Looking for new programming ideas? Here are some tried-and-true activities that are bound the get the adrenaline pumping and the giggles going for hours.
Mission Impossible
The game is played outside under the cloud of darkness and campers are encouraged to wear black or dark clothing. They travel in cabin groups with a counselor who carries a flashlight and walkie-talkie. Each cabin group is assigned a starting point and an ending point on the camp property, usually a very far distance from each other (for example, one cabin starts at one end of camp at a cabin and needs to travel to a set point at the furthest side of camp). Each cabin group has a different starting and ending point than the others. Once a cabin group collectively arrives at their endpoint, the counselor calls it out on the radio and the time is logged. There are also staff members who play the role of “tagger” or “sheriff.” If a group encounters one of these individuals, they must perform a task before they are allowed to go free on their route (hence the reason for wearing dark, as you don't want to get caught).
Examples include:
- Make a human pyramid
- Answer trivia questions
- Untie shoe laces
- Find the tennis ball
- Sing the opening line from the “Friends” theme song
- Roll “Yahtzee”
- Sing the “Frog Song”
- Recite the theme verse for the summer
- Play 52-card pickupBuild a cup pyramid in 20 seconds
- Unroll a roll of toilet paper and roll it back up.
At the end of the event, the cabin with the quickest time wins. A cabin must progress through the game as one unit and everyone must be present for the cabin to win.
Scott Flowers
Camp Oak Hill
Oxford, N.C.