Craft Shack Descriptive Writing

We all woke up at dawn and it was slightly miserable. Fifteen of us stayed in the craft shack until 3am the night before because the campers were officially gone and we knew that the next morning was our last. The melancholy air surrounded us until we arrived at breakfast to see a buffet of waffles, pancakes, eggs and all the other breakfast foods imaginable (including beans and toast for the all the unique british counselors). Together, we all sat and ate with cheer as we attempted to avoid the topic that was on everyone’s mind. We were quickly put to work on camp cleanup, so the thought of leaving was pushed to the very back of our minds in hopes that it would disappear and maybe not be true. I was thrown into the craft shack with seven other counselors and we were put to the impossible task of cleaning it. The craft shack is eclectic, wild, and impossible to clean. There …show more content…
We walked back up to the front of the camp covered in sweat, glitter, and whatever paint ended up all over us. The usually five minute walk lasted twenty minutes because of frequent stops to dance at different points in the camp. We were laughing and jamming out when we walked into Andrews Hall, but that immediately stopped when we saw everyone doing Shapes. Shapes is a last day activity where every counselor writes on every other counselor’s “shape” (this year it was a piece of paper that looked like a candle) little messages for them to hold on to. This activity is accompanied by hugging and crying, because writing in shapes is the final goodbye that you get. Some of my favorite notes on my shape (that made me cry) were:
“Thank you so much for this summer! I’m so happy I got to meet you and I’ll miss our random chats about things like tea, music, and laundry… See you when you come to England! - Ellie