Camp 2023: Mini Camp for Middle Schoolers

Thanks for joining us at our first ever mini camp for middle school kids! We had a great time with all the kids, and hope that they enjoyed camp and learned some new things!

In the kitchen, we learned about feeding a sourdough starter, the difference between naturally leavened bread and bread made with commercial yeast. We fed our starter, mixed a levain, learned about proofing, divided and shaped dough, and finally baked off sourdough loaves on Wednesday! We made a batch of brown butter soda bread using chemical leavener (baking soda!), and made some chia jam. Everyone got to play around with enriched doughs, making soft dinner rolls and monkey bread.

In art, we spent the week working on different painting projects. We created oil pastel and water color resist with line work from nature; abstract acrylic landscapes on canvas; and negative space paintings with watercolor and graphite.