....................not there!

Went out late at night ................... not there

Looked all over the woods both up hill and down...........not here

I asked Rapunzel when I passed by her tower, she was sitting out spinning that day ......Rapunzel, Rapunzel have you seen any campers?  Neither she or that cousin of mine Rumplestiltskin had seen a one!

Then I went to  http://www.holidayrecreation.com/ the web for Holiday Hill Day Camp and there were all the campers! Until summer rolls around  I will have to get by with the pictures of campers. I can't wait for the day when the woods fills with laughter!

                                                                 

I'll Get By With A Little Help From My Friends"

Holiday Hill Day Camp is where friendships blossom

Friendships start one year and carry on into the next and the next and...

well you get it Holiday Hill Day Camp friendships are built to last!

All Aboard for camp fun, swimming, archery, games, team building and friends!

"I'm late, I'm late for a very important date" said the rabbit; register for a session at http://www.holidayrecreation.com/

Another old song comes to mind: " If you miss the train I'm on you will know that I am gone, you can hear the whistle blow 500 miles"  Don't miss the train on a summer load of fun 2011.

 All the kids and staff have fun at Holdiay Hill Day Camp. Even if you have no idea where you are going, as long as your friends are along you know it will be fun.

                                                                            Time

Time to Make a list of 10 things you love about summer. Here is mine:
1. Ice Cream Cones and Popsicles
2. Swimming
3. Canoe or Kayak on the lake at Mansfield Hollow
4. Rainbows
5. BBQ
6. baby animals
7. bare feet
8. watermelon
9. water fights
10. all day with friends!

 What 10 things do you love about summer?

Camp Director in Winter Mode

Frosty cold days and quiet mark camp in the winter months.  The snow shovel is the the most frequently used piece of equipment. Stacks of catalogs come in and camp registration materials are going out. The baseball diamond lies under a deep white blanket. The archery field, ropes course and  grounds are haunted by remembered laughter and the call of birds. We wait for the return of campers and outings groups to bring back all the smiles. 

So what should a camp director do? Play guitar, sing a few of the old favorites. Be sure to ask at camp  this season to hear "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgrerald" a song  originally put out by Gordon Lightfoot. Listen to the video clip on the blog here. Dudley played at the Bread-Box  to benefit the Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic. The Bread-Box Showcase mic raises funds for the soup kitchen which is feeding our hungry neighbors. It is held in the sanctuary of St. Paul's at 22 Valley St. in Willimantic, Ct.

 want to learn more about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald  on Nov. 10,1975 check these sites:
     www.shipwreckmuseum.com/edmund-fitzgerald-36/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald  

Be sure to stop by and visit the Bread-Box in person and  find them on Face Book at www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bread-Box/171645649561
Don't go to Face Book without stopping by and  visiting the camp page at www.facebook.com/HillCamp
Need info on camp, go to our website at: http://www.holidayrecreation.com/  or call 860-423-1375

Now do us a big favor please and remind your friends from Holiday Hill Day Camp to enter the contest (see previous blog post )for camp memories and  subscribe to this blog so you can keep up with all the news. Camp may be quiet without YOU, but  there is a lot happening to get ready for your return.