AND THE PEACOCKS PRANCED RIGHT INTO OUR CAMP!

It was a kaleidoscope of creativity and color when we celebrated Rain Forest Arts Day.

  
Warmed up from our Doodle Arts Day, the Camper Kids took their pens in hand, each first drawing the outline of their peacock.

 Then as they dipped their brushes into a rainbow of watercolors, they painted dazzling peacocks.

Each one was unique and beautiful.

Some were painted in all the colors of the color wheel.

While others were cool monochromatic tones.

After the paint dried in the sunshine, we embellished the birds with fancy feathers, sequins, and glitter.

The peacocks pranced into the lush rain forest and some even posed for a photo.

This momma peacock was very proud of her flock.

PEACOCKS ARE PAINTING THE TOWN!

It's not all black and white around here at SAC Headquarters...

We've been fluffing our feathers, pulling out our best sequins... 

...and painting the town!

{Well, some of us are still getting ready for our big day.}

Proud peacocks dressed in vivid turquoise, fuchsia, violet, kiwi, and cobalt will be preening and prancing in our rain forest very soon.

Meanwhile, we will be hiding in the jungle waiting and wondering how beautiful the other peacocks who join us at our camp out in the jungle will be.

EARTH DAY

Inspired by Earth Day and the love of the jungle, one of our projects this summer at Summer Arts Camp 2015 is creating rain forest critters.

In the studio during this past rainy weekend here at SAC headquarters, we created our very own rain forest theatre full of exotic blooms, lush foliage, fluttering butterflies, and a green canopy.

Who knows what will crawl, slither, or fly into these parts, but we know of one creature that did show his kooky face...

  

... the CooCoo{Cuckoo} bird of course!

{And we thought he was extinct.  And CooCoo birds don't even live in the rain forest.}

But he could not resist this beautiful oasis and flew in without notice.  We kind of like him here, although Guss was not so sure and was barking and trying to scare him away.

He did not flutter and we are sure he will be calling his flock of fellow nesters from the meadows and marshes to join him here very soon...

  

...in June.

It's a jungle out there.  Won't you join us too?