School Day Camp Style Games

Luckily for me, I got to experience a little practice version of camp!  The camp was hosting a few schools at the camp, and some of the counselors were able to help out and lead the kids, and I was one of them! It's been a lot of fun so far! Monday afternoon I went to the training were were learned a bunch of games we would get to play.

Games:

Pass the face- Basically silent telephone. Start in a big circle then I would make a silly face, like stick out my tounge. The person to my left would then have to copy the face, turn into the circle, and pass it to the next person. It's is so simple, it's a great time filler when you have 2 minutes at a station left. Kids will ask can we play telephone, just say this version is more fun (and there are no inappropriate words if you kids are at that age).  Also can be pass the motion, do it fast and it's like a wave.

Spot the difference- have the kids pair up. One of the campers would need to stay really still, and the other camper would have to memorize what they look like!  The memorizer would have to keep their eyes closed, while the still person changes something about them. Then the memorizer opens their eyes to 'spot the difference'. 

Steal the Cheese- Take tenis balls, or any small objects students can grab, and put them into the center of the area that you can play.  Split the students into groups, I find 4 groups work well so you can have each in a 'corner'.  Then place a hula hoop, or bucket/box, in-front of each group to be where the team deposits the 'cheese' or tennis ball.  The team sends one person at a time to go 

Gaga- The players go into a pit and the goal is to score points by using a soft ball and having it hit the other players leg, between their knee to foot.  Part of the game is bending to protect your legs but you also have to hit the gaga ball to be able to score points on others.  This game is a lot of fun and can get competitive! 

Elves, Wizards, Giants- This is a more interactive version of rocks, paper, scissors with running.  This game starts by splitting everyone into two teams then teaching the movements, for Elves which is a crouch and hands on your head as ears, Wizard which is standing up with your hands out in front like you are doing a magical spell, and Giants where you put your hands over your head and are "big".  The giant beats elves, elves beat wizards (duck under their magic), then wizards beat giants. The team determines one move and a back up and then goes up into a line across from the other team in the line.  There are boundaries for this game and then on a count of three the two teams put up their pick and if it was giants vs wizards, the giants would run across the field and try to catch the wizards who would turn around to go back to their end zone.  Anyone who was tagged joins the giants team and then the teams pick another one to continue playing until one team has everyone on their side.

Indoor foosball- This is a neat sit-down game with large beach balls that have goals and the players pass them to each other to get goals, but you have to get them past the other team.  

We also played the games I wrote about in my ice breakers post!