Today was one big EPICsplosion of color. Camp Simcha escaped to the Crayola Factory, and boy did we paint the town! Breakfast was a potpourri of every shade and hue, as staff and campers dressed up in the most vibrant colors. The Great Wall of Graffiti quickly lived up to its name as we livened it up with tons of Crayola crayons and markers. Towards the end of lunch, we all gathered in the middle of the dining room where we heard a rockin’ concert from our own personal band: The American Revolution. And although we were a bit lazy after our awesome trip yesterday, our campers still danced, climbed on staff members’ shoulders, and screamed in an Epic Eleven rendition of uproar.
From there, our awesome campers went to four consecutive action-packed activities. Coby decided to visit the candle workshop where he made his own personal candle (candle=wax=crayon=Crayola=> how cool is that?). He created a Pumpkin Orange dye for the top of his candle, a Pansy Purple middle, and a Baby Blue bottom. In another workshop, some lucky campers got to “paint” and decorate a cake…and then eat their artwork of course!
The baseball field was the site of smearing and sloshing gallons of (hopefully) washable paint onto every conceivable surface; just ask Jonah. It originally started off as an Epic Twister game, in which the board were plates full of paint. Pretty soon, however, everyone turned to the super fun activity of body painting and “embodying” Crayola. And if you didn’t get involved yourself, plenty of staff members were around to give bear hugs in order to spread the wealth.
Throughout the day, there were two awesome special activities that every division had a chance to partake in. The first was group Dance Dance Revolution. A professional DJ group came down to camp and set up over 30 dance mats in the gym. We then had a blast as we watched the moves scroll up on the huge screen and competed for the highest score. It was a really great workout for us as we twisted and contoured into very interesting shapes. The levels progressed, and the moves got faster, but our great campers managed to keep up. It was very apparent that everyone was having a mighty fine time. The other special activity was scuba diving in the pool. We were all fitted with body skins, flippers, oxygen tanks, and face masks, and went below water. We were able to stay underwater for as long as we wanted as we engaged in some very fun activities. We searched for small things that were thrown in by the supervisor, and played many games including Shark and Minnow.
To start off the night, our campers squared off in a live rendition of family feud. In the process we learned that the four most custom ordered thing in camp are fries, onion rings, pizza, and pizza rolls; Dembi always wears his frog hat, and dirty socks (?); and that the best workshop in camp is ductagami. For our post night-activity activity, our divisions split up and did something meaningful.
Our youngest division, The Twisters, headed to the porch of the dining room. It was there that they created tie-die shirts. When they finished their artwork, they huddled around a fire, sung songs, and roasted smores. Our next division, The Bouncers, headed outside where they had Epic astronomy and stargazing on the hill. And our oldest, division headed out to the field where they sat around a bonfire and shared their experience in the fight against illness.