SAMPLE Activities

Let's celebrate National Scrapbook Day all week long! National Scrapbook Day is Saturday, May 4. Let's have a little fun and celebrate one of our favorite holidays with lots of scrapbooking, fun classes, a little humor, open crop rooms*, all-inclusive meals and entertainment, goodie bags, prizes, and a fabulous Caribbean cruise! And best of all, it's all included in the cost of the cruise!

The following is a tentative list of activities for this cruise. All activities are subject to change without notice.

Theme

Happy National Scrapbook Day! May the 4th be with You!

Sponsored Group Activities

Crafty Neighbor will have many activities for you to enjoy throughout your cruise. These may include:

• Goodie Bags

• Swaps

• Make-n-takes

• Cruise Ship Bingo

• Prize Drawings

• Creative Contests

• Games

Class Schedule

Class schedules and descriptions will be announced prior to sailing for each cruise, along with any associated lists of supplies needed. At the beginning of the cruise, you will receive a packet containing the supplies and instructions for all classes.

Classes will be taught in the main crop room on "at sea" days per the posted schedule, usually beginning at 10:00 AM each class day. Class attendance is suggested, but is not mandatory. The instructions and kits provided will allow you to complete the projects at your own pace, however, keep in mind that some tools and supplies will only be available by the instructor while on the cruise. The instructors will be available at various times throughout the cruise to offer assistance and answer any questions you might have.

Tools and Supplies

The following is a sample list of tools and supplies needed for the classes on this cruise. This list will be updated before the cruise.

• Tape runner or other adhesive

• Foam tape or other dimensionals

• Sticky dots (small, flat)

• Liquid glue

• Paper piercer

• Scissors

• Paper trimmer

• Ruler

• Tweezers

• Brown distress ink

• Pencil

• Pencil eraser

† Some items may also be provided by the instructor to be shared during class.

*** Copic markers are suggestions only. You may use whatever colors you prefer. You may also use Spectrum Noir, colored pencils, or Faber Castell brush pens. Some markers will be available for class use

Contests

We like to have a little fun on Crafty Neighbor cruises, and we especially like to show off our creativity! This is the section where we will share the rules for any creative contests we will have on this cruise.

• TBA

Swaps

Each cruise we will have one or more swaps while onboard. The swaps for this cruise are listed below. Swaps are not mandatory, however, you will not receive swaps if you don't make swaps, so go make some swaps so you can get some of these really cool trades! We generally recommend that you make enough swaps to share with everyone. A current headcount of participants will be announced closer to the sail date. Samples of previous swaps are also available in the Photo Gallery in case you need clarification or inspiration!

Swaps for this cruise:

• Secret Sister Swap - Each participant will be assigned a Secret Sister who will be revealed on the last day of the cruise. Sisters are to give small gifts to their assigned sister each day for the duration of the cruise. Examples of gifts could be a small pack of embellishments, a candy bar, or a coke. We recommend the use of a hanging organizer on the outside of your cabin door so your sister can leave gifts for you. Or, your sister might leave gifts for you on your table in the crop room. To participate, please send us an email.

  • Tags: For the tag swap, you will make one tag for each participant – all identical (or mostly identical). We will swap “Round Robin” where everyone gets one tag from each of the other participants. The theme for your tags can be anything related to cruising. Tags can be any size, but keep in mind that most participants will want to use them as embellishments in their scrapbooks or affix them to cards, so let's try to keep them photo-safe and scrapbook-able. We will swap tags during our late-night pajama party crop.

• Other swaps TBA

Other Suggested Group Activities

Since many of you will want to take advantage of the full cruise experience, we would like to suggest some non-scrapbooking activities to do individually or as a group. Some of these activities have been added to the schedule (below), however, these times are only estimates based on previous cruises. Since the cruise line releases the shipboard schedule on a day-to-day basis, we have no way of knowing the exact date or time of activities until we get onboard. Please use this schedule as a general guide and we will hand out updates if there are any changes once we get onboard.

Suggested group activities include:

• Formal Night Portraits

• Group Photo

• Disco Night

• Karaoke

• Ice Skating

• Rock Climbing

• Flo-Rider Surf Simulator

• Deck Party

• Musical productions

• Casino night