Camp Games

There is more to camp games than kick-ball or four-square! The key to a fun summer lies in your ability to offer ever-changing, age-appropriate, and interactive games to your campers.

The categories below will take you to hundreds of different games. Feel free to change the rules or add a personal touch.

We encourage you to play all activities using the "everybody plays - everybody wins" philosophy. Whenever possible, don't keep score, change the rules, and most of all - have fun!

Check out our Camp Game Videos Section to see many of our favorite games in action!

1-2-3-Look

1-2-3 Look is a fun circle game that can include the entire group. This is the quiet version of “Scream Machine” Everyone closes their eyes and lowers their heads, the leader calls out 1-2-3-Look! As the leader calls “look,” the campers look up at one specific person. *Campers cannot change who they are looking at during each round. If that …

3-6-9 Clap Game

To play the 3-6-9 clap game, all participants must know how to count! This is an elimination game and your goal is to be the last person remaining! Quick overview of the rules: For the 3-6-9 Clap Game, you cannot say 3, 6, or, 9 or any number containing a 3, 6, or 9. For example, you can not say …

4 Base Capture The Flag

Water guns, Boundary line markers, glow sticks for flags if at night, Air horn. Headlamp if manageable. Be the last team to still have their own flag. For best results play at night. 4 seperate teams of 20 or more with one President (Sponsor only) and 3 Juggernauts (Juniors or Seniors only). Also a water launching team of 3 for …

4-Square Volleyball

Played like volleyball but on 4 connected courts. Object is similar to 4-Square in that the team with the least amount of points wins. This activity combines the ever popular 4-square with a game that others enjoy, volleyball. I set this up using four 9′ – 1/2″ EMT (steel electrical conduit) plus a 9′ – 3/4″ EMT center post. The …

40+ Awesome Summer Camp Games

We know camp games! Here is our ultimate list of our favorite camp games from across the our site. Whenever possible, we encourage you to play games that follow our “everyone’s engaged” philosophy that keeps all of your campers or groups of kids active, involved and happy. You can certainly modify any of the activities as you see fit to …

A What?

Equipment: 2 objects The leader of the game starts by passing the first object to the person on their right (Person A)and saying, “This is a whit.” Person A replies, “A What?” The leader would then clarify, “A whit.” Person A then turns to the person on their right (Person B) and says, “This is a whit.” Person B, “A …

ABC Basketball

This game should be played by a basketball hoop. Children sit in a large circle and pass the basketball around the circle (like hot potato) while singing the alphabet. Whoever has the ball when the group gets to the letter Z must go to the basket and try to make a shot. If player makes the shot, he/she takes their …

ABTwinkleHaveYouAnyWool

Based on the observation that the tune for the Alphabet song, for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and for Baa Baa Black Sheep is the same… Players sit in a circle. The first player starts singing any one of the three songs. When the player stops, the next player must continue the same tune with different lyrics. So, if the first …

Action Syllables

To play Action Syllables, have your group form a circle. Ask each participant to choose an action for every syllable of their name. Example: Elvis has 2 syllables, so he does a hip shake with and snaps his fingers for his name. Once Elvis has done his action while saying his name, the whole group repeats. After the 2nd person …

Ah Soh Gi (Ah So Koh)

Everyone sits in a circle, and learns the 3 commands and their movements. 1) Ah! The person says “Ah” loudly, and puts their left or right hand across their forehead in a saluting motion, with fingers pointing at the person next to them. 2) So! – the person says “So” loudly, and puts their left or right hand across their …

Air Pong

A table ; ping pong ball Form two teams each at opposite ends of a table with hands held behind their backs. A ping pong ball is placed in the middle and the teams will try to blow the ball off of the other teams side of the table. If the ball falls off the side of the table it …

Air Raid Water Game

Field or flat area that can get wet ; sponges ; buckets The object of the Air Raid Water Game is to get from to finish line without getting hit by a wet sponge while going from obstacle to obstacle. First begin by marking out a starting line and a finishing line approximately 50 feet apart.Find 5 or 6 obstacles …

Airplane Game

You need a blindfold for this game. The goal is for children to learn to be clear when giving directions. To play the Airplane Game, select one child from your group to be the airplane, one to be the navigator, and the rest of the children are the trees. In a small designated area (the runway) have the trees spread …

Alaskan Baseball

A soft throwable object, such as a foam baseball. To play Alaskan Baseball, create two 2 teams. One camper is given a throwable object, their team then forms a circle around them and that person throws the object. After he/she has thrown the object then he/she runs around the circle. Every time the player makes it around the circle, that …

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Have every camper doing a different action. Group sits in a circle and chants “Ali Baba and the 40 thieves,” while doing one action all together – repeat three times. On the next chant, the group leader changes the action and then on the next chant , the person beside him/her does that action. The action follows its way around …

Alibi Game

Campers sit in a circle. One camper is chosen to be the detective, and leave the circle briefly. Another camper is chosen as the criminal, without the detective knowing who. The detective returns and stands in the center of the circle. The detective goes around the circle one at a time, asking each person, “Where were you last night?” Each …

Aliens (Xenomorph) Tag

Neon-colored shirts or jerseys. The xenomorphs must try to turn everyone else into xenomorphs. Play in a large, dark building with all lights turned off, or outside in a clear area at night. Choose one player to be the first “xenomorph”. This player determines the area for the “hive” to be located. Give all other players (humans) a neon vest …

Alka-Seltzer Necklaces

alka seltzer tablets, string, waterguns. Instead of water guns, small plastic bags filled with water and a small hole can be used. You squeeze the bag to make it spray the water. To disolve the necklaces of the opposing team and keep your own necklace intact. We usually have a “water day” and the kids bring in their water guns …

All On One Side

Your whole team starts on one side of a volleyball net with no one on the other side. The object is to get your team to the other side of the net and back as many times as possible. Using a balloon for a ball, each player volleys the balloon to another player and then scoots under the net to …

All Over

Soft nerf like balls or beach balls. Large marshmallows can also be used. The size of the group will determine the number of balls needed. Each group should start with an equal amount of balls. You will need to have a line dividing the two teams. ( a jump rope works great) To be the first team to pass all …

Alphabet Actors

Divide players into groups of three or four. The leader then calls out a letter, and the groups must then form that letter using their bodies. The groups can decide if they want to build the letters standing or laying on the group. You can have the different groups spell out words as well.

Alphabet Race

White Board or poster board Two different colored markers Enlighten campers on various spelling of words and get their minds moving! Write the alphabet on both sides of a white board or large paperDivide campers up into two teams and give each team a marker.Upon deciding on a category, have teams one at a time come up with a word …

Amazon Women

You seperate the guys from the girls. They guys all lay down on the floor of the open area. They hook themselves together by arms and legs. Then the girls walk over and try to pry the guys apart from each other. Once a guy has been pryed off he cannot reconnect to the same guy or another. The girls …

Ambush Game

The group splits up into two sub-groups which we will call A and B. Group A leaves 5 to 10 minutes before Group B and must leave clues behind ( footprints, marks, arrows, codes, pieces of paper, etc….). They must then camouflage and set up an ambush for group B. Group B leaves and follows the footprints and clues left …

Amoeba Tag

Two people are it. They hold hands and chase people. Any person they catch joins the chain by linking hands. When another person is caught they can stay together or spilt 2 and 2, but they must split even numbers and can link together at will. This game is played until nobody is left.

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