Other Camp Games

Many short pieces of rope Divide the group into teams and have each counselor or staff member lie down in front of his group. Divide the pieces of ropes evenly between all teams. The object of the game is to kidnap the counselor by tying him up and carrying him to the other end of the playing area. Points are …

The group lines up according to any variable you can think of to use. Examples are: oldest to youngest; tallest to shortest; alphabetically by first or last name; chronologically by month and date of birthday. If you want to add challenge to the process, do not allow people to talk. The two people at the ends of the line become …

Begin by telling the kids that you have a special chant to keep pranksters away. Have them do something silly, like cross their fingers, toes, arms, legs and eyes. Then have them all cancentrate and chant, “OWA, TAGOO, SIAM.” Have them repeat this a little more quickly, and a a little more, until they realize what they’re really saying: Oh, …

One person leaves the group, and the rules are explained. People randomly say ‰ÛÏ1 up‰Û ‰ÛÏ1 down‰Û ‰ÛÏ2 up‰Û ‰ÛÏ2 down‰Û or some combination of those phrases to describe the position of their arms and legs, and they can move them creatively to change. The person who stepped out needs to try and guess the pattern.

Have the entire group crowd into the middle space and say out loud ‰ÛÏmingle, mingle‰Û over and over again. The leader shouts out a number and the group has to divide itself into groups that size. If there is more or less in any group that is ok. Now you have evenly and fairly divided groups for any activity.

Chairs or floor markers Objective: Try to become the next Mayor by disguising your voice; Try to stay the Mayor by listening closely Four chairs are placed in a row, one behind the other. Campers sit behind the last chair (and all chairs are facing the same direction the campers are facing. One person is chosed to be “IT” (the …

This is like musical chairs. Lay the sleeping bags in a circle. There should be one less sleeping bag than the total number of players. Begin the music, everyone walks in a circle on top of the bags. When the music stops each person must get into a sleeping bag. Only one person per bag!! The person left with out …

Paper Give the group a stack of paper, and challenge them to see who can make the best planes. Have different contests like the ones that stay in the air the longest, the one that goes the furthest, and the one that does the most loops.

Groups of two they will stand in front of a bowl of pudding. One stands behind the other. The person in front places their hands behind their back while the one in back places his arms through the holes. The object is for the person in back to feed the person in front.

Pencil, string, empty plastic bottle This is a hilarious game and can either be played one-by-one or in a team relay. Tie string around a pencil. Kids then tie the string around their waists so that the pencil hangs down behind them about six inches. On ‰Û÷go’ the must then stoop down and insert the pencil into a plastic bottle.

Various props Break into groups of 4 to 10 people. One person will be the owner of the photo album and the rest of the people will be the “photos”. Here’s the scenario, the owner of the photo album is very proud of all the pictures they have of family reunions, trips, birthday parties etc…(be creative) and they want to …

This game works best when played around a house or building. Players all begin in front of the house. Red Robin is the player who is “it.” The Red Robin faces the other players and declares, “I’m thinking of a type of (shoe, car, candy bar, etc.).” The other players then try to guess what the Red Robin is thinking …

Split the group into half, and identify an imaginary line that separates them from each other. Then place a rope perpendicular to that line with one half on either team’s side. The challenge for the group is to have their side of the rope all the way on the other side and vice versa, at the end of a given …

Every camper gets a partner. To begin, simply ask that the pair chooses who will be the interviewer and who will be the interviewee. Begin by selecting one pair. The interviewer will conduct an interview by speaking nothing but pure gibberish. The interviewee will answer the questions (not in gibberish) as if they knew exactly what has been asked of …

shoes Put everone’s shoes in a pile on the floor. Then turn off the lights. Everyone goes one by one and tries to find their own shoe in the dark! Very fun, particularly for the younger children

Have all of the participants take off their shoes and place them in a large pile in the center of the room. Then go and mix up the shoes so that no two alike are next to each other. Place the group a distance away. On the word go they race to the pile, have to place their own shoes …

Players stand facing each other in a circle. Each player has one hand palm up, and the other palm down. Palm-up hands are placed on top of the adjacent palm-down hands. This may take some time to figure out. Do the best you can. Palm-down hands try to hit palm-up hands before the palm-up hands are pulled away. If the …

This is fun. First you have to make an obstacle course (carefully). Have everyone climb into the sleeping bags and wiggle through it. You can try going under chairs, over stacks of pillows, anything you want. Just be sure you remove all breakable and sharp objects in the cabin.

Get into a circle and give each person 8 rubber bands. You will then design a hairdo with the person’s hair. Take photos of your fashion show.

The kids all lie on their bunks, with out moving, it is your job, or one of the other campers, to try and make them move in some way, the only rule is that you cannot touch them, since tickling would be too easy. Good tactics are to try and make them laugh, or tell them something really gross, or …

This is a Native American game, used to develop listening skills, and the ability to move silently. You will need a blindfold and a smallish object (shoe, book, softball‰Û_) Have the group stand in a circle, with one volunteer in the middle who will be blindfolded. Place the object at their feet. Now, the leader points to one person who …

Split the group into two groups, each in a line and with one box of kleenex. The point is for the group to pass the kleenex one at a time and pass them down the line to fill up a trash can. The first one with an empty box wins. Then later you can reverse the process to see who …

All the kids sit in a circle and have to take off their shoes so they are only wearing socks. Every participant is given a number. Two numbers are then called out. The people with those numbers come into the center of the circle, and, remaining on their knees, must, in any way possible, get the other person’s sock before …

The rules were simple, you’d stand about 10 – 15 feet in front of the stoop and throw the ball at it. The ball would return and you had to catch it on one bounce or on a fly to score points. If you didn’t catch it your turn was over. You’d get 5 points if you caught it on …

The point of the game is the get no point and be the last one standing. Draw a circle (about 5 ft in diamiter), spell the word stop the middle of it. Have each child pick an animal as their name. Have every child stand at the edge of the circle. Have one person be “IT”. the child that is …