| Stand Off - A Native American game helping develop balance. Have everyone partner... |
| Stand up, Sit Down - The kids can start out in a standing or sitting position. You ask them... |
| Star Wars - 1. Divide playing space in half by Rope
2. Each team has one Jedi... |
| Star Wars And Chinese Food - Remember Mark Hamill from Star Wars? He doesn't like to eat in Chinese... |
| State Song - Where has Oregon gone, boys; where has Oregon?
Where has Oregon gone,... |
| Statue - You need at least four players for this imaginative game.
One player... |
| Statues in the Park - The scene opens with a statue (camper, standing still) posed as a famous... |
| Stay on the Sunny Side - A spontaneous participation song that features knock-knock jokes yelled... |
| Steal the bacon - Split the group evenly into two groups and sit them with their backs... |
| Steal The Bacon (Variations) - As the game goes on and the kids get smarter (try to wait for the other... |
| Steal the Bacon - Hockey Style - Start off the same way as Steal the bacon, but this time put a goal at... |
| Steal the Real Bacon - Played just like Steal the Bacon, only instead of using a ball or other... |
| Stick Numbers or Alien Language - There is one counselor who has several sticks. They make up a random... |
| Stick Vase - Break or snip your sticks to about an inch longer than the jar. Put two... |
| Stick, Stick - One person starts out as "it' and the other players form a circle... |
| Stick-in-a-box - This activity encourages campers to think outside of the box, and works... |
| Sticky Brownie Day - A silly activity good for all ages. This will have everyone laughing... |
| Stoopball - The rules were simple, you'd stand about 10 - 15 feet in front of the... |
| Story - Once,there was a little girl going to camp.Before she left, her parents... |
| Sunny Day Shadow Tag - One person is "it". Their job is to try to tag the shadow of the other... |
| Super Lizard - Super lizard
Super lizard
See him swim
See him swim
In and out of... |
| Superhero Day - Campers dress up as an existing or made-up superhero.
They dress up... |
| Superman Grace - Camp Grace sung to the tune of "the superman theme" with actions.... |
| Superman Grace (Revised/Updated) - Sung to the "Superman Theme" For each line you need to put 1 hand on... |
| Swamp - Divide the group into teams of
4-6 people. Give each team a large... |
| Swat - 1. Form a circle, standing on Polyspots preferably, or use chairs (but... |
| Swat the Fly - In the first variation, one person was "it" (the swatter). The swatter... |
| Swimming - Swimming, Swimming’
In the swimming pool
When days are hot, when days... |
| Swimming, swimming - Swiming, Swimming, in the swimmng pool
When days are hot, when days are... |
| Swinging Log - Low Ropes Course -
Swinging Log... |
| SWINGIN’ ON A STAR - Chorus:
Would you like to swing on a star?
Carry moonbeams home in a... |
| SWITCH - Players are divided into three or four groups such as Sugar Maple,... |
| Table Skit - Bring up 5 or 6 counselors that have no idea what they are getting into.... |
| Tacky Day - We've had a lot of fun with Tacky Day. Campers and Counselors dress up... |
| Tai-Chi Pong - This is an elimination game. To start the game, all of the players... |
| tail tag - Have one camper chosen to be "it". Then give every other camper a piece... |
| Take It Back - Play game in a large space. Put several sock balls in the middle of the... |
| Tanagram Puzzle - Start by making a square piece of paper. To start making the square,... |
| Tandem Tag - Three couples are selected from the group. Each couple wears a set of... |
| Tank - Split the group into groups of two. One of the partners gets... |
| Tap Out - Have the first two participants impov any scene they like. Tell them to... |
| TARZAN - Tarzan
Swinging on a rubber band
Tarzan
Smacked into a frying pan... |
| Tarzan (Revised/Updated) - Leader: Tarzan (beat chest and shout in manly voice)
Group: Tarzan... |
| Tarzan of the Apes - I like banana’s
Coconuts
and grapes
I like banana’s
Coconuts
and... |
| Team Game: Kick the Stick - Ok, this is possibly the most amazing camp game known to man. It sounds... |
| Team Hug Tag - Two people hold hands start off as being "it." They can try to tag any... |
| Team Radar - 2-15 people start at one end of a course that will lead them through the... |
| Teapot - The group chooses a person to be the "guesser" and they leave the group.... |
| Tee Pee Shuffle - Low Ropes Course -
Tee Pee Shuffle... |
| TELEPHONE - All: Hey Johnny! (use staff or campers name)
Johnny: Someone’s calling... |
| Telephone Message Game - This game is intended for a large group of kids and/or adults, the more... |
| Ten Fingers - This activity is great for the first day or just when ever your group... |
| Ten In the Bed - Ten in the bed, and the little one said
Roll over, roll over
So they... |
| Tent - Mushroom, raise arms, and entire group goes inside the mushroom and sits... |
| Tepee - Bind the twigs together toward the top using yarn, string, or a rubber... |
| THE ANIMAL FAIR - I went to the animal fair
The birds and the beasts were there
The... |
| The Bank Robber - The financial situation had been very bad for several months. Because he... |
| The Best Actor/Actress - Set this up like its an award ceremony and the entire group is in... |
| The Big Wind Blows - Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the middle. Something... |
| THE BOILER BURST - After everyone has settled into their camp bunks, one person begins a... |
| The Bravest Camper - ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, today we have with us the bravest... |
| The Bravest Knight - In the Kingdom of Britain, King Edward sent out a decree, calling for... |
| The Button Factory Song - Hey! My name is Jo
And I work in a button factory
I have a husband,... |
| The Captain of the Ship - Only "Captain" and "First Mate" speak:
FM holds out arm as telescope... |
| The Caterpillar - You get a group of 4 or 5 people in a line. One person is a show... |
| The Chase - In between acts during a show, have two campers or two counselors... |
| The Chess Players - There is the story of a group of chess enthusiasts, good friends all,... |
| The Chicken In The Library - A librarian is working away at her desk when she notices that a chicken... |
| The Circle Game - You have the kids all stand in a circle and hold hands. They then walk... |
| The Counselor as Human Development Specialist - by Jeff Ackerman - Elmwood Day Camp
I believe that a unique... |
| The Cowboy - A tall, weather-worn cowboy walked into a saloon and ordered a beer. The... |
| The crazy question game - This works better with older campers
get all the campers to sit in a... |
| The Dark-Sucker Theory - For years, it has been believed that electric bulbs emit light, but... |
| The Doctor - A doctor was just starting out on his own, when he found that he just... |
| The Dream Game - One to three people leave the room (depending on how large the group is,... |
| The Forever Song - This is the song that never ends,
It goes on and on my friend!
Some... |
| The Grand ol' Captain Kirk - The Grand ol’ Captain Kirk
He had ten thousand men
He beamed them to... |
| The Great Jungle Fire - Here is the scenario: The jungle is on fire, and the animals must keep... |
| The Hand Game - Great game - a camp classic! Bear with the long description, it's worth... |
| The Infantry - The look-out, or sentry, comes running up to the camp fire director... |
| The Invisible Ball - The group (any size) stands in a circle. One person starts saying "I... |
| The Keeper - Verse 1
(Slowly)
LEADER: To Ma Hey down down!
GROUP: To Ma Ho... |
| The Last Hole - Three campers jumping on the ground yelling 49,49,
49...
Another... |
| The Light's Better Here- Walk On Skit - Between skits a camper walks to the front of the fire in the way of the... |
| The Little Blue Man - One morning while I was out walking, tho you'll find it hard to... |
| The Lord Is Good To Me - Lunch
Oh, the Lord is good to me,
And so I thank the Lord for giving... |
| The Make-up skit - This skit doesn't have to be done with makeup... any routine will do...... |
| The Mating Game - Divide the players into pairs, and give each pair the name of a... |
| The Meeting Skit - A large group of important-looking people are sitting in a circle. They... |
| The Moose - The moose
The moose
Swimming in the water
The moose
The moose... |
| The Morning Song - Way up in the sky,
The Mama bird flies
While down in the nest
The... |
| The penguin song! - Have you ever seen
A penguin come to tea?
When you look at me
A... |
| The Ping-Pong Ball - A guy had a game with a ping-pong ball,
A guy had a game with a... |
| The Raiders - Two campers bed down for the night. One pretends to crawl into a tent... |
| The Rain Song - If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops
Oh what a rain it... |
| The Reporter and the Cliff - Reporter walks on stage and stand behind the log.
REPORTER - I haven't... |
| The Scab - This skit works best if you have the participants up in front of the... |
| The Smith's - To play, assign each team a mother (Mrs. Smith), a father (Mr. Smith), a... |
| The Song That Makes No Sense - One bright day in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to... |
| The Stalker - Half the group is given blindfolds to wear. These players are placed in... |
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