Camping Trip Games to Play
With summer here, wouldn’t it be great if you can leave the environs of your home and smell the flowers? The first activity that enters your mind is to go camping. For where else can you commune with nature and enjoy the get outdoors? And of course, you have to include your list of camping trip games. Camping, as an outdoor recreational activity, became popular at the turn of the 20th century. Favorite camping sites are either in a national recreational park, publicly-owned natural areas or privately-owned camp grounds. You can stay your own campers, rented cabins or set-up tents. Camping is probably one of the most economical ways of spending your vacation. After you have selected the campsite, the packing of gears and foodstuff, do not forget the list of camping trip games and whatever are needed to make the games enjoyable. D-day comes, pile yourselves and all your camping gears and stuff in your car and then go! Your first day will be filled with excitement, what with the exhilarating scenery, the hustle and bustle of people in your campsite, new ways of doing the usual activities at home and meeting new people. But eventually novelty dies down and the children begin to get bored, so it is time to get moving your camping trip games. Should it rain, games can be played indoors. Keeping scores is not important everyone will keep tally of the points. You can also reinvent the games to accommodate the needs of some players by changing the rules. Games must suit everyone’s physical activities level. Encourage teamwork, fair play and sportsmanship as winning is not important. While the game is still interesting, stop the game before the players become exhausted and before the game loses its fun. And finally, allow each child to lead a game. Here are a few instructions on some games:
Barnyard – Each child is given secretly the name of an animal with three children. At a given signal, each child will make the noise of the animal that he/she has been given. The group of three animals that find their mother first is declared the winner.
Mr. B’s Shave – Give all campers a balloon and a marker each. Ask them to blow up the balloon and instruct them to draw Mr. B’s face. Provide a shaving cream and apply it to the so-called Mr. B’s face. The goal is to to shave Mr. B without making the balloon burst is the winner.
Machine – In a group of 6 or 10 players, create a machine by miming it all together. Each person is a part of the machine. Others must try to guess what the machine is. No talking and noise allowed. The other group will guess what kind of machine it is.
Who am I? - Act out some one you all know and let the others guess who that person is. Camping and its activities will not only be fore the fun of it but for some worthwhile lessons and values: leadership, physical skills, discipline, initiative and camaraderie. So go camping but do not forget preparing for all those camping trip games. Return to the top of Camping Trip Games Return to The Ultimate Camping Experience Home
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