Camp Theme Days (link)
From Ultimate Camp Resource site, a list of camp day themes, with suggested activities.
Here you'll find a list of evening program activities. Some are general; others are specific to certain camps/populations and the ideas will need to be adapted for your own situation.
Beat the Staff (pdf) An evening program where campers compete with staff members in a number of physical challenges.
Bingo
Print these bingo cards on four different colored pages (copy them all to pink, then all to green, then all to yellow, then all to blue). Then, cut apart and mix the pages, stapling one each of the different colors to form sets (a set would have a yellow, a pink, a blue, a green stapled together). Then, instead of bingo balls, use the simple Bingo Call Sheets to call out numbers in a random way.
Board Game Night
Cabin Cookouts
Cabin Skits
Cabin Time (what this is depends on age group; older girls especially love this time)
Camper Talent Show
Campfires
Campfire Stories
A categorized list from Ultimate Camp Resource site.
Audience Participation Stories Get the audience involved! Great alternative to songs, and a great way to "allow" noise in the dining hall.
Sinister Sam Sneed
An audience participation story written by Keith Schoch, in the melodrama genre. (pdf)
Creative Campfires
Ideas for components of your campfire programs.
Capture the Flag
Carnival (pdf) What you include in your carnival is largely dependent upon your resources. And no one says you need prizes to make it a success!
Christmas Station Games (pdf) A collection of games that will give you some ideas.
Color Wars
Dutch Auction (pdf) and another Dutch Auction List (pdf) with a little more in way of directions, and more specific items
Girls Night Out/Guys Night Out (campers participate in different programs depending upon gender)
Gold Rush
Gong Show
Hawaiian Night
Improv Night (staff/campers are given props or lines, and need to improv the actions)
International Night (see ideas in Word docs below)
FLIGHT_NIGHT.doc
FLIGHT_NIGHT_2.doc
GLOBAL_VILLAGE.doc
INCORPORATING_THE_INTERNATIONAL_THEME.doc
INTERNATIONAL_CORNER.doc
INTERNATIONAL_FLIGHT_NIGHT.doc
INTERNATIONAL_NIGHT.doc
CARNIVAL_OF_CULTURES.doc
Jeopardy
Jesus Walk (pdf) A version which was written by combining some earlier versions, with edits by Keith Schoch, Dean Satterlee, and Martyn Thomas
Minute To Win It (Physical Challenges) While thsi could be performed as a whole-camp activity, the best way to get all campers involved might be to set it up as a station games format.
Miracle Mile (pdf) (Jesus Walk focused on miracles of Jesus) Now over twenty years old, this script served us well for many summers.
Name that Tune
Olympics
OPENING_CEREMONY_FOR_Olympics.doc (one idea)
Pictionary
Pirate Night
Earn the Rank or Walk the Plank (pdf) Nineteen quiz questions that ever pirate should know, or walk the plank! Great for staff challenges.
Can You Speak Pirate? (pdf) Paper and pencil quiz where you match pirate terminology to definitions.
Pirate Pursuits (pdf) Twenty-one pirate games and challenges, suitable for Station Games or daily challenges.
Pirate Unit (pdf) Some activities, also some pictures for clip art.
The Seven C's of the Seven Seas (pdf) Seven character attributes that campers should exemplify (cooperation, creativity, etc.)
R (pdf) A cooperative spelling game, good for a rainy day activity.
Pirate Memory (pdf) Twenty-two pairs of full color, pirate-themed cards, perfect for a Memory game.
Pirate Scavenger Hunt (pdf)
Pool Party
Quiz Show (pdf) A collection of 200 general knowledge questions for a quiz show.
Scavenger Hunts (All Types!) Scavenger Hunt Ideas (pdf)
Sports Night (campers choose from a number of preset sports, and choice options vary by age)
Station Games (pdf) A nice, really diverse set of general, fun station games, adaptable to any age group or camp situation.
Staff Beauty Contest
Staff Talent Show
Statues
Divide the campers into teams (depending on how many kids you have depends on the number, but you should have at least 4 teams w/at least 20 kids on each. Tell the kids that they have to bring things that they have (or supply these items) like tennis rackets, tennis balls, weird hats, toilet paper, brooms from the bunk, bathrobes, flashlights, baseball gloves, face paint, pretty much anything. You give the counselors in charge of each team markers, crepe paper, and posterboard. Have the kids sitting in their teams and give them a scenario; for example "a day at the beach." The teams then have five minutes to organize themselves into that scene by using the props they have brought with them. For the beach scenario, a group might have people pretending to swim, people lying on towels, etc. When the five minutes are up, blow a whistle and the team has to freeze. The judges then walk around and pick a winner. Continue 4 or 5 times with different scenes. Some good scenes are the Titanic, a concert, a classroom, a party, or an amusement park. This activity is sooo much fun! (found online, uncredited)
Tiny Olympics (sports and challenges, using tiny objects)
Treasure Bag (Campers are required to create "something" with whatever they are given in a brown paper bag).
Unit Night (Unit leaders and counselors design their own activities; program and support staff assist).
Variety Show (in the tradition of Vaudeville)
Way of the Warrior (aka Warrior Challenge)
Way of the Warrior was originally used with seventy-five third and fourth grade boys at Lakeview Day Camp in the Summer of 2012. It is designed on the station format, and utilizes individual and group, cooperative and competitive elements. Set-up is minimal.
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