Summer camp memories are full of loud cheers, splashing in the lake, and, let’s not forget…s’mores! The love of s’mores is timeless…I love making them as much today as I did when I was a kid.

My daughter and I did a fun little DIY Instagram Live last night, showing friends how to make these happy little s’mores. Check it out!

And if you LOVE camp crafts as much as we do, head over to the Project Kid shop page and take a look at Camp Wannabee…it’s a crafty summer camp that comes home to you!

Here are the materials that you need to make your s’more:

1. Cut two cardboard squares, about 2 1/2 inches square. Cut one 2-by-2-inch cardboard square.
2. Use a pencil to poke holes on the top of one piece of cardboard to resemble graham crackers. Draw a line down the center. (If you want to make it into a hanging ornament, poke a hole up through the center of the “graham cracker” and make a little loop.)
3. Thread needle and knot the end. Stitch eyes and mouth onto felt (or other white fabric). To make the eyes, we made tiny asterisk shapes (*) and we did the backstitch to create the mouth.
4. Wrap white fabric around the pom-pom (or cotton balls), and glue it in the back.
5. Wrap brown thread or yarn around the small piece of cardboard to make the chocolate. If you don’t have brown thread or yarn, you can cover it with brown felt, or even just paint it brown.
6. Glue the chocolate to the bottom cardboard, then the marshmallow on top, and finally the top graham cracker.

As part of Project Kid’s collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York, we focused on fun “Summer in the City” craft activities that would keep kids busy with materials that they could find around the house.

The fourth and final video in this series will go live on August 5, 2020, celebrating the 100th birthday of Brooklyn’s most famous ferris wheel…Deno’s Wonder Wheel! Using upcycled materials kids can learn to make their very own model of the Wonder Wheel and also learn about its interesting history.

Click here to register for the streaming event, and don’t forget to post your final projects on Instagram, tagging #ProjectKid!

Tie-dye is back in a big way! With camps closed and parents playing camp-counselor in the backyard, tie-dye is a great activity on a hot summer day.

Here are three easy and fun tie-dye techniques that I developed for Parents magazine. (Click on the link to see more!)

1.Rosette Tie-Dye

Start by laying a T-shirt flat. Pinch a 2-inch section through both layers and rubber-band it. Push your finger down through the rubber band to make a donut shape, and repeat as many times as you want. Submerge in tie-dye bath.

2. Diagonal Striped Tie-Dye

To make it, lay the T-shirt flat and fold it accordion-style from the bottom corner. Once folded, wrap with rubber bands every 1 to 2 inches. Dip in all one color or in two bowls of different colors.

3. Bulls-Eye Tie-Dye

Lay the T-shirt flat. Pinch center of the garment and rubber-band both layers, about 1 to 2 inches from center. Continue applying rubber bands in this pattern about 1 inch apart from each other. To make it 2-toned, dip one end in one color dye, and the other end in another color dye.

Friends! I am so excited to announce a new partnership that has been in the works for a while with our friends at the Museum of the City of New York. If you have been to this institution, then you know how special it is. From street photography to activism to urban planning and everything in between (I’m looking at you, Basketball!), MCNY displays the most beautiful and comprehensive exhibitions about the most interesting, compelling aspects of New York City.

In an effort to attract families with younger kids to the museum, MCNY came to me looking for engaging ways to do it. As much of the country is on hold right now, so are the major initiatives of the partnership, but there was one thing we could do remotely…produce videos to entertain your kiddos at home!

The first video in the series, launching July 15th, is called Frozen Treats, City Streets, and it’s about exactly that…the history of ice cream and New York City! I’ll be showing you how to make three ice-cream crafts, and the education department from the museum will join in with some facts and info that will most definitively entertain your kids! It’s free but registration is encouraged!

The following three will launch on July 22, 29, and August 5th. Stay tuned for more details about those coming soon!

Summer 2020 is shaping up to look a lot different than any summer we have ever seen. Kids all over the country are mourning the loss of their beloved weeks at summer camp. (And let’s not kid ourselves, parents are pretty bummed too!)

• 6 individually packaged craft kits
  • Lanyard keychains
  • Gods’ eye materials
  • Cute bug magnet
  • DIY campfire nightlight
  • Miniature wheat grass wooden planter
  • Tie-dye bandana project
• 3 Stamped postcards to send to your CFFs (camp friends forever)
• Canteen Cash coin-pouch keychain
• Bug Juice collapsible cup
• 3 Button pins
• 1 Crafting tray
• 1 Miniature clipboard

Click HERE to place your order today! The kits are available for pre-order NOW over on Projectkid.com, and will be ready to ship the week of July 6th.

If left to their own devices, we know what devices our kids will use! These crafts will keep them busy, unplugged, and feeling sweet nostalgia for their summer place.