Wild Crafters (ages 9-12)

Spring 2025: February 24- May 23 with a break the week of April 14 for Rivercane Rendezvous, 12 programs day total

One of the most essential of human capabilities: To form in our mind a vision of something that doesn’t yet exist, and then use our own two hands to bring that vision into reality. This is the heart of crafting… and it’s so much fun.

So come and craft with us!   During our time in the forest we’ll engage in a rich series of natural crafts while connecting deeply to the earth with lots of nature games and activities. Students will learn to harvest natural materials and use them to create beautiful and useful items.

We have lots of potential crafts, which may include:

• Knife Safety & Wood Carving
• Baskets – free-form woven honeysuckle makes a strong and beautiful container
• Wet and needle felting – use wool to make neck pouches
• Natural Dyes – use plants to dye silk scarves or bandanas
• Paint rocks – grind up stones found in the creek to make natural paint
• Gourd Craft – decorative fruit bowls or small eating bowls
• Bamboo craft – functional chopsticks or cups made from this amazing grass
• Pottery – beads and pinch pots fired in an open-pit campfire
• Coal Burned Wooden Spoons – use fire and blade to shape a beautiful utensil
• Flint knapping – break stone to create sharp edges to cut with
• Hafted Stone Knives or Axes – securely attach those sharp stones to wood and make an even more useful tool