Jewelry making is another creative arts and crafts outlet for the kids at Camp W. Held on the porch of the historic hillside Buchanan lodge or Elm pond-side cabin, campers use wire, colorful string and yarns, plus beads and other sparkly ornaments to make necklaces, bracelets, and fun earrings.

Making a bracelet or necklace simple beads and embroidery floss is the first step, but it doesn’t take long for girls to expand their bead choice to include letters, specialty shape beads, or even a special pendant to use as a centerpiece for the necklace.

It’s easy to get started with jewelry making by repeating a single-knot.  This makes a very nice bracelet, but when you’re ready, the instructors are happy to show you a new, more challenging pattern or technique. Try the “toe-tie,” or the “double reverse chevron!” The possibilities seem almost endless!

Most of these jewelry pieces are exchanged between cabin-mates, sometimes even as a secret surprise left in someone’s mailbox! Entire cabins have collaborated to create matching necklaces and bracelets.