Camping Games
We still have a little bit of Summer left and the fabulous cool weather of the Fall to enjoy camping! Playing games is a great way to have fun while leaving electronics in the camper or tent. Check out these fun games to play while camping:
1. Sleeping Bag Race: Relay-races often top the list for outdoor kids’ party games. For a camping party, take a cue from the classic potato sack race, but use sleeping bags instead. Kids can jump inside of their sleeping bags, or get into them on the ground and crawl, worm-style, to the finish line.
2. Scavenger Hunt: What better way to explore your campsite than with a scavenger hunt? Hide various pieces of camping gear for the kids to find, or make lists of things they would find in your campsite's environment. In the woods, for instance, items to find could include an acorn, a red leaf, a piece of bark and a yellow flower. Give them the list and have them hunt for the items. You can set a prize for the player who finds the most items within a set time period, or give a reward for everyone who completes the list during your campout.
3. Campfire Relay: Divide campers into two teams. Set up two sets of supplies needed to build a campfire (paper, wood, rocks) and on the word “go,” have players race to gather supplies and build their own campfires (minus the actual fire part). The first team to complete the building of a campfire wins.
4. Flashlight Tag: Great game to play at night, this game is like regular tag except players are “tagged” by the beam of the flashlight held by whoever is “it”.
5. Tic-Tac-Toe: No paper? No problem? Grab a couple of sticks and play this classic by drawing in the dirt or sand. The game board is 9 squares made with two vertical and two horizontal lines. Exchange X and O marks until one person gets three in a row.
6. Bear Catcher: In this game of tag, one player is the bear catcher and the rest are bears. Place one sleeping bag for each bear around the campsite. Have each bear go to his cave (sit on a sleeping bag) and have the bear catcher stand in the center of the play area. On the word “go” (called by a non-player), the bears must race to a new cave before the bear catcher can tag them. When a player is tagged, he becomes the new bear catcher.