Active Games
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Active Games for Kids & Teens at Summer Camp
Number of Players: 10 and up
Activity Level: High
Divide the group into two teams. Arrange two rows of chairs, or you can use the floor, approximately three feet apart. Place the large wastebasket at both ends. Seat the teams alternating players. The leader puts the balloon in play by tossing it in ...
Number of Players: 10 and up
Activity Level: High
t is a regular game of tag. You will have one person it. When you are tagged by the person that is it, you link arms with him and you now are part of the it. The blob will form.
Number of Players: any
Activity Level: High
Teams line up behind the bucket on one side of the field, while one member from the team lines down at the other end, holding a bottle on their forehead.
To start, first member in line dips cup in bucket to fill it, runs to bottle and ...
To start, first member in line dips cup in bucket to fill it, runs to bottle and ...
Number of Players: 5 or more
Activity Level: High
You stand in a circle and pass the beach ball around the circle. You can only touch the ball once in a row. If the ball is being passed to you and you touch it and it and it hits the ground or you spike it and it does not hit another person then you ...
Number of Players: large group
Activity Level: High
The group is divided into two teams (we usually put different coloured war paint on faces to tell whose on what team). Each team has a flag and hides it on their side of the playing area. one the game starts both sides try to find and capture the ...
Number of Players: 10 and up
Activity Level: High
All players form a circle around one player in the center. Each person on the circle is given a number. The center player stands with the cane upright, holding it with one finger. Without warning, he lifts the finger from the cane and calls out a ...
Number of Players: large groups
Activity Level: Medium
We have several stations set up, and a staff member at each one dressed up as a character( like professor plum, mrs. white etc.). In cabin groups, the campers go to any station they want, but only one cabin can be there at a time. The counselor has ...
Number of Players: 3 or more
Activity Level: High
one person is the cop the others are the bad guys the cop counts to 20 while the bad guys hide the cop looks for the bad guys when the cop finds a bad guy he chases the and tries to put him in cuffs then he takes him to jail and then the bad guy is ...
Number of Players: large group
Activity Level: Medium
A certain number of counselors hide in the camp (we use like 6-10 but we are a smaller camp). The campers are in a specific area until the counselors are hidden. The campers go around in cabins with a counselor, and try and find all the counselors ...
Number of Players: small group, or teams with bigger groups
Activity Level: Medium
Campers get a set time, e.g. 8 minutes to grab anything they have that can fit in a pillowcase. Then they sit in groups and the auctioneer asks for an item, e.g. a white sock. Then there are points for everyone with a white sock and points for ...