Fond du Lac County 4-H wrapped up the summer finishing off with three summer day camps in August.  Art Camp, Cloverbud Day Camp, and LEGO camps were the last of the 4-H Summer Camps. The camps were well attended and the youth all shared things that they learned.

The final Cloverbud Day Camp of the series was an Art Theme reaching 27 youth. Youth expressed an interest in learning and exploring art skills and the arts and crafts project. Youth explored various art media such as a woodworking, painting, watercolors, paper crafts, oil pastel and more! Volunteers and the 4-H Educator led different art activities teaching basic art skills. The camp’s goals were that youth would learn something new, be engaging, and increase their interest in the topics. Evaluations were completed by participants.  According to the completed surveys, 100 % of the youth Strongly Agreed or somewhat agreed with the statements “The activities were fun and engaging. The activities taught us something new., and “The activities increased our interest and curiosity about art.” Campers were asked what they learned during camp.  Here is what was shared: “I learned how to use soft sandpaper.” These youth practiced life skills and learned art techniques.  Many of them had a stronger interest in art and may join the arts and crafts project later in their 4-H career.

A multi-day summer day camp with an Art Theme reached 14 youth. Youth expressed an interest in learning and exploring art skills and the arts and crafts project. 4-H Summer Intern and the 4-H Educator led different art activities teaching basic art skills. The week started off with Art-Rageous camp where youth explored different types of art media and tried new techniques. Youth created their own sketchbook, made some 3-D jellyfish, paper mosaics, different types of drawing, oil pastels, and chalk pastels. Tuesday was Picturesque Painting and youth did all things painting! To start the day they did rock painting, followed by acrylic painting, into some watercolors. Later in the day youth painted a ceramic gnome, did salt painting, painted outside, and played some games.  On the last day of art camp, youth explored photography. They learned about camera settings, how to use their camera correctly, and took pictures of nature all over campus. The youth also played around with trick photography and played a few games throughout the day. The camp’s goals were that youth would learn something new, be engaging, and increase their interest in the topics. Evaluations were completed by participants.  According to the completed surveys, 100% of the youth Strongly Agreed or Somewhat agreed with the statements “The activities were fun and engaging., The activities taught us something new., and “The activities increased our interest and curiosity about culinary skills.” Campers were asked what they learned during camp.  Here is what was shared: “I learned how to use my watercolors in more ways.” “I improved my perspective drawing.” These youth practiced life skills and learned art techniques.  Many of them had a stronger interest in art and may join the arts and crafts project later in their 4-H career.

The last camp to finish off the summer was LEGO Camp.  This was a three-day camp where youth learned different LEGO building techniques and made new friends. The youth created LEGO crafts, played LEGO themed games, and built LEGO creations all week. Due to LEGO camp being at the end of August, the results from the evaluations are still be collected. Some youth shared they can’t wait until summer for camp!