Today’s theme was Our Job on the Farm. We talked about the ways we use animals on the farm.
During our Moo to You activity, we looked at products cows eat, products cows make, and then sorted out products unrelated to cows. Ask your camper what type of products we get from cows!
During the afternoon, Ms. Ginny came to do a spinning wheel demonstration and showed us how to card wool and use a drop spindle. Each camper made their own felting project and used Kool-Aid to dye their felted wool project. What does felting do to the wool? How is it different from carding the wool?
Ms. Nicole talked about shearing the sheep. Campers learned what lanolin does to help the sheep. Since we talked about tagging and identifying animals, Ms. Nicole showed the campers where the tags go in sheep’s ears and how some farms number their animals. Do you remember why it’s helpful to assign numbers to each of the animals?
For garden kitchen, campers each got to make their own tomato basil tart. Each camper got to make their own and add whatever they wanted to it. Kind of like a make your own pizza!
