Dramatic Camp Games

The leader sits in the middle of the circle, points to a player and calls “red” the player has to name an object that is red (tomato, fire engine etc‰Û_)before the leader can count to 10 out loud. The same object cannot be repeated. If a player fails to think of an object before the leader has counted to ten, …

Bags and Props: use things you already have (kickball, pool noodle, water gun, orange cone, etc) Great for icebreaking and growing unity in the groups. Split all of the campers up into groups of 5-12 (by cabin, or grade, etc). Each group gets a bag of props and has an hour to come up with a skit using all of …

This is a circle game that gets kids moving with a fun melody. Everyone stands in a circle with one camper in the middle. Everyone in the circle holds hands and circles right singing: What can you do, Punchinella, Punchinella? What can you do, Punchinella in the shoe? At this point the circle stops and the person in the middle …

This is a fun and creative activity. Someone starts by using their hands like a drummer. You can use any object in the room including walls. The first person starts drumming a certain beat (No BIG pounding). One by one the others join in and create their one rhythm sound to the beat. Any objects in the room will do. …

Have the campers join into pairs, 1 as the robot and the other as the robot controller. The controller must give the robot a unique noise or word. When the game begins, the controllers and robots are spead across the area. Each controller then turns on their robot at the same time and the robots start walking. The robots are …

Secretly pick a word. Do not say it out loud. Every time that word is used by yourself or others, do something unusual — scream, put your hands up, or clap your hands — until that word is used again. Do this until they figure out what your secret word is.

Everyone pairs up (groups of two). They introduce themselves and start out with a silly handshake. On a call from the leader they then split groups and find a new partner, introduce themselves and do a different handshake. Once you have gone through 4-5 different handshakes the leader will then call out one of the handshakes and participants will run …

Two groups. One decides on a famous quotation or book or song or play or movie title, like “All’s Well that Ends Well.” (OK, I admit this is advanced. It could also be “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”). They break the quote up into syllables, and assign each player a syllable. Then, they sing a song, all singing their …

Everyone forms a circle. Someone jumps in the middle and sings a song. Someone else around the surrounding circle can then jump in with a song that is related (ie Person #1 singing Old McDonald, and person #2 jumps in to sing the Moose Song {Animals}). The first person then jumps out and the process continues. Anyone can jump in …

Stand in a circle. One player starts. That player makes a sound accompanied by a motion, like doing a pirouette while saying “whoop-de-dam-doo.” Everyone else, together and simultaneously, repeats. Then the next person does a new sound and motion. Until everyone has gotten to lead, maybe once, maybe three times. There’s no purpose. It’s just fun to see what happens …

You need at least four players for this imaginative game. One player is the storekeeper, one is the buyer, and the rest are statues. These positions can be rotated after each round of the game. The storekeeper spins the people who are going to be statues around and around and then lets go. (pepper is fast spins;salt is slow spins). …

none To work the imagination. The group (any size) stands in a circle. One person starts saying “I have a basketball” (or whatever type of ball they choose). They must pretend to pass the ball to someone else in the circle as if it were that type of ball. For example, if you have a bowling ball, you could pretend …

none Assign the following parts to the campers, who, as the story is read, will perform their parts as the assigned group appears in the unfolding. MAGIC FOREST – Stand up, turn around and clap hands FAIRY QUEEN – Say “Your Majesty”, stand up and bow BROWN OWL – “Hoot Hoot” MOSS – “Fairy Carpet” WATER – “Ripple Ripple” ANIMALS …

One person is chosen to be first. That person stands so that everybody can see them from head to toe, turning slowly so that the whole group can see everything that person is wearing. (Turn in modeling fashion) that person then leaves the group after about 30 seconds of showing themselves, behind something, so that the group can’t see them, …

This is a fun ‰Û÷who is it?’ game. Pass out sheets of paper and have everyone write down one embarrassing thing that has happened to them. Crumple it up and then collect them in a bowl or paper plate. Then go around in a circle one-by-one and have each person take a crumpled paper and read the embarrassing situation aloud. …

This game is best played in a large group. Sit all of the children in a circle, and have them all put their heads down. Tap one person on the head, this person is the ‰Û÷assassin’ and has to eliminate the others by winking at them. If you are winked at, silently count to 10, then safely fall down. If …