Friday to Saturday
April 23 to 24, 2010
6:30 p.m. to 9 a.m.

Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing

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• Download the overnight program registration form. [PDF].

Juniors, earn the Yarn and Fabric Arts badge during a fun overnight program at the Michigan Historical Museum.

Campers will start off the night by learning how to create unique patterns with rubber bands while tie-dyeing a bandana. The girls will have a chance to weave on a loom and learn some cross-stitch techniques. On a tour through the museum, they will learn about different types of fabrics, how fabrics have changed over the decades and see fabrics from different cultures. Come join us for an up-and-down, over-and-under, fun-filled sleepover! Fulfills badge activities 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10.

Fee: $30 per child; $10 per chaperon.

Fees include a nighttime snack, breakfast, the Yarn and Fabric Arts badge, a Michigan Historical Museum patch and all craft supplies.

The Michigan Historical Museum—flagship of the Michigan Historical Museum System—is located inside the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing. The museum and visitor parking are on the north side of Kalamazoo Street, two blocks east of M. L. King Jr. Boulevard. Admission and weekend parking are free. Here's more information about how to find us.

Updated 07/27/2009