camp traditions...

so now that ive been a camp counselor for almost 2 weeks... lets share what our favorite summer camp (or just summer in general) traditions are...


mine.. is lanyard!... or boondoggle, for you upstaters.

im currently working on a light and dark blue simple box/barrel stitch... but my next one is gonna be twisted bubblegum!

who else remembers this favorite pastime?

Hehe. That was one of them, we made them with the embroidery/needlepoint thread and they were 'friendship bracelets' -- we all had like 30 and they got filthy but we'd never take those darn things off for the entire Summer!!!

I am ashamed to say, another tradition was 'SLAM Books.' I went to a semi-travel camp, and now realize we were the biggest bunch of brats ever. It was fun at the time, but man, we were RUTHLESS in those books and it was probably horrible. I hope no one saved any!!! Jeez.

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Posted by meli722

never went to sleep away camp, but always wanted to....but i did go to a summer day camp , i think 2 or 3 times, and i lovedd doing lanyard and jumping rope.

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i didnt go to sleepaway either. i was too scared. but i went to west hills for like a billion years and now i work at ivy league. lol

ohh gosh, I miss the camp days. I liked lanyard but i liked the embroidery thread friendship bracelets even more! remember these?!?

Cute pic Marisa!

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Posted by Future Pepper

ohh gosh, I miss the camp days. I liked lanyard but i liked the embroidery thread friendship bracelets even more! remember these?!?

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Now you got me wanting to go to the craft store and buying thread to make these! I used to love making these! I had a kit and everything that held the thread.

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Posted by flairforfashion

Now you got me wanting to go to the craft store and buying thread to make these! I used to love making these! I had a kit and everything that held the thread.

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I still have that kit. I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it! Fun times!

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Posted by Future Pepper

ohh gosh, I miss the camp days. I liked lanyard but i liked the embroidery thread friendship bracelets even more! remember these?!?

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Those are the ones!!!! I still remember how to do it, and when we were on trips, we'd safety pin it to the back of the seat in front of us and work our little butts off to race to the finish!

Oh my God! This is horribly embarrassing but I'll tell my story anyway. I never went to real camp but I did go to Girl Scout camp for a weekend.... I think I was about 8 years old. Anyway, I was so nervous about changing in front of the other girls that I stayed in the same clothes (underwear included) all weekend! My mom was cracking up about this when I got home. Isn't that gross?

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Posted by MrsDtoBe09

Oh my God! This is horribly embarrassing but I'll tell my story anyway. I never went to real camp but I did go to Girl Scout camp for a weekend.... I think I was about 8 years old. Anyway, I was so nervous about changing in front of the other girls that I stayed in the same clothes (underwear included) all weekend! My mom was cracking up about this when I got home. Isn't that gross?

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aww a bashful girl scout!