Summer Camp Games

Summer camp is a great vacation activity for children and teenagers. A kids summer camp is basically arranged for cultural and educational development of children. Other than trekking, camping and other educational activities, games are inevitable part of summer camps. Games played at summer camps are usually group games and team-building games that help to inculcate qualities like good teamwork, sense of belonging towards the group members and leadership. So, if you are going for a summer camp this vacation, then you can suggest these games to your counselor.

Summer Camp Game and Activity Ideas

Octopus
This is one of the best games to play at a summer camp, especially for kids who belong to the age group of 8 years and above. The rules of this game are quite simple and requires a large group of kids to play. Before starting the game, choose two players from the group. These two players will be the octopuses. Now, these octopuses will stand in the center of the playing area and remaining campers will stand at one side of the playing area. The coach or the counselor of the campers, blows the whistle and signals the octopuses to catch the campers. The campers have to run in the playing area and have to avoid getting caught by the octopuses. Any camper who is caught by an octopus has to sit down and becomes a see weed. The caught camper or the sea weed is not allowed to move from the place. But he/she can tag other campers with help of hands, if they run by their side. The game continues and the player who is not caught till the end is the winner. This is considered a great team building game for kids

Alaskan Baseball
If you want to play team building summer camp group games, then you should surely play this game. Considered to be one of the best camping games for kids. To play this game, divide the campers into two teams with equal number of players in each team. Name the teams as team A and B and handover a ball to player of one team. The team with the ball forms a circle. Suppose the ball is given to a player of team A. Now, the team A player who holds the ball throws the ball as far as possible. He then runs around the circle and calls out the names of the campers in the order of the circle. When he completes one circle, the team A scores one run. Meanwhile, the team B members run to chase the thrown ball and forms a line behind the person who has chased the ball. Then, the ball is to be passed from one player to another, between the legs. When the ball reaches the last person in the line, he has to run and handover the ball to the first person. The first person then shouts and team A stops making the runs. Now, team A and team B have to reverse the tasks and the team which makes maximum runs wins the game.

Typhoon
When you want to play fun games with high activity, then you should go for relay games where the fastest team wins the game. Typhoon is one such summer camp water game with loads of fun and excitement. First, divide the campers in two teams with equal number of players. One member from each team sits on the ground at the other end of the playing area. Then, take two large buckets, fill them with water and place them at the other end of the field. The teams will stand in a line behind their respective buckets. Now, the first player of each team dips a cup in the bucket and runs towards the player sitting at the other side of the field. When the player reaches the other team member, he throws the water on him and shouts, "Typhoon". The players then exchange their positions and the drenched player runs with the empty cup towards the next player in the line. The game continues in similar manner and team who gets all the members through the relay wins the game.

These were some cool games for you to include in your list of summer camp activities. So, collect the equipment required for playing these games and have fun at the summer camp. Happy Camping!