We’re in the middle of the week of CHESS CAMP at Lillstreet. My summer campers have made a LOT of really cool chess pieces already to fill their themes. Today we started creating their chess boards… and then took a bit of a break after lunch for them to hone their skills.

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At least according to chess camper Rebecca…

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We’re only on  Day Two of our week-long Chess Camp, and the pieces are already coming along nicely. The kids are building them all out of terra cotta – and then on Friday we’ll paint them with colorful underglazes.

And what better way to make a cake look like a cake…
than to actually frost it like a cake!!! Complete with terra cotta slip “frosting” with a pastry tip!

This week is CHESS CAMP at Lillstreet… one of my favorite weeks of Camp!!!
Another week of creative fun with my summer campers!!! Each kid has a theme and now they’re building a full chess set out of terra cotta. One of them has donuts for her pawns… so we spent the afternoon adding frosting & sprinkles!!!

While other sets are a bit more traditional… starting with some trolls as pawns.

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Today was the first day of another week of Summer Camp. A new group of campers settling in this morning and drawing freehand on the paper-covered table. And then THIS happened!!! One of the girls just sat down a drew this wonderful creature… now I just can’t wait to see what else Rebecca makes this week during camp!!!

Great summer camp kids this week… brutally honest and SO smart!!! Ha!

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Today my summer camp kids trimmed, stamped, carved, handles and slip decorated their stoneware pots. A lot of work for Day Three of camp… even better as these same pots will be fired, cooled and glazed by the kids on Friday!!!

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It’s another week of Summer Camp…
and my wheelthrowing kids have already made a LOT of pots!!!

Busy week at summer camp this week. My campers have cranked out a lot of pots on the wheel… many of them for the first time. Two days to throw making a table full of pots! They’ve since been trimmed, stamped & detailed. For today we switched to handbuilding.