Large Group Games

Earth Ball 1. Gather people throughout camp by rolling the ball in through camp, calling ‰ÛÏEarth Ball‰Û or some other chant 2. When you arrive at the soft ball field, divide evenly into teams, one on one side of the field in a line, the other on the other side 3. Place the Earth Ball in the center 4. At …

Elbow tag is a great tag game that gets everyone moving and gives lots of players a change to be “it.” Everyone gets a partner and links arms and spreads out in the playing area.Two people are chosen to split up. One will be “it “and the other will be chased. Whenever the “it” links with a pair of players, …

Different stations set-up and activities to do there. The supplies that your stations require. To complete all the stations and get the most money You have different stations like in Monolopy. There are various activities to complete (could be a riddle, maybe be a active activity, maybe team building excerises). Fake Money will be given when they finish.

Just like regular frozen tag but players are safe from being tagged if two people lie on their backs and put the soles of their feet together.

ropes or paint of mark boundaries. Color bandanas or strips of cloth for each player. 3 flags of 4 different colors to match stips of cloth. We use bandanas Get your three colored flags from each of the other three corners. Just like capture the flag except there are 4 teams. I use two long ropes placed in the form …

A. The ideal playing area should be as large as a soccer field, but can be as large an area as you have available. 1. Each maximum security stronghold is a circle about 5 feet in diameter. They should be located 35 to 50 yards from the dividing line (midfield). 2. Each minimum security jail is a circle 12 to …

pre-made object cards suggestions for objects: seaweed, coral, sea horse, shark, whale, urchin Be the team with the most members Form 3 teams (or more for larger groups). Campers give their group a name and select a leader. The leaders pull cards that have ocean objects written or drawn on them (important to have the name of the object on …

80 tennis balls or water bombs 2 large buckets frisbies orange cones to steal gold and get it to the other side without getting tagged. Gold Rush – This game needs to be played in a medium-large size field and have obsiticles. Two teams are needed in this game. More people on a team, the harder the game is. 30-60 …

30-100 “pieces of gold,” depending on the size of the group. The gold can be softballs painted gold, big balls of tin foil, etc. Two containers-milk crates, buckets, etc. And a playing field. Get all the pieces of gold from the other team, back to your side. Start out by designating the field of play, with a line through the …

a rubber pig or chicken Divide the group into two teams (each team should have at least 4 or 5). Have the groups sit crossed legged in a single file line right next to each other. Each person should reach back with their right hand and hold the left hand of the person behind them. Everyone should have their heads …

Pick two people to be “It”. The rest of the group has two or three objects that are considered to be “base”. If someone is tagged they go down to both knees and cannot talk or move at all. They can become unfrozen if given one of the base objects.

3 parallel lines, equal distance apart everyone stands one the middle of 3 parallel lines. a camper is chosen to be the “caller.” they designate the 3 lines as “upper deck,” “middle deck,” and “lower deck,” in any order. the person calls a line name and the campers must run to that line. the last person to get to the …

parrallel Everyone gets into a circle. Someone is chosen to be the Holy Dido The Holy Dido gives everyone a couple seconds to get comfortable and then says “Freeze” If a player sees someone move, they raise their hand. The Holy Dido will ask players what they want and the person will say, “Holy Dido may I stand?” The Holy …

a large field for bases and a whole lot of spirit rescue the hostage by any means necessary! This is an interesting twist to capture the flag Split group into 2 sides. Then the teams will select a hostage from the other side and exchange them. The teams then hide the hostage somewhere in their base and from there it …

A ball, energy, and imagination. Fun. Players stand in a circle. Leader stand in the center with the hot pepper (playground ball, volleyball, etc.). Leader throws ball to camper saying “hot pepper”. Camper throws the ball right back. If a camper drops the ball, they’re out and sit down where they are. Winner is last one standing. ACTIONS (best part …

large open space to be the last partnership standing 1. Everyone finds a partner. 2. Have the partners split up and stand across from each other. The groups will form two lines about 20m apart. 3. The leader or counselor will say “huckle buckle knees”, for example, and the partners will run towards each other and touch knees. 4. The …

Pick a smallish object. Hide it in plain sight, where nothing has to be moved to find it. The kids look for it, and when they find it, instead of picking it up or point to it, they sit down off to the side and say, “Huckle Buckle Beanstalk!” by leaving it there, everyone gets a chance to find it. …

Mark a tic-tac-toe board on the ground. Split the group into two teams. They then play TTT with the X’s standing in one square and the O’s placing a chair and standing on it in their squares. No one is allowed to talk until the game is one.

+ At least 5-10 pieces of “Treasure” (any small item will do such as hockey pucks) + gym mats that can be stood up as obstacles + hula hoop + minimum 4 dodgeballs – ideally have at least 1 dodgeball per team member to ensure everyone can be involved To be the team that retrieves the most treasure. This game …

Safe area for kids to be at night aka no cliffs, rivers, etc, flashlights, campfire or other “base” Nighttime tag without the running. Set up some safe boundaries. Send out half of the participants to hide within the boundary. The other participants go out 5 minutes later with flashlights to try & find the people who are hiding. The participants …

It is played the same as hide and seek, except a tin can is set up in a circle near a designated “jail”. The game begins with a player kicking the can. The one person who was chosen to be it must retrieve the can and place it back on its starting point. As soon as the can has been …

Playing area with trees or building to hide behind. Kick the can before being caught one person (IT) hides their eyes and counts to 20 while everyone else hides. After counting, IT stacks one can on top of the other. Then IT can either touch people or just call their name if he sees them. When you’re touched or if …

The group stands in a circle and the leader closes his eyes and drops a ball on someone’s shoe. That person becomes IT. The IT could throw the soft ball (nerf) directly at any one at any time. If the person was hit on any part of the body except the closed fists, that person becomes part of IT’s team. …