WAYNESBORO, PA — Art will be woven together with nature during a new summer day camp offered by Buttonwood Nature Center, home of The Institute.

The Textile Arts and Nature camp is on Wednesday, July 30 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area near Waynesboro, Pa. It is open to kids completing grade 3 through age 17.

Students will learn skills with textiles such as wet felting and weaving, along with a hike and several nature activities as they learn to connect textiles to nature. 

In the morning, master weaver and Buttonwood educator Beth Skroban will guide students as they learn wet felting and create a small useful vessel. Students will next learn weaving on an individual table loom and create a woven table runner.

After a lunch break, campers are off into the woods for a “color walk” along one of the park trails with Buttonwood educator/naturalists Shawna Kauffman and Mary Claire King. The camp will end with a workshop making marbleized paper using plant-based dyes. 

No experience is necessary. Each student will take home their completed projects. Students should pack a lunch and beverage.

Registration for the camp is required by July 25. Please register early to ensure your spot. Enrollment limited to six. Camp fee: $60 for members of Buttonwood Nature Center/The Institute, and $65 general public. All materials are included in fee. Register online at www.buttonwoodnaturecenter.org.

For more information, call 717-762-0373 or email to [email protected].

This program is supported in part by Buttonwood’s Today’s Horizon Fund Contributors: The Nora Roberts Foundation; Marge Kiersz; APX Enclosures; Don Gibe and Nancy Erlanson; and the family of the late Carolyn Terry Eddy, with daughters Connie Fleagle & Kim Larkin. Facility support courtesy of Washington Township.