Ages 3-5

Even very young children love to make stuff. They often do not want to be told what to make, rather they want to be let loose in a fabulous space filled with cardboard, aluminum foil, glue, tape, fasteners, paper, ribbons, wood pieces, kid-friendly drills and glue guns, kid-sized hammers and nails, glitter, feathers, puff balls, legos, clay, wire, containers, metal, fabric, rubber bands, clothes pins and more! They already have ideas. They just need the grown-ups to stop directing their explorations. At Belle Vie Farm, supporting children while they explore is our specialty. For those campers who are ready to get started from day one, we offer them the materials, the safety rules and feedback when requested. For others who want more guidance, we offer tons of photos of possible inventions, help them draw "blueprints", show books about how to create from various materials and help them talk through an idea so they can make it happen.

The camp week will include both individual camper projects as well as whole group construction/maker projects. Campers will even design a chicken coop jungle gym and build it themselves!