Summer camp crafts provide developmental benefits to kids beyond just fun. They help improve fine motor skills, teach vocabulary, and promote creativity, problem-solving skills, patience and confidence. Crafts are a hands-on way for kids to learn new techniques while expressing themselves. Working on long-term projects with peers teaches cooperation and how to handle challenges.

3. Arts and crafts activities are a
summer camp staple that every kid
enjoys in their daily schedule.

4. In addition to providing kids with a
calming activity after long hours of
outdoor play, summer camp crafts
allow kids to learn and improve
new skills that fall across a broad
range of abilities.

5. To parents, it may look like a kid is
just having fun creating a birdhouse
or necklace, but they are also
enjoying these developmental
benefits …

6. … in addition to being entertained
every time they get involved in a
summer camp craft project.

8. Kids need open-ended art
experiences that allow them to
bring their imaginations to life.

9. In a summer camp craft class,
kids are encouraged to be
creative and focus more on the
process of making art than on
the actual product.

10. Whether they want to make a
rustic pot, an elegant vase or a
completely different type of
project, the opportunities for
self-expression are boundless.

11. Learning to tap into their
creativity is a skill that kids will
also use in many other areas of
their lives, such as problem
solving and writing.

13. Many summer camp activities focus
on the kids developing gross motor
skills as they ski, hike and swim.
Yet, it is also important to provide
kids with activities that strengthen
their fine motor skills.

14. Pinching clay, holding a paintbrush
and beading a necklace all require
kids to use their .

15. Strengthening fine motor skills not
only helps to improve a child’s
handwriting, but it can also help kids
to throw a ball further, type faster
and play a musical instrument with
greater skill.

17. Craft projects are very hands-on,
which makes it easy to overlook
that kids learn new vocabulary
when they delve into an
unfamiliar type of art.

18. For example, kids who are sewing
will learn about bobbins,
selvedge and how to identify the
grain in fabric.

19. Alternatively, young painters will
learn the different names of
brushes and types of paint.
Kids also learn how to use
descriptive language when they
are talking about their projects
or developing a new idea for
something to create.

21. In a craft class, kids get to spend
time with their peers making
cool new projects.

22. As they do so, they also learn how
to share materials, keep things
orderly and use kind language
when critiquing their friends’ work.

23. Many craft projects also take
multiple days to complete, which
teaches kids how to be patient
and persevere when things do not
go as planned.

24. Learning to try a new technique if a
prior method does not create the
desired effect is also a wonderful
way for kids to gain control over
their emotions and follow through
in the face of challenges.

26. The creative process also
involves taking safe risks that
promote the development of
self-confidence in kids.

27. If a child decides they don’t like the way a pattern of beads
makes their necklace look, they can simply start again.

28. This makes it easier for them to
remain confident even when they
are experimenting with an
unfamiliar technique.
Completing a project and
discovering a new favorite hobby
also gives kids a sense of purpose
that enhances their life satisfaction.

29. Tie-dye t-shirts and handmade mugs may be classic camp art
projects that kids view as just being fun to make. However, your
kid will be gaining valuable skills with every craft that will impact
their future academic and social success.

30. As your son or daughter heads off
to camp this season, watch them
dive into the world of art, and
enjoy watching their creativity,
self-confidence and language
skills grow.

31. Canadian Adventure Camp is a
for kids located on a beautiful
private island in the wilderness
lakes region of Temagami.

32. Founded in 1975, it provides
acclaimed programs to children
from around the world!

33. VISIT SITE:

34. CANADIAN ADVENTURE CAMP
15 Idleswift DriveThornhill,
Ontario, L4J 1K9
Canadainfo@canadianadventurecamp.com