Wilder’s dipped candle (2020) Candle-making time! Please bring whatever supplies you’d like to use for making candles. I have several pounds of organic beeswax pastilles I’ll bring to share, and I have wicking for dipped candles (it’s not thick enough for poured). Those who wish to pour candles, which is easier, will need to buy …
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We’re breaking rocks! Bring some collected rocks to try smashing, preferably different colors, plus a hammer + a pair of goggles/eye protection. We’re going to pound rocks to see what’s inside! We can bring bowls and jars to collect different colors of grit and powder to make pourable, sand-style art in small jars. Gray (her …
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This is a BIG one, as you’ll see below. If you want to read through the options with your kids, it might narrow your scope a bit. Zack (and Alison!) has spent a lot of time organizing this one and there are many options for play here. “Zack has been working hard at figuring out …
Town II. If our boxes have survived (fingers crossed, two snows later!), we’ll resurrect Boxtown. We’ll need more duct tape, glue and sharpies – and of course a new mayor! We can check on this project first, and then move the other stuff around depending on how well the boxes have held up and whether …
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It’s time for cityscaping! Jennifer’s family is dropping off bicycle boxes for us to use to build a town. We’ll move the tables and chairs to make room for building a full town. Everyone can have their own space/box – whether it’s a house or a business is up to each kiddo! – to decorate …
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It’s the moment we’ve alllllllll been waiting for: seeing everyone’s pets! I’m not sure how this one will go…. Please bring whatever your children would like to use to show us their pets and answer any questions about them. This can be a science-project-style poster board or a stop-motion video or a stuffy parade, whatever …
Let’s craft a “mailbox” from cardboard together and then stuff it with cards + goodies! You can make cards here or bring them, up to you. Please bring some decorations you don’t mind sharing. Count is 9 kiddos + 7 mamas. Please bring enough for everyone! Kids’ names (optional): Elliott, Hugo, Lena, Rosetta, Seth, Sadie, …
Our Spring 2022 session list is made! Review + download. Calendar shifted slightly due to our camping trip – just moved that date back into May. Thanks to everyone for all the great suggestions during our planning meeting! Bring something your kiddo wants to bake. Cupcakes, cookies, bars. This can be from scratch or from …
AR = Arvada. This week our semester begins, and that means two locations. Please read titles carefully to ensure you’re going to the right place on the right day with the right stuff! Hello and welcome to a new semester of Wildlings! We’ll have quite a few new visitors this first week and I know …
It’s our last week, so let’s celebrate together! We’re going to craft it up with allllll of the holiday crafts. Becky’s got some egg crate crafts (or this one, or this one…), and Alison found some beautiful stars to fold from paper bags – so bring any paper bags and paper egg crates and join …
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