INDIAN+PRINCESSES

=__**INDIAN PRINCESSES**__=
 * By Theresa T.**

I belong to this really fun program called Indian Princesses. It is similar to girl scouts, except you do things with your dad. We go on campouts and attend other fun activities, too!

__**﻿Campouts**__
We go on three campouts each session. The first is the **fall campout**. At the fall campout, our group (called a nation; I'm in the Grand Canyon) usually holds a pumpkin carving and/or painting contest. The tribe (a group smaller than the nation; there are six tribes in the Grand Canyon nation; I'm in the Coconino tribe) with the best pumpkins wears an award. If the campout occurs near Halloween, sometimes we go trick-or-treating between the cabins. We also play this game called Red Rocks, which is when the dads in one tribe hide red rocks around the campsite and the girls find them. Sometimes we even play frisbee golf when camping! After the fall campout comes the **winter campout**. My favorite part of the winter campout is making a sled as a tribe out of cardboard and duct tape, then racing it down a huge hill. Last campout, our tribe designed a spectacular sled! It was a based on a Chinese dragon, and the dragon breathed dry ice smoke! Last winter campout the nation hosted a paper airplane flying contest, and my neighbor (who was in my tribe) won her age division! The last campout is the **spring campout**. At the spring campout, the main event is the graduation ceremony. This is when the nation gathers around the bonfire and some girls and their dads graduate from the program. Normally you graduate at the end of the session when you are in fifth grade. You might choose to be enrolled next year in the program called Trailblazers, similar to Indian Princesses but for the older girls. Campouts are so much fun, I can remember almost every detail from every campout I've been on with the Indian Princesses (this is my fourth year!).

__**﻿Other Events**__
-Enrollment Picnic -Induction Ceremony -Holiday Party -Valentine's Dance -Bowling -Roller Skating -Pinewood Derby -and more!

Indian Princesses is so much fun, I wish everyone could join! I am very glad I joined the Indian Princesses!