Sprucelands Nart Room needs your help!

Tye-dying has been a HUGE hit every summer.

Lots of us at camp love to work in the art room. We call it the Nart Room because we blend nature and art together, running hikes as well as creating all kinds of artistic projects that support our camp theme. This year the theme is based on the Toy Story movies. Should give us all a reason to get creative. Besides, the Nart Room is literally the coolest place in camp on a hot summer day.

The Hill Parents we have enjoyed in the last years have been phenomenal. Their originality has sparked us all to get into the fun of making all kinds of uniqueness. Last year our tye-dye shirts were the most beautiful shirts we've ever made. I think we've mastered the art of tye-dying. Many campers also learned to knit and crochet. Even the Hill Moms got into the knitting piece.

I know for a fact that all winter long our dedicated Hill Parents have been coming up with Toy Story ideas for Nart this summer. Nart is coming alive with making characters like you wouldn't believe.

Our Nart Room is right up there with awesome!

Then there will be the art of making rugs for cabins by weaving pieces from old t-shirts and flannel sheets on hoola hoops. Now you've got to get into this because it's totally fun. Yvonne made a small rug sample and it's lovely. This could be a terrific project for your cabin. Then when you step out of bed in the morning, it's just like home. You will have a rug under your feet.

To help us out, please look at the following list. We need you to be pack rats for us. These are household items you can save for the Nart Room and bring to camp with you.

• Pop and beer tabs (some energy drinks have different color tabs and Budwiser beer has red tabs)
• Pop cans for making Toy Story characters
• Old t-shirts (doesn't matter if they have holes in them or stains on them and any color is welcomed)
• Flannel sheets and pillow cases
• Large hula hoops
• Cardboard egg cartons
• Plastic peanut butter or mayo jars with lids
• Styrofoam meat trays
• Water bottles or gatorade bottles
• Yarn! Yarn! Yarn!
• An old toaster oven

I promised the ladies I would post this list. So see if you can start collecting. I'll do the same. Already I have egg cartons, old t-shirts and gatorade bottles that were left behind last summer. That's a start. Toy Story here we come!