Our full kit is priced at $310 +HST (which averages out to about $25 per project).

This is a 10% savings over purchasing the kits individually and includes:

• a professionally printed copy of our Activity Guide Book (includes themed colouring pages, poems and reflections)

• full access to the entire educational video series “At Home with Mindful Makers”

• materials to complete our Daily Doodles lessons

• lesson plans for our Week Long Project: DIY Board Games

• Our Material Minutes segments teach you facts and history about the materials used in our kit

• Explore various drawing styles in our Daily Doodles lessons

• Meet artists & makers in interviews hosted by our mascot, Nimble Nimbus

• Our Mindful Moments poems & colouring pages reflect on a new positive affirmation each day

• Learn facts about local plant life with Mardi Mars da Gnome!

Book Binding

Learn the basics of making your own book! Once you learn how simple the process is, you’ll be able to continue making books of all sizes with the same technique!

This kit includes:

• blank letter sheets (enough to make 2 books)

• 4 cardstock cover sheets

• a book cradle

• a book press with clips

• colourful duct tape

• awl tool

• white glue

• paper sizing guides

• 8 spools of coloured sewing thread

These specialty book binding tools we’ve put together can be used repeatedly to create many book projects.

LEDs + Copper Circuits

Make your own little light up cardboard box robot! We’ll teach you how you can add two simple electronic circuits to your cardboard sculpture, no soldering required!

This kit includes:

• 2 coin cell batteries

• 6 different LEDs

• a meter of copper tape

• elastic

• paper clip

• plastic straw

• pipe cleaners

• printed circuit templates

You will need to provide your own cardboard to complete this project.

DIY Cardboard Tool Boxes

This kit comes with so many tools and materials that we’re going to need to build our own tool boxes to keep them all organized! We’ll have a few different patterns to follow, and encourage you to modify them to suit your needs.

This kit includes:

• a very special Japanese Canary Cardboard Saw that we love and use at camp often. It has a serrated blade that makes cutting cardboard a breeze, but at the same time is safe enough to handle without worry.

• 3 full rolls of our favourite tape

• pokey tool

• straight edge (for cutting)

• plastic ruler

• soft retractable measuring tape

• pencil

• pencil sharpener

• eraser

• fasteners (twist ties, buttons, butterfly pins, elastics)

Collage & Card Making

Explore the art of paper craft through experimental mark making and collage. We’ll be creating our own one-of-a-kind “art papers” which will be cut up and pasted together into collage art cards. A great project to spread a little cheer by sending out to friends and family.

This kit includes:

• 9 pre-cut card bases in bright rainbow colours

• 6 cardstock sheets to create various “art papers”

• a watercolour palette

• 3 fine artist brushes

• a glue stick

• 24 crayons

• 8 washable Crayola broadline markers

• bottle of India ink

• googly eye stickers

• a zippered portfolio pouch

• fine and ultra fine black markers

• Zendoodle practice sheet

Sewing Silly Sock Buddies

Oh how we love our sock buddies. When it comes to sewing, this project has no limit on what creative ideas you can throw at it. Who knew a sock and some stuffing had so much potential?

This kit includes:

• a randomly chosen patterned sock

• a cup of rice for weight

• polyester stuffing

• 12 full sheets of craft felt

• scrap of t-shirt material for “puffy eyes”

• chalk

• scissors

• 8 coloured spools of thread

• quilting pins

• sewing needles

• buttons

• our custom designed costume patterns made to fit your sock buddy

Tie Dyeing

Create your own beautifully dyed items with these vibrant Procion MX Fibre Reactive Dyes! This will definitely be the messiest craft in this kit, but the results are so worth it!

This kit includes:

• a 50 gram ball of white cotton yarn

  • this will be sectioned into skeins to be dyed individually and can be used in Day 4’s activity of tapestry weaving

• 2 pre-washed square cotton bandanas

  • Wear them as a headband, a kerchief, a DIY mask, sew it into a pillow…lots of possibilities!

• 1 pair of size small nitrile gloves

• 3 reusable squeeze bottles with pre-measured amounts of Procion MX Dye (Fuchsia, Yellow, Turquoise) and Urea

• a pre-measured mix of non-iodized salt and soda ash

• a table cloth

• a plastic shoebox with lid

• 24 oz storage container

• 6 small mixing cups

• 10 zip top bags for storing dyed items

You will have enough dye left in the kit to also dye a couple of your own t-shirts too! Instead of buying a new white shirt, why not try over-dyeing an old shirt to give it a new life? Just make sure the tag says 100% cotton!

Needle Felting

Make your own functional and adorable pin cushion from sheep’s wool! Project plans also include instructions for making a simple felted heart using our custom 3D printed mould.

Learn the art of needle felting and happily stab the hours away. Felting has always been a popular camp activity and so we knew it had to be included in this kit.

This kit includes:

• one 2.5” terracotta pot

• 30 grams of white wool

• 60 grams of dyed wool (in 12 colours)

• 4 felting needles (two coarse, 2 fine)

• a sponge

• a chopstick

• a 3D printed heart mould

• a band-aid for when you eventually poke yourself (don’t worry it happens to everyone!)

This kit will provide hours of mindful fun and a handy place to store your sharp tools!

Weaving on a Frame Loom

Tapestry wall hangings are back in vogue! We’ve seen a lot of beautiful woven work pop up all over the internet and we are so excited to put this kit together for you to create your very own frame loom!

The loom construction is very simple and will require some gluing, clamping and pin assembly before you can start weaving.

This kit includes:

• a 50 gram ball of white chunky yarn

• a 50 gram ball of black chunky yarn

• ball of cotton warp string

• 4 wooden pieces to create the frame of the loom

• metal pins and foam strips

• weaving needle and comb

• shed stick

• 2 dowels for mounting final work

• 2” spacer strip

Your loom can be re-used indefinitely! This is a super mindful activity that we know you will love doing.

Earth Buddy Head

Create your own little patch of greenery right inside your home! Yes, these earth buddy heads will bring a spark of joy to your windowsill.

Learn about seed germination and watch as your grass grows in just a matter of days! Don’t forget to water it, and of course give it a haircut when it starts to get too long.

This kit includes:

• 1 panty hose sock

• 1 bag of wood chips

• 2 baggies of grass seed (once your grass life cycle has ended, you can re-make it and start the process all over again)

• small clear elastics

• foam pot

• set of permanent markers

• a hot glue gun + glue sticks

• 2 silicone finger guards

• white and black felt scraps

If your child has no experience with using a hot glue gun we recommend parental supervision to assist your young maker with that step.

Clay + Plaster Relief Tiles

Make a real impression with this simple but beautiful plaster tile project.

We’ll be working with clay to capture impressions of nature, and cast them using plaster. These two materials are used extensively in the art world, and this is great introduction project to show how they can be used together to create expressive and unique art.

This kit includes:

• 800 grams of plaster (enough to cast 4 four inch square tiles)

• 1 litre mixing container

• 500 grams of clay (it can be used indefinitely when stored properly.

• a cotton mat

• a rolling pin

• wooden thickness guides

• a variety of cutting tools

• paper template

This project will be messy and should be done outdoors.