This weekend we had our virtual camp! We decided to keep it to one night, since it was our first time, but it was a success and I would definitely be open to planning a two-night virtual camp in the future if our Brownies are interested.
A week before we sent out the activity book for camp. The first half is activities that they could do during the week to prepare for camp (Making a bedroll, learning about Leave No Trace, etc). If they sent us pictures of these activities completed, then they earned their Camper Discovery Badge. The second part of the activity book was the schedule for the virtual camp, and what supplies they would need.
Here is the activity book, you can use it as inspiration for your own virtual camp:
We opened camp on Friday at 6:30pm for our first activity: giving each other tours of our tents and blanket forts. It was a bit cooler than usual on Friday, but almost half of them slept outside. I was impressed at the blanket fort designs that they came up with.
Our craft for the night was night lights. I took pictures ahead of time and shared my screen so that everyone could see the steps.
The rest of the activities for the evening were offline, with a night hike and pre-recorded bedtime stories.
On Saturday morning we got together again for another craft and a talent show. The craft was a bedroll SWAP. You can find the instructions here:
Everyone had a lot of fun, and the cleanup at the end of camp took almost no time!
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