I’m the camp director for my church’s girl’s camp this year – its an added bonus that Hallie is twelve and gets to come along! (For girls ages 12-18)
When we first sat down as a committee to discuss theme ideas, we couldn’t help but jump on the Greatest Showman bandwagon since the girls sing it non-stop. Not to mention all the great themes woven throughout the movie that we could build on.
We had our camp kickoff a couple weeks back where the girls were introduced to the theme, we gave instruction for camp, had the girls race to set up tents, fill out waivers and make their payment, as well as vote on different things for camp including camp shirts.
The invite was Barnum’s animal crackers. (I love any calling that I get to design for!)
I’m not sure who had the brilliant idea of dressing up but I tried getting out of it a number of times. Which is funny because I love Halloween and dressing up. I was just looking at the long list of things to worry about and costumes weren’t high on the list. Luckily, there was someone who insisted we dressed up because it made a huge difference for the girls. We made a surprise appearance, with a special and dramatic entrance which included the lights out, a spotlight, Greatest Showman song and a choreographed little number. I was totally uncomfortable but we had such a great time. Camp is going to be fun with these ladies!
Love your design sensibility Kara!!! amazing on all fronts. Hope you are getting lots of requests for your design-related services, Kara. Love your work, and you consistently knock it out of the park, each time you create a project for children and teens. Love the costumes, photography, lettering, messages, and your layouts. Take care, kara
I L.O.V.E. this so much!!! We have chosen the same theme for our girls camp this year and I have been scouring the internet for ideas. Your use of it is so perfect! Are you going to make any of the printables/invites you used available?? I adore them, and would love to use them for our girls camp as well. I also look forward to seeing what other ways you incorporate the theme into your girls camp planning!! Those girls are lucky to have you as a leader!
Hi! You ladies look awesome! What song did you dance to? The leaders are dancing & lip syncing to a Greatest Showman song at girls camp but most of the songs are looong. What did you do? Did you shorten the song? Thx!
We danced to the Greatest Showman and we cut the song – we didn’t dance the whole song thank heavens!
Hey have you already done your girls camp mine is next week and we need help….
We already had our camp back at the end of May. We were in a campsite and we really didn’t do a lot of decorating. We used some of the decor from our camp kickoff but other than that, we let nature do the decorating. We did have one area where we hung 60 mason jars that had battery powered fairy lights. It was the area that we gathered in every night for our devotionals.
Hey! I found your cute blog through google and am so glad I did. I am camp director for my ward this year and would LOVE to use this theme. Would you be willing to design and share these prints for me?
Hello Erica –
I’d be happy to help you out and email over some files. What are you looking for exactly?
We are doing this theme this year? Could you share any files
Or tips with me?