My oldest will be in 4th grade next year, and this means he’ll be going to a week-long camping trip with his classmates (and the 5th graders).
I have been thinking about a few ways to help them make it more memorable, more permanent, and photography comes to mind. How about:
- a single use camera for each kid: they take home prints and the CD of pictures
- a pinhole camera for each kid: same deal with the stuff they bring home
- iPhoto picture books as keepsakes
I have found these books to be great gifts: people I have shown them to/given them to love them. I expect the ones available through Flickr are just as nice.
I think the book is a given: it will be a nice thing to have for the parents to see and for the school to show as part of the program. I like the single use camera but how predictable? They know how to use one and they won’t see anything unexpected. But a pinhole camera is a different animal. I feel pretty confident they won’t get what they expect.
Thoughts?
Some good ideas here.