Guide Program

Sunday 15 June 2014

Medieval Mayhem Camp

Three Pathfinders attend the Medieval Mayhem Camp hosted by Community 12 and held at Camp Marydale on June 13th to 15th. The girls were able to participate in a variety of activities with girls from many different units.
Based on the activities chosen by the girls, each unit was able to participate in four different sessions. We took part in Lantern Making, Tye-Dye Madness, Covergirl, and Knots, Knives & Lore.
 
Knots, Knives & Lore included learning different knots and string games, and a challenge to unwrap and cut chocolate while wearing oven mitts.


Lantern Making was tin can lanterns. Cans are filled with water and frozen, then a pattern can be placed on the can and a hammer and nail used to make holes. Once the ice has been removed, a tealight can be added and the light will shine out through the nail holes.



In the Tye-Dying session, we learned about making natural dyes and then used pre-made dyes to tye-dye t-shirts that were being remade into bags.



Our last session was Covergirl, where we learned about make-up and beauty projects used in the Middle Ages and made natural lipbalm.

Other sessions were: Games Galore, Water Games, Canoeing, Fishing, Archery, Medieval-themed Crafts, Astronomy and Pond Study.