Life at the Bay

  Here at Sugar Bay we love delicious donuts and everything to do with dunking and devouring them! In fact, we are so delirious about donuts that we took our donut addiction to the next level by showing you how to make your very own D.I.Y Dreamy Donut Pillows! Without the issue of sewing them together!    Let's do donuts!  Materials Needed: Metallic Satin Apparel Fabric (In the colour of your favourite donut flavour) White/Brown/Any Pastel Coloured Fabric (For your frosting) Scraps of Fabric in various colours (For the sprinkles) Scissors Hot Glue & Glue Gun Pillow Stuffing (Foam) Step 1 :  Using a pencil, hand draw two large circles on the satin fabric. You can use a large bowl and a smaller one for the centre to trace out the shape. Cut them out carefully. Step 2: Place the fabric for the frosting on the traced donut fabric and cut into a shape you desire or into a smaller circle that fits t...

Let the Minion Madness Begin! It's Minions Week at Sugar Bay Holiday Camp so it's time to get your “Gru” on! And we're getting our “Gru” on by showing you how to create these adorable and delicious Despicable Me Minion Mallows! You will need: 12 large marshmallows 1 slab of white chocolate melted 2 teaspoons of yellow food colouring 1 cup of icing sugar 3 blue fruit-roll-ups 5 teaspoons black food colouring Icing gun/piping bag 24 white Mentos sweets 12 sosatie sticks Directions:   1. Melt white chocolate in a bowl over boiling water. 2. Add yellow food colouring to white chocolate and mix well. 3. Stick Marshmallow into pointed side of sosatie stick. 4. Dip the Marsh mallow into the yellow melted chocolate and allow to cool in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.  5. Slice blue fruit roll-ups into 2 centimeter strips. Press strip around the bottom portion of the marshmallo...

“Let's take it back to the beach... Where we were young and carefree... This is how it should be...Said the city don't feel me...”   Said the city don't feel you? Well the city pretty much doesn't feel anyone around this time of year when you reminisce all the hard work and dedication you've put into it. I think we can all agree that now we're in the mood to take a break and soak up the sun before welcoming 2016 which will probably go by just as fast as this year did. How do we spend this break? Why not take it back to the beach and head over to Sugar Bay for some chilled fun in the sun! Here's something you should know about what a trip down to the beach in Summer can do for you:   Sunshine is a great source of Vitamin D! Did you know that people get 80 to 90% of their daily dose of Vitamin D from sun exposure? According to Harvard Medical School, most natural and substantial source of vitamin depe...

We all love friendship bracelets and knowing how to make our own is even better. Make this quick and easy friendship bracelet from the comfort of your own home in these quick and simple steps. You will need: 3 Strings(Different colours will be better) Safety pin Scissors 1. This design uses 3 strands of floss, but only 2 are seen in the main design. Cut the first (unseen) strand about 4 times the desired length of your bracelet. 2 .Cut 2 more strands of different colours about 10 times the desired length of the bracelet. When in doubt, cut more than you think you will need.  3. Double up your threads and tie a knot leaving a loop. Use the safety pin to attach to a pillow or other work surface. Divide thread by colour. My orange thread is the centre(unseen) thread. 4 .Make a "4" shape with your left thread. 5. Bring the end of the thread under the centre string and over itself. This is a forwar...

What an amazing holiday camp we had last week: 7 days = 7 Wonders of the World = AWESOMENESS! I took a stroll around the camp and saw happy children, crazy counselors and smiles all around. I, an office dweller - lathered completely with sun screen (I might have looked like a badly iced cake), armed with my cool shades and visor cap – dared to leave the airconditioned office and step into the wild. And it was amazing - the atmosphere was positively electric! I asked a few kids what their favourite Sugar Bay experience was, and the votes are in – the winner is... the Fire Show!!! Oh, don't worry, we told them not to try this at home... or at school... or next door. We were pretty clear about that. Hot topic! I must say that every single child mentioned how awesome it is to meet new people and make new friends. Aww, sweet. And that's me. Office dweller, past Transvaaler, smeared with a thick layer of sunscreen, signing out of cyber-world and jumping...

It's almost time to get out your best board shorts and bikinis, because yes, summer is almost here, which also means the best Sugar Bay adventures await your children! So go out and buy those new flip flops and, of course, lots of sun block, but most importantly make sure you book your children's summer adventure before it's too late! Here is a sneak peak of what you can expect during our upcoming December/ January holiday season: The 7 Wonders of the World Week (6-13 December) Campers will become globe trotters as they venture off to see the seven wonders of the world, right here at Sugar Bay! Every day, the activities and evening program will be themed around a different country, in which one of the seven wonders is found. Special events to look forward to: Camp Out – heading into the sugar cane where they will sleep under the stars! Beach Bon Fire – Seniors will have a Bon Fire on the beach and get to rel...