Camp Jelich decsribed and photo activities

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Camp Jelich offers a broad range of activities to encourage each child's sense of self. There are no set schedules, just a lot of freedom to "be." Here is a sampling of the potential activities. However, it is the unique personality of each group that actually determines what happens at Jelich Ranch over the course of one week.

Activities

Making Home-made Ice Cream
Taste Testing
Exploring
Gator Rides
Gardening
Secret Water Tower Club
Oral Storytelling
Tree Climbing
Hose Down
Skits
Tadpole fishing
Gathering and eating berries
Harvesting and eating apricots & plums

Art Projects

Sign Painting
Friendship Bracelets
Knitting
Rock Painting
Nature Mosaics
Camp T-shirts
Bone Art
Drawing
Spirit Chimes
Knitting Nobbies
Feather art
Dirt and Stick Art
Berry Juice Painting

Games

Treasure hunt
Bobbing for apples
Scavenger Hunt
Name games
Jacks
Marbles
Tug of War
Capture the Flag
Jump Rope
Wiffle and Kick ball
Sand Lot Soccer
Flag Football
Any Old-Fashioned Game

Spontaneous Visitors

Coyote
Deer
Hawks
Herons
Bob Cats
Turkey Vultures
Blue Birds and Black Birds
Barn Owls
Snakes
Louie the Barn Cat
Quail
Wild Turkey
Cotton Tail Rabbits

GIRLS CAMP PHOTOS
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BOYS CAMP PHOTOS
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