Easy Activities for Large Groups of Kids at a Camp
Large Group Games
Use these large group camp games for periods when you have to lead games for more than one group or have to lead very large groups by yourself. Who hasn't had 60 children, twenty minutes, and virtually no preparation time? Fear no more!
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A soft throwable object To play Alaskan Baseball, create two 2 teams.One camper is given a throwable object, their team then forms a circle around them and that person throws the object.After he/she has thrown the object then he/she runs around the circle. Every time the player makes it around the circle, that team scores a run.Meanwhile the other team …
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Neon-colored shirts or jerseys. The xenomorphs must try to turn everyone else into xenomorphs. Play in a large, dark building with all lights turned off, or outside in a clear area at night. Choose one player to be the first "xenomorph". This player determines the area for the "hive" to be located. Give all other players (humans) a neon vest …
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Two people are it. They hold hands and chase people. Any person they catch joins the chain by linking hands. When another person is caught they can stay together or spilt 2 and 2, but they must split even numbers and can link together at will. This game is played until nobody is left.
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Large playing area, preset boundaries To be the last one standing This game is best played with a big group and a large playing area like a gym or a large filed with the two opposite sides defined. Designate one side "army" and the opposite side "navy". When a counselor yells… -"army" the campers are to run to the army …
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Inflate balloons and tie on a string for each team member. Each player ties the other end of the string to their ankle. There are two teams – the teams try to burst the others first by stepping on them. Team with the last balloon wins. As your balloon is burst you withdraw from the game.
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Night time. For the campers to sneak their way to a group of counselors. Counselors sit at the top of a hill with flashlights and the campers try to sneak up the hill to the top. If a counselor sees any campers and shines their light on them, saying "bam (or a similar variant) go back", that camper has to …
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Soft objects for "stingers" You need soft objects that can be used as ‰ÛÏStingers‰Û. 1. Give 2 people the ‰ÛÏstingers‰Û and these people are the bees. 2. All the other people are the butterflies. 3. The bees must go around stinging the butterflies (hitting them on the legs with the soft objects). 4. A butterfly that has been stung must …
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1 piece of rope about 15 feet long, 2 ping-pong balls, 1 soccer ball, pants or shorts with belt loops Divide the players into teams of 10 people. Each team competes with itself to 'play' the game successfully. It is fun to have different players make up each team every time the game is repeated. Each team stands in a …
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Similar to Simon Says… One player is leader. Leader and all the others flap their arms like birds. Leader calls out names of something with feathers. If a player flaps his wings on a calling that doesn't have feathers, he's out. The leader flaps his wings on almost all things to confuse the group and calls as rapidly as possible. …
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Balloons Teams of four or more people line up in volleyball formation. A blanket is placed over the net so that the teams cannot see one another. The ref throws the ball into play. Each team may hit the balloon as many times as they desire, as long as the balloon doesn't hit the ground. When they are ready, they …
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There are two sides (teams). It doesn't matter how many are on each side and it doesn't have to be even. It's sort of like Charades, but instead of acting out a word or phrase, you act out occupations. Each side gets in a "huddle" at their "home base" to decide what occupation they will act out and whichever side …
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A big field to run across (Make two games across the width of a soccar field) Football flags (Optional) Be the last person to get tagged by the British Bulldog Line a group of kids up on one side of a field. Pick one person to be the British Bulldog. That person heads to the middle of the field. When …
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Make a list of people in the cabin(counselors too!), places in camp, and camp objects (ex. camper callie-swim docks-toothpaste). There should be the same number places in camp and camp objects as there are people in the cabin. Cut up the names, places, and objects into individual slips, and sort them and put then into 3 different containers for (people, …
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trees, rocks/ sticks and leaves First you have everyone count the number of letters in their first name. Now ask them to find someone who has the same number of letters. Those two are now partners. If a a person can't find someone let him/her use another name s/he is called by (i.e., a student named Matthew may use the …
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4 to 6 willing or unsuspecting staff members. Tape 200 suckers To chase, tackle and steal a sucker from the Candyman. This game is usually played with around 100 campers ages 6-12. You need to pick 4 to 6 staff (2 females and 2 males or 3 females and 3 males) and tape (packing or duct) suckers to them. You …
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A Large Playing field (a Cul de sac or Park will do) To be the last one standing Pick a category for Car Lot (i.e. fruit, cars, candy, etc.). Once the catagory has been picked, select two campers (or counselors) to be "it" and send them to the middle of the playing area. All the rest of the campers line …
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To play Cat and Mouse have everyone but two people forms a circle standing far enough away from each other so players must comfortably stretch arms to hold hands with the players next to them. The two outside players will be running through these spaces.One of the people outside of the circle is the cat and the other is the …
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1. Have entire group lie on their stomachs, side by side with arms out stretched in front of them 2. Person at the front of the line starts to roll over the others until they get to the end of the line 3. That person takes their place on their stomach at the end 4. Continue at the front with …
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Earth Ball Parachute 1. Have everyone hold the parachute around the edge, like a firemen's net 2. With a little effort, you can send the earth ball flying 3. For competition, divide into two teams and have one side try to roll the ball off the chute and over the heads of the other team 4. For the ultimate in …
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Have all the kids line up on one side of a play area. Pick two volunteers to stand in the middle of the area. The volunteers then pick the names of three cars. Then assign one of these chosen car name to each child standing in line. When the volunteers in the middle call out a car name, those campers …
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Divide the children into two equal teams. Have teams face each other across from an imaginary line. You could use a rope divider if you like. Assign one side to be "Crows" and the other to be "Cranes." The leader stands at the end of the group in the center so all players can see and hear him/her. The leader …
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Something to mark boundaries A tag game that will wear your kids out!! Make really big boundaries. One person is "it." This person has to chase the others. When he tags someone, that person must lay down with both hands and feet sticking straight up, like a dead ant (because everyone knows that's what dead ants look like). In order …
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One person is "it." Whenever someone gets tagged, they become frozen until someone, who has not been tagged, crawls through their legs.
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Dodgeballs and cones/flags Capture the Flag Dr. Dodgeball-It's everything that it sounds like. The ultimate thing to do is to get the other teams flag. But it's also Dr. Dodgeball. Each team has a Dr. who tags people back in the game when they get hit. If the Dr. gets hit then they are out and everyone who gets hit …
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Divide campers into two teams. Campers form two lines at opposite ends of the playing area, and march towards each other saying ‰ÛÏWe're going to war! We're going to win!‰Û until they reach the center of the field. The counselor in charge tells them to ‰ÛÏHALT!‰Û Each player should be facing a player on the other team. On the count …
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