Day Camp 2007 - Week 10

Lion This week's mammal day was the lion. Each group made a paper mache animal for lion enrichment: Group 1: Clifford the big red dog; Group 2: Ace of Hearts; Group 3: Spongebob Squarepants; Group 4: Spngebob's friend Patrick; Group 5: lifesize moose; Group 6: Elizabeth the Burmese python; Group 7: lioness; Group 8: snail; Group 9: lifesize rhino. Plus, some of the counselors made additional paper mache enrichments: a basketball and a replica of the "Magic Bus" complete with photos of camp staff in the windows. Everyone watched on Thursday morning as the lions were released and enjoyed tearing up the paper mache. To everyone's surprise, the first to go was the rhinoceros. The python was the last. On our lion day, we went up to the lions' night quarters, where the keepers told us all about these powerful felines. We also played a game and made a lion craft.

Cockatoo For our bird day, an education staff member taught us how to make parrot enrichments, which we brought with us when we met another education staff member for the cockatoo talk. Some of us had our photo taken with CiCi the sulfur-crested cockatoo. Then we met another education staff member to candle eggs and to hold the baby chickens. We made a cockatoo craft and played a game, too.

Alligator We met an education staff member who introduced us to one of the baby alligators on Reptile Day. Some of us had our photo taken with Chompers the baby gator. We learned all about these amazing reptiles. Later, we fed the big alligators at the 3:00 alligator chit-chat. We also played a game and made a special alligator craft to take home.

Petting Zoo Keeper Rakes, shovels, and brooms are some of the fun tools that the keepers use to clean behind-the-scenes at the Petting Zoo. We enjoyed using these tools to help the petting zoo keeper on our Keeper Day. Some of us had our photo taken with a sheep or a goat. Then we played a game and made a craft to remember our special keeper day.

Horticulture For our Nature Day, we met staff member Will, who is a master gardener and has traveled all over the world. He taught us many things about plants and how important they are to our environment. We went on a nature walk in Safari World to learn about the many plants that we discovered there, and we even planted our own sprout to take home to watch it grow. We also made a craft and played a game to remember this day.