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Summer vacations are a time to discover fun learning experiences. We had organised some fun workshops in Summer Camp of YWCA school. We volunteered for 2 days of the Summer camp. The day one workshop was to teach the kids block printing and vegetable printing. We got square handkerchiefs , wooden blocks and vegetables like Lady finger, onion, potato carved into various shaped and fabric colours so that the kids would make colourful patterns according to their imagination. The volunteers had demonstrated a sample and the kids followed the method of printing . The little munchkins made beautiful prints and enjoyed the process a lot with sometimes even painting their classmates shirt. The day 2 was wonder from waste - in this they were thought to make a biodegradable dustbin from old newspapers . This would help them in the right disposal of waste and keep their surroundings clean. The origami techniques were applied to teach this bin making from newspapers paper with slight slower instructions and live demo the kids could execute the process and turn the waste news papers to a useful DIY craft. These real life skills will help them achieve their developmental goals and increase their productivity and thought process towards a more sustainable way of living.