Camping and Native American Village- Dramatic Play

• Two small child size tents or one small two man tent (they will be well used so make sure you are comfortable with that)

• A couple of small sleeping bags





• Small flashlights
• Small backpacks
• Child size beach/ lawn chairs
• Small cooler
• Pots and pans (from dramatic play center)
• Picnic blanket
• Maps
• Campfire (a ring of rocks with firewood or sticks in the middle)

• Sticks with cottonballs glued to the ends (roasting marshmallows)



• Fishing poles (sticks with strings tied to them with a magnet at the end)
• Small river with fish (create a river with blue plastic wrap or blue butcher paper use rocks to frame the river and make a path make fish and attach paper clips so kids can go fishing)




• Smallish fake Christmas trees or make trees along the back from butcher paper





• Pinecones, rocks other natural elements
• Green fabric to cover dramatic play shelving to create “Hills”
• Binoculars
• Bug catchers
• Plastic Bugs (school has)
• Woodland animals (realistic looking i.e. nothing pink or purple)Bear, moose, owl etc
• Canteens
• Mosquito netting
• nature netting, make a cave under the stairs hang bats (we can make with toilet paper tubes





• Use vines/ greenery on the staircase rail to the loft as well as on the loft itself
• Anything else you can think of? Can anyone get Astroturf?
• GO TO A SPORTING GOODS STORE SEE IF THEY WILL DONATE ANYTHING CAMPING RELATED- use base donation letter ask if needed.

Native American Village

We will need to Create, the following:

* Turn the "under loft area" into the inside of a teepee; native American artifacts etc.
• Cradleboard (papooses needed) there are easy instructions on how to make them online
• Baskets different shapes and sizes
• Gourds, small pumpkins, acorns, raw leather, Indian corn, feathers, other natural elements
• Native American dolls
• Dress up clothes (does anyone have anything?)
• Campfire (a ring of rocks with firewood or sticks in the middle)
• Fishing poles (sticks with strings tied to them with a magnet at the end)
• Small river with fish (create a river with blue plastic wrap or blue butcher paper use rocks to frame the river and make a path make fish and attach paper clips so kids can go fishing)
• Smallish fake Christmas trees or make trees along the back from butcher paper
• Pinecones, rocks other natural elements
• Green fabric to cover dramatic play shelving to create “Hills”
• Plastic Bugs (school has)
• Woodland animals (realistic looking i.e. nothing pink or purple)Bear, moose, owl etc
• nature netting, make a cave under the stairs hang bats (we can make with toilet paper tubes
• Use vines/ greenery on the staircase rail to the loft as well as on the loft itself
• Anything else you can think of?




This was from last year notice the background and natural elements

Outdoor Camp

Kaia's school went on a Wildlife Rescue Mission. They made Rescue Ranger Vest's and Badges


They found lost animals and figured outthe best way to help them.

At the end they made S'mores over their campfire.

Camping/ Native American Village- Donations Letter

Dramatic Play Center- Camping Items Needed

We are creating a fun and inviting environment for the children at our school and we need your help! We are currently working on a Camping theme for the children to learn and explore through. With this new play area they will learn about the world around them, develop an appreciation for nature and the outdoors, and gain confidence in their abilities as they learn to take care of their needs in the “Great Outdoors”. To create this fun and exciting new play area we need donations from businesses in our community. Please consider donating the following. Remember our school is a non-profit and your donation is a tax deduction.
Items we are looking for include:
• Two small child size tents or one small two man tent
• A couple of small sleeping bags
• Small flashlights
• Small backpacks
• Child size beach/ lawn chairs
• Small cooler
• Picnic blanket
• Canteens
• Maps
• Binoculars
• Mosquito Netting
• Old Natural Looking Display Items (trees, greenery etc)
• Anything else you can think of to help make this a wonderful educational experience for the children