Hodge Podge is a crafts activity that focuses on using all kinds of fabrics and cloth to offer a true “hodge podge” of creative projects. Every class is different offering a whole range of fun, surprising craft creations— tie-dying, making headbands, sock puppets, and pillows, for example.
Make a Tie-Dye !!
Tie-dying is a summer camp craft classic.
Transform a white t-shirt, or any other kind of cloth into a colorful masterpiece. It can be a spiral, a zigzag, or even heart-shaped.
Tie dye your socks!
Make a Sock Puppet !!
Bring an ordinary sock to life with your imagination, a few pipe cleaners, and colorful scraps of cloth.
Glue on a couple of googly eyes, or pompoms. A touch of paint will look great.
Keep decorating!
Make a Pillow Pet !!
Everyone needs a cute pillow pet!
Begin with pieces of fabric and them together. Stitch on others, and use markers or fabric paint to add color and pattern. Then, stuff with fiberfill to make your pillow soft and squishy.
It’s fun to bring it all together!
Almost everyone takes Hodge Podge at least once to make their own tie-dye shirt, trying out different folding and tying techniques. Campers can twist and fold the shirt into shapes— a fan, spiral, or bullseye, for example —and then tie the shape with many rubber bands. Armed with squirt bottles of different color dyes, the next step is to add colors to certain spots. It amazing to unwrap the artistic masterpieces the next day, discovering how the colors blended in combination.
The Hodge Podge activity also works with fabrics like bandanas or pillowcases and girls have fun designing with fabric paints and dyes. These fabrics can then be tied or sewn into pillows or small purses.
A wide range of other crafts come out of Hodge Podge, from pipe cleaner animals to headbands. Essentially, this is the place to decorate anything and everything!
