Day Two - Star Power

Today's Camp E.D.G.E. theme was the Trek to Bethlehem: and the star the wise men followed on their journey to Bethlehem.

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The littlest kids made salt dough stars with yellow salt dough, which they painted with tempura paint in whatever manner pleased them. A hole poked in one point of the star will allow them to hang their star somewhere in their house to enjoy.

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Since the dough and paint were still wet they will take these home with them tomorrow. They will still need more drying time at home, but will be sturdy enough to make the trip!

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Salt Dough:

2 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 cup water (may be less - start with less and add up to 1 cup)

Roll the dough out flat and used star shape cookie cutters. Let air dry several days.

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The older group made string art stars. This pattern was printed onto cardstock for them.

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They chose the colors of the thread and did a dot-to-dot method to produce starry works of art. Ater securing the end of the thread with a piece of tape, the thread goes from "1" to "1", then from "2" to "2", then "3" to "3", "4" to "4", and so on. Repeat for each segment. Once the "sewing" was done, a second piece of cardstock was glued to the back.

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Very pretty!

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