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About The Authors

About the Authors

Katie is in her eighth year of girl scouting. Her favorite Girl Scout memory is when she went to Washington D.C. with her Scout troop. Her favorite camping activity is archery. When she grows up, she wants to be a camp counselor and a veterinarian. She composed the fire safety, wildlife, and recommended reading sections of this project, and also formatted the layout of the book.

Verity is in her sixth year of girl scouting. She enjoys tending the fires on camping trips. Her favorite Girl Scout memory is her first year of resident summer camp. When she grows up, she wants to own a plant nursery or become a landscape architect. She wrote the games and gear walk sections of the book. She also composed the escapades of Scruff the raccoon. Verity was in charge of editing the book’s text and researching the packing list for the appendix.

Rachel is in her second year of scouting. Her favorite memory is the time our troop went kayaking in the rain. “When we were done we got to have hot showers,” Rachel says, “They felt so good!” Rachel’s favorite camping activity is sitting around the camp fire, telling stories about past camping mishaps. Rachel was the book’s illustrator. She also wrote the outdoor cooking and craft sections of the book. Rachel compiled the different recipes in the booklets appendix. When she grows up, Rachel wants to be an author or an illustrator. She also dreams of homeschooling her future family.

Camp Packing List from the Appendix

Cold Weather

Long Johns

Hat for Sleeping

Long-sleeved shirt and T-shirt

Sports pants or jeans

Sweatshirt or sweater

Sweats to sleep in and layer with

Warm Weather

Sweats for the evening

Shorts and pants (protection against ticks)

T-shirts and long-sleeve, breathable shirts (protection from bugs, and the sun)

Swimsuit

All Trips

Underwear for each day

Good hiking shoes or sneakers with some “grip”

Extra socks (campers need dry socks at night)

Sleeping bag (make sure it’s packed in a separate bag to transport it)

Pillow

Flashlight

Rain Gear

Mess kit (include a cup that has a handle. All of your kit should be reusable)

Silverware (no plastic or non-reusable; think about your environment)

Permission slip

Notes from parents (medications)

Sunglasses or hat with a visor

Lip balm, sunscreen, and bug spray (all of these should be labeled with your name)

Toiletries: toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, hairbrush

Towel and washcloth washcloth

Sit-upon

Large plastic garbage bags

Refillable water bottle

Courtesy of Fall in Love with Camping workshop

Book Reviews and Reading List from the Appendix

Book Reviews and Reading List

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie are sent to live in the country during World War II. During a game of hide and seek, Lucy climbs into a wardrobe and discovers a magical world with talking beasts and fantastic creatures: where it is always winter, but never Christmas. Will the children be able to save Narnia from the evil White Witch?

 How to Train your Dragon

            Hiccup Horrendous Haddock must capture and train a dragon for use in hunting. The dragon he catches, Toothless, is tiny and not very trainable. Can Hiccups’s brains and his dragon’s disobedience save the tribe when it is attacked by a massive sea dragon?

Booklist:

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressenda Cowell

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

The Christmas Day Kitten by James Herriot

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume

The Cooking Appendix

Outdoor Cooking

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Peanut Butter’n Apple Sandwich

½ of an apple

Peanut Butter
2 slices of bread

Paring knife

Wash the apple and have an adult cut it into very thin slices, spread peanut butter on a slice of bread and lay the apple slices on top. Cover with the other slice of bread.
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 Homemade Iced Tea

6 to 8 tea bags

1 quart hot water (4 cups)

1 quart cold water (4 cups)

1/2 cup sugar or 1/4 cup honey, optional

Get out a 2-quart size sauce pan. Have an adult put the hot water in it and bring it to a boil. Add the tea bags. Let the adult remove the pan from the heat, and allow it to steep for 10 minutes. When the time is up, remove the tea bags. Put the cold water into a 2-quart size pitcher. Pour the hot tea into the pitcher, over top of the cold water. Add the sugar or honey if you like, stirring to dissolve it completely. Put the pitcher into the fridge to cool, or it can be poured directly into an ice filled cup.

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Baked Apples

1 apple
½ tablespoon of cinnamon sugar
4 pats of butter

2 sheets (12x12 inches each) of heavy duty aluminum foil

Lay a sheet of foil on a flat, solid surface. Fold up the corners (so the ingredients won’t run out of the foil when you add them). Have an adult cut up bite sized pieces of your apple, and then you can put the pieces in the foil. Next you should add the four pats of butter, and evenly sprinkle the sugar over you apples. Fold the foil up to make a packet by bringing two opposite ends of the foil together and folding the edges over three times to fasten them tightly. Roll up the other open ends a few times. Make sure that all of the ingredients are in the foil at all times, and that there is about an inch of open space as food expands when cooked. Wrap the second sheet of foil around your packet (you need to make sure it’s thoroughly sealed). When your fire is reduced to embers, have an adult move some of the wood aside and settle the foil packets in the embers. Place some embers on top of the packet. The apples should cook in fifteen to twenty minutes. When they start to smell good, have an adult check them.

Appendix Coming Up!

The next post is going to include Rachel's cooking portion of the Appendix. I hope you enjoyed the story portion of "Anne and Jack Go Camping" and found all of the ideas and information useful.

Thank you so much for looking at our children's story book!

Our Climbing Wall Adventures!

We had a side ways climbing wall at Camp Indawendiwen! Campers particpated in compititions to see who could hold on longest, and how many people could make it from one end of the wall to another. Many campers had never been on a climbing wall before so this was a new experiance.

Climbing Camp Inky's Rock Wall

On Sunday morning, there was one last activity. Jack and Anne arrived at the playing field with other families. Jack gulped. In front of him stood a huge wooden climbing wall! Jack was afraid of heights, and the rock wall looked taller than the trees! “Oh no,” Jack whispered to Anne, as a tall, bulky instructor came forward. “Hey kids, my name is Crunch!” boomed the good-natured coach. “Today all of you are going to do your best to climb this rock wall. There is a little bell at the top. See if you can ring it!”

Crunch helped the campers get into harnesses and pick out helmets. Then he asked for the first volunteer camper to climb the wall. Jack watched as many people climbed. Some rang the bell, a few did not, but everyone tried. Anne was one of the first people to make it all the way to the top and ring the bell. When her feet hit the ground, she was glowing happily.

“Maybe I can climb too,” Jack thought. Jack decided he would try his best to climb.

      Soon Crunch called for Jack. Jack was rigged to the rope and started the long climb. About half way up, Jack’s hands got really sweaty. “I think I need to come down, Crunch!” Jack called down to the instructor.

“What’s wrong, Jack? You’re doing great!” Crunch peered up at Jack in confusion.

“Well, my hands are really sweaty, so I think I should just come down now.” Jack replied.

“Let go of the wall, hold the rope, and lean into your harness. I can hold you while you rest,” Crunch called up to Jack.

Jack was nervous, but he trusted Crunch and followed his advice. Soon Jack was climbing again. After a few minutes, the other campers were cheering, “Looking up, looking up!”

Jack realized he must be close to the top now. Soon Jack stretched his hand out and rang the little bell at the top of the wall. Crunch lowered Jack and soon Mom and Dad were congratulating him. This had been the best camping trip ever.

The End.

Why a Camper Should Never Bring Food in His or Her Tent

Today had been a good day. All of the activities were tons of fun. Jack was feeling really great until he saw his sleeping bag. A raccoon was eating his pop-tart on top of his bright red sleeping bag. “Mom! Dad! Come help!” Jack yelled.

When Mom and Dad came to the tent, the raccoon had run out of the back flap, but Jack was still frozen in shock. His pillows and bedding were strewn all over the ground.

“What happened?” asked Dad.

“There was a raccoon on my sleeping bag!” Jack stammered.

“Why was that?” Mom’s eyes scanned the tent.

“I sort of left a pop tart in it, I guess.” Jack hung his head.

“Well Jack, you know not to leave food in your tent. I’ll help you clean up this mess, and then we can have dinner. Okay?” asked Dad.

Fun Camp Crafts that We Taught Campers

       Rachel decided that we should teach the campers how to make God's Eyes! Campers got to pick wether they wanted popsicle sticks, tooth picks, or twigs. They also had different yarn choices. If they finished early they got to here part of , "The Song of the Hiawatha". Gods Eyes are a fun craft that any camper can easily learn to do.

A Lady Bug Camp Craft

After lunch, Anne asked her mother what they would do next.

“I know,” said her mother, “I brought some paint, and we could make lady bugs!”

“May I make mine orange?” asked Jack.

“I didn’t bring any orange paint,” said his mother, “Sorry.”

Jack looked somewhat put-out but settled for the red paint.

Jack and Anne each found a smooth oval rock. They brushed the loose dirt off of them. First, they painted the rock red and let it dry for 10 minutes. Next they each painted a large black spot on one end for the head. A black line was painted down the middle of the rock to show the wings. Smaller black spots were painted on each wing. Jack painted lots of spots! After the black paint was dry to the touch, they painted a friendly face on the ladybug head. Jack and Anne were proud of their pet rocks.

How We Taught Kids to Wash Their Dishes at Camp

Washing dishes is actually a lot of fun! We sprinkled chocolate syrup on plastic plates and had the children go through a relay race trying to see which team would have their dishes hung up and dried first.

How to Wash Dishes at Camp

For lunch Mom helped the kids make Mac’n Cheese, while Dad grilled some burgers. All of the food was very good, and Jack and Anne were soon full. “Okay, now you two can learn how to clean your dishes!” Mom announced.

First, Mom got out three large tubs. She poured hot soapy water into the first one, clean, warm water into the second and put sanitizer in the third tub.

“Alright, first you both should scrape your dishes as clean as possible, using your napkin from lunch. Make sure all of the scraps go into the trash can!”

The kids wiped their dishes; determined to get every bit of macaroni off the plate. Now it was time to wash the dishes. First they scrubbed in soapy water, then they rinsed in clear water. Next, mom gave them a net bag. They put their dishes in the bag, dunked them in the sanitizer and hung them on the line to dry. Everyone must work together to keep up after the camp chores. It makes the trip fun for everyone.

Healthy Edible Campfires

Fire Safety is a really important subject to teach campers about. We talked about how campers could prefent forest fires, how they can safetly set up a fire in a fire ring, what the different parts of a fire are, and how to dress safely around a fire.

  To talk about the different parts of a fire we wanted to use a edible campfire. Traditionally edible fires are made out of pretzel logs, candy corn, and marsh mallows. We felt that these ingrediants were not very healthy and that there had to be a better substitute. Well Kate found one! Here are pictures and instruction about how to make your own edible campfire


Ingrediants:

      1. Chedddar Cheese
      2. Baby Carrot Sticks
      3. Red and Green Grapes
      4.All Bran cereal

Arange the grapes in a circle to represent stones, and put the All Bran cereal in the center to represent tinder. Next put the Baby Carrot sticks on top of the All bran to represent logs. The Cheddar chees can be stuck in the middle to represent the flames.
(We used the carrots and All Bran instead of the pretzel sticks.)
Picture of edible fire taken from: http://pinterest.com/sjdillon2010/fun-plates/

Fire Safety

Pgs. 8, 9, and 10 Of "Anne and Jack Go Camping"

Jack and Anne were in their tent getting ready for the Fire Safety class. Anne left her hair down, put on a big, fluffy hat with tassels that hung down and let her sweatshirt strings dangle.  When she was done getting dressed, Anne went out to meet her mom.

“Hey Mom,” said Anne, “I’m ready to start.”

 Her mom replied with a smile, “I think I know what your first lesson will be. What we should not wear at the fire!” She explained, “Never wear anything that can hang down and get in the fire. This is important because you don’t want your clothes or hair to get burnt.”

“Yes, Mom” said Anne, “I’ll go change.

“See,” Mom said, “You have already learned something new today!”

Anne caught up with her brother. He was waiting with the Fire Safety leader, Sparky. He was going to teach them how to build a fire. “First,” he said, “we need to set up the fire area.”

Jack and Anne raked the leaves away. They made sure the fire bucket was filled with water and that the rake was nearby, but safely outside the fire ring.

“You guys did a really good job, I’m impressed!” said Sparky.

The class learned that tinder was very thin and papery, like pine needles. They found out that kindling was easy for a little fire to burn. Bits of dry deadwood, about the size of a pinky finger work well. Soon a fire needs fuel and logs the size of a forearm burn best.

Camping Games

The games workshop was based on the book series , Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Campers played capture the flag, (The Hypnos team one four times out of five), duck-duck-goose, and General.

Having a Three Legged Race

Pg. 7 of "Anne and Jack Go Camping

The next workshop was Games. Many other families came to the camp ground. A tall, blonde-haired lady, who called herself Dash, organized all of the kids into teams of two. Anne and Jack were together. “Okay, the first game we are going to play is the three-legged-race!” exclaimed Dash.

 She helped all the children tie two of their legs together.

“On your mark, Get set, Go!” she shouted when everyone was ready.

Jack and Anne quickly learned how to help each other when they were running. It did no good for one of them to keep running if the other fell to the ground. Soon the finish line was in sight. Jack and Anne kept a steady rhythm and came in first place!

What We Taught Campers About Local Wildlife

    We were lucky enough to have lots of animal bone samples to show the kids! Trying to indetify what animal the bone belonged to was a favorite. We used the skulls to show the difference between herbavores and carnavores. Campers got to play a game about   Everyone got to learn lots about the different animals that live in the pine barrens.

Local Wildlife in New Jersey

Pgs. 5-6 of "Anne and Jack Go Camping"

On Saturday morning, right after breakfast, Jack and Anne got ready for the Wildlife class. They fished around in their tent for backpacks, bug spray, and sunscreen. Jack realized he still had some of his pop-tart in his pocket. Anne watched him slip the breakfast treat into his sleeping bag. “Are you sure that is a good idea?” she asked.

“Of course it is! This way I don’t have to waste time packing it up in the van! We don’t want to be late for class,” Jack explained.

The first workshop of the day was Wildlife. Anne loved animals.

“Hello everyone call me Chipmunk! That is my camp nickname,” the teacher said cheerfully. “Today you are going to learn about wildlife. My first question is: Does anyone know which animals are commonly found in this area?”

Anne raised her hand quickly, “There are foxes, turkeys, and raccoons!”

“Good Job Anne, raccoons are very common. We have quite a few here at Camp Inky! You have to be careful to lock up your food and trash or else they will eat it all!” Chipmunk laughed. “We have one raccoon we instructors have named Scruff. He often steals food from campers who don’t pack their food correctly.”

Jack gulped as he heard Chipmunk talk about the raccoons. His mind drifted back to the pop-tart hidden in his sleeping bag.

Soon Chipmunk was taking all of the campers on a nature hike. “Now I’m going to show you some animal tracks. Some easy ones to find are the rabbit and bird tracks!” she said.

Anne and Jack looked over the trail guides they were given. Anne saw that the sparrow tracks looked like Y’s with another line in the middle.