Summer 2012 Program
Ten Weeks: June 18 - August 24, 2012
For boys and girls ages 5 to 12
Open House: Saturday April 28th from 10am - 2pm
WELCOME TO CAMP WOODHAVEN
Welcome to Camp Woodhaven's 2011 season. Summer camp is more than a place, it is an experience. Creating special camp experiences requires extensive planning from staffing to programming to assigning each camper to the best possible group. Nestled in 67 beautiful acres in West Boylston, our summer day camp is the perfect setting for a wonderful summer of memories.
Our Staff team is made up of caring people, whose ultimate aim is to provide the very best camp experience possible for your child. Whether your child is with us all summer or for just one or two weeks, the time they spend here will be memorable and full of treasured experiences they can have nowhere else in the world.
At Woodhaven, your camper participates in a traditional camp program. Campers travel with their assigned group through four blocks of programming coordinated by a “Specialist” and two blocks of elective programming which is directed by their group leaders. We have seven “Specialist” areas your camper will attend throughout the week. At Arts & Crafts, our projects are often coordinated with the theme for the week. The plans change each week to allow those campers who attend the entire summer the opportunity to work with a variety of mediums. At Drama and music, there will be new songs to sing, Christian skits, and other drama skills taught through games and group activities. Some campers can volunteer to use what they have learned in drama and music to perform for chapel. Sports could be team play or a session of improving skills in a particular sport. Nature has all 67 acres of Camp Woodhaven for its laboratory. That's where everything from plant identification to bug catching to hiking to bogging and more will happen! Adventure is Camp Woodhaven's own special program for team building. Campers learn to work together to achieve goals they could not accomplish alone. Archery is an age appropriate personal improvement activity. Campers learn archery calls and safety practices, while improving their shooting ability. When campers go to the pool each day, the pool staff will guide them through their time there, providing a highly safety conscience atmosphere and a place where a child can improve their skills in the water.
Our bus company continues to be AA Transportation and there are now seven stops: Auburn, Worcester, Westborough, Shrewsbury, Marlborough/Northborough, Clinton, and Bolton. Some parents choose to car pool or drive their camper. If you are interested in the car pool list, please check the appropriate box on the front page of the Registration Form.
Our Lunch Ticket Program, carried out at Trading Post, continues as last season! Lunches offered are turkey, ham or cheese sandwiches, or cheese pizza, chips and a drink. Ice cream treats, candy, snacks, and camp souvenirs are also available. Click here for our lunch ticket order form.
Your child will need a backpack for the necessities they'll need during the day at camp: swimsuit, ear plugs, plastic bag, a change of clothes, towel, swim goggles, water bottle, snacks, a hat, a poncho (camp happens, rain or shine), bug repellant (non-aerosol, please), a pair of sneakers and sunscreen.
Each of our campers' groups is privileged to raise and lower the American flag, choose three tunes for group sings and to offer the daily opening and closing Blessings during our Assembly periods at the beginning and end of our camp day. The famous gold Stars will be awarded on a daily basis at AM Assembly. The most favored songs from last summer were “The Rattlin' Bog,” ”The Purple Soup Song,” and of course, the camp mascot song,”Gray Squirrel.” This summer there are sure to be new ones mixed with the favorites. The Blueberry Forest is ready and waiting for camper footsteps. August is the season for blueberry picking and our campers are just the right height for that! The muffins they make are wonderful!
Our Overday program, complete with Evening Campfire will be held on Thursday evenings. Campers enrolled in this program will have a cook-out supper (hot dogs ~ which they cook themselves, chips, ”bug juice”,and watermelon). There will be another swim and a field game for these campers. After dinner, they will proceed to the campfire circle area, where parents, families and friends are invited to join in the fun and s’mores from 7 to 8 pm. Plan to meet us in the chapel if it is raining. The campers love it when they come up with their groups and choose a tune that they lead for everyone to sing along.
Please stop by for a visit during our Open House on Saturday, April 23, from 10 am to 2 pm. Come in and meet the staff, walk the grounds and enjoy a scavenger hunt and popcorn. We'll all be there to help with questions you and/or your camper might have. If you are a returning camper family, you are invited too. You'll be greeted by lot of familiar smiles, and we'd love to see you.
If you have any questions or concerns while filling out the forms or you wish to have a personal tour, please call the camp office.
508-835-9883
THINK SUMMER!
Sincerely,
George & Paula DeTellis
Camp Directors
2012 Elective Index
Click the links below to view the weekly themes schedule for 2012 and an example from 2011 of elective choices. Below the link is a discriptive list of the many activities we typically do each year at camp. This list is subject to change until the 2012 Elective choices are finalized and posted.
2012 Weekly Themes Schedule
2011 Elective Choices
Pioneer Week (June 20-24)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Butter – Make your own butter, the old fashioned way
Drop the Handkerchief - A pioneer game
Build-A-Log Cabin – Build a life sized Lincoln log cabin
Alaskan Baseball - A fun new take on this timeless game
Ice Cream – Grab a partner and roll a coffee can back and forth to create your very own ice cream!
Blindman’s Bluff - An oldie but a goodie game
Board Games (Tic-Tac-Toe, Checkers etc) – Challenge a friend with a nice game of Checkers or Tic-Tac-Toe
Go Fish – Do you like tag? Do you like the card game “Go Fish”? Then you will adore this new camp game!
Steal the Bacon – Be the first to grab the “bacon” and bring it back to your team’s base!
Embroidery (11 & 12) – Learn the fine art of embroidery and create a decorative piece of your own (a two-day elective)
Dipped Candles – Make colorful candles all by yourself
Tag – Enjoy variations of this classic like shadow, blob or freeze
Who’s Got the Button? – Another great pioneer game
Ducks Fly – Listen carefully during this game to determine if you should be flapping your wings!
Dodgeball – A Camp Woodhaven favorite
Tin Punch (9-12) – Draw on your design and carefully punch holes using a hammer and nails
Yarn Wrapped Cans (5-8) – Create a striped design using various colors and textures of yarn
Sidewalk Games-Marbles, Hopscotch, and jump rope
Yard Games-horse shoes and tug of war
Wallpaper Quilts – Design your own quilt squares with wallpaper instead of fabric
Buffalo Robe - A Native American game that helps develop strength and agility
Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors - Full body rock, paper, scissors with an element of tag thrown in for good measure
Going Green (June 27-July 1)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Plant a Garden – Get your hands dirty and help plant a camp garden.
Pressed Flower/Leaf Bookmarks – Find materials in nature to press and later design them into a bookmark (2-day activity)
Blaze a Trail – Create a new trail, or make a new connection off an existing trail
Oh Deer –A silly, active, group game
Frisbee Golf - A great way to see all areas of camp while trying to make par
Homemade Paper – Make your own paper using jeans and old scraps
Hike – Go on a hike, decide as a group where you would like to hike, to the blueberry forest or maybe
even the oldest tree in the great woods. You decide!
Blanket Game – A fun name game!
Capture The Flag – An old camp favorite
Bird Feeders – Make bird feeders to take home and watch the birds have a feast
Recycled Bottle Decoupage – Choose from our many recycled bottles and fabrics/paper to make a brand new recycled treasure
Plant a Tree – Plant a seedling to add to the woods of Woodhaven
Bogging – Hunt for the biggest frog in the bog! (A change of clothes would be great to have on this day)
Dodgeball – A Camp Woodhaven favorite
Fabric Flower Pot – Make your own decorative flower pot and plant a seed to watch it grow
Wood Cookie Nameplate – Use our camps own birch tree wood cookies
Tree Scavenger Hunt & Trash Buster – Complete the list of items on a scavenger hunt, and maybe even help clean up the earth at the same time!
Broom Hockey & Knock-Out – Fun at the basketball court!
Melting Pot (July 5-8)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Campfire Cooking – Make a snack right on the campfire (offered for two days – different snacks each day)
Gimp – A plastic lacing camp craft
Yard Games – Various yard games from different countries
Fishy, Fish & Mr. Bear (5&6) – These fun games of tag will have the little ones running and giggling all their energy out!
Bump and Run (7-12) – You’re it, but so is everyone else. Don’t be the first to get out!
Bean Art – Make a mosaic design using different color and sized beans
Fight for My Attention – A silly game where conversation is key
SPUD – Remember your number, because if its called its your turn to catch the ball!
3D Stars – Make a red white and blue 3D star
Soccer – The world’s most popular sport comes to Woodhaven!
Jackpot – Catch the ole pigskin to earn points, but be careful not to get to greedy and go bankrupt!
Wind Chime – Create a funky wind chime to bring home and hang in your favorite tree
Music- Learn songs with movements from around the world
Explore Ancient Egypt (July 11-15)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Hieroglyphics - Venture into ancient Egypt and create a name plate using hieroglyphics
Henna – Use this flowering plant to create a hand or foot tattoo (Note- this is a natural dye which will take 3-5 days to wash off)
Track – Track and field events were used to pass time in ancient Egypt
Water Bucket Balance – Practice the art of balance as you relay with a bucket of water on your head!
Bocce – A traditional yard game
Wesekh Pasta Beads – Create a “Wesekh” the most characteristic form of Egyptian jewelry
Natural Dyes – Find items in nature to artfully dye “blown” eggs (just the shells in tact)
“Spear” Throwing - Use pool noodles and 3 man slingshots to hit a target
Lemonade - Tag meets improvisational acting!
Find King Tut’s Treasure – Hunt through camp following clues left by King Tut himself, maybe you’ll even find his long lost treasure tomb.
Pyramid Boxes – Of course the Egyptians built pyramids, make your own to keep your own treasures locked inside!
Box Tug of War – Climb atop a 6 inch box and try not to be the one to fall!
Yarn Art – Create Egyptian style art using rows and rows of yarn.
Ducks and Cows – Find your partner, with animal noises. A game FULL of laughs
Capture the Flag (CTF) – An old Camp Woodhaven favorite!
Potato Painting – Fashion your own scarab seal, the ancient Egyptian’s form of a lock
Mancala – The traditional stone game
Hemp – Learn the skill of “hemp stitching” and make a piece of jewelry for yourself or a friend!
Broom Hockey – Like traditional hockey, but with brooms!
What Time is it Cleopatra? - Silly tag-like game
The Great Science Experiment (July 18-22)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Science Experiments: Rock Candy/Egg in a Bottle – Set up your own rock candy to collect at the end of the week, watch as an egg gets sucked right into a bottle!
Human Knot – Can your group untangle themselves?
Star Wars - A ridiculously silly game that combines dodge balls, foam swords, pool noodles and Capture The Flag
People to People – A silly game of following directions. Very similar to Simon says
Color Blending Coffee Filter Butterflies – Learn the science behind color blending and create your own butterflies!
Milk Glue - Can milk also be glue?? In this experiment it sure can! Find out how it’s done
All on One Side – Can your team get from one side of the volleyball net to the other before the ball drops?
Banana – A goofy rendition of hot potato
Water Games: Drip, Drip, Drop & Water Balloons – A wet version of duck, duck, goose
“Kaos” – Dodgeball meets capture the flag
Invisible Ink - You’ve seen it in spy movies but now you get to make some invisible ink of your own!
Bubble Gum Art – What can you make out of gum?
Beat the Bunny – Quick! Pass the bunny, but don’t let the farmer catch him!
Capture the Flag – An old Camp Woodhaven favorite
Operation Egg Drop (9-12 two day activity) - Make a “bed” for your precious Eggy. The next day see how well Eggy will fare after being dropped from the top of a ladder!
Rescue an Ice Cube – Bet you never thought you could pick up an ice cube with a string, did you?
Pencil in a Bottle Game – Drop the pencil in the bottle but don’t topple over while doing so!
Gloop – Watch this chemical reaction and play with the results!
Jamaquack – This hilarious ball game played in a circle will keep you laughing for hours!
Dodgeball – A Camp Woodhaven favorite
Hawaiian Beach Week (July 25-29)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Herbal Eye Pillows – Sew and stuff an herbal eye pillow; perfect to soothe you as you fall asleep at night.
Smoothies – Make a healthy snack with fruit, yogurt and much more!
Drip, Drip, Drop – A wet version of duck, duck, goose
Dodgeball – A Camp Woodhaven favorite
Band-Aid Tag – A new take on tag
Spa Day – Make natural facials, paint your nails and even visit the “hair salon”
Bubble Painting – Paint an abstract picture, with bubbles!
Water Games: Water Balloons, Sponge Relay, Ice Cube Melt – Wet and wild relays! Wear your bathing suit!
Crab Soccer – Practice your crab walk for this crazy version of soccer
Take It Back! – A silly game of sock throwing, clean of course!
3D Sea Creatures (5-8) – Create your own life-sized paper sea creature, stitched and stuffed yourself
Quilling (9-12) – Campers will create a deep sea world with the fine art of paper rolling called quilling
Car Wash – Splash around and get soapy while scrubbing down your staff’s car
Hula Dancing/Grass Skirts – Make your own grass skirt and learn how to hula!
Capture The Flag – An old Camp Woodhaven favorite
Otters and Clams Tag – It’s nice to be an otter, but its even more fun to be a clam!
Sand Art – Pour some colored sand to make a fancy design
Beach Volleyball – Take your shoes off and dig your toes into the sand pit for this fun sport!
Kick the Can – Tag and hide & seek hybrid!
Stress Balls – Fill your own decorated stress ball, and have a relaxing time at camp
Highland Games (August 1-5)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Paper Bag Kites - Make a kite out of a paper bag and even FLY it!
Capture the Flag – An old Camp Woodhaven favorite
Kickball – Same old rules, same great game!
Good Morning Captain - How well do you know the people in your group? This silly game will be a good test!
Board Games - Take a breather from your fun-filled day to play a game with some of your best camp friends
Family Crest – Pay close attention to detail as you paint a version of your family crest
Dodgeball – A Camp Woodhaven favorite!
Sand Pit & Tire Swing – Build a castle or dig a hole or take a whirl on the tire swing!
Battle Ship – A great active game with some zany twists. Hope you brought your paddles!
Zip, Zap, Zop – A strategy game that speeds up as you go along, guarantees a great time!
Coffee Filter Flower Pens (5-10) – Create your own flower using coffee filters and water colors which will be fashioned atop a pen. A fun back-to-school novelty
Leather (11&12) – Learn the skillful art of leather crafting as you make a bracelet or key chain
Broom Hockey/Knock-Out – Fun at the basketball court!
Star Wars – A ridiculously silly game that combines dodgeballs, foam swords, pool noodles and Capture The Flag
Blindfolded Hike – A trust activity where partners take turns guiding each other on a short blindfolded trek through the woods
Veggie Printed Wrapping Paper (5-10) – Cut veggies into designs then print on paper, take it home at the end of the day and use as your very own wrapping paper!
Tenniball/Baseball – America’s past time, with a twist!
Basket Weaving – Weave your own raffia basket!
Dho, Dho, Dho – A goofy game of strategy and “long-windedness”
Psychiatrist – Who will your group pretend to be while the psychiatrist guesses?
Creepy Crawlies (August 8-12)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Yarn Bugs – Make a floppy creature out of yarn and plenty of googly eyes
Bogging – Take a hike to the bog. Can you catch the biggest frog? (Bring and extra change of clothes!)
Three Team Soccer – Three teams, three nets, three times the fun!
Car Wash – Splash around and get all soapy while washing down your staff’s car
Beaded Bug Jewelry (11&12) – Make an intricate bug out of tiny seed beads
Paper Bag Puppets (5-8) – Make a bug puppet and be sure to put on a puppet show!
Beach Glass Jewelry (9-12) – Bend and form wire to hold delicate sea glass for a necklace or bracelet
Nature Walk/Bug Hunt – Take a hike around Woodhaven and see what kind of bugs you discover
Toilet Tag – This game is sure to “flush” out all your energy
Amoeba Tag - Woodhaven’s version of blob tag
Capture the Flag – An old Camp Woodhaven classic
Origami – Traditional Japanese art of paper folding
Dead Ant Tag – Practice your best impression of a dead ant. You’ll need it for this game
Monarch – Tag and dodgeball meet in this high activity game
Order Out of Chaos – Get back in your original order, without being able to talk!
Beady Creatures (Amphibians and Reptiles!) – Make a pony bead pal to hook on your backpack
Craft: Pipe Cleaner/Egg Carton Bugs – Make a crazy caterpillar or a swarm of bees. It’s all up to you!
Nature Scavenger Hunt – Find everything on the list to be the winner!
Camouflage – Hide and seek with a little twist. A fun way to hang out in the shade of Woodhaven’s tall trees
Dr. Dodgeball – A twist on the Camp Woodhaven classic
Camp Pride (August 15-19)
Water Slide – HUGE inflatable water slide – available once a day for each group!
Book Nook – The book nook is a quiet place that campers have a chance to visit once a week. Take this opportunity to get some summer reading completed or just take a minute to relax with one of our favorites.
Beady Creatures – Make a pony bead friend for your backpack!
Dodgeball – A Camp Woodhaven favorite
Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors – Full body rock, paper, scissors with an element of tag thrown in for good measure
Steal the Bacon – Be the first to grab the “bacon” and bring it back to your team’s base!
Carwash – Splash around and get soapy while scrubbing down your staff’s car
Friendship Bracelets – Learn a new stitch and make a bracelet for you or a friend!
Nature Pals – Create your very own pal out of things found in the Woodhaven woods
Capture the Flag – An old Camp Woodhaven favorite
Kick the Can – A tag and hide & seek hybrid!
Parachute – Some old games and some new ones!
Scrapbooking – Collect your pictures and create a scrapbook page or two!
Tenniball/Kickball – A twist on an American classic
Smaug’s Jewels – Be a smaug and protect your precious jewels or be an elf that tries to steal them away!
Paper Beads – Roll paper into brightly colored beads
God’s Eyes – Similar to dream catchers, but far more weaving involved
Gimp – A plastic lacing camp craft
Knock-Out/Basketball/Tire Swing – Have fun at the basketball court, or take a spin on the tire swing!
Bola – Human skip-it, jump over the bola as it swings!
Sand Pit – Kick off your shoes and make your own sand village!
Bus Transportation: For more information Click Here
Car Pooling: Camp Woodhaven offers a Car Pooling directory for parents that are interested in sharing the responsibility of driving their children to school. If you would like to be added to the Car Pool directory, please email the camp office at: info@campwoodhaven.com.
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