Cub Scout Camp Coming Up!

For the first time ever I'm running a Cub Scout Day Camp!! Yikes!!! Of course they don't train you for this kind of thing, so I'm jumping in with cold feet. I have been really working hard with my Den Leaders for the past few months. We had to come up with a theme we wanted to center the Day Camp around and thought of a space theme. Since we live in Florida and we have the Kennedy Space Center not more then an hour away from us we thought it would be perfect! It's also the last year for the space shuttle launches. The very last launch will be this July. So all in all its a perfect fit for the boys.

Since we have a very small budget to work with we have had to get creative. We decided to make our Camp shirts. We found T shirts for $2.00 each and then used a Cricket machine to make the stencil. It takes a lot of time to cut out each individual shirt but we did. Jason was such a help and we spent our date night staying up late and painting all 23 shirts together. Now that's LOVE!!

We have three days of space fun! I really am getting so excited to hold this camp. I think its going to be fun to work with my leaders and leave fun memories with the boys. The best part of all of this is that I get to be with Carson. It has been fun being with him throughout his first year of Cub Scouts. I will fill you in on how camp goes after next week. It's going to be busy!



Found this saying from a NASA site and thought it would be perfect to introduce Cub Scout Camp


Found These Yummy Moon Pie's to hand out to all the Cubs to get them excited for Space Camp!


This is what I attached to the backs of each Moon Pie


Here is a sample display of things we will be talking about and making at camp.


Carson, and his scout buddies making their camp visors for Day Camp


This is how all the leaders and I introduced all the boys and their parents to our Camp theme. I was a total dork, but that was the point! We just try to have fun!! The music in the background is "2011 Space Odyssey" One of our Den leaders even made herself a space alien costume. The signs they are holding up spells out "COME TO SPACE CAMP"