Summer Camp for a Day
Museum of Early Trades & Crafts
9 Main Street, Madison, NJ 07940
973-377-2982 x12 www.metc.org
The Museum of Early Trades & Crafts will host eight unique one day summer camps for children ages 4-12. Starting Wednesday, July 7th and ending Thursday, August 26th, each Camp for a Day session will run from 10am to 2pm.
Camp for a Day offers a fun-filled day of camp activities without the long term commitment. Campers will learn about different aspects of history and participate in a variety of hands-on craft projects based on the Museum’s exhibits. Camp themes include the Lenape: Tools & Daily Living exhibit, jewelry making, puppets, arts and crafts with recycled items, textiles, a Colonial tea party and much more.
Campers may pick and choose as many camp sessions as they please.
JULY:
Lenape: Toys & Games - Wednesday, July 7th
Tour the exhibit Lenape: Tools & Daily Living and learn about how the Lenape people lived, worked and played. Campers will have the opportunity to play with a number of Lenape games and toys, and make some of their own to take home.
Fabric Fun - Thursday, July 15th
Take part in a variety of crafts and activities using fibers and fabric. Using real lamb’s wool, learn the old-time art of wool-felting, and make a felted toy. View the Museum’s displayed textiles and work with quilt pieces. Other activities include fabric collages, and making dream pillows and a braided rug.
Bejeweled - Tuesday, July 20th
Design your own pieces of unisex jewelry from a number of “found” objects brought in from home, and from a variety of materials from the Museum’s collection.
Puppets & Plays - Wednesday, July 28th
Campers will meet the Museum’s staff of puppets and will create several of their own using a variety of materials. Participants will end the day with a puppet show. Campers are asked to bring in a “stray” sock for a sock puppet.
AUGUST:
Lenape: Stories & Tales - Thursday August 5th
Children will hear a number of riveting Lenape stories and will create some themselves. They will fill their own hand-made books with their stories, Lenape vocabulary and artwork.
Early American 3 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Tuesday, August 10th
Learn how Colonials didn’t waste a thing, reusing supplies efficiently. Create a variety of crafts from recycled materials.
Lenape: Toys & Games - Wednesday, August 18th
Tour the exhibit Lenape: Tools & Daily Living and learn about how the Lenape people lived, worked and played. Campers will have the opportunity to play with a number of Lenape games and toys. A reprise of the popular July 7th camp.
Dolly & Me Tea Party - Thursday, August 26th
Campers and their favorite dolly are invited to a tea party at the Museum, where they will participate in a number of hands-on activities, and make their own tea for their tea party.
Campers are asked to bring a bag lunch, sun screen and extra drinks if hot out. Activities are both outside and inside the Museum.
Anyone under the age of 6 must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Members: $25 for any 1 session and $65 for any 3. Non-Members: $30 for any 1 session and $80 for any 3 sessions.
