In that wonderful tradition of “we did things in the 90s/early 2000s that would not be allowed today,” I present to you two things.

One: Raku firing!

Two: Batiking!

We did both of these in Art Camp. Scorching hot coffee cans and burning newspaper? Hot melted wax and big vats of dye? There’s no WAY 8- to 15-year-olds would get away with doing these things nowadays.

Seriously, though, we never had any accidents or incidents. I don’t know if artsy kids are just different, but we were always very careful with these more “involved” art projects. Even the kid that would shove oil pastels up his nose.

Art Camp was the best.