Camping craft ideas with almost no budget?

[janeybwild]

I'd love any ideas on a craft related to camping or camp outs that can be completed by the kids in 20 minutes with almost zero budget I'm in charge of the crafts for our church program (30 kids 1st-5th grade) and am stumped on this one. The craft does not need to have a religious theme. Help please!!!! ETA: an inside craft

[swrc00]

May be too costly, but I bet you could get donations. I usually have my kids make trivets or coasters out of white bathroom tiles. Lowes usually donates the tiles for free. I have the kids bring in sharpie markers to decorate. The only thing I end up buying is felt for the backing of the tiles.

Maybe something to do with nature? Pinecone birdfeeders?

Magazine Collage placemats?

HTH

[amldaley]

About camping or to do while camping?

[rin]

Collect a bunch of fall leaves and have them make collages? The leaf-collecting would be the main part, then you'd need paper, some glue, and maybe glitter? You could give them design ideas, like use the leaves to make a picture of a tree, a campsite, a park, etc?

[wendmatt]

Well, this is low budget but not zero. Make a camp fire, brown paper for sticks, put together in a criss cross, then tissue paper for flames. This one is toilet rolls, but DD made one with pieces of brown construction paper torn into strips and tissue paper for flames, it looked really good.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/scouts/mcampfiretp.htm
Idea with toilet rolls but you could replace toilet rolls for brown paper, unless you have toilet rolls.

[Smillow]

I cut a tree out of a brown paper bag this week & taped it to the wall & then gave my 3 1/2 yo some foam leaves from Michaels. You could do the same with real leaves on construction paper?

[Jen841]

Make cards with leaf rubbings.

[infomama]

Scavenger hunt!

http://www.thetaylor-house.com/2012/...-for-kids.html

We did this one this summer and my girls loved it.

Sorry..just read it must be an inside craft....this won't work then.

[cono0507]

We were camping at a state park last summer and the park rangers did some craft hours. We went to one where the kids created edible camp fires and in the process learned the basics of creating a camp fire.
Very similar to this:
http://www.scoutingweb.com/scoutingw...ediblefire.htm

[Jen841]

Ironically my minister lead up snipe hunting when I was young... memories!

Another idea... do a fireside talent show or act out a store or a build a story