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Acorn song Im an acorn small and round
lying on the cold cold...
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All-camp activities All-camp activities...
Attention Getters Leader: How big is a beach ball?
Campers: This big...
Attention Grabber When the group is busy and you need their attentio...
ball throw throw a ball...
Bang Bang Choo Choo Train (Revised/Updated)
P#1: Bang Bang Choo Choo Train watch (insert name...
Breakfast Games In our overnight camps we have funny games invovin...
Bus Ride I guess this technically isn't a circle game becau...
Cabin vs Cabin Scavenger Hunt Each cabin group is an individual team. Cabin cou...
campfire "Going on a Lion Hunt" Everyone sits around the c...
Campfire story Storey with a moral. ...
Candyman This game is usually played with around 100 camper...
Celebrity name game Tools- paper and tape
Write names of celebrity’s o...
Cheek Darts Their is a can. (cofffe can, butter plastic contai...
chicken chase chase a rabid chicken across a toxic waste playgro...
Chinese Auction (Revised/Updated) This is an indoor large group game that we play on...
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Continetal Soccer • 7 goals of varying size set up in a large circle...
Copy Cat When a group of kids is being really noisy or hype...
Counselor hunt All of the campers are brought to a central meetin...
Creek Explore We took our campers to a local park (Valley Forge)...
cubs canada Im a cub leader here in windsor and we all as a te...
DELETE Things to do while camping...
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dizzly shootout you need one football(soccer) goal, small about 1 ...
Doctor, Doctor(human knot) First of all one person is chose as the 'doctor'. ...
dr. skit This has been an incredibly funny skit for us for ...
elbow tag (Revised/Updated) Everyone has a partner. Each pair links arms and s...
Evolution I just have an addition/alternative to the "ultima...
Five Finger Contract (Challenge By Choice) Before beginning any activity, circle your group u...
Flintstones Grace (Revised/Updated) Sung to the tune of the Flinstones theme song
Be p...
games,stories,crafts ust fun for 2 week long with grandkids...
Ghosts in the graveyard at night establish a base and a "ghost". Then have...
Gossip Ring Don’t Gossip
This teaches that one thing can be ch...
Grace song (Revised/Updated) Chorus
Good Morning to you!
Good morning to you!
G...
Grandma's Underpants Have the group sit in a circle. One person is "it"...
Granny's Candy This game is played by groups, teams or cabins. Yo...
Guerilla Warfare Similar to Counselor Hunt, however the counselors ...
hello (Revised/Updated) one person stands up front with their back facing ...
Hippopotamus Song **This is a "repeat after me" song
In the beginnin...
hootnanney games, activities...
Hot Dog (Revised/Updated) Round 1
When you are hot you are very very hot whe...
I'M GOIN ON A PICNIC This game works best with kids over 8 and adults. ...
I'm Going Camping This game only works when just a few people in the...
Land, Sea, Air Campers all stand on a line we used the line on th...
Large Group Attention Getters (Revised/Updated) We use this at our camp...
Staff: "1,2,3, eyes on ...
Large Group Attention Getters II A good way to grab the attention is as follows:
Ca...
Large Group Attention Getters III At the beginning of a camp session, establish to t...
Laser Show A laser show is a fun and unique way to highlite a...
Laugh Ha ha Sit in a circle around the campfire, the fist pers...
Monopoly This version of Monopoly has the same objective as...
Music Video Awards Preparation for this evening actually begins durin...
Nag Phani Ultimate 3! We Team 29028 conducting regualrly Ultimate Nagpha...
Night Trail - Reflective pictures Using Reflective tape, you can design a whole seri...
One Spot
Nominate each person with a number example 1 - 10...
picking teams When ever I get a group together to play games, I ...
redneck horseshoes I had heard about someone playing redneck horsesho...
Rodeo Round-up This event is made for all age groups and is struc...
scary creepy there was once this guy named william that went to...
shoe game have campers stand in a large cirlcle and take off...
singing & dancing we wqant to have fun alot so party up bamboozy...
song (Revised/Updated) bananas unite
bananas split
peel peel peel peel ba...
Splish Splash What you need:
2 bottles of washable paint
2 spong...
Spotlight This is played at night with a big group....
Tacky Day We've had a lot of fun with Tacky Day. Campers and...
tag tag...
Tangled You first hold hands in a circle. Then you tangle...
Teambuilding for Events in Spain Conference Coordinator can offer a wide variety of...
Teen travel tours We offer private teen tours that meet your travel ...
The Lighthouse Skit This is a Birthday activity
Have the birthday camp...
Troy vs Greece roles: campers are the split into either troy or g...
Truth or Consequences This event is performed in a game show format, whe...
Ultimate Capture the Flag Played with two teams, this version of Capture the...
Under Siege This works better with a large campus. This is a w...
Updated Brown squirrel Brown squirel brown squirel Shake your busy tail B...
Utensil Supper To make meal time more fun, give each camper a kit...
Wicket (This game is a lot like freeze tag)Make a square ...
Wisconsin Milk Leader: Gimmie a long "M"
"MMmmmmmmmmmm"
Gimmie a ...
Articles from Experts
Activity Leadership Ideas by Scott Arizala
What’s their secret? Often at ca...
Adventures, Expeditions, and Storytelling By Scott Arizala
Once upon a time there was a camp...
Building Camper Relationships Over the past decade, I’ve received countless than...
Camp Brochure Basics and Flyer Fundamentals Everyone has a camp brochure and various flyers, ...
Camp Friends - Like no other friends you have! by Mark Pooler and Patrick Connelly, CT Camp Guys ...
Camp Marketing 101 Although there are many different methods to marke...
Camp Marketing Contest Marketing, Marketing, Marketing...
By now, many ca...
Camp Marketing Survey
Thanks to all who participated in our October 200...
Five Factors for a Fabulous Website The first 3 are non-negotiable - #'s 4 & 5 make a ...
Forgotten Period By Randall Grayson, PhD.
Click here for a PDF vers...
Fundraising - Telling your Essential Story Composing and Conveying Your Essential Story
by T...
Get your website ranked higher in Google Most people find your web site by looking for you...
How to Exceed Parents' Expectations of Your Camp Every summer, we send each of our eight children t...
Magical Marketing Ideas for Summer Camp by Patrick Connelly and Chris Pallatto
Marketing t...
Meeting Parent Expectations- Answers to the BIG Question The ultimate goal of every camp program is to suc...
Mid-Program Staff Motivation and Encouragement Do You Have The Dreaded Mid-Summer Blues?!?! Then ...
Motivating Your College-Age Employees By Susan Fee
Meet your summer staff: they are mos...
Paradox of Staff Hiring
Definition: Paradox - a seemingly contradictory s...
Performance Hiring As summer approaches, we once again embark on the ...
Planning Rainy Day Activities By Chris Pallatto
Surviving rainy days can be easy...
Ropes Course Staples - Technical Update
Course Access – Do You Need A Staple Remover?
By...
Ropes Course Values Contract By Chris Pallatto
A successful experience on the r...
Sample Camp Marketing Plan by Gary Forster, YMCA of the USA
Create a year-ro...
The Counselor as Human Development Specialist by Jeff Ackerman - Elmwood Day Camp
I believe th...
Top 10 Camp Websites Special thanks to Adam Brown from
Cairn for helpi...
Top Ten Ways to Make a Great YMCA Camp Better by Mark Pooler
The difference between running a go...
Ultimate Camp Resource Interview with author Kris Bordessa Kris Bordessa is the author of Team Challenges: 17...
YMCA Camp Parent Communication and the Internet By Gary Forster, Camping Specialist, YMCA of the U...
Camp Activities
going for the gold please send me some camp activities that relates t...
Heart Shaped Photo Frame use the bottom half of heart shaped valentine boxe...
Pepsi-Coke Everyone has a partner and they stand across from ...
rebounding ball games Large 3 sided pyramid to play rebounding ball game...
Ship Captain A.K.A Port & Starboard
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stix your stix are your fingers. if a had with onely on...
tennis tennis, sport courts...
The hat game This is a very fun, and stimulating activity. Ever...
Camp Art Projects
animal finger puppets choose an animal then
decorate the face and
aft...
art with nature objects to make something...
Chubby Crayons Chubby Crayons
What You Do
1. Preheat the oven to ...
Cone Puppet Make a puppet out of a party hat, a stick, a styro...
crayon scratching (Revised/Updated) ....
Disco Balls 1. Take a brass paper fastenter and stick the pie...
Fun Actvity for Children If you can please send Fun Activity for childre f...
Hand Puppets This is cool and kids can get really creative here...
Popsicle Stick Puzzles This is a good filler as some campers take longer ...
Warm and Fuzzies These are not only fun to make, but also bring the...
Wizard ands Make the perfect Harry Potter style wands.
Take a ...
workshop It a great honour for us to invite visual artist f...
Camp Games
Animal Guessing Game Send one camper outside and explain to him/her tha...
Balloon Charades Write or type nouns (people, places, or things) on...
Buzz Ball What you call kings and queens is actually called ...
Camouflage This game is very simple, you need no supplies, ju...
Camp Realy Race First you have everyone count the number of letter...
Campfire Telephone Have everyone form a circle. Have someone in the c...
COMMANDO COURSE Divide the people into two teams. Line up each tea...
Compass Crisp Divide the players into teams of three people. Giv...
competitive game Various food items are put into regular paper groc...
Dead Cow Make them smile! ...
Do you trust me? Have everyone find a partner. One person is blind...
Donkey Tag Players sit in a circle. One person in the middle...
Dragon, Princess, Knight. Think of this as a group version of rock paper sci...
Elephant Ball Have campers stand in a circle with their feet spr...
Five Hundred This game needs a couple of kids and a ball (both ...
Fivebox Create a row of five decent boxes and two players,...
friendship game the leader picks one person to be "it". then, ever...
Game The name of the game is called weapon.
You have a ...
Gatorball This game is like a mixture of soccer and 2-hand f...
Guess Who's In The Sleeping Bag Set out everyone's sleeping bag on the floor in a ...
HALO Start with a large playing area (the Battlefield)....
Hat Game As Seen By Camper:
The leader has a hat in their h...
Hot Seat Have one person sit facing the group. (This person...
large group game have everyone sit in a circle and name each child ...
large group game (Revised/Updated) have everyone sit in a circle and name each child ...
Lids Ok so you get in groups of at least two and take a...
Lizard Tag This game can be played with a large or small grou...
Mafia One person volunteers or is chose to be the narrat...
ninja a game where you test your reflexes and recoursful...
One Frog Everyone gets in a circle and sits crossed legged....
One-Minute Mysteries Can you think outside the box?
Check out the book,...
Pass the Parcel 1. Children form a circle on the floor, sitting cl...
PRISON BREAK Start with a large playing area (the Castle). Then...
Rainbow Tag Hidden around a designated area are different colo...
rock paper scissors EVOLUTION Everyone starts out as an ameoba (wiggling arms li...
sardines ( a hide and seek game with a twist) A hide and seek game with a twist...
Secret Football -Divide campers into two even teams; have teams de...
Seek-N-Hide It's the opposite of Hide-N-Seek...
Normally every...
Shmuck Sounds simple, but is so much fun! The kids get a ...
Stick-in-a-box This activity encourages campers to think outside ...
The Bees & Butterflies You need two foam rectangles or soft objects that ...
The Great Jungle Fire Here is the scenario: The jungle is on fire, and t...
the indoor scavenger hunt when your in a big camp with cabins you ask each c...
Thief Split your group into two. Have the groups line sh...
This is Fun!! The title of this activity is “Body Part Tag.” To...
three muskaters all campers get int groups of three and gets into ...
Tiggy off the Ground Explains itself really. You can only tig (tag) som...
Titantic This game is good for a gym or large area outside....
Titantic (Revised/Updated) This game is good for a gym or large area outside....
Toe Pick-Up Gather a large number of items—one of each—which c...
Tongue Twister Race Pass the tongue twisters around and have each pers...
Values Clarification Present the group with a value statement related t...
Vendor Guide Media Kit
Ultimate Camp Resource Overview:Ultimate Camp Res...
Water Balloon Dodgeball!! There can be 2-4 teams or more if you have that ma...
Watermelon You stand in a circle and you pretend to pass a wa...
Wet and Wild Kick Ball Before Play Begins--Set up your 4 bases for kick b...
Camp Skits
Bad Beans There are five people needed for this skit:
- a be...
camp skit their is a person under a blanket at a circus. a c...
Catipillar Skit 3 students to "be walked over"
1 Ringleader
3-10...
Cool and Creamy This is a skit for the counselors, its always a hi...
David Jones This skit works great with highschool age campers ...
Doctor A MAN, #1, (very important that this person is mal...
Doctor's Office Skit This skit takes place in a waiting room. A man wa...
fly skit one person walks on stage and notices a fly. they ...
Funny Skit 4 to 9 people are satnding on the other side of a ...
Funny Skit (Revised/Updated) 4 to 9 people are satnding on the other side of a ...
Honey Bee To staff memebers walk forward. Staff 1 says to st...
If I were not a Camp Counselor If I were not a Camp Counselor
If I were not a cam...
Milk Machine First get 3 volunteers that don't mine getting mes...
Nothing I'd Rather Be "If I weren’t a Girl Scout(you can change to couns...
Psychic There are supposed to be at least 3 or 4 different...
Skit (end of the year) YMCA Summer Camp Memories
By Dustin Garnett SMV Y...
skit (Revised/Updated) Peanut Butter
One camper comes in eating a large j...
Spit Skit You will need at least 3 people for this skit. To ...
Spit Skit (Revised/Updated) You will need at least 3 people for this skit. To ...
The World's Ugliest Man Have one person beneath a blanket, and one person ...
Three Against a Thousand Three guys all bandaged up and smeared with dirt a...
Tossing Pebbles in the Lake This can be done with a cabin of children or with ...
underwhere? A Camper is sitting on a baskit one Camper comes u...
Walk On "Corn"
2 staff members walk on stage, one with a p...
Walk on Skit in between skits 2 people from opposite sides of t...
Camp Songs
Acorn Nut--variation (with actions) I'm a little acorn nut
Sitting on a coconut
Everyb...
additional verses for song more verses for the song "where has oregon".
"what...
Baby Duck OH....
Wasn't it a bit of luck
That I was born a ...
black socks (Revised/Updated) Black socks the more that you wear them the blacke...
Break it Down Break it down, Break, Break it down
Break it down,...
Bungalow Probably the best song our camp has ever used, alm...
Camp Song The Donkey Song
Chorus - Hey-ho, waddya know,
Don...
camp songs This is a really long song, but it's a favorite
C...
Camp Songs (Revised/Updated) Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the ...
Cartoon Song Lyrics For The Song "Cartoons"
by Chris Rice
I wa...
Chant (Revised/Updated) This can be played by any number of people and it'...
Different version of song The Canoe Song (alternate version)
Just a boy and ...
Father Abraham (Revised/Updated) Father Abraham,
had many sons,
many sons had Fathe...
Favorite Camp Songs - Part I These camp songs are some our personal favorites t...
Frog Song MMMM, EH Went the little green frog one day
MMMM, ...
Garbage Sanwich!!! It's similar to the "Snot Sandwich" cheer. We use...
Go Bananas!! Have someone play a funky tune on a guitar or some...
Good morning song (Revised/Updated) Way up in the sky, the little birds fly.
Way down ...
Have you Ever Gone Fishin? Have you ever gone fishin on a bright summer day?
...
Hey Bob Billy Bob Repeat after me song.
Hey Bob Billy Bob!
I gotta g...
Hunk of tin/Acon brown/smelly skunk I'm a little hunk of tin
Nobody knows what shape I...
I'm a... (Revised/Updated) (Sung to the tune of "If your happy an you know it...
Jaws Call and Response There was a story doo-doo-too-dooro-too-doo
'bout ...
JELLO Oh, the big red letter stands for the Jello family...
Jelly Fish Song Jelly Fish song (repete after me song/ action song...
M-mat went the little green frog M-mat went the little green frog one day
M-mat wen...
more verses thought of a couple more verses for "where has ore...
More verses for the state song Oh what did Tennessee, boys...
He saw what Arkansa...
Mormon Boy--with additional verse I know a Mormon boy
He is my pride and joy
He know...
Mormon Boy--with additional verse (Revised/Updated) I know a Mormon boy
He is my pride and joy
He know...
Muscle and Arm When I first came to this land I was not a wealthy...
Nuts Nuts, Nuts, Squirrels eat nuts
Put in their cheeks...
Old MacDonald (non-traditional) Old MacDonald had a farm EIEIO
and on that farm he...
Oreo
"Oreo"
Do you know how to eat an oreo
Take off th...
Pass It On It only takes a spark to get a fire going
And soon...
Peanut Butter Song Leader:Everyone say Hey
Group:Hey
Leader:Everyone ...
Pink Pajamma song revised to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic
I wear ...
Princess Pat Song (Revised/Updated) Princess Pat (Echo)
The princess Pat - Light infan...
Quatermaster stores there was james james
playing childrens games
in ...
Rattlin' Bog Song (Chorus)
Rare bog rattlin' bog way down in the val...
Reese Peanut Butter Cup Reese Peanut Butter Cup
We sing this song to pump ...
repeat after me song One or all of the camp staff yell, "Tarzan!" Then ...
silly song Way down yander not far away a bluejay died off a ...
Sing me a Rainbow *chorus*
Sing me a rainbow, paint me a dream, show...
Songs The banana of the world unite...(put your hand clo...
State Song (Revised/Updated) This song is best sung with one group asking the q...
STATE SONG - update I saw this and couldn't help it - I had to post. T...
Super California Surfer *Sung to the tune of "Supercalifragilisticexpealid...
Switch (Revised/Updated) I dont care if i go crazy 123456 switch
crazy go c...
The animal song a really amazing camp song, i love to have fun wit...
The Cannibal King song the Cannibal King with the big brass ring
married ...
The Milk Song Give me a long M
M..................
Give me a sho...
There was a... There was a crocodile
and an eagle fly
and orangut...
Under the Bamboo Tree Under the bamboo
Under the bamboo tree
There's roo...
Up up and away Junior Birdman Has hand gestures where you make goggles with your...
wiener man I know a weiner man
he owns a weiner stand
he sel...
Y-Camp Cheer (Palo Alto) L = leaders, C= campers, E= everyone
*Note: the le...
Camp Songs for Grace
ABC Grace ABCDEFG thank you god for feeding me...
Adam's Family Grace II (To the tune of “The Adams Family”)
na na na nah (...
Adams Family Grace (To the tune of “The Adams Family”)
We thank the L...
Adams Family v. 2 Sung to the tune of the Adam's Family theme song.....
Alleluia Grace Allelu, allelu, allelu, alleluia (Group 1)
Praise ...
Amazing Grace Amazing Grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wre...
Amen Grace Ah-ah-men
Ah-ah-men
Ah-ah-men, ah-men, ah-men
A-a-...
Batman Grace To the tune of batman theme song...
na na na na na...
Breakfast Grace God Has Created a new day,
silver and green and go...
Brown Cow We thank the brown cow for the chocolate milk.
We ...
Camp Song (Revised/Updated) It is the prayer the girls say in Madeline....
Coca-Cola Grace (Tune of the “Real Thing” Coca-Cola Jingle
The sun...
Dessert song Goes along with hand motions.
1. Pound both fists ...
Dinner Grace For Food and Health is happy day,
accept our thank...
Eating Eat,eat,eat your meal ...
Elbows on the table grace song During dinner, all kids watch each other as they e...
Finding nemo Grace Grace Grace hoo-ha-ha...
Flintstones Grace (Tune of Flintstones Theme Song)
God is – great – ...
For Health and Strength Dinner
(a round)For health and strength and daily ...
games (Revised/Updated) dear spring break camp i wanted to come to your sp...
God is Great (Tune of “Rock Around the Clock”)
God is great, Go...
Grace Chew Your Food (tune: row you boat)
Chew, chew, ch...
Grace (Revised/Updated) Back of the bread is the flour, and back of the fl...
Grace Song Split people into two groups. While one is singing...
Grace with a difference Thank you for the food we eat (YUM YUM)
Thank you ...
Green Acres Grace The tune is the Theme from "Green Acres" TV show; ...
Hamotzi Hamotzi lechem min haaretz,
We give thanks to God...
Hawaii Five-O Grace (Goes to the tune of Hawaii Five-0 show from the 7...
Heart to the Chimes Heart to the chimes
Come Bow your head
We thank yo...
I'm a... (sing to the tune of "if you're happy and you know...
Jaws Prayer To the Tune of Jaws
(put your hands on top of your...
Jesus was a Cool Dude (To the tune of "We Will Rock You")
Jesus was a co...
Johnny Appleseed (Revised/Updated) Ooooh, the Lord is good to me (clap, clap)
And so ...
Johnny Appleseed III Oooh the Lord is good to me,
And so I thank the L...
Johnny Appleseed- traditional ooh!! the lord is good to me,
and so i thank the ...
Lord of Life Breakfast
Lord of Life, the fountain head
By thy h...
Origanal Super Man Than you Lord for giving us food!
Than you Lord fo...
Praise For Bread Lunch
Noontime is here, the board is spread,
Than...
Prayers before meals Breakfast:
Gracious giver of all good
Thee we than...
Rock You Grace (Tune of “We Will Rock You”)
Heavenly Father, Lord...
Rub A Dub Dub Rub A Dub Dub, thanks for the grub...
YAAAAAY God!...
song Oh! the lord is good to me, and so i thank the lor...
Song for Grace (repeat after me)
My God is so great!...
So Strong...
Spiderman Grace To the tune of Spiderman
"Saving Grace, Saving Gra...
Spiderman Grace (Revised/Updated) God is great,
God is good.
Let us thank Him,
For ...
Superman Grace Camp Grace sung to the tune of "the superman theme...
Superman Grace (Revised/Updated) Sung to the "Superman Theme" For each line you nee...
The Lord Is Good To Me Lunch
Oh, the Lord is good to me,
And so I thank ...
We Will Rock You Grace (campers can keep rhythm by slapping their palms a...
Yankee Doodle Grace (Tune of “Yankee Doodle”)
We thank you Lord for da...
Zip a dee do dah Grace Zip a dee do dah, Zip a dee ay,
We are grateful fo...
Camp Songs- Repeat-o Style
song oh a dayalay!
a wikki wikki womba!
a mussa mussa m...
60's Party This is a repeat after me song!
And a do-as-I-do s...
A Girl One Day A girl one day
She ran away
To stay at a Girl Sco...
A List (Repeat after me...if you can)
One hand.
Two ducks...
Alligator Song (Alternate Version) The alligator is my friend.
He can be your friend,...
Alligator Song (Another Version) Alligator Song
An Alligator is my friend
He can be...
Bazooka Bubblegum Song My momma
She gave me a dollar
She told me to buy a...
Bear Song The other day (echo)
I met a bear (echo)
Out in th...
Bill Grogans Goat Bill Grogans Goat
Was feeling fine
Ate three red s...
Birdie Song Way up in the sky
The little birds fly
Way down in...
Birdie Song II Early in the morning, (echo)
When I was fast aslee...
Birdie- Aga Flaga Early in the morning
When I'm fast asleep
I he...
Boa Constrictor I’m being swallowed by a
boa constrictor,
I’m bein...
Boogaloo Several people can line up with the leader for thi...
Boom Chica Boom III (one person is in front of the crowd as the leader...
Boom Chicka Boom - II I said a boom chicka boom (echo)
I said a boom chi...
Boom, Boom - Ain't it great to be crazy! A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a ...
Boom-Chicka-Boom A very fun repeat-after-me style song! And it's cu...
Buffalo Song(Delaware Version) This is a call and repeat song with hand motions. ...
camp fire song song "The Camp Fire Song Song"
[verse 1]
Let's gather a...
Canoeing Song This is a song we used to sing while canoeing:
Ou...
Captain Jack Captain Jack
(Repeat/Sing along/ Do along)
Hey, ho...
Cat Came Back Old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own.
He had a ...
Chocolate Chip Cookies They're made outta sugar, butter and flour
You can...
Coast to Coast From coast to coast, (Repeat)
Camp ______is the mo...
Combination Underwear I got a pair of combination underwear
It don't rip...
Cool & Creamy Chorus:
Cool and creamy
We like cool and creamy
Co...
COURT OF KING HERODICUS Oh, the court of King Herodicus
was just passing b...
Cutest Worm Verse1 (repeat after each line)
The cutest worm
I...
DISCO Group: Hey ______!
Person: Hey what!?
Group: Hey _...
Down by the banks (Revised/Updated) Any amount of people
Sit in a circle and place you...
Flea Fly II Flea!
(echo)
Flea, Fly!
(echo)
Flea, Fly, Flo!
(ec...
Flea Fly III This is a song that I used to love when I was a ch...
Flee Fly - Koomalama Song Koomalama Sing Along
Clap once, then hands on lap,...
Froggy Dog
Dog Cat
Dog Cat Mouse
Froggie
Itsy bitsy teeni...
Froggy (EJ style) Say as I say! (echo)
Do as I do! (echo)
Dog! (echo...
Funky Chicken I want to see your funky chicken (leader)
What’s t...
Ghost Chickens in the Sky (tune is Ghost Riders in the Sky)
A Chicken farmer...
Goldfishy Song Oh I wish I were a little goldfishy
Oh I wish I we...
Grey Squirrel (Whisper) Grey Squirrel,
Grey Squirrel,
Shake your...
Herman the Worm Chorus: (say a line let them repeat the line)
As I...
I met a Polar Bear Sung to the tune of "Sipping Cider Through a Stra...
Koomalotta Koomalotta Koomalotta Koomalotta Veestay,
Koomalot...
Let me see your bungalo Person 1 : HEY _______
Person 2: HEY WHAT?
Pe...
Little Cabin in the Woods This is a repeat after me song...
Little cabin in ...
Little Johnny England In advance split into 6 groups and assign roles: b...
Little Red Wagon You can’t ride in my little red wagon
Front seats ...
Louise the Elephant song (campers repeat after leader following each line)
...
Milk Song Give me a long M
M..................
Give me a sh...
Moose song (Revised/Updated) Sing there was a great big moose song just add
yo...
Moose Song III The Moose the moose
(echo)
Swimming in the water
(...
Oh Elena (A very very loud song for all ages. Works best in...
Old (blank) Had a Camp... This song is just like Old MacDonald, but with a f...
Old Texas Now LEADER: I'm going to leave
GROUP: I'm going to l...
One Fat Hen, A couple of Ducks This is a repeat song. There is one leader and it ...
One Head, Two Ducks This is a repeat song. There is one leader and it...
Oo Ka Lay La Oo ka lay la (echo)
A perry ticky tumba (echo)
A m...
Oreo Cookie Oreo Oreo Oreo Cookie!
I aint got no oreo cookies ...
Oreo Cookie - Arnold Swartzinager Style (all songs done in the classic Arnold Terminator a...
PARTUM QUARTUM LEADER: I have four brothers over the sea
ALL: P...
Pasta Song Verse 1
Leader: Some of us like pasta.
(Group Repe...
Princess Pat (A second arrangement) The Princess Pat (Egyptian style)
Lived in a Tree ...
Princess Pat song Princess Pat song (a slight variation on the curre...
Repeat After Me Song Note: Allow the audience to repeat each line ...
SHARK DATE All: Duh duh da duh duh da duh
Leader: A boy and a...
SHOOT THE MOON Leader:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Everybody shoot the moon
A...
Singing in the Rain (Revised/Updated) Singing in the Rain (to the tune)
Leader:(shouted,...
Six Pence I've got six pence
Jolly, jolly six pence
Oh I've ...
Songs (Revised/Updated) You asked for the lyrics to to Oregon song, here ...
Stay on the Sunny Side A spontaneous participation song that features kno...
TARZAN Tarzan
Swinging on a rubber band
Tarzan
Smacked in...
Tarzan (Revised/Updated) Leader: Tarzan (beat chest and shout in manly voic...
TELEPHONE All: Hey Johnny! (use staff or campers name)
Johnn...
the beaver song Beaver none Beaver one let's all have some beaver ...
the beaver song (Revised/Updated) Beaver none Beaver one let's all have some beaver ...
The Keeper Verse 1
(Slowly)
LEADER: To Ma Hey down down!
GRO...
The Little Blue Man One morning while I was out walking, tho you'll fi...
The Littlest Worm The Littlest Worm
Verse 1 (repeat after each line)...
The Moose The moose
The moose
Swimming in the water
The moos...
The penguin song! Have you ever seen
A penguin come to tea?
When you...
The Turkey Song LEADER: Every stand up! Let's get a beat goin'!
(...
There Was a Great Big Moose (Revised/Updated) (It's a repeat-after-me song. It repeats after eve...
Three Bears Once upon a time in a nursery rhyme
There were the...
Three Fishies Song Down in a meadow in an itty-bitty pool
Swam three ...
Turkey Song I went down to the river
And I took a little walk
...
Wha-Daten-Chu Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - W...
Wigalow Leader: Hey **NAME**
**NAME** Yea
Leader: Are yo...
Wiggalow Leader: "Are you ready?"
Campers: "We're ready!"
L...
Y-Chant ARE YOU READY? (Leader)
ARE WE EVER!
Y-M, Y-M, Y-M...
Y-CHEER Heidy heidy heidy ho
Willy willy willy whoa
I don’...
Camp Staff Resources
Attention Getter (Revised/Updated) Use a normal tone of voice (not yelling, not whisp...
Attention Grabber (Revised/Updated) When your at camp kids are so excited and it's eas...
Building a Camp Community - February 2006 BIG question Last Month's BIG Question:
What things do you do t...
Favorite Camp Games - Part I Camp Games are our favorite part of the day! Here ...
Favorite Camp Skits Whether performed on a stage, during assembly time...
Favorite Camp Songs - Part I These camp songs are some our personal favorites t...
Favorite Circle Games- Part 1 Here are some camp tested-kid approved games that ...
How to Exceed Parents' Expectations of Your Camp Every summer, we send each of our eight children t...
Movie Night Have everyone dress up in their pajamas and watch ...
Rabbit Ears Great Attention Getter!
When campers are busy or t...
Rope Square Rope Square - the purpose of this activity is to e...
Staff Hiring Mistakes - January 2006 BIG Question January 2006 BIG Question:
What are some of the bi...
Why Anti-Bullying Training is Important at Camp It is recognized that one of the keys to a success...
Camp Theme Days
50's night Staff and Campers dress up as they did in the 50's...
Ancient empire day Campers and staffers dress up as Greeks (togas and...
Backwards Day Everything about this day is backwards!
Wear your ...
Birthday Party Day PASS THE PARCEL
What you need:
· One package of pr...
camp holiday Carnival Day...
Camp Olympics Have different cabins dress up and represent diffe...
Campers Choice Awards A comedy Award show...
Some of the many awards you...
counclers gone crazy Kids are on teams with a counciller or CIT they mu...
Halloween Theme Day Everyone dressed up in costumes, counselors and ki...
Hawaiian Theme Day Everyone Dresses in Hawaiian Costumes: grass skirt...
Hippy day All campers and staff dress up like hippies (lenno...
hotdog kjgo;ug;...
Impersonation Day On this day everyone dresses up as a counselor or ...
Oopy Goopy Day No need to shower this morning, you will be gettin...
Pajama Day Campers and Counselors wear their pajamas througho...
Pirate Day All staff members dress up like pirates of differe...
Pirate Theme II We used this theme as a week of camp theme, but it...
Prince and Princess Day S’MORES
What you need:
· 1 marshmallow per camper....
Rockstar! Let the campers know before camp what the theme da...
Sticky Brownie Day A silly activity good for all ages. This will have...
Superhero Day Campers dress up as an existing or made-up superhe...
Survivor As a girl scout troop when I was younger we planne...
Tacky Day We've had a lot of fun with Tacky Day. Campers and...
Torpedo Family Have the counslers dress up in wierd costumes and ...
Twin-kle Day On this day students dress up as "twin"s with a fr...
Unbirthday Day Imagine only 1 birthday each year, but there are 3...
Wet & Wild Day FASHION SHOW
What you need:
· 1 bucket per team fu...
Camp Vendor Spotlight
June Camp Vendors Here are some helpful camp vendors just in time fo...
May Camp Vendors Here are some interesting and valuable resources t...
Top ACA Tri-State Vendors We recently attended the annual ACA camping confer...
Campfire Stories
Favorite Campfire Stories - Part I Favorite Campfire Stories for all ages! These aren...
Scary stories The house
“Not again!”
The car broke down again. M...
scary story once there was a girl her name was lucy. she was c...
THE BOILER BURST After everyone has settled into their camp bunks, ...
Tic Tic Slide Once in the dead of the night there was an old wom...
Waves There were once two waves who were the best of fri...
Campfire Stories - Legends
Brown Mountain Lights As mountains go, low-lying Brown Mountain in Burke...
Chipmunk and Bear Long ago when animals could talk, a bear was walki...
Click-Clack When the civil war was out ,there was this guy in...
Crow Brings Daylight A long time ago when the world was first born, it ...
How Bear Lost His Tail Back in the old days, Bear had a tail which was hi...
How Dogs Came To The Indians Two Ojibwa Indians in a canoe had been blown far f...
La Llorona Version I Once there was a widow who wished to marry a rich ...
La Llorona Version II Once a poor man was married to a beautiful woman ...
La Llorona Version III Once a Spanish soldier married a beautiful native...
Levy County Cabin In Levy county I own a hunting cabin were me and m...
Maco Light On a night in 1867, at the small Brunswick County ...
Milk Bottles She was just another poor, bedraggled woman, strug...
Palatine The Palatine gleamed in the sunlight as she set ou...
Ringwood Manor Ringwood Manor you say? A lovely old house. But n...
Story Once,there was a little girl going to camp.Before ...
Story (Revised/Updated) A tale of a hunter's great prize and the price he ...
The Timbuktuian Jelly Bean Bird This story is best used when you're on a hike/natu...
Campfire Stories with a moral
A Christmas Haunting To understand my story, you first have to understa...
Gold Tooth One weekend Mr.. Simpson and his thirteen year old...
Invisible Hands A couple of Welsh miners came to Nevada to help m...
Jonathan, the Fastest Snail in the Meadow Jonathan was looking really unhappy.
"What's up?"...
New Version Starfish Story The Starfish story is well known. I am not sure wh...
Telling and Discussing Kindness Stories Partners in Kindness sends free Kindness email new...
The Bravest Knight In the Kingdom of Britain, King Edward sent out a ...
The Determined Donkey One day there was a very happy littel donkey walki...
The Unlucky Man Once there was a man who lived in a beautiful log ...
Chants & Cheers
A-W-E-S-O-M-E A-W-E-S-O-M-E!
Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome,...
Alive, Awage, Alert, Enthusiastic I’m alive, alert, awake, enthusiastic!
I’m alive, ...
Announcement Song Campers at camp can sing this song whenever any of...
Banana Cheer Banana’s of the world: UNITE
Peel banana
Peel pee...
Banana Cheer II BANANAS UNITE,
peel to the left....
peel to the ri...
Banana Song Bananas have no thumbs
Bananas do not smile
Banana...
Bang Bang choo choo train Leader(or last person that went):Bang bang choo ch...
Big Camp Mambo (Chorus)
I said hey – hey
I said ho – ho
I said c...
Bluebird Way down south, not so very far off, a Jay bird di...
Bluejay version II This is a simple and fun repeat-after-me song.
Way...
Break it Down Break it down, Break, Break it down
Break it down,...
Buffalo Cheer person/group 1: Hey _________(name)!
person 2: Hey...
Bugalo Bugalo Bug-Bugalo Woo!
Bugalo Bug-Bugalo Woo!
Hey ...
Calimine Lotion Calimine, Calimine, Calimine Lotion
Ooo, no no no ...
Carousel (This isn't really a song, but rather a noise maki...
Chant To work a group needs to decide on who they are go...
Cheer Orange Crush
Lemon Ice
Beat them once beet them tw...
Cheer (Revised/Updated) Peanut Butter Reese's Cup mess with me I kick you ...
Cheers L:(Group name)Kemamac!
Members:Ole ole ah ah !
L:c...
Chili, Chili, Baby! [stomp stomp clap, stomp stomp clap]
Chili, chili ...
Chiquita Banana Chiquita Bananas Unite
Peel banana, peel peel bana...
Coast to Coast From coast to coast, (Repeat)
Camp ______is the mo...
Combination Underwear I got a pair of combination underwear
It don't rip...
Dining Hall Song Get your elbows off the table *NAME* dear
(repeat)...
Elbow manners chant This is a great chant if you are trying to teach m...
Energy in Me I have too much energy in me,
I must release it so...
Everywhere we go leader chants, campers repeat...
Everywhere we go!...
Fabulous Cheer When I went to camp as a kid (and later C.I.T. and...
Get their Attention song Use this to get your campers attention...
Leader: ...
Good Morning Song Good morning! Good morning! Good morning!
It’s t...
I AM A C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N I AM A C *CLAP CLAP*
I AM A C-H *CLAP CLAP*
I AM A...
London’s Burning Chorus:
London’s burning, London’s burning,
See t...
Name Song This is one where you can use the kids' names. I'l...
Olly Olly Leader: If I say Olly
You say Oy
Leader: Olly
Grou...
OOH KAH LAY LAH Ooh kah lay lah
A parrie tickie tumba
A muzza muzz...
P-A-R-T-Y The P is for party
The A is for all night
The R is...
Red Hot Our team is red hot!
Our team is red hot!
Our team...
Red Hot Cheer 2 groups, one calls, the other responds
Group 1: O...
Round of Applause Give them one hand! (extend a hand)
Give them the ...
Scab Sandwich Scab sandwich, puss on top,
Monkey vomit, camel sn...
SHOOT THE MOON Leader:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Everybody shoot the moon
A...
TELEPHONE All: Hey Johnny! (use staff or campers name)
Johnn...
The Morning Song Way up in the sky,
The Mama bird flies
While down ...
the river every body has to chant ...
We Don’t Mess Around We don’t mess around, hey!
We don’t mess around, h...
We Welcome You We welcome you to our fun camp
We’re really glad y...
Y-CHEER Heidy heidy heidy ho
Willy willy willy whoa
I don’...
Circle Games
1-2-3-Look This is a very simple game that can include the en...
A What? Equipment: 2 objects
The leader of the game start...
ABC Basketball This is a game to be played by a basketball hoop.
...
Ah soh koh Everyone sits in a circle, and learns the 3 comman...
Airplane In a group of children, one is the airplane, one i...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Group sits in a circle and chants "Ali Baba and th...
Assassin This is a game best played in a large group. We al...
BANG Everyone stands in a circle and then the leader ca...
Beachball Info Get one or two beachballs. Write questions all ove...
Beat the Bunny The bunny (small ball) is started first and is pas...
Bibbity Bibbity Bop One person is in the middle of the circle. He wal...
Bippity boppity boo Everyone stands or sits in a circle with one "it" ...
Blind Cow All players sit in a circle facing the center. On...
Bob The Weasel One member of a group steps into the center of the...
Burn Campers stand in a circle and pass a ball around. ...
Button, Button One person sits in the middle of a circle of child...
Buzz The leader picks a digit to "BUZZ," letting the gr...
Catch, Don't Catch One camper goes into the middle of the circle with...
Chicken Picks Players sit in a circle and one player goes into t...
Circle Run The players should start sitting in a circle numbe...
Clap-tap Gather all the people in a circle. Each player is ...
CN Tower Ball all campers should be standing in a circle with th...
Cobbler, Cobbler Campers sit in a circle and begin to sing this son...
Count 10 Askthe group to stand in a circle.
Someone starts...
Crambo One player begins the game by saying, "I am thinki...
Crocodile Morey Everyone sits in a circle with hands out to their ...
Cross if you…. Have everyone sit in a circle with you in the cent...
Dead Horse Somebody lays down and closes their eyes, while ev...
Do as I say...not as I do Played in a circle.
First person SAYS one thing he...
Do you like your neighbor? Everyone sits down in a circle. One person is IT. ...
Do You Love Your Neighbor? Have Everyone sit in a circle with chairs or somet...
Dollar Dollar Sit one person in the middle of a circle whose rol...
Double Dice or Dive Circle Game Have the group form a circle and sit on the floor....
Down by the Banks Have campers sit in a circle with their right hand...
Drip-Drip-Splash Great for a hot day. Played the same as Duck-duck-...
Drop it-Catch it Get your group to stand in a circle all facing the...
Duckie Wuckie Sit in a circle and have one person in the middle ...
Ducks and Cows This is a great way to divide a large group into t...
Escape from the Monsters Four monsters are chosen and they are blindfolded ...
Flagpole it's starts with everyone standing in a big circle...
Flinch Start with a ball or a rolled up sock or bandana. ...
Four on a Couch-Bench This is the best game I have ever played. I love ...
Frogger First sit everyone down them have them all close t...
Fruit Basket Each person chooses a fruit or vegetable (with no ...
Fruit Reactions? The children sit in a circle.
Each child is given...
Fruits Get in a circle with one person in the center. Eac...
Grandma's Underpants One person is "it" and all the kids sit in a circl...
Grandma's Underpants Have the group sit in a circle. One person is "it"...
group activity circle games, proup activities...
Group Knot Have the campers stand in a tight circle, with the...
HA HA HA Have everyone lie in a circle with each other’s he...
Hand Land Have the group lie on their backs, with their head...
Have you ever? or Postman Everyone stands or sits in a circle. The one perso...
Hazoo (passive) Choose someone to be it and divide the group into ...
Hide the Carrot This game is wilarious (wicked, and hilarious)!
...
Honey if you love me… The group starts in a circle with one person in th...
I can tap this stick just right You need a stick to tap the ground or even just a ...
I Have Never Everyone is sitting in a circle of chairs except f...
Indy Five Hundred The group should be sitting in a circle and number...
Jab-er-quackie 1. Get the group in a circle.
2. Pick 1 person to ...
Jimmy Jimmy Woo The peron in the know will hold up a hand (doesn't...
Killer Wink Have campers sit in a circle with one person in th...
King Lizard (AKA the Lakota staff game) Everyone sits in the circle and picks an animal, a...
Kitty Wants A Corner Before you start the game, one person must be dubb...
Knight Horse Cavalier Have the kids pair up. The partners split off to ...
Learning body parts, small and large muscle development Leader calls out the body part to be used to pass ...
Let Me in the Circle The group forms a circle with their backs to the m...
Little Sally Walker Get everone in a circle with one person in the mid...
Mind games - One up, one down One person leaves the group, and the rules are exp...
Mind games - Sally’s green glass door Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks th...
Most Likely This activity is best when when campers or bunks k...
My Aunt Loves Coffee but she Hates "T" Everyone sits in a circle, and each person makes a...
One Frog Everyone gets in a circle and sits crossed legged....
Pass the Banana Form a circle with all players sitting on the floo...
Pass the Parcel 1. Children form a circle on the floor, sitting cl...
Pipety-pop Players sit or stand in a circle, and It is in the...
Pterodactyl This game is very much like Zip Zip Bonk, but I th...
Question game Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks a ...
Ride that pony Pick one to five people (depending on how big of ...
Riding on a donkey Everyone stands in a circle chanting
"Here comes ...
Rythm Game Everyone is in a circle. One camper closes their e...
Sausage Everyone sits in a circle. The person who is it st...
Scissors or Crossed Uncrossed Game Scissors is a neat trick to have in your bag for t...
Shoulders Everyone sits in a circle and the goal of the game...
Shuffle Your Buns Have everyone sit their chairs in a circle, as clo...
Slap, Clap, Snap Arrange your group into a circle. Give everyone a...
Song Tag Everyone forms a circle. Someone jumps in the midd...
Sound and Fury Stand in a circle. One player starts. That player ...
Speedy rabbit Everyone stands in a circle and the leader is in t...
SPLAT All stand in a circle, one person is nominated as ...
Stick Numbers or Alien Language There is one counselor who has several sticks. The...
Stick, Stick One person starts out as "it' and the other player...
Tai-Chi Pong This is an elimination game. To start the game, a...
The Big Wind Blows Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the...
The Circle Game You have the kids all stand in a circle and hold h...
The crazy question game This works better with older campers
get all the c...
The Hand Game Great game - a camp classic! Bear with the long d...
The President Game Line the chairs up in a straight line, except one ...
This is a WHAT? The group sits in a circle. You will need several...
Tip the Fruit Bowl Can be played in a small group or as a whole camp ...
Vegetable Garden This is a really fun, easy game that our campers l...
Village Chief Everyone sits in a circle, and one person leaves, ...
Wa or Waaa Master Everyone stands in a circle.
The leader chooses a...
Who am I ? The group forms a circle. One person is chosen to ...
Whoosh Ball Whoosh Ball
Whoosh – Pass the whoosh ball around t...
Who’s Missing The group sits with their eyes closed or heads dow...
Windows and Doors A bunch of kids form a circle holding hands. Then ...
Wink 'em Divide the group evenly into two new groups.
Have ...
Wonderball Everybody stands in a circle, passing a ball aroun...
Woosh Have everyone in your group make a circle. The le...
You can do it like this Similar to Scissors or Crossed Uncrossed except an...
Zip Zip Zonk Sit your group in a circle. The 1st person starts...
Zoomy Zoomy Have a group of kids sit in a circle. The leader ...
Classic Camp Songs
A boy and a girl in a little canoe Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the ...
A boy and a girl in a little canoe - alt. version A boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the moon ...
A Roosta Sha Chorus)
A roosta sha a roosta sha a roosta sha sha...
Alice the Camel Alice’s camel has five humps
Alice’s camel has fiv...
Alligator (Chorus)
Alligator
Alligator!
ALLLLIGATOR!
Can be ...
Alligator (Revised/Updated) The alligator is my friend
He likes to go on Adven...
Announcements Chorus:
Announcements!
Announcements!
Announcement...
Ants go Marching Ants go marching ---- by -----
Hurah, hurrah
The a...
asded verse to Gee mom i want to go home Oh, the kool-aid at the tepee
they say it's mighty...
Austrian Yodeler Once an Austrian went yodeling
On a mountain top h...
Banjo I like to play my old banjo
And place it on my kne...
Bear Song The other day (echo)
I met a bear (echo)
Out in th...
Billboards As I was walking down the street
One dark and glo...
Bingo There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his...
Boa Constrictor I’m being swallowed by a
boa constrictor,
I’m bein...
Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over ...
Boom Chick-a Boom I said a boom chick-a boom
I said a boom chick-a b...
Boom Chicka Boom - II I said a boom chicka boom (echo)
I said a boom chi...
Boy & Girl Just a boy & a girl in a little canoe
With th...
Brown Squirrel Brown squirrel brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tai...
C-H-I-C-K-E-N C that’s the first letter in
H that’s the second ...
Calimine Lotion Calimine, Calimine, Calimine Lotion
Ooo, no no no ...
Camp Counselor I love being a camp counselor,
There’s nothing I’d...
Camp Song Medley "The Yodeler"
O….
There once was a yodeler on a mo...
Classic Song Oh, I went to Toledo
[to the tune "Turkey in the S...
Coast to Coast From coast to coast, (Repeat)
Camp ______is the mo...
Cottage In A Wood In a cottage in a wood
Little old man at the windo...
Dem Bones Leader signs verse, campers respond with DEM BONES...
Dining Table PAULA, PAULA* if you're able,
Get your elbows off ...
Do Your Ears Hang Low? Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
...
Father Abraham Father Abraham
Had seven sons (Seven sons)
And sev...
Flea! Flea
Flea fly
Flea fly flo
Come-a lata come a lat...
Flea, Fly! Flea
Flea, fly
Flea, fly mosquito
Calamine, cal...
FOUND A PEANUT Found a peanut, found a peanut
Found a peanut jus...
Fried Ham Fried Ham
Fried Ham
Cheese and Bologna
After the m...
Frog Song MMMM, EH Went the little green frog one day
MMMM, ...
Froggy Dog
Dog Cat
Dog Cat Mouse
Froggie
Itsy bitsy teeni...
Froggy (EJ style) Say as I say! (echo)
Do as I do! (echo)
Dog! (echo...
GEE MOM, I WANT TO GO HOME The boys at the teepee,
They say are mighty fine,...
Goober Peas Sitting by the roadside on a summer's day
Chattin...
Gopher Guts Great green gobs of greasy grimey gopher guts,
Mut...
Green Grass There was a hole
The prettiest little hole that yo...
Harlem Goat Oh there was an old man
And he lived in a shack
An...
Hi, My Name is Joe Hi, my name is Joe
And I work in a button factory
...
Hole in the bottom of the sea There’s a hole in the bottom of the sea
There’s a ...
If You’re Happy If you’re happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If...
John Jacob Jingleheimer-Schmidt John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt,
His name is my n...
Little Bunny Foo Foo Chorus:
Little bunny Foo Foo
Hopping through the f...
Little Red Wagon You can’t ride in my little red wagon
Front seats ...
Littlest Worm The littlest worm
I ever saw
Got stuck inside
My s...
Old Lady Leary Late last night when we were all in bed
Old Lady ...
Once an Austrian Once an Austrian went yodeling
On a mountain so hi...
PEOPLE ON THE BUS The people on the bus go up and down
Up and down,...
PIZZA HUT (Actions in brackets to be done each time that pl...
Princess Pat The Princess pat – lived in a tree
She sailed acro...
Princess Pat (Revised/Updated) Here is the original "Princess Pat" - a song sung ...
Raisin Song It's raisins that make post raisin brands so wonde...
Rise and Shine Chorus:
So rise and shine
And sing out your glory...
Song That Gets on Everybody’s Nerves I know a song that gets on everybody’s nerves
I kn...
Song that Never Ends This is the song that never ends
It just goes on a...
State Song Where has Oregon gone, boys; where has Oregon?
Whe...
SWINGIN’ ON A STAR Chorus:
Would you like to swing on a star?
Carry...
Tarzan of the Apes I like banana’s
Coconuts
and grapes
I like banana...
The Forever Song This is the song that never ends,
It goes on and o...
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET Liza: Henry! Fetch me some water!
Henry: There's ...
Tiny Salmon Tiny Salmon swimming in a stream
Tiny Salmon dream...
Titanic Oh, they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean ...
Titanic (Different Version) The Titanic
Oh they built the ship Titanic, and wh...
Tomba Tomba Tomba Tomba (repeat)
A riki tiki tomba (repeat)
A...
Wha-Daten-Chu Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - W...
Y-Chant ARE YOU READY? (Leader)
ARE WE EVER!
Y-M, Y-M, Y-M...
YOUR MAMA DON’T WEAR NO SOCKS Your mama don't wear no socks!
A ding dong!!
I sa...
Zulu Warrior Group 1: I come a zumba zumba zy
Group 2: I come a...
Common Ground Icebreakers
2 Truths and a Lie Ask each person in the group to think of two true ...
Candy Ice Breaker Put about enough candy in a bowl for each person i...
Cross if you…. Have everyone sit in a circle with you in the cent...
Do you like your neighbor? (Revised/Updated) 1. Sit in a circle, but make sure you have one les...
Face to Face The leader has the group randomly pair up. Once i...
Have you ever? or Postman Everyone stands or sits in a circle. The one perso...
Hug Tag! Hug Tag
All the players get up and walk around (no...
Joke & Punchline Set-up: Write a joke on one card and a punchline o...
Prejudice Contributed by Bonnie Knapp, University of Iowa
I...
Sets Have the kids sit down. Pick two or three kids tha...
Silent Interviews Divide the group into pairs - try to make mix the ...
Stand up, Sit Down The kids can start out in a standing or sitting po...
Ten Fingers This activity is great for the first day or just w...
The Big Wind Blows Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the...
Toilet Paper You will need 2-3 rolls of toilet paper depending ...
Vortex
Set-up (this is the hardest part)
Ask everyone in...
Where do you stand? Have campers sort themselves into groups based on ...
Cooperative Games
A What? Equipment: 2 objects
The leader of the game start...
All on One Side Your whole team starts on one side of a volleyball...
All Over Divide children into two equal groups. Each group ...
Alphabet Letters Players should be in groups of four. When the lead...
Amoeba Tag Two people are it. They hold hands and chase peopl...
Assassin This is a game best played in a large group. We al...
Auto Trip Players sit in a circle and are assigned the names...
Baby if you love me… Everyone sits in a circle, with one person IT. IT...
Back Words Divide the group into teams of 5 people each with ...
Bandaid Tag One person is "it." Whenever someone is tagged by ...
Bang! Within a group one person makes a hand gesture lik...
Bibbity Bibbity Bop One person is in the middle of the circle. He wal...
Birthday Line Up Have the group get in a line. Tell them they must,...
Black Magic Within a group, two people claim that they can rea...
Blind Tag This game was played in a dark room with no lights...
Bubble Gum Art Give each participant a piece of bubble gum to che...
Celebrity Heads Children stand out at the board. The teacher (or a...
Chinese Auction (Revised/Updated) This is an indoor large group game that we play on...
Cooperation Tag One person is it. Be sure to have a designated pla...
Dead Fish What do Dead Fish do? Exactly… nothing! Explain ...
Drip-Drip-Splash Great for a hot day. Played the same as Duck-duck-...
Elephants, Cows and Giraffes Get into a circle with one person in the center. ...
Find Your Partner Tell the children to close their eyes. Give each c...
First Names Have everyone count the number of letters in their...
Fox & Squirrel 1. Form a circle of people, about 3 feet apart fro...
Frog Everyone sits in a circle. The first person says ...
Frozen T-shirts A few days before this project dip a few large T-...
G-H-O-S-T The first player says a letter. The next person ad...
Game (Revised/Updated) Matching Sounds Game
Prior to game you will need t...
Ghost (passive) Three or four players are chosen to be the ghosts....
Going to a Party You need a least 2 people that know the game. It ...
Group Knot Have the campers stand in a tight circle, with the...
HA HA HA Have everyone lie in a circle with each other’s he...
Hagoo 1. Two line stand facing each other and become tea...
Heads down, thumbs up Two or more children, depending on the size of you...
Hello One person sits a little ways away from the group,...
How Green are You Get into a circle standing up. One person volunte...
How's that again? Divide the group into three teams, and line them u...
Huckle Buckle Beanstalk Pick a smallish object. Hide it in plain sight, wh...
Hula Hoop Pass Have the group form a circle holding hands. Ask tw...
Joke & Punchline Set-up: Write a joke on one card and a punchline o...
King Lizard (AKA the Lakota staff game) Everyone sits in the circle and picks an animal, a...
Lincoln Balls Lincoln Ball
10-20 kids
A large of number of balls...
Mind games - Sally’s green glass door Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks th...
Mind games –Where can I go Similar to Sally’s Green Glass Door…people go arou...
Mother, May I? One person serves as the "Mother" (or Grandmother,...
Name Toss Here are the common rules:
1) Arrange the group in...
One to Ten Have the group spread out in a large area. The lea...
Pail Lifting Game Divide the group into smaller groups of five or si...
PDQ Every one starts with their hands in the middle on...
Peek-A-Who Split the group into two teams. Each team sits beh...
Pencil in the bottle This is a hilarious game and can either be played ...
People to People Twister Pair up in groups of two and stand back to back. ...
Pigs Fly The children should stand in a group facing the le...
Polaroid This is like one of those story-building games, on...
Prui 1. Blindfold all players and gather in a common ar...
Question game Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks a ...
Radar Get the group into a circle with one blindfolded p...
Red light/Green light In this game, one person plays the ‘stop light’ an...
Rocketfish Hilarious game. Works with any age group or combo ...
Sausage Everyone sits in a circle. The person who is it st...
Sets Have the kids sit down. Pick two or three kids tha...
Shake, Rattle and Roll Take as many film cannisters as you have people. I...
Speed Pass The goal of this activity is to give a group an op...
Spell it out Divide the kids into groups of about 8-12 children...
Spirals 1. Gather group in a circle holding hands
2. One o...
Stand by me Have everyone in your group stand around you in so...
Teapot The group chooses a person to be the "guesser" and...
The Dream Game One to three people leave the room (depending on h...
Triangle Tag To begin, make groups of four to five people. One ...
Two truths and a lie Take turns telling three statements about yourself...
Web of Names Sit the children in a circle and emphasize that th...
What am I? 1. Children sit in circle.
2. Give each child a p...
What’s the object? This is a simple game which requires good describi...
Which Pair? Divide the group into pairs. Have each partner tak...
Who am I ? The group forms a circle. One person is chosen to ...
Who is it Have all the kids stand up. You secretly think of ...
Who’s Missing The group sits with their eyes closed or heads dow...
Windows and Doors A bunch of kids form a circle holding hands. Then ...
Dramatic Games
ABTwinkleHaveYouAnyWool Based on the observation that the tune for the Alp...
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Group sits in a circle and chants "Ali Baba and th...
Auto Trip Players sit in a circle and are assigned the names...
Bag-o-stuff improv skit This is a rainy day or all camp activity.
Divide t...
Boiler Burst The goal is a line thirty feet long.
The players...
Bom,Bom,Bom There are two sides (teams). It doesn't matter how...
Bop Bop The players start sitting in a circle. The leader...
Bubble Gum Art Give each participant a piece of bubble gum to che...
Charades down the lane This is a comination of Charades and Whisper Down ...
Cranked Clay One player is the clay. The other, the Cranker. Th...
Cross Hands Clap Stand at a profile towards the group. Place your ...
Dance and Freeze The campers dance until the music stops then they ...
FFEACH This might be one of the best games of all times! ...
Fifty Yard Scream Everyone runs screaming and stops when they’ve run...
Fight for My Attention (drama/passive) Two people are challenged to come up to the front ...
Finding Twins Decide ahead of time on a category such as animals...
Form A Band - A group dividing method Each band must have a drummer, guitar player, keyb...
Ghost (passive) Three or four players are chosen to be the ghosts....
Giants, Wizards and Elves Split group up into 2 teams, designate 2 safety zo...
Going to a Party You need a least 2 people that know the game. It ...
Hand and Foot Have the person or group sitting at a table with a...
Hand Land Have the group lie on their backs, with their head...
Hand Puppets This is cool and kids can get really creative here...
Hello One person sits a little ways away from the group,...
Honey if you love me… The group starts in a circle with one person in th...
Hound and Hunter Prior to game, secretly place a bunch of objects(w...
How's that again? Divide the group into three teams, and line them u...
Huh Game This game works best with more people. You get in ...
In my Grandmother's Attic The first player says, "In my grandmother's attic,...
Iron Campers This activity is similar to "Iron Chef America" bu...
It Could be Worse Set up the group in a circle or in pairs. The star...
King Lizard (AKA the Lakota staff game) Everyone sits in the circle and picks an animal, a...
Magic Stories Magic Stories
This activity involves the whole cla...
Manner of the Adverb Two people go out (It could be one person, but whe...
One to Ten Have the group spread out in a large area. The lea...
Pass the Parcel 1. Children form a circle on the floor, sitting cl...
Patriotic Colors The leader sits in the middle of the circle, point...
Prejudice Contributed by Bonnie Knapp, University of Iowa
I...
Prop-a-Skit Split all of the campers up into groups of 5-12 (b...
Punchinella This is a circle game that gets kids moving with a...
Rhythm Magic This is a fun and creative activity. Someone star...
Robot Roundup Have the campers join into pairs, 1 as the robot a...
Rythm Game Everyone is in a circle. One camper closes their e...
Sausage Everyone sits in a circle. The person who is it st...
Secret word Secretly pick a word. Do not say it out loud. Ever...
Silly Handshakes Everyone pairs up (groups of two). They introduce ...
Singing Syllables Two groups. One decides on a famous quotation or b...
Sock Story Take a sock and fill it with a number of small obj...
Song Tag Everyone forms a circle. Someone jumps in the midd...
Sound and Fury Stand in a circle. One player starts. That player ...
Speedy rabbit Everyone stands in a circle and the leader is in t...
Statue You need at least four players for this imaginativ...
The Dream Game One to three people leave the room (depending on h...
The Invisible Ball The group (any size) stands in a circle. One perso...
Three Guesses One person is chosen to be first. That person sta...
What’s the object? This is a simple game which requires good describi...
Who me, embarrassed? This is a fun ‘who is it?’ game. Pass out sheets ...
Wink Elimination This game is best played in a large group. Sit al...
Woosh Have everyone in your group make a circle. The le...
Easy Camp Art Projects
Animal Finger Puppets For each puppet, first cut out a pair of 1 5/8- x ...
Apple Dolls To start, choose an apple for the doll's head;
the...
Back to School Scrapbook Page Layout 1. Trace the Wavy Ruler 12 times onto the red pape...
Backpack Tags 1. Follow the manufacturer's directions for sandin...
Backyard Mural Start by soaking an old sheet in water and then ha...
Beanies 1. Paste the beans to a light colored piece of con...
Bookmarks 1. Cut a picture from the cover of a greeting card...
Camp Sit-upon 1. Following the instructions on the package, atta...
Can Stilts 1. Use the bottle/can opener to punch 2 holes in e...
Cd mirror 1. Decorate the CD with any colors and designs you...
Child's Hand Prints Wreath 1. Cut muslin square to desired size. Trace circle...
Cork Horse 1. Stick one toothpick into large end of the large...
Crayon Scratching 1. Color a design on the white paper with various ...
Curtain Rings Picture frame 1. Cut Photo to fit back of curtain ring. 2. Glue ...
Daisy Fun 1. Take the Popsicle stick and cover it with the g...
Dancing Spoons 1. Wrap yarn around a piece of cardboard (which is...
Dough Handprints 1. Add food coloring to the water. I use pink for ...
EGG CARTON ANIMALS CATERPILLAR Separate 4, 5, or 6 cups from an egg c...
Egg Carton Caterpillar 1. Cut the cover of the egg carton off and discard...
Faux Fossils For each "fossilized" item, place a large ball of ...
Fork Wind Chime 1. Spread several layers of newspaper on work area...
Heart Shaped Wreath Take one long, very pliable branch and bend in the...
Iron Campers This activity is similar to "Iron Chef America" bu...
Kachina Doll Craft Hot glue the ping-pong ball to the top of the smal...
Kaleidoscope 1. Use the electrical tape to tape the 3 (long sid...
Little Log Cabin Craft Mark the cardboard box so that it looks like a hou...
Locker Organizer 1. Using scissors, cut the box at a diagonal so th...
Lollipop Friends 1. Glue the eyes on the styrofoam ball (or paint t...
Lollipop Puppets They used Royal Icing to attach candies to the lol...
Macaroni Picture Frame 1. Paint the lid and let it dry. 2. Glue the macar...
Macramé Bracelets 1.To make a bracelet, you need two strands of hemp...
Magic Star Wand 1. If using cookie cutter, cut a star from the sty...
Magical Puff Paint 1. First, add some glue into a small disposable co...
Make an Ornament Take the top off the ornament then pour the paints...
Midsummer Wreath 1. Soak the reeds in a roasting pan of warm water ...
Milk Jug Animal Masks Use the craft knife to cut off the top of the jug,...
Mini Truck Box Template 1. Print the template below on the cardboard stock...
Mouse Magnet 1. Cut the styrofoam ball in half. 2. Glue small m...
Nature Pictures 1. Decide what theme you would like to use, such a...
Owl Paper Plate Craft On one paper plate, fold about a third of the plat...
Party Supplies 1. Cut the construction paper into 10" x 10" or 12...
Picture Collage Ideas After making collage, get several color copies or ...
Picture Holder 1. Trace and cut five butterflies from assorted co...
Pine Cone Bird Feeder Tie a few feet of string to a pine cone. Cover the...
Pipe Cleaner Flowers 1. Bend the pipe cleaners into flower petal shapes...
Rainstick Trace around the end of your tube onto a piece of ...
Rainy Day Puzzles 1. Glue the front and back of the greeting cards t...
Rockies 1. First you must find a rock that you like. It is...
Sandy Bottles 1. Spread out the newspaper on your working surfac...
Seashell Wind Chimes 1. Glue each shell to the end of a short piece of ...
Ship Mobile 1. Bend out hook on one hanger, insert one hanger ...
Sock Beanies 1. Fill your sock with beans.
2. Tie the end with...
Solar System Mobile Find the center of the large cardboard circle by d...
Stick Vase Break or snip your sticks to about an inch longer ...
Tanagram Puzzle Start by making a square piece of paper. To start ...
Tepee Bind the twigs together toward the top using yarn,...
Tissue Paper Corsage/Boutonniere Fold three separate, different colored (preferably...
Tissue Paper Flowers Craft Cut a few pieces (about 4-6) of tissue paper (crep...
Wallpaper Fan Cut a piece of wallpaper to the size you like. Fol...
Walnut Pink Flamingo You'll need both halves of the walnut shell to mak...
Walnut Shell Skunk Magnet 1. Paint Walnut shell halves black.2. Glue moveabl...
Wooden Figure Key Hanger This is a great project to celebrate a special occ...
Wooden Scrapbook 1. Cut boards to size mentioned above. Drill 2 hol...
Wooden Spoon Snake Paint the spoon like a snake and then glue the goo...
Yarn Octopus 1. Cut 24 (12 inch or 30 cm) long pieces of yarn (...
Yarn Vase 1. Cover about 1" of the bottom of the bottle with...
February 2007
Bippity boppity boo Everyone stands or sits in a circle with one "it" ...
Birthday Party Day PASS THE PARCEL
What you need:
· One package of pr...
Bucket Freeze This skit involves 3 staff members and a bucket of...
Camp Brochure Basics and Flyer Fundamentals Everyone has a camp brochure and various flyers, ...
Castle on the River Nile On my Castle on the River Nile
I'm gonna live in e...
Classic Song Oh, I went to Toledo
[to the tune "Turkey in the S...
Cool and Creamy This is a skit for the counselors, its always a hi...
Darlin' Darlin' won't you wait, won't you wait, won't you ...
Desperado There was a Desperado from the wild and wooly West...
Five Factors for a Fabulous Website The first 3 are non-negotiable - #'s 4 & 5 make a ...
Get your website ranked higher in Google Most people find your web site by looking for you...
Magical Marketing Ideas for Summer Camp by Patrick Connelly and Chris Pallatto
Marketing t...
Prince and Princess Day S’MORES
What you need:
· 1 marshmallow per camper....
Seafarer Hymn Along our shining waters’ way,
We travel on by nig...
Spiderman Grace To the tune of Spiderman
"Saving Grace, Saving Gra...
The Big Wind Blows Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the...
THE BOILER BURST After everyone has settled into their camp bunks, ...
The Caterpillar You get a group of 4 or 5 people in a line. One p...
Titanic (Different Version) The Titanic
Oh they built the ship Titanic, and wh...
Top 10 Camp Websites Special thanks to Adam Brown from
Cairn for helpi...
Wet & Wild Day FASHION SHOW
What you need:
· 1 bucket per team fu...
Whiffle Song The "W"s for whiffle
And the "H" is for full
The "...
Field Trips
Funny Camp Skits
7-Up Camp Skit Four guys are sitting in a hospital waiting room. ...
Ants Marching At irregular intervals between skits, when there i...
Anything for a Sale!! Camper #1 is a store Salesman
Camper #2 is a Mothe...
Attention Attention! Stage Left a Lone Camper Comes Running until he is...
Bach Two of the people are standing pretending to play ...
Balloon Orchestra The players in the orchestra each hold a balloon.
...
Bandana Instructor Instructor tells how they went to Mt. Ranier and w...
Bean Skit This activity needs 4 people, boys and/or girls.
...
Big Game Hunting Two to four hunters talk to each other. One says t...
Black Bart There are several Black Bart skits, all revolving ...
Blue Trolls Two campers are walking through the woods. They co...
Bonfire A leader begins to explain how to lay a campfire. ...
Bubble Gum Skit 1st camper walks out to the chair, takes his gum o...
Bucket Freeze This skit involves 3 staff members and a bucket of...
Bully Be Gone 1st camper walks slowly along when all of a sudden...
Bus Stop The skit starts with one person sitting on a bench...
Busy Busy Bee Two people enter. One person wants to play a game ...
Camper Skit A "camper" (usually a counselor acting like a smal...
Campfire skit You need 5 people for this skit.
it starts off wit...
Candy Shop The main person says to the audience "I'm going to...
Candy Store You ask 2 or 3 adults to come stand with their han...
Cecilia All campers should be in pairs. On person lies do...
Chicken Farmer The skit starts out, with 3 (or 4) campers in a li...
Closing time One person asks a volunter from the crowd. An adul...
Clothing Shop 2 camper (a shopkeeper and assistant) enter from o...
Comb your hair! The first person crawls in on his/her knees and fa...
Come See The Monster! There is one person under a sheet, then another pe...
Contagious Disease Ward The scene takes place in the waiting room of a
doc...
Cool and Creamy This is a skit for the counselors, its always a hi...
Court Case Second person walks in with a suitcase. First pers...
Crying Skit The first person of the team comes on stage crying...
Dancing Zebras Camper 1- "Ladies and gentlemen! A bit of hush, co...
Did you see that? Two or more people take part. The action can be ta...
Dirty Dishes The counselor walks on the stage with a big pot, s...
Do That Moo That You Do So Well 3-4 campers are on stage and they call up an unkno...
Do you got it? The object is to have a very dramatic person who k...
Doctor Doctor Characters (in order of appearance):
Director
Moth...
Drinking Cola First guy brings in a stool, puts it down, leaves....
Duck Food Camper 1: (stands behind box)
Camper 2: (walks in ...
Echo The leader announces that he has noticed an echo ...
Elevator Riders The elevator operator moves the stick and opens th...
Energy Saver Camp Counselor: Today, let's take turns and tell h...
Enlarging Machine #1: My name is (insert name, could be a made up na...
EW! The first person whispers in the next person's ear...
Firing Squad The firing squad marches the prisoners to a spot t...
First Date This is best done with the counselors or staffers ...
Flea Campers stand in a line. First camper scratches, t...
Flower Flower This skit will need three counselors. The first co...
Fly Swatter Camper walks in acting like he is swatting flies. ...
Foreign Exchange Student The teacher teaches a student his new word -"yes."...
Fruit of the Loom Cast:
Pedestrian 1, Pedestrian 2, Stranger 1,2,3, ...
fun fun skit Everyone is sitting on the in a circle one the flo...
Furniture Store A counselor says that they are trying to open a fu...
Ghostcatchers Two guys start a ghost catching business. They go ...
Good news and bad news Counselor: (walking back and forth in front of gro...
Gravity Check One scout runs up to the stage. He jumps and falls...
Grecian Fountains The two actors walk to the front of the stage, wea...
Hairy Hamburger A man sits down in a restaurant and orders a hambu...
Hiccup for Me A boy comes out and says something like, "Hic - I ...
Horse Race Leader says she wants to have a Spanish Horse race...
How a counselor goes to the toilet You need to have one seat in front of the audience...
Hunting Thanksgiving Dinner The first camper comes out and walks around 'stalk...
Ice Fishing Ice Fishing Skit
A Favorite Skit
Script:2 scouts a...
Igor's Brain Sale Have a camper (Igor) stand in front of the audienc...
Important Papers The setting can be either a king or a boss in his
...
invisible bench Camper 1 is on the invisible bench already
Camper...
Is it time for Japutcha? Indian chief sits in the middle of the skit area) ...
Is it time yet? 5 or more people are sitting on a bench with their...
Is it Time Yet? (Revised/Updated) This is a very funny skit. Have 3 people, (little ...
Jailhouse Comedian Jailer (as he escourts the new inmate to his cell)...
JC Penny II A camper stands in the middle of the stage, the re...
Johnny Got Hit by a Car The skit is really a filming of a film called John...
Killing flies One person is swatting a flyswatter around and ano...
Lancaster Bomber Pick three people out of the audience and get them...
Lawnmower Explain to the campers that it is spring and you n...
Lie Detector The container sits on a table with a cloth over it...
Lion, Tiger, Bear, OH PIE! You need 4 tables, 4 boxes, 4 table cloths that co...
Listen at the Wall One person goes along a wall listening and
listeni...
Look what I found fishing! Campers walk on one by one. The camper by the buck...
Lost Item around Campfire First boy searches the ground around the
campfire....
Lost Quarter Two campers are searching an area, one with a flas...
Mad Reporter The scene is a bridge where a very depressed repor...
Making Eggs Have a Director and 3 actors in which the 3rd acto...
Making Gravy There are four characters: a director, a cook, a p...
Mama Mama! Title: Mama Mama the house is on fire
You need:
2 ...
Military Genius Sergeant is drilling a group of uniformed men, who...
Mixed Up Magic Child is told to clean room. The child hates to cl...
Mouthwash Have the first camper start out with water in his/...
Movie Theater Skit You Need at least Five People, and a log maybe or ...
Muffin Man Skit It is best to make sure that other staff members k...
Musical Genius The announcer makes a flowery introduction about h...
My Wifes Story Tom:(bursts into the bar)Guess what! i left my wif...
New Underwear! The large scout is walking like a horse down the s...
none im not cool im a nerd at school...
none (Revised/Updated) im not cool im a nerd at school...
Nurses The scene is an emergency room at a hospital. The ...
Nuts the amzing performing elephant One camper is the ring master, who presents "Nuts!...
Oddball Skit 1st person-"Oddball, catch!" (Oddball catches foot...
Offensive Bus Passenger Players are pretending that they are riding a bus....
Ooga Booga Two campers stand in front of the group and start ...
Painting the Walls In the middle of the singing a person wearing two ...
PB&J Skit Two counselors (or campers) sit on a bench and sta...
Pebbles A counsler is standing alone on stage looking at h...
Pencil Salesman A sales manager is trying to teach a dumb salesman...
Penny Pants You should have a group of at least 4-5 people who...
Plane Landing Pilot and control tower voice are located on oppos...
Play Ball The scene is set with an umpire, a catcher, a pitc...
Purple Pancake The first camper stands,doing nothing.
A second c...
Purple Pancakes Pancake maker,a director,a camera man,four actors....
Push a rope? All of the campers (except the one with the rope) ...
Raisin in Cereal Four or more campers stand around in a group. The ...
Rattle Snake The two campers are sleeping peacefully when one o...
Restaurant Minutes The scene is two guys enter a greasy spoon type of...
River Water! This takes about 5 campers and is done like this. ...
Rough Riders The skit starts with two campers walking onto the ...
Sears campers 1 and 2 walk out together.
camper 1: ohh ...
Skit Person 1 (the Who) is in the False Mustache,hat an...
Skit the worm There are two people a councler and a kid.
they ar...
Soldier In the Battlefield This skit can be played by just one person, or you...
Table Skit Bring up 5 or 6 counselors that have no idea what ...
The Bravest Camper ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, today we have wit...
The Captain of the Ship Only "Captain" and "First Mate" speak:
FM holds o...
The Caterpillar You get a group of 4 or 5 people in a line. One p...
The Infantry The look-out, or sentry, comes running up to the c...
The Last Hole Three campers jumping on the ground yelling 49,49,...
The Make-up skit This skit doesn't have to be done with makeup... a...
The Meeting Skit A large group of important-looking people are sitt...
The Raiders Two campers bed down for the night. One pretends t...
The Reporter and the Cliff Reporter walks on stage and stand behind the log. ...
The Scab This skit works best if you have the participants ...
The Weather Stick Have two volunteers hold up a blanket or sleeping ...
Three Against a Thousand Three guys all bandaged up and smeared with dirt a...
Three Rivers Camper comes along and explains he has been hiking...
Toothbrush Skit This skit is best done by brave counselors to an a...
Toothbrush Water Have five or six campers stand in a line, side to ...
Tree Climber This skit should be done in the woods...
While cam...
Two Burglars 2 cops begin by saying that there has been a robbe...
Ugliest Man In the World One camper is a circus vendor at an attraction. H...
Ugliest Monster Captured The scene begins with a counselor dragging a sleep...
Wanna-be Any number of people can be in this skit... everyo...
Washington's Farewell It is announced that a member of the troop has
mem...
WEE!!! 3 campers lay on the ground, side by side, pretend...
What Are You Doing This Summer? Camper 1, looking at Camper 2: Hi! I?m going on va...
What kind of tracks are these? First boy, standing center stage, looking at groun...
What's up? Camper walks onto stage looking up. Second camper ...
Whats Wrong? 1st camper: Enters the stage, looks around and beg...
Where's my wallet? Host of T.V. Show : Welcome to antother episode of...
Who Sneezed? General: Welcome to the world's finest recruiting ...
Wide Mouthed Frog One morning the wide mouthed frog decided to take ...
World's Best Spitter A camper loudly proclaims himself as the Best Spit...
World's Greatest Caterpillar Campers stand in a line under towels/blankets so t...
Funny Campfire Stories
A hard day's night Many years ago a traveler came to the ancient land...
A Long Way To Go It came to pass that a very poor peasant was down ...
A Porker in the Family I (a young verternary student) had been asked to m...
A Tale Of Two Pets I remember it was about that time that Jim Sloane ...
A Wildebeastly Problem There was a small African tribe that had a terribl...
Ale's Well That Ends Well Two workmen were sitting in a pub drinking and arg...
Alexander's Dilemma The armies of Alexander the Great were greatly fea...
Bloody Finger There once was a family a long time ago that went ...
Buford At The Bank Buford, a fairly handsome Southern Bullfrog, hops ...
Dances With Cucumbers May 5, 1863 -- Here on the frontier, I sometimes w...
Dogs In The Wild West One hot and dry day in the Wild West, this dog wal...
Down In The Sea Fred Herring's best friend was Waylon Whale. They ...
During The French Revolution During the French Revolution, the "common people" ...
Farmer Jones And The Big Quake On a bright and sunny morning in May, Farmer Jones...
Freddy Fish Freddy Fish and Sam Clam were the best of friends,...
Frogs N' Flies It seems there were two frogs sitting on a lily pa...
Haunted Hotel There was once three men; a doctor, a farmer, and ...
Help out a buddy For this skit you will need two hunting buddies an...
John Tate's Compass This all reminds me of the unfortunate story of th...
Just a Hike in the Woods A guy's going on a hiking vacation through the mou...
Just A Pain In The Neck Once there was this Indian who found that every ti...
Legend of the Vinder Viper Tell the story and feel free to add as much scary ...
Lions And Seagulls Dr. P. Lumb, quite proud of his academic degrees i...
On The Train A young boy was traveling on a long train trip acr...
Once Bitten We were at a traveling carnival, riding the rides ...
Poor Joe Directions for Story: Guests sit in a circle on fl...
Rabbi Liebner In The Valley Of The Treads On the topic of celestial guidance, Rabbi Liebner ...
Red Sloppity Lips A young man was driving along and old road and had...
Save The Baby In a large city apartment block, fire broke out. F...
Sir Lancelot's Mission King Arthur sends Sir Lancelot out on an important...
Sneakers Here is funny or scary (scream the ending) campfir...
Star Wars And Chinese Food Remember Mark Hamill from Star Wars? He doesn't li...
The Bank Robber The financial situation had been very bad for seve...
The Chess Players There is the story of a group of chess enthusiasts...
The Chicken In The Library A librarian is working away at her desk when she n...
The Cowboy A tall, weather-worn cowboy walked into a saloon a...
The Dark-Sucker Theory For years, it has been believed that electric bulb...
The Doctor A doctor was just starting out on his own, when he...
The E-Mail Mistake Michael and Tami were newlyweds. The day they beca...
The Song That Makes No Sense One bright day in the middle of the night, two de...
High Activity Games
Air Raid First begin by marking out a starting line and a f...
Alaskan Baseball Start with 2 teams. One team is given a throwable,...
Back to Back Tag Two people hold hands start off as being "it." The...
Battleship The entire playing area is broken down into differ...
Belt Loop Ball Divide the players into teams of 10 people. Each t...
Bobsledding Bodies This is a team relay. Form teams of 4 - 6 players....
Boxball Boxball transforms two sidewalk squares into an ou...
Bronco Tag Have the group get into pairs and lock elbows. Th...
Bumper Tag Just like regular tag but instead of tagging with ...
Burpee/Whiffle Ball Teams can be of 1 or more players. Each team has a...
Burst the Balloon The balloons are blown up and scattered on the flo...
Cinderella's Slipper Two teams are formed (3 males and 3 females per te...
Clothes Pin Seven-Ups Give each person 7 clothes pins. On ‘go’ each per...
Commando Course Encore This relay is run as a three-legged race. Divide t...
Cooperation Tag One person is it. Be sure to have a designated pla...
Crocodile Race Form teams of 4 - 10 players. Each team stands in...
Dead Ant A tag game that will wear your kids out!! Make re...
Dirty Diaper Tag One person is "it." Whenever someone gets tagged, ...
Down, Down, Down This game comes to us from Australia.
You start of...
Dragon Race Form two equal lines with players in a single file...
Dumping Ground Make two equal size circles 50 feet apart. Divide ...
Elbow Tag Everyone gets a partner and links arms. Two people...
Escape from the Monsters Four monsters are chosen and they are blindfolded ...
European Dodgeball Same rules as dodgeball (which vary for everyone, ...
Everybody's it!!! Proclaim, "everybody's it!" in an open space and t...
Fifty Yard Scream Everyone runs screaming and stops when they’ve run...
Fire on the Mountain Have the group lay flat on their backs. When you ...
Fitness Monolopy You have different stations like in Monolopy. Ther...
Foot to Foot tag Just like regular frozen tag but players are safe ...
GaGa Pit or Israeli Dodgeball Check out this exciting game that is gaining in po...
Garbage Ball Place two clean garbage pails at a desired distanc...
GPS Rally Following a GPS rally, your team makes shipwreck o...
Granny's Candy This game is played by groups, teams or cabins. Yo...
Hackball HACKBALL this is essentially like 4 square. the ma...
Help Tag Pick two people to be It. The rest of the group ha...
Hook-Up Everyone makes a circle, facing inward and couples...
Hound and Hunter Prior to game, secretly place a bunch of objects(w...
Human Pinball 1. Everyone stands in a circle facing outward exce...
Indy Five Hundred The group should be sitting in a circle and number...
Kaos This game is a mixture of everyone's-it-tag, octop...
Kick the Can It is played the same as hide and seek, except a t...
Kings and Queens One unusual feature is the ritual which begins the...
Knock Out Make a line in front of the basketball hoop(single...
Meltdown Tag One person is "it". If they tag anyone, that perso...
Minute Jogging Have the kids stand up and close their eyes. Then ...
Mouse (Revised/Updated) Everyone is given a number from 1 to however ma...
Musical Balls Place balls in the center of the area adding up to...
Ninja Time: For Hemlock Kind of red, light green light, kind of capture th...
Noodle Hockey The name nearly says it all... It's hockey, but wi...
Poop Deck With a large rope (or use a square in the dirt or ...
Pyramid Piggyback Portage Divide the group into teams of 8- 10 people. If po...
Red Robin This game works best when played around a house or...
Rustlers and Settlers The group forms two teams of equal numbers. One is...
Samurai Warrior 1. Everyone stands in a circle around or in a line...
Savage Men and Women 1. Divide into Men and Women, or if very uneven, 2...
Shark and Octopus Tag Everyone begins the game as an octopus and stands ...
Shuffle Your Buns Have everyone sit their chairs in a circle, as clo...
Slaughter 1. Mark a large 30 foot circle on the beach or fie...
Snake Wall, Fire Wall This Game is done best inside of a gym or room wit...
Snake’s Tail The group will line up single file and place their...
Star Wars 1. Divide playing space in half by Rope
2. Each te...
Steal the bacon Split the group evenly into two groups and sit the...
Sunny Day Shadow Tag One person is "it". Their job is to try to tag the...
Swat 1. Form a circle, standing on Polyspots preferably...
Swat the Fly In the first variation, one person was "it" (the s...
tail tag Have one camper chosen to be "it". Then give every...
Take It Back Play game in a large space. Put several sock balls...
Team Game: Kick the Stick Ok, this is possibly the most amazing camp game kn...
Team Hug Tag Two people hold hands start off as being "it." The...
The Smith's To play, assign each team a mother (Mrs. Smith), a...
This is Fun!! The title of this activity is “Body Part Tag.” To...
Tip the Bottle Set an empty bottle in the middle of a circle of p...
Tortoise Tag One person is "it." Every other player tries to av...
Touch that Tell the kids something to run to and touch -- lik...
Tree Tag One person is "it" and tries to tag everyone else....
Triangle Tag To begin, make groups of four to five people. One ...
Ultimate Using cones, make two square-shaped goals approxim...
Ultimate "Frisball" Choose two teams.
Using cones, make two square-sha...
Ultimate Keep Away The great thing about the game is that you can pla...
Volcanoes and Craters Start with 25 disc cones (here is a picture of a d...
Wet & Wild Day FASHION SHOW
What you need:
· 1 bucket per team fu...
What time is it Mr. Fox ? Mr. Fox starts out at one end of a field, room, or...
Widjiitiwin Basketball Two teams (the bigger the better)
Played in an ope...
High Ropes Course Activities
Ice Breakers
Baby I Love You You sit in a circle and try being boy girl boy gir...
Bippity boppity boo Everyone stands or sits in a circle with one "it" ...
Human Treasure Hunt Be creative and make a list of statements, silly a...
LOL have everyone stand in a circle or oval whatever f...
Self Portraits Each camper is given a large piece of butcher pape...
Sing it Loud Icebreaker You start the icebreaker of by dividing the camper...
THE BOILER BURST After everyone has settled into their camp bunks, ...
the name game its basically hot potato but you say your name an...
Ice breakers - High-Activity
Bandaid Tag One person is "it." Whenever someone is tagged by ...
Bobsledding Bodies This is a team relay. Form teams of 4 - 6 players....
Chivalrous Couples One person with a loud voice will stand on a chair...
Clump Have everyone stand at least five feet apart, so t...
Crocodile Race Form teams of 4 - 10 players. Each team stands in...
Fifty Yard Scream Everyone runs screaming and stops when they’ve run...
football ahhhhh runnnn ok we run now ahhh run...
Group Knot Have the campers stand in a tight circle, with the...
Have you ever? or Postman Everyone stands or sits in a circle. The one perso...
Honey if you love me you get a group of people. you chose one or two or...
I Have Never Everyone is sitting in a circle of chairs except f...
I Love My Neighbor There is a circle of people and one person in the ...
Lemonade There are two sides (teams). It doesn't matter how...
Pail Lifting Game Divide the group into smaller groups of five or si...
People to People Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the...
People to People (2 Person Twister version) Have all campers spread out and find a partner. H...
Ice breakers - Low Activity
2 Truths and a Lie Ask each person in the group to think of two true ...
A What? Equipment: 2 objects
The leader of the game start...
Alphabet Letters Players should be in groups of four. When the lead...
Astronaut Camp Leader says: ‘Im going to outer space. And im...
Barnyard Each person is given the name of an animal with ap...
Beachball Info Get one or two beachballs. Write questions all ove...
Bed Sheet Ping Pong Form two teams. Each team holds an opposite end of...
Bibbity Bibbity Bop One person is in the middle of the circle. He wal...
Birthday Line Up Have the group get in a line. Tell them they must,...
Bubble Gum Art Give each participant a piece of bubble gum to che...
Camping This is actually a game I played in my Drama class...
Count 10 Askthe group to stand in a circle.
Someone starts...
Dollar Dollar Sit one person in the middle of a circle whose rol...
Ducks and Cows This is a great way to divide a large group into t...
Electricity (Revised/Updated) Directions: There needs to be two teams. Each team...
Elephants, Cows and Giraffes Get into a circle with one person in the center. ...
Evolution aka Ultimate Person Have the group in a circle. Everyone starts out a...
Finding Twins Decide ahead of time on a category such as animals...
Fruit Basket Each person chooses a fruit or vegetable (with no ...
Hand Land Have the group lie on their backs, with their head...
Huh Game This game works best with more people. You get in ...
In my Grandmother's Attic The first player says, "In my grandmother's attic,...
It Could be Worse Set up the group in a circle or in pairs. The star...
Joke & Punchline Set-up: Write a joke on one card and a punchline o...
King Lizard (AKA the Lakota staff game) Everyone sits in the circle and picks an animal, a...
Me, You, You, Me 1.The Whole group stands in a circle
2. One person...
Mind games –Where can I go Similar to Sally’s Green Glass Door…people go arou...
Moon Trip One camper anounces that he is going on a moon tri...
Mr. and Mrs. Right Have everyone stand. Read the story. When you say ...
Nod-Wink Toss You may want to start the activity with the tradit...
Peek-A-Who Split the group into two teams. Each team sits beh...
People to people (Dividing Activity) This is to get campers into groups of any size.
Ca...
People to People Twister Pair up in groups of two and stand back to back. ...
Prop-a-Skit Split all of the campers up into groups of 5-12 (b...
Question game Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks a ...
Sausage Everyone sits in a circle. The person who is it st...
Scars Everyone sits in a circle and one person starts by...
Shake, Rattle and Roll Take as many film cannisters as you have people. I...
silly sally This is a brain teaser. See how many campers can f...
Slap, Clap, Snap Arrange your group into a circle. Give everyone a...
Speedy rabbit Everyone stands in a circle and the leader is in t...
Spinning a Yarn Materials:
A long piece of yarn with knots tied th...
Stand by me Have everyone in your group stand around you in so...
The Toilet Paper Game 1. Take a roll of toilet paper and ask a person ho...
Two truths and a lie Take turns telling three statements about yourself...
Who is Missing The children sit in a circle and close their eyes....
Woosh Have everyone in your group make a circle. The le...
Improvisation Activities
Bean Skit This activity needs 4 people, boys and/or girls.
...
Bucket Freeze This skit involves 3 staff members and a bucket of...
Doctor Doctor Characters (in order of appearance):
Director
Moth...
Tap Out Have the first two participants impov any scene th...
THE BOILER BURST After everyone has settled into their camp bunks, ...
Jan 2007
Bluejay version II This is a simple and fun repeat-after-me song.
Way...
Breakfast Grace God Has Created a new day,
silver and green and go...
Cheer (Revised/Updated) Peanut Butter Reese's Cup mess with me I kick you ...
Clothes-pin Tag Hand any number of clothes-pins to all the kids (t...
Come See The Monster! There is one person under a sheet, then another pe...
Dead Horse Somebody lays down and closes their eyes, while ev...
Dinner Grace For Food and Health is happy day,
accept our thank...
Fitness Monolopy You have different stations like in Monolopy. Ther...
Frog Song MMMM, EH Went the little green frog one day
MMMM, ...
Gravity Check One scout runs up to the stage. He jumps and falls...
Happy Hippo Lyrics:
"All I want is a happy Hippopotamus, a hap...
I Have Never Everyone is sitting in a circle of chairs except f...
Iron Campers This activity is similar to "Iron Chef America" bu...
Is it Time Yet? (Revised/Updated) This is a very funny skit. Have 3 people, (little ...
Knight Horse Cavalier Have the kids pair up. The partners split off to ...
Moon on the Meadow V. 2 Moon on the meadow,
Wind in our ears,
Smoke in our...
Movie Night Have everyone dress up in their pajamas and watch ...
One Frog Everyone gets in a circle and sits crossed legged....
Sara the Whale Down Frisco Bay, there lives a whale
and she eats ...
Superman Grace (Revised/Updated) Sung to the "Superman Theme" For each line you nee...
The Bravest Knight In the Kingdom of Britain, King Edward sent out a ...
Variation of Chigger Song This is a variation of the Chigger song:
They go w...
Volcanoes and Craters Start with 25 disc cones (here is a picture of a d...
You can do it like this Similar to Scissors or Crossed Uncrossed except an...
January 2008
A List (Repeat after me...if you can)
One hand.
Two ducks...
Doctor Doctor Characters (in order of appearance):
Director
Moth...
Foot Pool Imagine a giant pool table...
Set up
Set up a rect...
Llama Song here's a llama
there's a llama
and another little ...
Minute Mysteries XI Clue: A man is found dead in the middle of the des...
July 2007
Bus Stop The skit starts with one person sitting on a bench...
Hook-Up Everyone makes a circle, facing inward and couples...
Messy Twister Lay out some butcher paper on the ground about the...
Ten Fingers This activity is great for the first day or just w...
Twin-kle Day On this day students dress up as "twin"s with a fr...
When Papa Put Paper on the Wall When Papa put the paper on the wall
He papered up ...
Large Group Games
10 pin knockdown Split campers into two equal teams and establish a...
Air Raid First begin by marking out a starting line and a f...
Alaskan Baseball Start with 2 teams. One team is given a throwable,...
All Over Divide children into two equal groups. Each group ...
Amoeba Tag Two people are it. They hold hands and chase peopl...
Assassin This is a game best played in a large group. We al...
Baby Food Roulette Get six volunteers (works better if you don't tell...
Back to Back Tag Two people hold hands start off as being "it." The...
Balloon Battle Inflate balloons and tie on a string for each team...
Bandaid Tag One person is "it." Whenever someone is tagged by ...
Barn Yard Hunt Hide 4 different sets of different objects in a pl...
Battleship The entire playing area is broken down into differ...
Belt Loop Ball Divide the players into teams of 10 people. Each t...
Birds Have Feathers Similar to Simon Says...
One player is leader.
L...
Blind Balloon Volleyball Teams of four or more people line up in volleyball...
Bom,Bom,Bom There are two sides (teams). It doesn't matter how...
British Bulldog Line a group of kids up on one side of a field. Pi...
Burst the Balloon The balloons are blown up and scattered on the flo...
CABIN CLUE!!! Make a list of people in the cabin(counselors too!...
Candyman This game is usually played with around 100 camper...
Capture the Flag Divide the group into two teams; identify each by ...
Car Lot Pick a category for Car Lot (i.e. fruit, cars, can...
Cat and Mouse Everyone but two people forms a circle standing fa...
Caterpillar 1. Have entire group lie on their stomachs, side b...
CFDD Capture the Flag Dr. Dodgeball-It's everything tha...
Chinese Auction (Revised/Updated) This is an indoor large group game that we play on...
Chivalrous Couples One person with a loud voice will stand on a chair...
Chute Ball 1. Have everyone hold the parachute around the edg...
Clothes-pin Tag Hand any number of clothes-pins to all the kids (t...
Counselors Car Lot Have all the kids line up on one side of a play ar...
Crocodile Race Form teams of 4 - 10 players. Each team stands in...
Crows & Cranes Divide the children into two equal teams.
Have tea...
Dead Ant A tag game that will wear your kids out!! Make re...
Dirty Diaper Tag One person is "it." Whenever someone gets tagged, ...
Ducks and Cows This is a great way to divide a large group into t...
Dumping Ground Make two equal size circles 50 feet apart. Divide ...
Earth Ball Tournament 1. Gather people throughout camp by rolling the ba...
Elbow Tag Everyone gets a partner and links arms. Two people...
Evolution aka Ultimate Person Have the group in a circle. Everyone starts out a...
FFEACH This might be one of the best games of all times! ...
Fifty Yard Scream Everyone runs screaming and stops when they’ve run...
Fitness Monolopy You have different stations like in Monolopy. Ther...
Flying Dutchman 1. Everyone but two players join hands in a circle...
Foot to Foot tag Just like regular frozen tag but players are safe ...
Get Wet Bingo
Photo copy some bingo game boards or papers
( you...
Ghost (passive) Three or four players are chosen to be the ghosts....
Giants, Wizards and Elves Split group up into 2 teams, designate 2 safety zo...
Go Fish! Form 3 teams (or more for larger groups).
Camper...
Goldrush Start out by designating the field of play, with a...
Grab the pig Divide the group into two teams (each team should ...
Granny's Candy This game is played by groups, teams or cabins. Yo...
Guess Who It is like the board game guess who. You divide th...
Help Tag Pick two people to be It. The rest of the group ha...
Hit The Deck everyone stands one the middle of 3 parallel lines...
Holy Dido Everyone gets into a circle.
Someone is chosen to ...
Hostage This is an interesting twist to capture the flag
S...
Hot Pepper Players stand in a circle. Leader stand in the ce...
Hound and Hunter Prior to game, secretly place a bunch of objects(w...
Huckle Buckle Beanstalk Pick a smallish object. Hide it in plain sight, wh...
Human Tic-Tac-Toe Mark a tic-tac-toe board on the ground. Split the...
I Have Never Everyone is sitting in a circle of chairs except f...
Indiana Jones This game is a cross between an obstacle course an...
Jack O light Tag at night without the running. Set up some safe...
Kick the Can It is played the same as hide and seek, except a t...
Kingpin Kingpin is a combination of Bombardment and Jailbr...
Kings and Queens One unusual feature is the ritual which begins the...
Knight Horse Cavalier Have the kids pair up. The partners split off to ...
Lemonade There are two sides (teams). It doesn't matter how...
Meltdown Tag One person is "it". If they tag anyone, that perso...
Mr. and Mrs. Right Have everyone stand. Read the story. When you say ...
Mummy Lots of camper s spread out around a boundary area...
Ninja Time: For Hemlock Kind of red, light green light, kind of capture th...
Orbit 1. Divide into two groups
2. One group lies on the...
Peek-A-Who Split the group into two teams. Each team sits beh...
PEOPLE MACHINE Whole group: members make themselves into a machi...
People to People Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the...
Red light/Green light In this game, one person plays the ‘stop light’ an...
Rustlers and Settlers The group forms two teams of equal numbers. One is...
Sahara With two teams having "bases" at opposite sides of...
Samurai Warrior 1. Everyone stands in a circle around or in a line...
Shark and Octopus Tag Everyone begins the game as an octopus and stands ...
Sharks and Minnows The group starts out on one side of the field or r...
Silly Handshakes Everyone pairs up (groups of two). They introduce ...
Six Flags This game is a larger version of capture the flag....
Slaughter 1. Mark a large 30 foot circle on the beach or fie...
Smugglers and Spies Set-up tiny pieces of paper with the following smu...
Snake Wall, Fire Wall This Game is done best inside of a gym or room wit...
Snake’s Tail The group will line up single file and place their...
SPUD This game is played with a large ball, each kid pi...
Stampers Pick safe zones at either end of the camp, then pi...
Stand by me Have everyone in your group stand around you in so...
Star Wars 1. Divide playing space in half by Rope
2. Each te...
Steal The Bacon (Variations) As the game goes on and the kids get smarter (try ...
Steal the Real Bacon Played just like Steal the Bacon, only instead of ...
Streets and Alleys Have two campers volunteer to be "It" one will be ...
Sunny Day Shadow Tag One person is "it". Their job is to try to tag the...
Swat the Fly In the first variation, one person was "it" (the s...
tail tag Have one camper chosen to be "it". Then give every...
Team Hug Tag Two people hold hands start off as being "it." The...
Three Team Soccer Rules that are subject to the most interesting cha...
Tip the Fruit Bowl Can be played in a small group or as a whole camp ...
Tortoise Tag One person is "it." Every other player tries to av...
Tree Tag One person is "it" and tries to tag everyone else....
Triangle Tag To begin, make groups of four to five people. One ...
Trust Run Two lines of people facing each other with arms ou...
Ultimate Keep Away The great thing about the game is that you can pla...
Under Siege This works better with a large campus. This is a w...
Volcanoes and Craters Start with 25 disc cones (here is a picture of a d...
Wet & Wild Day FASHION SHOW
What you need:
· 1 bucket per team fu...
What time is it Mr. Fox ? Mr. Fox starts out at one end of a field, room, or...
Windows and Doors A bunch of kids form a circle holding hands. Then ...
Wink Elimination This game is best played in a large group. Sit al...
Wonderball Everybody stands in a circle, passing a ball aroun...
Low Activity Activities
Dead Horse Somebody lays down and closes their eyes, while ev...
Frogger First sit everyone down them have them all close t...
Grandma's Underpants Have the group sit in a circle. One person is "it"...
Green Glass Doors Green glass doors is played with a group. A small ...
Hillbilly Horseshoes Now this is fun! Washer throwing games are very fu...
Moon Trip One camper anounces that he is going on a moon tri...
Smiles Laughing Game The Campers are separated into two teams.
One tea...
Snaps At least two people need to know how to play this ...
Low Ropes Course Activities
Mohawk Walk - Low Ropes Course
Mohawk Walk
The Mohawk Walk is series of footcabl...
Porthole - Low Ropes Course
Porthole
The Porthole is constructed by suspend...
Spider's Web - Low Ropes Course
Spider's Web
The Spider's Web is a popular rope...
Swinging Log - Low Ropes Course
Swinging Log
The Swinging Log is a popular rope...
Tee Pee Shuffle - Low Ropes Course
Tee Pee Shuffle
The Tee Pee Shuffle is simply a...
Whale Watch - Low Ropes Course
Whale Watch
The Whale Watch is a popular ropes ...
Wild Woozy or Commitment Bridge - Low Ropes Course
Wild Woozy or Commitment Bridge
The commitment ...
Lunchtime Activities
Elbows on the table grace song During dinner, all kids watch each other as they e...
I'm Going to Grandpa's House -- Mind Game At least one person knows the "answer" and starts ...
March 2007
10 pin knockdown Split campers into two equal teams and establish a...
Billboards As I was walking down the street
One dark and glo...
Granny's Candy This game is played by groups, teams or cabins. Yo...
Magelina Hagelina Chorus
Magelina Hagelina ooka talka walka talka
o...
Princess Pat (Revised/Updated) Here is the original "Princess Pat" - a song sung ...
Snake Wall, Fire Wall This Game is done best inside of a gym or room wit...
State Song Where has Oregon gone, boys; where has Oregon?
Whe...
March 2008
Stick-in-a-box This activity encourages campers to think outside ...
May 2008
A Girl One Day A girl one day
She ran away
To stay at a Girl Sco...
Calimine Lotion Calimine, Calimine, Calimine Lotion
Ooo, no no no ...
Chinese Auction (Revised/Updated) This is an indoor large group game that we play on...
Combination Underwear I got a pair of combination underwear
It don't rip...
Cookie Song Cookies cookies listen while we sing to you
Cookie...
Did You Ever See a Fishie? Did you ever see a fishie on a hot summer day?
Did...
Duckie Wuckie Sit in a circle and have one person in the middle ...
Elbows on the table grace song During dinner, all kids watch each other as they e...
Frozen T-shirts A few days before this project dip a few large T-...
Garbage Ball Place two clean garbage pails at a desired distanc...
Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes (Revised/Updated) Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes
He...
My Aunt Loves Coffee but she Hates "T" Everyone sits in a circle, and each person makes a...
Pail Lifting Game Divide the group into smaller groups of five or si...
Payday loan Hello. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's t...
Prop-a-Skit Split all of the campers up into groups of 5-12 (b...
Rainbow Bingo Make a bingo sheet with 9 different colors. Then h...
Red Hot Our team is red hot!
Our team is red hot!
Our team...
Repeat After Me Song Note: Allow the audience to repeat each line ...
silly sally This is a brain teaser. See how many campers can f...
Tacky Day We've had a lot of fun with Tacky Day. Campers and...
Ten In the Bed Ten in the bed, and the little one said
Roll over,...
The Watermelon Song Just plant a little watermelon on my grave,
and le...
Wha-Daten-Chu Wha-Daten-Chu
(repeat)
Bo-Doe-Ska-Deeten-Daten - W...
Name Games
Action Syllables With the group standing in a circle, have the part...
Bumpity Bump Bump Bump Arrange all players in a circle. Give them time to...
Can You Remember? Everyone gets in a circle. Choose someone to start...
Chuck-A-Name Game This activity starts off like the traditional name...
Compass Name Game Have participants stand in a circle.
One volunteer...
Double-Whammy Name Toss 1) Start the activity with the traditional name to...
First Names Have everyone count the number of letters in their...
Four On The Couch Have everyone write their name down on a piece of ...
High-Five Name Toss Follow the traditional name toss rules, but instea...
Magic Wall Divide campers into two groups. Raise a tarp or bl...
Mixed up Name Toss Start the activity with the traditional name toss....
Name Bop This is a test for once everyone thinks they know ...
Name Line Get everyone to stand in a line or sit in a circle...
Name relation games Get the group into a circle. Then start out by say...
Name Roullette To play this game you need to form two equal circl...
Name Toss Here are the common rules:
1) Arrange the group in...
Nod-Wink Toss You may want to start the activity with the tradit...
Peek-A-Who Split the group into two teams. Each team sits beh...
Reverse Name Toss Start the activity with the traditional name toss....
The Toilet Paper Game 1. Take a roll of toilet paper and ask a person ho...
Who am I ? The group forms a circle. One person is chosen to ...
Who Stole the Coookies From the Cookie Jar?/Who wants a Cookie fromthe Cookie Jar? Group (sings):Who Stole the cookies from the cooki...
You, Me, Left, Right Have the group form a circle, with the facilitator...
Nature Games
CAMOUFLAGE (Revised/Updated) One person is IT.
IT yells "camouflage" and starts...
CAMP board game
This board game called CAMP is great for all ages...
D'Juno? The leader hides an envelope (the D'Juno!) that ha...
Flower Face This game requires the assistance of 8 or more lea...
Food Chain Lap Sit Give each player a food chain card. Several chains...
Frogs, Insects, and Flowers Divide the group into three circles, one inside th...
Iron Campers This activity is similar to "Iron Chef America" bu...
Judge Nature Says Every player chooses the name of an animal they wo...
Keep on Tracking Divide the players into teams of three people. Eac...
Meet my Friend Players are taken on a short hike during which tim...
North by Northeast The leader gathers the group together. Using the c...
Oh Deer 1. Place two parallel lines on the floor or ground...
Pigs Fly The children should stand in a group facing the le...
Scavenger Hunt With a Twist Good to use as as you walk on a nature hike.
Ahead...
Silly Symphony The purpose of this game is to discover the beauti...
Sound Mates Partners: Find a sound that both partners can mak...
Stalking Explain that the quietest of animals will eat duri...
Stick-in-a-box This activity encourages campers to think outside ...
Swamp Divide the group into teams of
4-6 people. Give e...
SWITCH Players are divided into three or four groups such...
Team Radar 2-15 people start at one end of a course that will...
The Mating Game Divide the players into pairs, and give each pair ...
The Stalker Half the group is given blindfolds to wear. These ...
The wonder of nature The group assembles in an outdoor area with open f...
Track Trekkers
Before the activity look at tracks and have the k...
You CAN'T SEE ME! The object of this game is to allow the players th...
Other Camp Skits
Aaargh!!! THe skit involves a narrator, a campfire with ever...
Airplane Disaster Two Campers are sitting on chairs, one pretending ...
Artistic Genius The scene is an art show where judges are inspecti...
Balloon Orchestra The players in the orchestra each hold a balloon.
...
Big Game Hunting Two to four hunters talk to each other. One says t...
Black Bart There are several Black Bart skits, all revolving ...
Bonfire A leader begins to explain how to lay a campfire. ...
Click, Click, BANG! This is a game that you don't want to play too oft...
Contagious Disease Ward The scene takes place in the waiting room of a
doc...
Court Case Second person walks in with a suitcase. First pers...
Court Scene Guy brought in - "I'm Innocent! I was just picking...
Dog Incident Camper 1: "Can you hold my box while I go in here"...
Flea Campers stand in a line. First camper scratches, t...
Four Leaf Clover A person finds a four leaf clover. He feels sure t...
Good news and bad news Counselor: (walking back and forth in front of gro...
Hairy Hamburger A man sits down in a restaurant and orders a hambu...
Important Papers The setting can be either a king or a boss in his
...
Lemonade from Sydney One person stands behind the table, while the othe...
Lie Detector The container sits on a table with a cloth over it...
Living Xylophone The instrument consists of several kneeling
perfor...
Mad Reporter The scene is a bridge where a very depressed repor...
Messy Twister Lay out some butcher paper on the ground about the...
Musical Genius The announcer makes a flowery introduction about h...
New Underwear! The large scout is walking like a horse down the s...
Ooga Booga Two campers stand in front of the group and start ...
Pie in the Face This skit requires pie plates, shaving cream, towe...
Plastic Cup Pyramid Create a plastic cup pyramid from same sized plast...
Presents for the Teacher Kids bring in presents for their teacher on the fi...
Purple Pancake The first camper stands,doing nothing.
A second c...
Purple Pancakes Pancake maker,a director,a camera man,four actors....
Raisin in Cereal Four or more campers stand around in a group. The ...
Rattle Snake The two campers are sleeping peacefully when one o...
River Water! This takes about 5 campers and is done like this. ...
The Captain of the Ship Only "Captain" and "First Mate" speak:
FM holds o...
The Raiders Two campers bed down for the night. One pretends t...
The Reporter and the Cliff Reporter walks on stage and stand behind the log. ...
Toothache A boy with a toothache complains to another boy. T...
Two Burglars 2 cops begin by saying that there has been a robbe...
Washington's Farewell It is announced that a member of the troop has
mem...
Other Games
Adventures, Expeditions, and Storytelling By Scott Arizala
Once upon a time there was a camp...
Air Pong Form two teams each at opposite ends of a table wi...
Amazon Women You seperate the guys from the girls. They guys al...
Ambush Game The group splits up into two sub-groups which we w...
Baby Food Roulette Get six volunteers (works better if you don't tell...
Balance Ball Divide the players into two teams. Divide the pla...
Banana Blowout Pick two unsuspecting older campers.
Cut the legs ...
Bed Sheet Ping Pong Form two teams. Each team holds an opposite end of...
Birthday Line Up Have the group get in a line. Tell them they must,...
Blind Tag This game was played in a dark room with no lights...
Blue Sky Have people, on the count of "Blue Sky," hold up a...
Bobsledding Bodies This is a team relay. Form teams of 4 - 6 players....
Bola 1. One player lays on their back a spins rope arou...
Bolf Divide the group into two teams and set each one u...
Brain Magic Get your group of campers to sit in a circle and ...
Buffalo Robe A Native American game, helping develop strength a...
Bump & Run Each person draws the name of someone they are to ...
Bumper Tag Just like regular tag but instead of tagging with ...
Celebrity Bingo Cut out enough pictures of different celebrities f...
Compass Crisp Divide the players into teams of three people. Giv...
Cotton Ball Hockey This is a funny game to play during your meeting. ...
Dance and Freeze The campers dance until the music stops then they ...
Deadbox To play Deadbox, you either chalk or paint a large...
Doggy, doggy, where’s your bone? A kid plays the part of the dog, and sits on a cha...
Ducks and Cows This is a great way to divide a large group into t...
Encino Stick All players stand in a circle. One player starts b...
First Names Have everyone count the number of letters in their...
Flashlight Limbo This is just like Limbo. Use a flashlight and tur...
Form A Band - A group dividing method Each band must have a drummer, guitar player, keyb...
Fruits Get in a circle with one person in the center. Eac...
Good Night, Grannie Divide the group into two teams, and have each tea...
Hackball HACKBALL this is essentially like 4 square. the ma...
Hand and Foot Have the person or group sitting at a table with a...
Hand Puppets This is cool and kids can get really creative here...
Hide and Giggle This is a fun game. Grab a bunch of blankets and ...
Hit the Stick Hit the Stick requires two players, a relatively l...
In my Grandmother's Attic The first player says, "In my grandmother's attic,...
In Someone Else's Shoes Give a situation to your group. They are on an Isl...
It Could be Worse Set up the group in a circle or in pairs. The star...
jello wrestling Hi
I sell to many day camps. Would this work for y...
Kidnap the counselor Divide the group into teams and have each counselo...
Line Ups Group lines up according to any variable you can t...
Little Geese Begin by telling the kids that you have a special ...
Mind games - One up, one down One person leaves the group, and the rules are exp...
Mind games - Sally’s green glass door Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks th...
Mingle, Mingle Have the entire group crowd into the middle space...
Minute Mystery XI Give a description of a crime scene and the studen...
Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor Four chairs are placed in a row, one behind the ot...
Musical Sleeping Bags This is like musical chairs. Lay the sleeping bag...
Paper Airplane Contests Give the group a stack of paper, and challenge the...
Partner Pudding Feed Groups of two they will stand in front of a bowl o...
Pencil in the bottle This is a hilarious game and can either be played ...
Popcorn You need a parachute - no strings - with a hole in...
Question game Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks a ...
Red Robin This game works best when played around a house or...
Rope Push Split the group into half, and place a line that s...
Secret Spy Switch Set-up:
Pass pieces of paper/cards out to players ...
Shoe finder Put everone's shoes in a pile on the floor.
Then ...
Shoe scramble Have all of the participants take off their shoes ...
Silly Handshakes Everyone pairs up (groups of two). They introduce ...
Slapsie (three-or-more-person) Players stand facing each other in a circle. Each ...
Sleeping Bag Game This is fun. First you have to make an obstacle c...
Sleeping Beauties Get into a circle and give each person 8 rubber ba...
Sleeping Lions The kids all lie on their bunks, with out moving, ...
Sneak This is a Native American game, used to develop li...
Snot Blocker Relay Split the group into two groups, each in a line an...
Sock Wrestling All the kids sit in a circle and have to take off ...
SPUD This game is played with a large ball, each kid pi...
Stand by me Have everyone in your group stand around you in so...
Stand Off A Native American game helping develop balance. H...
Stoopball The rules were simple, you'd stand about 10 - 15 f...
STOP Draw a circle (about 5 ft in diamiter), spell the ...
Take It Back Play game in a large space. Put several sock balls...
Tank Split the group into groups of two. One of the pa...
The Circle Game You have the kids all stand in a circle and hold h...
The Stalker Half the group is given blindfolds to wear. These ...
Think Safety Discussion can be educational, stimulating and fil...
This is my Nose Players stand in pairs or triplets. One player sta...
Toilet Paper Wrap-up Basically a race to unwrap and wrap a roll of toil...
Tree Climbing This is the same process that pro arborists use to...
Un-Jah, E-AH-Nah Last summer we had 3 campers that spoke nothing bu...
Web of Names Sit the children in a circle and emphasize that th...
Which Pair? Divide the group into pairs. Have each partner tak...
Word game Directions that the leader tells everyone: "I'm go...
Parachute Games
Birthday Present Wrap players in a parachute mushroom (filling up t...
Cat and the Mice Choose several cats who are on top of parachute an...
Climb Mountain Create a mushroom by having all in circle holding ...
Cut the Cake Cut the Cake
Traditional song / Adapted by D.Holli...
Hot dog Give everyone one of 3 names (e.g. hot dog, relish...
Merry Go round Have four campers about the same height sit back t...
Mushroom Call out carrots, peas, brussel sprouts, etc. On w...
Popcorn (Revised/Updated) 1. Children circle around the parachute.
2. Two t...
Sea Storm Two lie down at center of parachute, rest shake ed...
Sharks All but the shark sit around the parachute holding...
Tent Mushroom, raise arms, and entire group goes inside...
Treasure Put articles from people or oddments into a treasu...
Ymca club house Have everyone pull the parachute up then everyone ...
Quick and Easy Games
Ah soh koh Everyone sits in a circle, and learns the 3 comman...
Auto Trip Players sit in a circle and are assigned the names...
B'gawk! (The chicken game!!) Stand in a circle. Make two circles (one with eac...
Back Words Divide the group into teams of 5 people each with ...
Big Booty Everyone in the group gets a number. The leaders ...
Bring me You divide all the kids into two groups. There is ...
Butt Wars Stand with a partner back-to-back. Now try to knoc...
Caughta Peekin Everyone stands in a circle, and everyone puts the...
Cloud Watching Simple but it expands the imagination...
Crambo One player begins the game by saying, "I am thinki...
Dead Fish What do Dead Fish do? Exactly… nothing! Explain ...
Earthball Using a beach ball or other light inflatable objec...
Electricity Have the campers sit down in two equal-length para...
Elephants, Cows and Giraffes Get into a circle with one person in the center. ...
Follow the Leader Choose one person to be the leader, and have the o...
Four Color-Corners Set-up:
Place four different-colored cones in a la...
Four Corners One person is "it" and closes their eyes. The rest...
Frog Everyone sits in a circle. The first person says ...
Frogger First sit everyone down them have them all close t...
Fruit Reactions? The children sit in a circle.
Each child is given...
Fruit Salad Get a group of young people to sit on chairs in a ...
HA HA HA Have everyone lie in a circle with each other’s he...
Hazoo (passive) Choose someone to be it and divide the group into ...
How long is a minute? A quick time filler, ideal to calm a group down. ...
I'm Going to Grandpa's House -- Mind Game At least one person knows the "answer" and starts ...
Jedi Numbers Everyone stands in a circle, and everyone puts the...
Lions Cub Select a person to be the Lion, have the lion sit ...
Magic Stories Magic Stories
This activity involves the whole cla...
Mint Game All you need for this game is one or more boxes of...
Minute Mysteries - IV Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries I Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries II Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries III Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries IX Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries V Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries VI Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries VII Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries VIII Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Mysteries X Present the clues to the group. They can ask only...
Minute Zappers Clapping Game Standing in front of the group, the leader passes ...
Name Three Sit in a circle with one camper in the middle that...
Number off Have the group either walking around in a certain ...
One One Two Two 1,1,2,2
Have campers form a circle. Each camper i...
Patriotic Colors The leader sits in the middle of the circle, point...
PDQ Every one starts with their hands in the middle on...
People to People Twister Pair up in groups of two and stand back to back. ...
Pipety-pop Players sit or stand in a circle, and It is in the...
Poison Club Form a circle and clasp hands. An object such as a...
Quick Draw There are two draw positions in this game. The fir...
Quiet on the Set All the kids have to be completely silent. Anybody...
Red Light, Green Light In this game, one person plays the ‘stop light’ an...
Red light/Green light In this game, one person plays the ‘stop light’ an...
Scissors or Crossed Uncrossed Game Scissors is a neat trick to have in your bag for t...
Scream Machine Everyone stands in a tight circle, with their head...
Snake’s Tail The group will line up single file and place their...
Telephone Message Game This game is intended for a large group of kids an...
The Dream Game One to three people leave the room (depending on h...
The Hand Game Great game - a camp classic! Bear with the long d...
Tip the Bottle Set an empty bottle in the middle of a circle of p...
Toe Fencing 1. A pair faces each other, holding hands
2. They ...
Tongue Twister Race Pass the tongue twisters around and have each pers...
Touch that Tell the kids something to run to and touch -- lik...
Twoddling Twiddle each other's thumbs. Can be done in pairs ...
Village Chief Everyone sits in a circle, and one person leaves, ...
Who is it Have all the kids stand up. You secretly think of ...
Quick Camp Skits
A Big Jerk You need one person to act like a lawn mower that ...
A typical day in NYC The skit begins with the narrator saying that this...
Aaargh!!! THe skit involves a narrator, a campfire with ever...
Artistic Genius The scene is an art show where judges are inspecti...
Balloon Orchestra The players in the orchestra each hold a balloon.
...
Beam Me Aboard One camper walks out and one hides with the "board...
Big Game Hunting Two to four hunters talk to each other. One says t...
Black Bart There are several Black Bart skits, all revolving ...
Court Case Second person walks in with a suitcase. First pers...
Do you got it? The object is to have a very dramatic person who k...
Echo The leader announces that he has noticed an echo ...
Ghostcatchers Two guys start a ghost catching business. They go ...
Hiccup for Me A boy comes out and says something like, "Hic - I ...
Listen at the Wall One person goes along a wall listening and
listeni...
Living Xylophone The instrument consists of several kneeling
perfor...
Lost Item around Campfire First boy searches the ground around the
campfire....
Medical Genius Setting is the office of a famous psychiatrist. He...
Musical Genius The announcer makes a flowery introduction about h...
New Underwear! The large scout is walking like a horse down the s...
Prisoner A prisoner is brought before a judge. The policema...
Push a rope? All of the campers (except the one with the rope) ...
Statues in the Park The scene opens with a statue (camper, standing st...
the life of a raindrop camper comes in and says, "the life of a rain drop...
Ugliest Man In the World One camper is a circus vendor at an attraction. H...
Washington's Farewell It is announced that a member of the troop has
mem...
Rainy Day Art Activities
Butt Ball A great Rainy Day Activity!
Establish teams of 10 ...
knot bracelets What you need
.yarn
.scissors
.tape
.hard surface...
Prince and Princess Day S’MORES
What you need:
· 1 marshmallow per camper....
Rainy Day or Indoor Games
A What? Equipment: 2 objects
The leader of the game start...
ABTwinkleHaveYouAnyWool Based on the observation that the tune for the Alp...
Ah soh koh Everyone sits in a circle, and learns the 3 comman...
Air Pong Form two teams each at opposite ends of a table wi...
Alphabet Letters Players should be in groups of four. When the lead...
Auto Trip Players sit in a circle and are assigned the names...
Baby Food Roulette Get six volunteers (works better if you don't tell...
Back Words Divide the group into teams of 5 people each with ...
Balloon Baseball Players are divided into two teams. Each team desi...
Bed Sheet Ping Pong Form two teams. Each team holds an opposite end of...
Bibbity Bibbity Bop One person is in the middle of the circle. He wal...
Birthday Party Day PASS THE PARCEL
What you need:
· One package of pr...
Blind Tag This game was played in a dark room with no lights...
Bobsledding Bodies This is a team relay. Form teams of 4 - 6 players....
Bolf Divide the group into two teams and set each one u...
Boxball Boxball transforms two sidewalk squares into an ou...
Breaking Up Breaking Up
High School or Jr. High
Supplies:
- Fo...
Bubble Gum Art Give each participant a piece of bubble gum to che...
Carpetball You can build one or more of these tables for hour...
Castle on the River Nile On my Castle on the River Nile
I'm gonna live in e...
Celebrity Bingo Cut out enough pictures of different celebrities f...
Celebrity Heads Children stand out at the board. The teacher (or a...
Chair Basketball Two teams of 6 or more people sit facing each othe...
Chinese Auction (Revised/Updated) This is an indoor large group game that we play on...
Counselor Extreme Makeover This can be done in the evenings or at any other t...
Dead Beaver This is a fabulous game to play to calm everyone d...
Dead Horse Somebody lays down and closes their eyes, while ev...
Deadbox To play Deadbox, you either chalk or paint a large...
Doctor and Virus The leader chooses one camper to be the doctor. T...
Duckie Wuckie Sit in a circle and have one person in the middle ...
Escape from Woodward Hall (substitute the name of the lodge or building you ...
Evolution aka Ultimate Person Have the group in a circle. Everyone starts out a...
Finding Twins Decide ahead of time on a category such as animals...
Flashlight Limbo This is just like Limbo. Use a flashlight and tur...
Flinch Start with a ball or a rolled up sock or bandana. ...
Frogger First sit everyone down them have them all close t...
Fruits Get in a circle with one person in the center. Eac...
G-H-O-S-T The first player says a letter. The next person ad...
Ghost (passive) Three or four players are chosen to be the ghosts....
Going to a Party You need a least 2 people that know the game. It ...
Grandma's Underpants Have the group sit in a circle. One person is "it"...
Group hug The group walks around an open area. The counselor...
Group Knot Have the campers stand in a tight circle, with the...
Guess Who It is like the board game guess who. You divide th...
Hand and Foot Have the person or group sitting at a table with a...
Hand Land Have the group lie on their backs, with their head...
Hand Puppets This is cool and kids can get really creative here...
Have you ever? or Postman Everyone stands or sits in a circle. The one perso...
Hazoo (passive) Choose someone to be it and divide the group into ...
Heads down, thumbs up Two or more children, depending on the size of you...
Hello One person sits a little ways away from the group,...
Hide and Giggle This is a fun game. Grab a bunch of blankets and ...
Hit the Stick Hit the Stick requires two players, a relatively l...
Honey if you love me… The group starts in a circle with one person in th...
How long is a minute? A quick time filler, ideal to calm a group down. ...
How's that again? Divide the group into three teams, and line them u...
Huckle Buckle Beanstalk Pick a smallish object. Hide it in plain sight, wh...
Hula Hoop Pass Have the group form a circle holding hands. Ask tw...
Human Tic-Tac-Toe Mark a tic-tac-toe board on the ground. Split the...
I see I see The counselor begins the game by saying "I see I s...
I'm Going to Grandpa's House -- Mind Game At least one person knows the "answer" and starts ...
In my Grandmother's Attic The first player says, "In my grandmother's attic,...
In Someone Else's Shoes Give a situation to your group. They are on an Isl...
Indoor Hockey You set up 4 chairs, 2 on each side of the room an...
Indoor Olymics Using abnormal objects to hold an Olympics. For e...
Indy Five Hundred The group should be sitting in a circle and number...
It Could be Worse Set up the group in a circle or in pairs. The star...
Joke & Punchline Set-up: Write a joke on one card and a punchline o...
Mafia (Revised/Updated) You need to pull from a deck of cards, one Ace, on...
Manner of the Adverb Two people go out (It could be one person, but whe...
Marshmallow Shooter You can make these fun props for indoor target pra...
Mind games - One up, one down One person leaves the group, and the rules are exp...
Mind games - Sally’s green glass door Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks th...
Mind games –Where can I go Similar to Sally’s Green Glass Door…people go arou...
Minute Mysteries XI Clue: A man is found dead in the middle of the des...
Musical Items This game works well at large events. Set up like ...
My Aunt Loves Coffee but she Hates "T" Everyone sits in a circle, and each person makes a...
One Frog Everyone gets in a circle and sits crossed legged....
Pac Man This game is for camps with basketball courts with...
Peek-A-Who Split the group into two teams. Each team sits beh...
Pencil in the bottle This is a hilarious game and can either be played ...
People to People Everyone stands in a circle with one person in the...
Picture Puzzles Cut pictures from a magazine so that there are hal...
Pigs Fly The children should stand in a group facing the le...
Polar Bear Club 1. Gather group in a circle around a table or on t...
Polaroid This is like one of those story-building games, on...
Prince and Princess Day S’MORES
What you need:
· 1 marshmallow per camper....
Psychiatrist One person leaves the room. Everyone in the circl...
Question game Everyone sits in a circle, and each person asks a ...
Rainbow Bingo Make a bingo sheet with 9 different colors. Then h...
Red Handed 1. Have everyone stand in a circle next to each ot...
Rythm Game Everyone is in a circle. One camper closes their e...
Secret Spy Switch Set-up:
Pass pieces of paper/cards out to players ...
Sets Have the kids sit down. Pick two or three kids tha...
silly sally This is a brain teaser. See how many campers can f...
Sleeping Bag Game This is fun. First you have to make an obstacle c...
Smiles Laughing Game The Campers are separated into two teams.
One tea...
snowman soccer A bowling pin or plastic pop botle is set up at ea...
Squeeze Murder Someone is named the "Murderer." When someone is ...
Stand up, Sit Down The kids can start out in a standing or sitting po...
Stick, Stick One person starts out as "it' and the other player...
Telephone Message Game This game is intended for a large group of kids an...
The crazy question game This works better with older campers
get all the c...
The Dream Game One to three people leave the room (depending on h...
This is a WHAT? The group sits in a circle. You will need several...
Two truths and a lie Take turns telling three statements about yourself...
Village Chief Everyone sits in a circle, and one person leaves, ...
Wah Everyone stands in a circle facing each other. Th...
Web of Names Sit the children in a circle and emphasize that th...
Whack I learned this game from a fun Canadian who worked...
What am I? 1. Children sit in circle.
2. Give each child a p...
What’s the object? This is a simple game which requires good describi...
Who am I ? The group forms a circle. One person is chosen to ...
Who is it Have all the kids stand up. You secretly think of ...
Who me, embarrassed? This is a fun ‘who is it?’ game. Pass out sheets ...
Who’s Missing The group sits with their eyes closed or heads dow...
Wink Elimination This game is best played in a large group. Sit al...
Wonderball Everybody stands in a circle, passing a ball aroun...
You can do it like this Similar to Scissors or Crossed Uncrossed except an...
Zip Zip Zonk Sit your group in a circle. The 1st person starts...
Rainy Day Plans
Ropes Course Activities
Ropes Course Facilitator Resources
Ropes Course General Safety Guidelines From the Ghost Ranch Ropes Course Manual, by Dr. S...
Ropes Course Resources New Ropes Course Section - This is just a quickie ...
Ropes Course Staples - Technical Update
Course Access – Do You Need A Staple Remover?
By...
Ropes Course Values Contract By Chris Pallatto
A successful experience on the r...
Scary Campfire Stories
10 Holes Once in a little village not that far from here, t...
A House of Terror The car finally gave out. Jeff hit the dashboard i...
Army of the Dead A laundress, newly moved to Charleston following t...
Backseat Maniac There's a girl driving along I-70 on the way back ...
Blue Baby Bonnet Once there was a young woman who had a child, but ...
Creak "Creak", a sound, faint, distant, but still heard....
Doggy Lick Eversince Julie was a little girl, when she got sc...
Don’t Turn on the Light Once their were two girls who shared a college dor...
Drive of Danger It was a late night, rainy, and very dark. A young...
Ghost on the Track The number 12B Train was on its usual journey from...
Girl at the Underpass Not long ago, but before interstate highways ran a...
La Mala Hora My friend Isabela called me one evening before din...
Nightmare House It was a dark and stormy night. Steve had just cam...
Not In My Neighborhood When I was 18 I started babysitting my Aunt's youn...
On Washington Rock The dream was so vivid, she didn't realize at firs...
Rose Marie Once there was a little girl whose name was Rose M...
The Joker There was once a girl who was at home alone becaus...
Sentimental Camp Songs
All My Life’s a Circle Chorus:
All my life’s a circle, sunrise and sundow...
Ally, Ally, Oxen Free Time to let the rain fall
Without the help of man...
Alphabet Love Song When Johnny Jones was serenading Mary,
He sure cou...
Barges Barges, I would like to go with you
I would like t...
Be Kind Be kind to your web footed friends
For a duck may ...
Birthday’s Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Ha...
Cannibal King Oh the cannibal king with the big nose ring
Fell ...
Children Of The Lord (Noah's Ark) The Lord said to Noah, "There's gonna be a floody ...
Climb Sunshine Mountain Climb, climb up sunshine mountain
Heavenly breeze...
Darlin' Darlin' won't you wait, won't you wait, won't you ...
DAY IS DONE Day is done, Gone the sun,
From the lake, from the...
Dem Bones Leader signs verse, campers respond with DEM BONES...
Dewey Dewey was an admiral at Manila bay
Dewey was a mor...
Down in the Valley - Full Version Down in the valley, the valley so low
Hang your he...
Down in the Valley - Short Version Down in the valley, valley so low
Hang your head o...
EDELWEISS Edelweiss, Edelweiss. Every morning you greet me. ...
Every Long Journey Every long journey is made of small steps,
Is made...
Five Hundred Miles If you miss the train I’m on
You will know that I...
Friends, Friends, Friends Friends, friends, friends
We will always be.
Whet...
GEE MOM, I WANT TO GO HOME The boys at the teepee,
They say are mighty fine,...
God's Love Camp Song We usually sing it at opening campfires...
It only...
GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK My Grandfather’s clock was too large for the shelf...
Happiness Happiness moves in a circular motion
Kind of like ...
HIP HOP, (insert camp name here) ROCK Hip hop, (insert camp name) rock, let me see your ...
HOW GREAT THOU ART O Lord my God!
When I in awesome wonder,
Consider ...
I just wanna be a Sheep CHORUS:
I just wanna be a sheep baa baa baa
I just...
I Like the Mountains I like the mountains
I like the rolling hills
I li...
Inch by Inch Inch by inch
Row by row
Gonna make this garden gro...
Johnny Appleseed Oh the Lord is good to me
And so I thank the Lord
...
Kum by Yah Kum by yah, my Lord
Kum by yah
Kum by yah, my Lord...
Linger Mm Mm, I’d like to linger here
Mm Mm, A little lon...
Lonesome Valley Jesus walked this lonesome valley,
He had to walk ...
Maybe Maybe you were meant for me and maybe this was mea...
Moon on the Meadow Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears
Smoke in our ...
Moon on the Meadow V. 2 Moon on the meadow,
Wind in our ears,
Smoke in our...
MORMON BOY Sung to the tune of "I know a weenie man" if you e...
MORMON GIRL Oh, when a Mormon girl walks down the street,
She ...
Mountain Song We come from the mountain
We come from the mountai...
Mr Sun Oh Mr. Sun, Sun
Golden Mr Snow
Hiding behind that ...
Mr. Moon Oh, Mr. Moon, moon
Bright and shining moon,
Hiding...
My Lord is So Great My Lord is so great,
So strong and so mighty
There...
Oh, How Lovely Is The Evening Oh, how lovely is the evening, is the evening
When...
On Moonlight Bay We were sailing along on moonlight bay,
You could ...
On the Loose Chorus: (sung after each verse)
On the loose to cl...
One Tin Soldier Listen children to a story that was written long a...
PEACE LIKE A RIVER I’ve got peace like a river
I’ve got peace like a ...
PEOPLE ON THE BUS The people on the bus go up and down
Up and down,...
Place in the Choir Chorus:
All Earth’s critter
Got a place in the cho...
Rise and Shine Chorus:
So rise and shine
And sing out your glory...
Running Bear Oh Running Bear
Loves Little White Dove
With a lov...
Running Bear (Revised/Updated) Oh Running Bear
Loves Little White Dove
With a lov...
Seafarer Hymn Along our shining waters’ way,
We travel on by nig...
SHE WENT INTO THE WATER (To the tune: Battle Hymn of the Republic)
She wen...
SIDE BY SIDE Oh! We ain't got a barrel of money
Maybe we're ra...
Test Activity Woohoo Test Activity. Say Woo hoo when you see this!!!...
THE ANIMAL FAIR I went to the animal fair
The birds and the beast...
The Watermelon Song Just plant a little watermelon on my grave,
and le...
Time to Be Happy Oh the time to be happy is now
And the place to b...
Under the Bamboo Tree Under the bamboo
Under the bamboo tree
There's roo...
Weenie Man I know a weenie man
He owns a weenie stand
He sell...
When I'm With You You walked in my life on such an ordinary day
Ever...
Whistlin' Gypsy Rover Chorus
Ah-dee-do, ah-dee-do-da-day
Ah-dee-do, ah-d...
Who Can Sail (When There is No Wind)? This is a good-bye song, that we used to sing at t...
September 2007
2 Truths and a Lie Ask each person in the group to think of two true ...
Basketball Bonanza Materials: basketballs, stars, cones
Divide the g...
Black Socks II Black Socks
They never get dirty the longer you we...
Boom Chica Boom III (one person is in front of the crowd as the leader...
Camp Friends - Like no other friends you have! by Mark Pooler and Patrick Connelly, CT Camp Guys ...
Cluck the Chicken Divide into two groups
One group has the task of t...
Crocodile Morey Everyone sits in a circle with hands out to their ...
Dining Hall Song Get your elbows off the table *NAME* dear
(repeat)...
Dr Octopus Choose an "It" to be your octopus.
Then choose a d...
Drop it-Catch it Get your group to stand in a circle all facing the...
Dunk and Run This game is very simple yet very hilarious. All y...
Eat a lot of Pizza SAUCE
(echo)
SAUCE CHEESE
(echo)
ANCHOVIES
(echo)
...
Fainting Goat Tag One person is chosen as the Shepard.
Whoever the S...
games i would love to have a game called the bravest cam...
Georgie Chorus:
Every morning
At half past 8
I go naaaaaa...
Get their Attention song Use this to get your campers attention...
Leader: ...
Hot Potato - Water Balloon Style Played just like Hot Potato!
Campers get in a ci...
I Ran Around The Corner (Revised/Updated) Well....
I ran around the corner and I ran around ...
Make your own Water Balloon Launcher
Important - do not aim this at anyone!
We use th...
Popcorn (Revised/Updated) 1. Children circle around the parachute.
2. Two t...
Pterodactyl This game is very much like Zip Zip Bonk, but I th...
Skins Arrange all kids into teams - each team elects a r...
Smiles Laughing Game The Campers are separated into two teams.
One tea...
Team Game: Kick the Stick Ok, this is possibly the most amazing camp game kn...
Teapot The group chooses a person to be the "guesser" and...
the three bears (Its done in a rap type rhythm)
Once upon a time i...
Tomba Tomba Tomba Tomba (repeat)
A riki tiki tomba (repeat)
A...
Ultimate Everbody's It CvC Rules are the same of Everybody's It , in which ev...
Water Noodle Hockey Two teams; Field; Water Noodles (used to float in ...
Widjiitiwin Basketball Two teams (the bigger the better)
Played in an ope...
Silly Camp Songs
Acorn Brown I’m a little acorn brown,
Lying on the cold, cold ...
Alice Alice, where are you going?
Up-stairs to take a ba...
Alice the Camel Alice’s camel has five humps
Alice’s camel has fiv...
Alligator (Chorus)
Alligator
Alligator!
ALLLLIGATOR!
Can be ...
Alligator III Alligator!
Alligator!
Can be your friend, can be y...
Alligator Song-II Alligator Song
The alligator is my friend
And he c...
Austrian Yodeler Once an Austrian went yodeling
On a mountain top h...
Baby Bumble Bee I’m bring home my baby bumble bee
Won’t my mommy b...
Baby Shark Baby shark do do, do do do do
Baby shark do do, do...
Banana Song Bananas have no thumbs
Bananas do not smile
Banana...
Bananas in the Sky There are no, bananas in the sky, in the sky,
The...
Banjo II I u-da-loosed to play-da-lay my o-da-load banjo-da...
Barfonyou Barfonyou, Barfonyou, Barfonyou
In Russian that me...
Bazooka Bubble Gum (Revised/Updated) My mom gave me a penny
She said go buy a henny
But...
Bean Song My dog Lima likes to roam
One day Lima left his ho...
Bean Song (Revised/Updated) This is super fun song to sing realy loud and to s...
Beaver Song I’m a beaver
You’re a beaver
We are beavers all
An...
Beaver Song II I’m a beaver, you’re a beaver,
We are beavers all....
Bed Bug Song I woke up Monday morning and there upon the wall t...
Billboards As I was walking down the street
One dark and glo...
Birdie Birdie Birdie birdie in the sky
Why do you do that in my ...
Birthday’s Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Ha...
Black Socks Black socks they never get dirty
The longer you we...
Black Socks II Black Socks
They never get dirty the longer you we...
Bluebird Way down south, not so very far off, a Jay bird di...
Bluejay (Chorus)
Way down yonder not far off
A bluejay die...
Bluejay version II This is a simple and fun repeat-after-me song.
Way...
Boa Constrictor I’m being swallowed by a
boa constrictor,
I’m bein...
Boogie-Woogie Washing Woman Down in the jungle where nobody goes
There's a Boo...
Boom Boom Way down South where bananas grow,
An ant stepped ...
Boom Chick-a Boom I said a boom chick-a boom
I said a boom chick-a b...
Boom Chicka Boom - II I said a boom chicka boom (echo)
I said a boom chi...
Boom, Boom - Ain't it great to be crazy! A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a ...
Boy & Girl Just a boy & a girl in a little canoe
With th...
Boy and a girl in a little canoe Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe
With the m...
Brown Squirrel Brown squirrel brown squirrel
Shake your bushy tai...
Bubble Gum 1. My mommy gave me a penny
She told me to buy Goo...
Buffalo Song Across the windswept desert
Where nature knows no...
Buffalo Song - Part II Across the cold damp refrigerator…
Where nature kn...
Camp Counselor I love being a camp counselor,
There’s nothing I’d...
Candyland Oh take me back to the candyland, Where the cotton...
Cannibal King Oh the cannibal king with the big nose ring
Fell ...
Cat Came Back Old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own.
He had a ...
Catalina Matalina There was a funny girl, she had a funny name
She ...
Chigger Song Oh, there was a little chigger
And it wasn't any b...
Chili, Chili, Baby! [stomp stomp clap, stomp stomp clap]
Chili, chili ...
Cookie Song Cookies cookies listen while we sing to you
Cookie...