Directions for Moon Sand/Dust (Experiment #1)
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1. Measure out 1 cup flour and 1/8 cup oil mix in bowl using a fork. This will take effort and patience.
TIPS: Use food coloring to make a different colored sand!

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Directions for Ice Cream (Experiment #2)
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1. Fill gallon bag half way with ice, then mix in 6 tablespoons salt.
2. In bowl, mix up 1/2 cup of cream, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 tablespoon of sugar.
3. Dump mix into a smaller-sized bag. Make sure the bag is zipped tight!
4. Place the smaller bag inside ice bag and ensure it is fully submerged. Shake for 5 minutes. Use a towel to shake because it's cold!
5. Remove smaller bag (which will be your ice cream), rip open bag in bowl, spooning out mixture.
6. Enjoy!

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Directions for Making Popsicle Stick Catapults
Pre-work: You can paint the sticks but, you can also buy craft sticks that are already colored or just use plain craft sticks. 

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1.  Make a stack of popsicle sticks and rubber band them together on each end.
2. Take two additional popsicle sticks and stack them together. Rubberband them together on just one end.
3. Pull the two popsicle sticks slightly apart and place the larger stack of popsicle sticks in between them.
4. Rubber band the stack of popsicle sticks to just the upper popsicle stick.
5. Rubber band a spoon to the upper popsicle stick.
6. Place a pom pom (or other small launch-able items) onto the spoon.
7. Hold the catapult with one hand, and use the other hand to pull the spoon down. Release the spoon to launch your pom pom!

TIPS: You can set up a tower of plastic cups to aim at, you can built a target, or even launch grapes into the air and into your mouth!

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Hello, PAL Followers - 

The Armada PAL Family always has the safety of our campers and their families at the forefront of what we do. Given the current environment and the temporary closing of the schools, we have decided to delay Camp Registration until May. Thank you for understanding and we thank you for your flexibility during this time. 
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To combat the spread of COVID-19 in Michigan, Governor Whitmer signed the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order. For at least the next three weeks, all Michigan businesses and operations must temporarily suspend in-person operations that are not necessary to sustain or protect life, and all Michiganders must stay in their homes unless they’re a part of that critical infrastructure workforce, engaged in an outdoor activity, or performing tasks necessary to the health and safety of themselves or their family, like going to the hospital or grocery store.

YOU CAN:
✅ Go to the grocery store or pick up take-out food.
✅ Go to the pharmacy to pick up a needed prescription.
✅ Engage in outdoor activities like walking, hiking, running, biking.
✅ Go to the hospital or secure any care necessary to address a medical emergency or to preserve your health or the health of a loved one.
✅ Fill your car with gas.
✅ Return to Michigan to a home or place of residence from outside the State.
✅ Leave the State for a home or residence elsewhere.
✅ Walk your pets and take them to the veterinarian for needed medical care.


YOU MAY NOT:
❌ Leave the home to work unless your employer designates you as a critical infrastructure worker.
❌ Participate in any public gatherings.
❌ Visit someone in the hospital, nursing home, or other residential care facilities (with limited exceptions).
❌ Go to the mall or to restaurants.

Information around this outbreak is changing rapidly. The latest information is available at Michigan.gov/Coronavirus and CDC.gov/Coronavirus.
For those who have questions about the state’s actions to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, please call the COVID-19 Hotline at 1-888-535-6136 between 8AM - 5PM daily.

Remember, stay home, stay safe. Find creative ways to bring your loved ones closers, even though we have to be far away.

Sincerely,
Your PAL Family