Camp Families,

Welcome to week #2 of Miss Betty's. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacation so far. Check out what we have to offer this week!

Video Links:

Guest of the Week - Our Guest of the week is Dr. Evan Esquire from Science Explorers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byPKAXAtR7s Check out the link to see how you can make your own yoyo!

Making Play Dough with Miss Kristen - Check out how Miss Kristen whips up a batch of play dough from scratch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJd4fhPgD7o.

Yoga with Miss Vicki - Yoga with Vicki is about thanking nature this week. Since we all miss camp so much it may be fun to have her help us remember how important nature is! Vicki can always be found on our YouTube playlist or you can find her directly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAiKgB1mAd8&list=PLv6fVc34PJ84Zdvg4g8Q2Pt-pum9Pm1lP&index=3&t=0s

Fried Day Lilies with Miss Cathy - Check out Miss Cathy frying up some Day Lilies at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBP5E4BDjRg&t=84s

Hemp with Matty - Check out these tutorials on how you can make a camp hemp bracelet at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEh4drZe1yo&list=PLv6fVc34PJ85hEgL8759QsNPPl55BmWhR

Later this week we are using turmeric to dye fabric and trying a paper and sun experiment. Miss Cathy will be trying these processes herself so be sure to check back on the YouTube Channel and our Instagram account @missbettysday during the week for more inspiration. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4lcUPiWFlsCmcXtPmLzg?view_as=subscriber.

At Home Activities:

Friendship Bracelets - https://theneonteaparty.com/friendship-bracelets/: If you've mastered the candy stripe, check out the chevron this week.

Tie-Dye at Home - https://www.ritdye.com/techniques/tie-dye/squirt-bottle-technique/: Rit dye is a great quality dye that you can use at home and find at most craft and fabric stores or online. The Rit website has a store locator you can use to find nearby stores that stock their product and the above link has instructions to follow. I'll repost these tie-dye instructions every week. *Check out Miss Cathy's video of her tie-dying at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J16nOQFcLOA

Card Games - https://bicyclecards.com/rules/: The Bicycle website has a TON of card games and their rules posted in the above link. Try some out with your family and friends.

Gimp Lanyards - http://www.29thdublin.org/wp/wp-content/ScoubiDou.pdf: Check out pg. 45 this week. It has instructions for the square stitch (box stitch).

Riddle of the Week - What is as light as a feather but the strongest person can not hold forever? (This one's a throwback from last summer. Thanks Elizabeth!)

Last Week's Riddle and Answer - Take one out and scratch my head I am now black but once was red. (Answer: A Match)

Please don't forget to share with us what you are doing at home this summer! Got some content you want to share? Post it to Instagram with the hashtag #missbettysdaycamp so we can repost your content to the main account.

We would also love to hear any feedback you might have. Is there a certain activity at camp you’d like to know more about or ideas you’d like to share? We want to hear them. Email us at director@missbettysdaycamp.org or DM our Instagram account at missbettysday (https://www.instagram.com/missbettysday/).

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer vacation so far. We miss you all and we'll talk to you next week!

Matty Felton

Cathy Bodo