Healthy Hobby Day introduces students to variety of activities

Ellie Socha and Katherine Carlisle poked the wool with a needle until it began to take form.

Eventually, the Onalaska Middle School seventh graders said, their project would look like the fuzzy rabbit on display.

“This is a lot of fun,” Ellie said. “I want a fat bunny.”

The needle felting class was one of more than 50 offered Wednesday to OMS students during the annual Healthy Hobby Day, an event that aims to get students to try different activities and meet students in all grade levels.

Sessions included bicycle maintenance, card making, journal making, cribbage, aerospace, Bunco, photography, Zumba, chess, cake decorating, karate, archery, euchre, origami, fleece blanket making, GPS, face painting, friendship jewelry, cooking, drumming, guitar, hip hop dance, lyrical dance and drumming.

“It’s fun to hang-out with different people during the day and do a variety of things,” Ellie said.

“We get to be with our friends and learn new things,” Katherine added. “It’s a really fun day.”