| Red Hot - Our team is red hot!
Our team is red hot!
Our team is r-e-d red... |
| Red Light, Green Light - In this game, one person plays the ‘stop light’ and the rest try to... |
| Red light/Green light - In this game, one person plays the ‘stop light’ and the rest try to... |
| Red Robin - This game works best when played around a house or building. Players all... |
| Red Sloppity Lips - A young man was driving along and old road and had become lost. He was... |
| Reese Peanut Butter Cup - Reese Peanut Butter Cup
We sing this song to pump us up!
Wham Bam Choo... |
| Repeat After Me - Song Note: Allow the audience to repeat each line and action after you... |
| Restaurant Minutes - Two guys enter a greasy spoon type of restaurant that has a waiter and a... |
| Reverse Name Toss - Start the activity with the traditional name toss.
Once the group has... |
| Reverse Tag - First you choose who is it. Then the people that are NOT IT count to... |
| Rhythm Magic - This is a fun and creative activity. Someone starts by using their... |
| Ride That Pony - A fun singing camp game!
To start the game, one person stands in... |
| Riding on a donkey - Everyone stands in a circle chanting
"Here comes ____,
ridin' on a... |
| Ringwood Manor - Ringwood Manor you say? A lovely old house. But no place, my child, to... |
| Rise and Shine - Chorus:
So rise and shine
And sing out your glory, glory
So rise and... |
| River Water - There is a chief who is handing out forks spoons and knives and plates... |
| Road Kill Stew
Tune: Three Blind Mice - Road Kill stew,
Road Kill stew,
Tases so good,
Just like it should.... |
| Robot Roundup - Have the campers join into pairs, 1 as the robot and the other as the... |
| Rock Paper Scissors Skit - Two campers stand in front of the group and start playing rock, paper,... |
| Rock the Boat - Their name is _________
ROCK THE BOAT
They're feeling fine
ROCK THE... |
| Rock You Grace - (Tune of “We Will Rock You”)
Heavenly Father, Lord and King,
You... |
| Rock, Paper, Scissors Posse - This is fun large group adaptation of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
To play,... |
| Rockies - 1. First you must find a rock that you like. It is better if you find a... |
| Rockstar! - Let the campers know before camp what the theme day will be so they can... |
| Rodeo Round-up - This event is made for all age groups and is structured, like many of... |
| Rolling Stones - Two people roll rocks across the stage on their hands and knees and put... |
| Rope Push - Split the group into half, and identify an imaginary line that separates... |
| Ropes Course General Safety Guidelines - From the Ghost Ranch Ropes Course Manual, by Dr. Sylvia
Shirley.... |
| Ropes Course Resources - New Ropes Course Section - This is just a quickie page!
We collected a... |
| Ropes Course Staples - Technical Update -
Course Access – Do You Need A Staple Remover?
By Mark Miller,... |
| Ropes Course Values Contract - By Chris Pallatto
A successful experience on the ropes course begins... |
| Rose Marie - Once there was a little girl whose name was Rose Marie.
One night she... |
| Rose, Ah Poor Bird, Hey Ho - Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose
Will I ever see thee wed?
I will marry at they... |
| Round of Applause - Give them one hand! (extend a hand)
Give them the other hand! (extend... |
| RSS Feed Update - Hi all-
If you currently subscribe to our RSS feed, please change... |
| Rub A Dub Dub - Rub A Dub Dub, thanks for the grub...
YAAAAAY God!
(borrowed from... |
| Run Around the Town - Divide the group into two teams. Line up the outfield team as you would... |
| Rush Hour Traffic - Everyone partners up and has one blindfold. The person who is the car... |
| Rustlers and Settlers - The group forms two teams of equal numbers. One is called the Rustlers... |
| Salt - Campers sit in a line. The camper at one end turns to the camper next... |
| Sample Camp Marketing Plan - by Gary Forster, YMCA of the USA
Create a year-round marketing /... |
| Samurai Warrior - 1. Everyone stands in a circle around or in a line in front of one... |
| Sandy Bottles - 1. Spread out the newspaper on your working surface.Place some sand on... |
| Sara the Whale - Down Frisco Bay, there lives a whale
and she eats peanuts by the pail... |
| Sarkin Dingon aka "The Gibberish Interview" - Every camper gets a partner. To begin, simply ask that the pair chooses... |
| Sausage - Everyone sits in a circle.
The person who is it stands in the center... |
| Savage Men and Women - 1. Divide into Men and Women, or if very uneven, 2 teams
2. Have... |
| Save The Baby - In a large city apartment block, fire broke out. Fire fighters arrived... |
| Say When - Say when will we ever meet again
Say when will we ever meet again
Say... |
| Scab Sandwich - Scab sandwich, puss on top,
Monkey vomit, camel snot,
Rabbit eyeballs,... |
| Scars - Everyone sits in a circle and one person starts by showing everyone a... |
| Scattergories - This is a great ice breaker to get people moving and interacting and... |
| Scavenger Hunt With a Twist - Good to use as as you walk on a nature hike.
Ahead of time, walk the... |
| Scissors or Crossed Uncrossed Game - Scissors is a neat trick to have in your bag for those down times when... |
| Scramble! - My campers and I devised 'Scramble' as a solution to the physical... |
| Scrambled Puzzle - Set-up:
Have group sits blindfolded at either a round a table or in a... |
| Scream Machine or Screaming Toes - Everyone stands in a tight circle, with their heads down looking at... |
| Sea Storm - Two lie down at center of parachute, rest shake edges to make ripples. |
| Seafarer Hymn - Along our shining waters’ way,
We travel on by night or day;
Let the... |
| Search by Sound - Before the players come into the room, the leader scatters the objects... |
| Seashell Wind Chimes - 1. Glue each shell to the end of a short piece of yarn. Use liquid white... |
| Second Story Window - The window, the window
The second-story window
If you don't know a... |
| Secret Spy Switch - Set-up:
Pass pieces of paper/cards out to players and get them to write... |
| Secret Tag - The counselor gathers all of the campers together and lines them up.... |
| Secret word - Secretly pick a word. Do not say it out loud. Every time that word is... |
| Seek N Hide - It's the opposite of Hide-N-Seek...
Normally everyone hides and one... |
| Self Portraits - Each camper is given a large piece of butcher paper, and each has a... |
| Senior Girls - We are the senior girls
We wear our hair in curls
We wear our... |
| Senorita - We’re going to Kentucky,
We’re going to the fair
To see the Senorita’s... |
| Sets - Have the kids sit down.
Pick two or three kids that have something... |
| Shake - SHAKE
Shake your hand (softly and calmly shake one hand)
Shake shake,... |
| Shake Another Hand - Shake another hand
Shake a hand next to ya
Shake another hand
And... |
| Shake, Rattle and Roll - Take as many film canisters as you have people. In each film canister,... |
| Shark and Octopus Tag - Everyone begins the game as an octopus and stands on one side of the... |
| SHARK DATE - All: Duh duh da duh duh da duh
Leader: A boy and a girl
Went out on a... |
| Sharks - All but the shark sit around the parachute holding it to their waist... |
| Sharks and Minnows - The group starts out on one side of the field or room with one person in... |
| SHE WENT INTO THE WATER - (To the tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)
She went into the water and... |
| Ship Mobile - 1. Bend out hook on one hanger, insert one hanger through the other and... |
| Ship Shore - Ship/Shore is similar to Simon Says.
There is one person that is IT... |
| Shoe finder - Put everone's shoes in a pile on the floor.
Then turn off the... |
| Shoe scramble - Have all of the participants take off their shoes and place them in a... |
| SHOOT THE MOON - Leader:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Everybody shoot the moon
All: What did you... |
| Shorts - (Sung to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low")
Do your shorts hang low... |
| Show Me The Way To Go Home - Show me the way to go home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
Had a... |
| Shuffle Your Buns - Have everyone sit their chairs in a circle, as close together as they... |
| SIDE BY SIDE - Oh! We ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ragged and funny
But... |
| Silent Interviews - Divide the group into pairs - try to make mix the group into pairs of... |
| Silly Handshakes - Everyone pairs up (groups of two). They introduce themselves and start... |
| Silly Sally - This is a brain teaser. See how many campers can figure out the pattern... |
| Silly Symphony - The purpose of this game is to discover the beautiful sounds that can be... |
| Silly Wee Wee Song - When I was a wee wee tot they took me off my wee wee cot and put me on... |
| Sing it Loud - You start the icebreaker of by dividing the campers into groups of 5 or... |
| Singing In the Rain - I’m singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious... |
| Singing in the Rain (Revised/Updated) - Singing in the Rain (to the tune)
Leader:(shouted, and doing motion... |
| Singing Syllables - Two groups. One decides on a famous quotation or book or song or play or... |
| SIPPIN' CIDER - The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sippin' cider
Through a straw... |
| Sir Lancelot's Mission - King Arthur sends Sir Lancelot out on an important mission to deliver a... |
| SIX LITTLE DUCKS - Six little ducks that I once knew
Tall ones, short ones, skinny ones,... |
| Six Pence - I've got six pence
Jolly, jolly six pence
Oh I've got six pence to... |