She Was an American Girl Camp: Our adventure begins!!

OUR LOVELY AMERICAN GIRLS....AND THEIR DOLLS!!!

We began our fun-filled day together introducing ourselves, our dolls, and our favorite outdoor place. Kaya, the American girl character we are focusing on is a member of the Nez Perce tribe from the Wallowa Valley. She loves the outdoors and thinks her home is the most beautiful and wonderful place on earth. We drew pictures of our favorite places and pinned them on the wall.

Exploring the Outdoors

Kaya spends a large amount of time exploring the lake, meadows streams, mountains, creeks prairies that make her home in Wallowa Valley. We didn't have a horse to help us explore, but we did hike down on foot.

We learned that the Nez Perce would hunt, fish and gather wild food when Kaya was alive. We set out to find some wild bramble fruit and see if we could catch anything as fast as a minnow.

We successfully found Wineberries, a bramble berry very common in the Wissahickon that is perfectly safe to eat. We didn't taste any. I asked the girls to come back with their families for that. We did however eat blueberries when we returned to the room.

We didn't have as much luck catching any fish or any other creek creatures. Maybe next time.

Wineberries in the Wissahickon

After lunch we worked away on two projects. First we made a Nez Perce inspired anklet. The Nez Perce traditionally wore moccasins, however, that was a bit out of our time frame so the anklets worked like a charm. We also created a new sew Nez Perce dress for our dolls. We are quite proud as you can see...