Activity Booklet

Oxford Active

12/1/17

Table of ContentsGames.....................................1

Circle Games......................................1Pirates Keys..................1

Wink Murder................1

Down In The Jungle......1

Granny’s Knickers........1

Corners.........................1

Zip Zap Boing................1

21 questions.................1

Musical Chairs etc........1

Cone game...................1

Splat.............................2

Chinese Whispers........2

21.................................2

21 Shout.......................2

Duck Duck Goose.........2

Time Bomb...................2

Pass The Clap...............2

Mine Ring.....................2

Action Intros................2

Two Truths And A Lie...3

I Went To The Supermarket 3

Good Afternoon Your Majesty 3

NESW (North, East, South, West) 3

Conquest......................3

Consequences..............3

Drawing Whispers........3

Mafia............................3

A Frog Jumped Into The Pond 4

Indian Signs..................4

Simon Says...................4

Let’s Go Camping.........4

Categories....................4

What Are You Doing? (Like Simon Says) 4

Rhythm Master............4

Bean Bag Golf...............4

Smelly Onion/Duck Duck goose 5

Sharks and Fishes.........5

Head Catch...................5

Group Story..................5

Supermarket Game......5

10.................................6

Animal Alphabet..........6

Bomb Disposal.............6

Bubble Game...............6

Card Games..................6

Catch, Don’t Catch.......6

Changing Places...........6

Chants..........................6

Circle Catch..................6

Consequences..............6

Drop It Catch It.............6

Egg Catch......................6

Empire..........................6

Farmers In The Den......6

Flinch............................6

Foot Murder.................6

Frog Game....................6

Grandmas Keys............6

Green Eggs and Ham....6

Honey Pot....................6

Hot Potato....................6

I – Spy...........................6

I Like?...........................6

I Want To?....................6

Jenga............................6

Key Games...................6

Movement Maker........6

Musical Chairs..............6

Ninja.............................6

Number Game.............6

Once Upon A Time.......6

Parachute.....................6

Plague..........................6

Pop The Bubble............6

Riddles..........................6

Sharks and Life Guards 6

Signs.............................6

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Swap.............................6

Water Balloon..............6

What’s the time Mr Wolf 7

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Word Association.........7

Zombie Game...............7

Zoo Game.....................7

Word games.......................................7Crossed, Uncrossed.....7

21 Questions................7

Count to 21..................7

Woops Bunny...............7

Number Sticks..............7

The Polite Artist...........7

Traveller Game............7

Team Games......................................7Bulldog......................7

Crash Mat Cricket..7

Autograph Bingo....7

Shoe Bomb..............8

Man hunt..................8

Border Crossing/Passport 8

Capture The Flag...8

Dodgeball.................8Cannonball Alley....8

Danish Long Ball....8Human Battleships8

Chairs.........................8

Stomp........................8

Bomb..........................8

Perfect Match..........8

Cups and Saucers. 9

Crash Mat Skidding9

Ambush.....................9

Spiders Web............9

A2B.............................9

Flip the Mat..............9

Robots.......................9

Sheep Herding........9

Evolution...................9

Giant Skip.....................9

Polygons.......................9

10 And Hide.................9

Red Elbow....................9

Human Sculpture.........9

Chaos TAG....................9

Giants Wizards and Elves 10

Stacked.......................10

Categories..................10

40 40 In......................10

Tag..............................10

Challenges........................................10Human Knot...............10

Pass The Hoop............10

Memory Toss.............10

Parachute Games.............................10Sharks/Lifeguards......10

Cat and Mouse...........10

Shoot The Cannon.....11

Fruit Salad..................11

Popcorn......................11

Ball Roll......................11

Mushroom.................11

Parachute Tag............11

All Change..................11

Shoe Shuffle...............11

Parachute Volleyball. .11

Spaceship...................11

Party Games.....................................11Apple Bobbing............11

Smarties In Flour........11

Hula Hoops On Strings11

Pass the Parcel...........12

Cardboard Box Game.12

Pin the Tail on The Donkey 12

Sleeping Lions............12

Eat an Apple with no Hands 12

Talk About An Object.12

What’s on the Tray?...12

Touch and Feel...........12

Wide Games.....................................12Orienteering...............12

Paparazzi....................12

A2Z Treasure Hunt.....12

Picture Treasure Hunt12

Treasure Hunt/Scavenger Hunt 12

Other Activities.....................13

Bingo..........................13

“The Cube”.................13

Wacky Races..............13

Sensory/Nature Trails 13

Quiz............................13

Obstacle Course.........13

Camps Got Talent......13

Sports....................................13

Cricket..............................................13Traditional..................13

Kwik-Cricket...............13

French........................13

Basketball.........................................13Hockey.............................................13Football............................................13

Traditional..................13

Wembley....................13

Tennis...............................................13Messy Bedroom.........13

Bobsleigh....................13

Loose a Racquet.........13

Hospital......................13

Round the World.......14

Golf..................................................14Frisbee.......................14

Foot............................14

Mini............................14

Flip Flop......................14

Pool activities...................................14Octopus......................14

Pool Olympics............14

Animal Impressions....14

Water Polo.................14

Stuck in the Mud........14

Boat Races..................14

Dolphin/Sharks..........14

Relay Races................14

Spoons.......................15

Whirl Pool..................15

Lifeguard training.......15

Craft Activities.......................15

Boat Racing................15

Egg Drop.....................15

Potato Printing...........15

Comic Strips...............15

Puppet Making...........15

Stain Glass Windows..15

Collage.......................15

Origami......................15

Rubbings....................16

Printing............................................16Potato........................16

Leaf............................16

Hand...........................16

Paper Mache....................................16Painting............................................16

Hand/Finger...............16

Painting by Numbers. 16

Blow Painting.............16

Paint the Leader.........16

GamesCircle GamesPirates KeysChoose a child to be the pirate. All the children (except the pirate) sit cross legged on the floor in a circle.

The pirate can either sit cross-legged in the middle of the circle or lay on the floor face down, either way the child will be blind-folded and have a large bunch of keys on the floor in front of him/her.

The member of staff in charge will tap a child on the head and that child becomes the raider. The raider will attempt to creep up and take the keys and then return to their place, without the pirate hearing them. The pirate has three chances to point to where he thinks the raider is but he/she can only do this IF they hear the raider. If he/she is successful, the raider becomes the pirate.

Wink MurderChildren sit in a circle on the carpet and a staff member chooses a detective. The detective goes outside whilst you choose the murderer. When the murderer winks at you in the circle, you must play dead. The detective then must try and catch the murder. You can also add in ‘dramatic deaths’ and other dimensions such as more detectives or more murderers.

Down In The JungleSong – “Down in the jungle where nobody goes, there’s a big fat gorilla picking his nose, and he picks and he flicks it to see where it goes, who’s gonna get that, who’s gonna get that who’s gonna get that slimy snot!”

Children sit in a circle and place their right hand on top of the hand of the child that is sat next to them. One child starts off with the snot and passes it to the child on their left. All the children continue this whilst singing a song. When the song finishes the child with the snot gets to wipe it on another Brownie. The first time you get the snot you lose one hand. The second time you have to turn around but get both hands back. The third time you lose a hand again.

Granny’s KnickersThe children sit in a circle. One child sits middle of the circle and everyone in the circle takes it in turns to ask him/her a question e.g. what did you have for breakfast? The child in the middle is only allowed to answer ‘granny’s knickers”’ and they must not laugh or smile. If they laugh or smile they have to change places with the child whose question made them laugh.

CornersSelect one student to be ‘it’. That person closes his or her eyes while the rest of the students go to one of the four corners in the classroom. When all students are settled in a corner, ‘it’ calls out a number. All the kids who chose that corner are out of the game and must sit down.

Zip Zap BoingClear a space for a circle of children at arm’s length from each other. Zip - continues around circle in current direction. Zap change direction. Boing "NAME" - Bounce across circle to named person.All of these actions are accompanied by a definite point towards the next player. Incorrect action renders a player OUT. Out players sit on side and watch to catch others out.

21 questionsOne child thinks of something. It could be anything, or there might be rules limiting what can be used. The others players have 21 yes or no questions to ask that child to try to guess whatever that child had thought of. Another child thinks of another thing, and play continues until you decide to stop

Musical Chairs etc.The chairs are set up in a circle facing outwards (one chair less than the number of players). The music is turned on, and the players walk around the chairs. When the music stops the players race to sit in the available chairs. The player left standing is taken out of the game. The players all stand again and a chair is removed. The music is started and the walk around the chairs begins again. This procedure is continued until only one person remains. This person is the winner.

Cone gameSpread cones out randomly in an area, making sure to leave several yards of distance between cones. Split players into 2 even teams. One team will try to place them upside down (Down Team), while the other team will try to set them right side up (Up Team). Game continues for however long activity leaders seem fit.

SplatChildren stand in a circle and one child is chosen to stand in the middle to be the ‘splat master’. The splat master will point to a child and shout splat. The child who is being pointed at must duck down and the two children either side of her must shoot each other by shouting

splat. The child that shouted splat the slowest is out. Another way a child might be out is if they don’t duck down quick enough when they are pointed at. Also, if a child ducks or shouts splat and they are not either being pointed at or next to the person being pointed at, they will be out (misfire). When there are only two children left they go back to back in the middle of the circle. The splat master chooses a magic word which when said the children must turn and try and shoot each other by saying splat. Each time the splat master says a word that is not the magic word the children take one step away from each other. The winner is the last Brownie left in the game.

Chinese WhispersChildren will sit in a circle together, and a child/ staff member will think of a sentence which will be passed around the group, through whispering in each child’s ear. For example the brown fox jumped over the green frog.

This sentence will be passed around the circle until they reach the person who made the sentence up. When this person is reached he/she will tell the group what was whispered in to his/her ear and whether it is correct or not.

21You may say 1-3 numbers at a time one after another round the circle and you must count to 21. If someone says one number it carries on to the person to their right. If they say two numbers it then reverses to the person to their left. If they say 3 numbers it skips a person. If somebody says the wrong number or makes any other kind of mistake you go back to 1. If you make it to 21 the person who is forced to say 21 loses/ wins they can then make a new rule for eg. Instead of saying the number 5 you have to say “fathers” , so its 1…2…3..4..fathers.

21 ShoutIn a group (this can be done whilst walking between activities or in a circle) you have to count to 21 in order however you cannot organise yourselves and people have to shout out. If two people shout out at the same time you go back to 1.

Duck Duck GooseAll children need to sit in a circle apart from one child who will start the game. The selected child will walk around the outside of the circle tapping each child gently on the head and says, "duck" or "goose."

The child whose head has been tapped when the child says "goose" runs around the circle chasing the child who said "goose." The child who is being chased tries to get back to the place of the child who he/she just said "goose" to before being tagged.

If he/she gets tagged before he/she sits down he/she must sit in the middle of the circle in the "goose pot." The game can be played without the "goose pot" if young children are playing.

The Wording can be changed to anything the child wishes.

Time BombChildren who are taking part in the activity will stand/sit in a circle. The play leader will pass the ball to a child and that child will throw the ball to someone in the circle.

The ball continues being thrown from child to child until someone drops the ball. When this happens the “bomb” will begin to tick and staff will count down from 10 to 0. (Encouragement of children to count down will help their numeracy skills and becomes exciting!) Children will continue to throw the ball during countdown and the child that has last touched the ball or is holding the ball when 0 is reached, is out of the game and play will continue.

Pass The ClapAll Children need to be stood in a circle. One person starts with the “clap” in their hands and turns to face a person next to them. When they make eye contact or just when they are facing each other, they clap simultaneously. Then, that next person has the clap and turns to pass it on. After it has been passed around once and everyone has the hang of it, encourage people to move around, jump into a different part of the circle, and reverse it.

Mine RingAll the children stand in a circle holding hands facing inwards. A member of staff (the mine) stands in the centre. The children as a team have to move out of the way so that the member of staff doesn’t bump into them. If they do they “blow up”.

Action IntrosGet all children to stand in a circle. Have one person start by saying an action and their name. The action should start with the same letter as their name, like energetic Eric or jumping Jill.

When they say their action and name, they can also act out their action. So, jumping Jill would jump up and down. Have the entire group go around and repeat everyone’s actions and names each time a new person introduces him or herself.

Two Truths And A LieGo around the group and have everyone say two true statements about themselves and one false. The rest of the group has to guess which one is false. If participants find it hard to think on the spot, give them a piece of paper and let them write it down. Then throw the paper into the middle of the circle so you have to guess who the person is and what is false. You may be surprised. You can learn some

crazy things about each other!

I Went To The Supermarket Game starts by saying ‘when I went to the supermarket I bought…’ This is when the first person would choose something you buy from the supermarket beginning with ‘A’ i.e. apples. The second person then says ‘when I went to the supermarket I bought some apples and some ….’ the second person would then choose something beginning with ‘b’ (i.e. bacon), the third person would then say ‘When I went to the supermarket I bought some apples, some bacon and some ……’ and would choose an item beginning with ‘c’. When someone can’t remember all the items bought they are out. You can play the same game but just choosing shopping items not in alphabetical order.

Good Afternoon Your MajestyChoose a child to go and sit on a throne which faces away from your circle of children. Let them put on a crown and be the Queen/King. Get a servant to approach them by indicating that it is their turn by pointing to them(making sure no one gives away who it is). Get the child you pointed to creep up behind the Queen/King and to say "Good Afternoon Your Majesty" in a silly voice whilst the person on the throne has to guess who it was. If the child can guess who it was from the voice, they get a round of applause and a chorus of "Congratulations Your Majesty" from the rest of the class and the child who crept up gets a go.

NESW (North, East, South, West)In a hall or set out area, set four points which are compass points. Shout out a point and children to that point.Adaptations: change the name of the points, reverse the points e.g. shout south but run to north.

ConquestEvery child picks a country and tells the leader in private. You sit them down and say which countries have been chosen but not who chose them. One child will pick another child and guess their country. If they are correct then they have conquered them. If not the person they chose gets to guess someone new.

ConsequencesHave the players sit in a circle; each person is provided with a half sheet of notepaper and a pencil. Have each person write on the top (1) one or more adjectives.

Fold the paper over, so that what has been written cannot be seen. Keep passing the papers. Every player has to pass his or her paper on to the right-hand neighbor, and all have then to write on the top of the paper which has been passed by the left-hand neighbor: (2) "the name of the man;" after having done this, the paper must again be folded and passed on as before; this time must be written (3) one or more adjectives; then (4) a woman's name; next (5), where they met; next (6), what he gave her; next (7), what he said to her; next (8), what she said to him; next (9), the consequence; and lastly (10), what the world said about it.

Be careful that every time anything has been written, the paper is folded down and passed on to the player on your right. When everyone has written what the world says, the papers are collected and a spokesperson proceeds to read out the various papers. As an example, an end result can read something like this: (1) The horrifying and delightful (2) Mr. Brown (3) met the charming (4) Miss Philips (5) in Lincoln Park; (6) he gave her a flower (7) and said to her: "How's your mother?" (8) She said to him: "I'm sick of eating hamburgers"; and (9) the consequence was they won the hot-dog eating competition, and the world said (10), "Just what we expected."

Drawing WhispersPictionary mixed with Chinese Whispers.First person writes a sentence/phrase on a piece of paper; next person draws a picture from that sentence. Fold the paper over so the first sentence cannot be seen. Next person writes a sentence underneath the picture of what the picture is of. Fold over the picture so next person draws a picture from the sentence before.

MafiaThe narrator tells the towns people to go to sleep and everyone closes their eyes. They then announce that one tap will stand for mafia and two taps will stand for angel. The narrator quietly walks around the circle and chooses two people for the jobs of mafia and angel, giving them the appropriate number of taps to let them know. The narrator then says out loud "Mafia Wake Up". The mafia opens their eyes. The narrator says "Choose someone to kill" and the mafia points at who they choose to kill. The narrator then tells the mafia to go back to sleep and the mafia closes their eyes. The narrator then says for the angel to wake up and to choose someone to save. The angel points at who they choose to save and then goes back to sleep. The narrator then tells the townspeople to all wake up. If they mafia and angel chose different people then the the narrator announces who the mafia chose somewhat like:"It was a very very sad night, when 'lindsey' died". Some groups play it that the narrator gets to make up a funny, elaborate story on how the person died.*If the mafia and angel choose the same person then the narrator announces that no one died.When someone does die they get the chance to guess who killed them, if they guess correctly then the game is over and the mafia loses. If they guess wrong, then another round starts.

A Frog Jumped Into The PondEach player takes it in turns to say one word from the sentence: The Frog Jumped in the Pond, Plop! (i.e. the first person says “The”, the second person says “Frog”, and so on).

Once the sentence has been completed, play continues around the circle in the same manner, except that each word of the sentence must be said twice, with each person still only saying one word (i.e. now the first person says “The”, and the second person also says “The”, and the third person says “Frog”).The game is then continued, repeating each word 3 times, then 4 times, and so on. If someone makes a mistake they are out.

Indian SignsEach person thinks of their own sign or action to do. Create order in which everyone must do their sign to another in the same order. If someone forgets the order then restart.

Simon SaysOne person is designated Simon, the others are the players. Standing in front of the group, Simon tells players what they must do. However, the players must only obey commands that begin with the words "Simon Says." If Simon says, "Simon says touch your nose," then players must touch their nose. A command without the beginning “Simon says” means do not do this action.

Let’s Go Camping One player thinks of a place and the rest of the group have to work out what that place is. To do this, they make statements in turn relating to what they would take to the place. For instance, if the place chosen is a beach, and a player says, “I’m going camping and I’m taking a towel”, then because you can expect there to be towels on the beach, the player stays in. If the next person states, “I’m going camping and I’m taking a TV”, they would be out since there aren't any televisions on the beach. The game comes to an end when somebody correctly guesses the place. However, if someone makes an incorrect guess, they are out. Once someone makes a correct guess, they have to choose another location and the game starts all over again.

CategoriesEach player has a piece of paper and a pencil. Each player draws a 5x5 grid on their piece of paper, leaving enough space in the boxes to be able to write words.Five categories are chosen, and each player writes them down the left side of the grid, one category per row. Categories can be almost anything, and as easy or difficult as the players wish to make them. Examples include birds, television shows, novelists, cities in Pennsylvania, and U.S. presidents.A five-letter keyword is chosen and written across the top, one letter above each column. Keywords cannot have repeating letters (e.g., PIPES would be an illegal keyword because it has two Ps). Keywords also should not include Q, X or Z, unless the players want a serious challengeThe categories and keyword may be chosen by any method the players agree to. One option is to roll a die or dice, with the highest roller choosing the keyword and the next five choosing the categories.GameplayA time limit is set, perhaps 5 or 10 minutes depending on the skill of the players.Each player tries to fill in the grid with words that fit into the categories and start with the letters of the keyword.For proper names, the last name should be used (e.g. George Bush would fit under “B” but not “G”). In cases where a person goes by only a single name (e.g. Shakira or Madonna), that name should be used.ScoringWhen the time limit expires, players compare their answers. Each block is taken up, one by one. Each player announces the word, if any, they have for that block. One point is scored for each other player who does not have the same word.If a word is of questionable legitimacy, the players should vote on whether or not to accept it.After all 25 blocks are scored, players total their points.

What Are You Doing? (Like Simon Says)A game where you say one thing but do another. This game is for 4 or more people. To play, you pretend to do an action like washing your hair or drinking tea. The person next to you then asks, "Excuse me, what are you doing? “You have to say something other than what you are really doing. So if you were pretending to brush your teeth, you could say "I'm eating pizza. “Then that person has to pretend that he's eating pizza and say something different when the next person asks him, "Excuse me, what are you doing?" If a player makes a mistake, he's out. Try to keep it going around the circle and see how fast you can go!

Rhythm MasterClap hands in a circle, one person is the rhythm master. The master changes the beat of the claps, everyone has to guess who they the master is.

Bean Bag GolfSet out tri-golf target or use hoops for zones/targets. Under arm throws to throw into targets to score points.

Smelly Onion/Duck Duck gooseHave everyone sit in a circle and name each child Ketchup, mustard, or relish. Then the leader calls out one of those items and those people stand up and must run around the circle in a designated and try to get back to their spot. The last 2 people go into the center of the circle and become smelly onions. Play until there are more smelly onions than anyone else.

Sharks and FishesForm a line at one end of the area- this is one shore line of the ocean (both ends of the area are shore lines and are the safe or free zones). A shark is chosen and that person is placed in the middle of the ocean. The shark yells out "FISHY FISHY, CROSS MY OCEAN!". The fish swim from one shore to the other- they try to avoid being tagged by the shark. The shark's job is to go after the fish. If the shark touches a fish, the fish now becomes a seaweed. The seaweed stands still (seaweed can not move its feet), and servers as a safe area for the fish. If the seaweed touches the shark, the seaweed turns back into a fish and can swim to shore. Alternatively, The seaweed could be EVIL. if a fish touches a seaweed, they also become a seaweed. This speeds up the game.

Head CatchSomeone in the middle of a circle. Person goes round the circle and shouts head or catch. If head then child must head the ball back to the person in the middle, if catch then they catch and pass it back. To make it more challenging, when head is shouted then catch it and visa versa.

Group StoryEach child starts with a piece of paper, they write a sentence at the top and pass it round the circle with each person adding an extra sentence each time. Once you have made it all the way round, stop and read them all out.

Supermarket Game“I went to supermarket and bought…”. Go round the circle and recall everything on the shopping list and add another. If the list is wrong then restart

10Animal Alphabet Bomb Disposal Bubble Game Card Games Catch, Don’t Catch Changing Places Chants Circle Catch Consequences Drop It Catch ItEgg CatchEmpireFarmers In The Den Flinch Foot Murder Frog Game Grandmas Keys Green Eggs and Ham Honey Pot Hot Potato I – Spy I Like? I Want To?Jenga Key Games Movement Maker Musical Chairs Ninja Number Game Once Upon A TimeParachute Plague Pop The Bubble Riddles Sharks and Life Guards SignsSwap Water Balloon What’s the time Mr Wolf

Word Association Zombie Game Zoo Game

Word gamesCrossed, UncrossedTwo sticks/pens/pencils etc are laying on the floor crossed over or side by side. Go round the circle and ask if they are crossed or uncrossed. Regardless of the pencils, if the child’s legs are crossed then the sticks are crossed. If the child’s legs are uncrossed then the sticks are uncrossed. Pick up the sticks and put them back down as often as wanted.

21 QuestionsA member of staff will choose a child who will think of an object/ person/character etc. The rest of the group has to try and find out who/ what the chosen child is describing. The group can only ask questions which will result in a yes or no answer. For example: “Is it a person?” answer to be “yes/no”, and so on till they have enough information to guess the answer. The person who has guessed correctly will then swap places and describe their item. If it takes more than 21 attempts the player who chose the object/person wins.

Count to 21As a group, count to 21 one at a time. Anyone can call out the numbers but if two or more people say a number at the same then must restart from 0. No talking is allowed so children can’t decide who goes next. To make it harder, get everyone to cover their eyes.

Woops BunnyOn your fingers, touch each fingertip and say bunny. After your index finger, say woops as you go down the finger and up to the thumb. Say bunny as you touch the tip of thumb and say woops as you go down the thumb and back up to the index finger. Say bunny for the rest of the fingers and then cross your arms at the end. Get a child to repeat it back to you but they must do the bunny woops correctly AND cross their arms at the end.

Number SticksDrop a load of sticks/pens/pencils etc. on the floor. Make your hand visible but discreetly with your fingers showing a number. Ask the children, how sticks are on the floor. Only when they say the number of fingers you’re showing will they be correct.

The Polite ArtistTake turns in drawing an imaginary picture with an imaginary paint brush. When finished your drawing pass on the paintbrush and the receiver must say thank you. Works well with groups who have been rude or have bad manners.

Traveller GameHave to choose two destinations and how you got there via transport. You must say “uh” before the transport. E.g. “I went from Barcelona to Paris uh by train”. If children don’t say “uh” then can have another go next time.

Team GamesBulldogDepending on group size, children are chosen to be the ‘bulldogs’. The bulldogs stand in the middle of the play area. All remaining players stand at one end zone. The aim of the game is to run from one end zone to the other end zone on the other side of the field of play without being caught by the bulldogs. When a player is caught, they become a bulldog themselves. The winner is the last player left that hasn’t been caught.

Crash Mat CricketSame rules as cricket, whether it be traditional or kwik cricket. The bases are crash mats and its encourage for children to jump onto crash mats to score runs.

Autograph BingoThe goal of this icebreaker game is to encourage the children to mingle with as many others as possible. You start a load of bingo cards which have enough room in each square for a child to write a fact about themselves. They take it in turn to write one fact on each card until all the cards are full they then need to obtain a signature for each fact from a different child of whom the fact is true. Then just as regular bingo rules, once a player successfully obtains a full line on his or her Bingo sheet, whether obtained horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, he or she will turn in their Bingo card for the chance to win first complete one wins or you could give them several and see how many they can get in a length of time.

Shoe BombOne person is chosen to go outside or away from play area so they can’t hear. Everyone else takes off one of their shoes and one of those is chosen to be the ‘bomb’. The player comes back to the group and has the guess which one is the bomb, they have to give all the shoes back to correct person before the bomb goes off. Leader decides how long this is.

Man huntVariation of tag, typically played in the dark. Spread out in big area, people are on IT depending on group size and have to go find and tag other players. Once caught they also help tag others.

Border Crossing/PassportBulldog game with a theme. Each child gets a slip of paper that they can leave blank or draw a passport on. They then have to hide their ‘passport’ on their person – in appropriate places. Bulldog is then played with people in the middle being ‘border patrol’. If caught, the border patrol has 3 chances to guess where they have hid their passport. If they guess correctly then they are now border patrol as wll. If incorrectly guessed then they get to carry on running.

Capture The FlagField of play is split into two halves, with each team having a “base” in their own half. Two teams each have a flag (or another marker such as a bib) and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's base, and bring it safely back to their own base. Enemy players can be "tagged" by players in their own half; these players are then, sent back to their own half "in jail” until freed by a team mate tagging them.

DodgeballField of play is split into half with equal teams on each side. Objective of each team is to eliminate all members of the opposing team. This is done by hitting them with a ball without bouncing/rolling, or catching a ball which has been thrown from the other team which has not hit the ground. If catching a ball, which doesn’t hit the floor, then a teammate can rejoin the game while the thrower sits out. To start, dodgeballs are in the middle and teams run to them after a countdown to get their first. The game is over when one team’s players have all been hit. For younger players or for safety only allow underarm throws and only hitting waist and below counts as a hit, anything above waist doesn’t count.

Cannonball AlleyVariation of dodgeball. Field of play is set up as an alley/lane with two end zones and throwers on the side of the alley. Children are chosen to be throwers on either side of the alley throwing balls at the others running from one end zone to the other end zone. Once everyone has made it to the end or got hit, those who got hit are now throwers as well and balls are reset on the side. The winner is the last person to make it back and forth to the end zones without getting hit. Like dodgeball, rules can be altered for safety and age group.

Danish Long BallMixture of rounder and cricket. Set up like normal game of rounders but instead of running around 4 bases, players must run in a diagonal direction (that’s been set out), and run back to base before the ball gets back the base or pitcher. Can be adapted to use a dodgeball or football and playing the game kicking. For safety use under arm throws.

Human BattleshipsLike the board game with humans. Put up a crash mat or equivalent barrier for when lying down players can’t see the other team. Players then lie down on floor to create their battleships. One at a time, a ball is thrown over the barrier to either hit or miss the opposing team. Winner is when all ‘battleships’ have been hit.

Chairs1 chair to 1 player. One person is the sloth and moves slowly (must have two legs and an arm touching the floor at one time). After a countdown everyone goes to sit down on a chair. Aim is to not let the sloth sit down, players can move but only from chair to chair.

StompStand in a circle and take turns to step. Aim is to stand on the foot of the person next to you.

BombHelpful if need to kill time before next activity. Children stand around leader in a circle holding hands. Leader is the bomb and if they touch the children the bomb will go off. Walk around so they have to follow you wherever you go so can go in any direction.

Perfect MatchPick one child. Ask them yes or no questions. Split group into yes or no answers. If different to the child they are out. Keep going until one person had agreed with the chosen child’s answers.

Cups and SaucersSpread cones out randomly in an area, making sure to leave several yards of distance between cones. Split players into 2 even teams. One team will try to place them the right way up (Saucers) , while the other team will try to set them upside down (cups). Game continues for however long activity leaders seem fit.

Crash Mat SkiddingAs a team, players one at a time run into a crash to skid it along the floor to get it to cross over the line first.

AmbushHide and seek as a team. One teams hides altogether in the same place and the other team seeks altogether.

Spiders WebTie ropes between tress to create a web. Teams have to go through the holes to get to the other side but a hole can only be used once to get through.

A2BTeams must create a line from one line to another. Leader decided on rules e.g. each team can only have 5 feet, 3 hands, 1 elbow on the floor at any time.

Flip the MatStand on a mat or a carpet as group and they have to try and turn over mat without touching floor.

RobotsTeams of three. Person 1 is the robot who is blindfolded, person 2 can speak but is not allowed to see the robot and person 3 can see the robot but is not allowed to speak. As a team the robot has to find and pick up a cone.

Sheep HerdingEveryone is blindfolded except one person who is the sheepdog. The sheepdog gives instructions to the other to get them in a coned area.

EvolutionRun around in a space. Name players ‘eggs’, ‘chickens’, ‘crocodiles’ and ‘superman’. As they run around they need to find someone else who is the same as them. So, if an egg finds an egg then they both become a chicken etc. until everyone is superman. Once paired up you cannot use them again to pair up to the next level.

Giant SkipOne long skipping rope that everyone has to jump over.

PolygonsA long rope that starts in one shape such as a line. Everyone must hold onto the outside of the rope. An activity leader shouts out a shape and participants must get into that shape without letting go of the rope. To make it harder participants can be bling folded.

10 And Hide Person A counts from 10 to 0 with eyes closed while everyone else hides. When person A has counted down they can open their eyes and move only two steps, if person A can see any individuals then the individual that has been spotted is out. Peron A then counts down from 9 HOWEVER, this time the individuals hiding must run and tap person A on the shoulder and then run to hide again. When person A gets to 0 eyes can be open, two steps are taken again and if anyone is seen then that individual is out. Keep doing this until there is only one hider left.

Red ElbowWhen activity leader shouts out a colour and body limb each participant needs to find an object that has that colour on it and touch the specific body part that has been shouted out to that colour.

Human SculptureSplit in to 4/ 5 teams activity leader shouts out an object the teams need to make that object out of their bodies.

Chaos TAGEveryone is a tagger. When a tagger tags someone they sit down. When the person that is sat down sees the person that tagged them get tagged they stand up and start running again.

Giants Wizards and ElvesSplit into 2 teams. Animated rock paper scissors. Each time decides what they wish to be giants, wizard or elves. Giants stomps wizards, wizards make elves disappear and giants are afraid of elves..

StackedSit in a circle on chairs. Ask questions, if answer is yes to the question then sit down to the left. If someone is sitting there then sit on their lap. Only people on top can move spaces. Questions can relate to likes and dislikes or experiences.

CategoriesSomeone names a category and then go around the group to name something to do with that category without hesitating or repeating what has already been said.

40 40 InMixture of tag and hide and seek with a ‘base’. A player is chosen as "It" and a landmark is chosen as the base. Players who are not "It" run and hide, while "It" counts to a certain number. "It" looks for the other players, while the players try to get to base without being seen.If a player gets to base without being seen, they shout "forty forty in” and are then safe, waiting at base for the remainder of the game. In order to catch someone, "It" must see the person, run back, touch the base and say "forty forty I see [name] I see [name] behind that tree" while pointing at it.

TagActivity leader picks 1-3 people depending on how many are in a group to be the taggers. Everyone else runs around, when the tagger tags an individual they freeze when everyone has been tagged and frozen the tager wins.

ChallengesHuman KnotEveryone stands in a circle and puts their right hand into the middle. They clasp hands with someone across the circle. Then, everyone puts their left hand into the middle of the circle and clasps the hand of a *different* person. The group is now in a “knot”. The object is for the group to untangle itself without releasing anyone’s hand.

Pass The HoopAsk the kids to form a circle. Place a Hula-Hoop over one kid's arm, and instruct everyone to join hands. Without letting go of anyone's hand, the team must find a way to move the Hula-Hoop all the way around the circle.

Memory TossEveryone stands in a circle. One person starts by throwing the ball to another person. Continue passing the ball around so that everyone gets the ball once. The ball should end up with the person who started it. Remember the order and then time how fast the group can get the ball through everyone. See if the group can beat their fastest time!

Parachute GamesSharks/LifeguardsHave children hold the parachute and stretch the parachute right out, then tell the children to sit down on the floor with the parachute covering their legs.

A member of staff will select 1 or 2 children (depending on group size) to be the sharks and go under the sea (parachute). Staff then need to select some other children to be the lifeguards (again 2 or 3 depending on group size). The lifeguards will stand around the outside of the chute and the remaining children are the swimmers.

When the game begins, the swimmers shake the chute to create the ocean waves, the sharks grasp swimmers by the ankles and attempt to pull them in. When children are being pulled under by “sharks” they need to shout loudly LIFEGUARD, LIFEGUARD!! And the lifeguards grasp the swimmers by the hands and pull them back onto the shore before they go under. If a swimmer goes under, he/she becomes a shark. Time limit is one minute and the winners are the swimmers who survive the shark attack. They then become the sharks!

Cat and MouseStaff and children are to stand around holding the parachute. A member of staff will select a child to be the mouse and a cat. (You can make it more interesting by having more mice/cats) Mice crawl under the parachute and hide. Cats crawl carefully on hands and knees on top of the parachute with their eyes closed.

The children begin to shake the parachute up and down making big waves. Get the children to count down from 5, and on zero the mouse will start to crawl around underneath and try to avoid being tagged through the parachute by the cat. The cat will crawl around on top of the parachute with their eyes still shut. The game ends when all mice are caught.

Staff will then chose the next cat and mouse until everyone has had a turn.

Shoot The CannonTry to work together to get a ball to go as high as possible. Try a variety of balls to see what works best.

Fruit SaladGroups of players are given the label of a fruit – pears, apples, oranges etc. When their fruit name has been called out they have to go under the parachute and swap places with the other fruit names.

Popcorn This is a simple game and involves a parachute and several foam balls.Aim of the game is to have all children and staff hold the parachute, but let the parachute rest on the floor. Place a few small foam balls in the middle of the chute and have the children/staff shake the chute, popping them up in the air.Could make it more fun by adding less balls and seeing how high you can “pop the corn”!

Ball RollRoll a ball around on top of the parachute. If the ball falls off, the person closest to where it fell is out.

MushroomVery simple game. Get the Kids to lift up the parachute in the air, tell the children to take a step forward and pull the parachute behind them. Children need to sit down on their edge of the parachute on the inside.You can then run other games inside or; have a child/ren stand on the outside of the parachute and everyone else make the giant tent. Once the children are in the tent, get the children to lay down on the parachute making sure there are no gaps. A countdown is started from 10 to 0, and that is how long the child on the outside has got to “break in” to the tent.

Parachute TagLift the parachute high into the air. Call out two children’s names. They must trade empty spots by running under the chute, before it comes down on them.

All ChangeThe leader calls out birthday months, pre-assigned numbers, colours, etc, and those children swap places under the chute before it falls, and run to an empty space.

Shoe ShuffleA selected number take off one shoe and throw it in the middle. On the count of three, raise the chute, and the designated children have to run under and find their shoe before the chute comes down.

Parachute VolleyballDivide the class in half down the middle of the parachute. With foam balls on the parachute, have them try to flip the balls on to the other team's side.

SpaceshipLift up chute. Pull down together to the top of shoes. On "Go", everyone should let go of the chute together. If done properly, the chute will hover off the ground like a space ship.

Party GamesApple BobbingPut apples in a tub and fill up with water. Take it in turns to get the apple out of the tub by using only your mouth. Tip to make it harder use a deeper bowl so the apples do not touch the bottom. To make it easier use less water so apples touch the bottom.

Smarties In FlourPut some smarties in a tub of flour. Take it in turns to use your mouth to get the smarties out.

Hula Hoops On StringsTie a piece on to something stable so the string hangs down. Thread Hula Hoops onto the sting and take it in turns to eat a hula hoop only using your mouth.

Pass the ParcelWrap up a little gift with many layers of paper, in each layer insert a small sweet. The game starts with music playing and the parcel gets passed around, when the music stops the individual that is holding the parcel opens a layer and retrieve a little sweet. This happens until the last layer of paper is taken off and the little gift inside is revealed.

Cardboard Box GameActivity leader puts a card board box on the floor. In turn each induvial needs to pick up the card board box with their teeth. After every successful go the activity leader must rip off a little more of the box. The individual that can pick up the littlest box up from the floor is the winner.

Pin the Tail on The DonkeyEnlarge a big picture of a donkey onto paper and put on a wall. Have a separate tail with a pin on the end. Each participant takes it in turns to pin the tail on the right place of the donkey however, when doing so each individual needs to be blind folded and spun around.

Sleeping LionsAll participants are to lay on the floor and pretend to be a sleep, no movement is allowed. One separate individual is to spot to see if anyone moves. If a participate moves they are out and either can help spot or sit out.

Eat an Apple with no HandsPut an apple on a flat surface and take it in turns to eat your apple (use a different apple for each person.) The person that can eat their apple the quickest is the winner.

Talk About An ObjectTake it in turns to talk about an object. The aim of the game is not to deviate, pause, laugh, err or em. Fluent information must be said about your specific object. The individual that can talk for the longest fluently is the winner.

What’s on the Tray?Activity leader puts a bunch of different objects on a tray and covers it with a cloth. The participants need to look what is on the tray and remember everything that is on it. After the first time an activity leader takes one thing away and then participants need to guess what has left.

Touch and FeelBlind fold participants and hold out an object. Everyone has to guess what object is in front of them.

Wide GamesOrienteeringActivities that require navigational skills usually using a map and compass to navigate and find certain points on site. Can be used for treasure hunts or to find clues.

PaparazziLeaders a designated pop stars and spread themselves around the camp site. The children are then split into fans and paparazzi. The fan have to find all the stars and get their autograph on a piece of paper, while the paparazzi have to find the stars and once they do that, the stars can no longer give out autographs. The winner is when the fans have got all the autographs or the paparazzi have stopped all the stars giving autographs.

A2Z Treasure HuntEveryone must find something that starts with every letter of the alphabet. The first one to complete this is the winner.

Picture Treasure HuntEach group or individual goes on a treasure hunt to find specific pictures.

Treasure Hunt/Scavenger HuntHide treats, objects or paper cut out of daily theme around a selected area if different areas. Each activity leader takes one group and search in that area. When every area has been searched count objects. The person/group with the most objects that have been found are the winners.

Other ActivitiesBingoPlayers mark off numbers on cards as the numbers are drawn randomly by the leader. The winner being the first person to mark off all their numbers. Winners can win by getting a line or a full house (all the numbers).

“The Cube”The aim of the game is to complete a series of challenges. These challenges will involve using various skills and knowledge.

The staff will encourage the children throughout and give them a set amount of lives to reach the final task!!!

The Three children who have the most lives remaining at the end of the challenges, will claim the winning prizes!!!

If a draw is to arise, one final challenge will need to be completed to see who the winner…is.

Challenge Ideas: (feel free to make up own)

1) Walk the blank backward without falling off

2) Catch a ball

3) Throw a ball into the bucket

4) Spot the missing object

5) Stack 10 cups into a pyramid before the time runs out

6) Roll a ball and make it stop in a designated place

7) Knock as many skittles down as possible with one ball

8) Get a Ping Pong ball in a cup

9) Transfer 15 tennis balls from a box to the bucket in 10 seconds, (15 seconds younger children)

10) Guide a football through several cones and score a goal in 20 seconds. (30 for younger children)

Wacky RacesA combination of relay races:

Acting – act out a scenario Ankle run – hold ankles while running

Backwards Bean bag on head

Domes and dishes – turn over cones as they are running

Dress up – put on and take off clothing at different stages

Egg and spoon Elephant – run back and forth, collect a teammate each time

Fish chips and mushy – shuttles runs. White cones – fish. Yellow cones – chips. Green cones – mushy peas

Flip the pancake – use a tennis racquet and splat mats

Football dribble Hopping

Hula hoop Jumping Leap frog - Two person or whole team

Roly Poly

Rugby ball dribble Screaming race – run with one breath and go for as long as possible

Skip rope Sprint

Tennis racquet and ball – keepy ups

Three legged Three-point contact – touch the floor with 3 different body parts

Wheelbarrow

Sensory/Nature TrailsLine a string or rope between tress or obstacles. Children are blindfolded and have to follow the rope.

QuizSee resource folder for quiz questions

Obstacle CourseA series of physical obstacles that children must overcome. Can involve crawling, running, climbing, teamwork etc.

Camps Got TalentCamp Talent Show

SportsCricketTraditionalTwo people at the stumps with a bat one bowler, the other participants of the bowler’s team fielding the batter team mates sit to the side. The bowler bowls the ball to one batter the batter needs to hit it as far as they can and run to the other stumps. Soon as the other batter runs the other batter runs to, therefore, when batter hits ball the batters run and swap positions. When ball is hit fielders need to throw the ball back to the bowler as quickly as possible. When the ball is hit if It is caught by the fielders then the batter is out and the batters other team mate fills their position.

Kwik-Cricket Same rules as traditional however it is with a child friendly cricket set.

FrenchThe players stand in a circle, and somebody is chosen to bat first. He stands with his feet together, defending the "stumps", which are his legs below the knees. The players in the circle bowl at the stumps and he must hit the ball away. If he hits the ball, and only if he hits the ball, he can move his feet and turn around to face in another direction. If he doesn't hit the ball, he must twist and turn to try to defend the stumps without moving his feet. He can also be "caught out", if he hits the ball and one of the players in the circle catches it before it

bounces. You can get yourself into quite a pickle if you are trying to defend your stumps against a player who is bowling at you from behind!When he is "out", he is usually replaced by the player who bowled him or caught him out. If the game is very unequal, you might step in and make sure that everybody takes it in turns to bat instead.

BasketballTeams are assigned a basket at which to shoot for the first half, and they switch ends at half-time. The game begins with a jump ball at centre court between one player from each team. Other players line up in alternating fashion around the centre circle. Once the ball is touched by either player, the game begins. The team in possession of the ball is on offense and takes the ball toward their basket to score against their opponent who is on defence.Double Dribble = Illegal. When a player touches the ball with both hands at the same time or when the player dribbles, picks up the ball and then starts dribbling again. Travelling = Illegal. When a player holds the basketball without dribbling for more than two steps. Half way through game teams swap sides. The team with the most points at the end of the time win.

HockeyTwo teams trying to get the ball into the net their opponents net to win a point. Cone out a section on a felid the same size as a basketball or netball pitch. Two team’s different sides of the pitch passing and dribbling the hockey ball, working with your team to score a point.

FootballTraditionalCan play 5-a-side to 11-a-side matches.

WembleyAll against all match in one goal where the last person to not score is knocked out. Continue until last round and winner has scored.

TennisMessy BedroomEarly years. Half bucket of balls in each half. Certain time frame to get all their balls into the others half.

BobsleighFire balls down tram lines.

Loose a RacquetPlay a rally 1v1 with a queue. If you hit out or hit net, you lose a racquet and share teammates.

HospitalSpread out on court, balls fire at children. If you are closest to ball and it goes out or missed, then lose 1 arm 2 arm 1 leg 2 leg etc.

Round the WorldSplit teams evenly either half. Queue up, once hit the ball run around the net and join the back of the queue until last two are left.

GolfFrisbeeSet a starting point (tee) and finish point (hole). Use a frisbee to throw towards the hole and finish the course in as few throws as possible.

FootSame as frisbee rules but kicking a ball.

MiniPutting only. Set up various holes with obstacles to make it more challenging.

Flip FlopSame as frisbee rules but throw flip flops.

Pool activitiesOctopusA member or staff will choose a child to be “the octopus" and get him/her to stand in the middle of the pool. Everybody else needs to line up on one side of the pool and try and swim to the other side without being tagged.The children who get tagged will then hold hands with "the octopus", and will work together as a team (whilst holding hands) and try to tag the swimmers as they try and make it to the other end of the pool.Keep going until all players have been tagged - then choose another "it" and start again.

Pool OlympicsA variety of team and/or individual events based in the swimming pool.

Animal ImpressionsChildren compete to do their best impressions of an animal in the pool.

Water PoloNormal game of water polo. Give every child a noodle to support them.

Stuck in the MudName the taggers depending on group size. Once tagged, child must tread water, to be set free someone else must swim between their legs.

Boat RacesMake a boat out of floats and paddle in relay race. Alternatively create an arts and craft boat and race them.

Dolphin/SharksStart the game by gathering everyone into the middle of the pool. Divide evenly half the children into dolphins and the other half into sharks, leaving one player to be the leader.

Designate one end of the pool as the dolphins' safe point and the other end as the sharks' safe point. When ready, the leader calls out either "dolphins" or "sharks."

Whichever group you called has to quickly swim away to their safety point while their opponents chase them, trying to tag as many as possible. Throughout the game, randomly call out either team. Any player tagged has to join the enemy team. The game ends when all players have become part of one team.

Relay Races Push a ball with their noses Riding a noodle Arms/Legs only Noodle Tug of war (everybody is connected by holding onto a noodle then broken into two teams trying to swim in the

opposite directions. The team that reaches the edge first wins. Or you can do it in a circle kicking in the middle outwards) Trying to swim with either a ball or noodle

SpoonsThis is like musical chairs but with spoons. You throw in a number of spoons or weights into the pool while everyone playing covers their eyes, however there is one less spoon than people. The player at the end who has no spoon to find is then out. Or to be more inclusive loses a point and everyone is back in after and then start again.

Whirl PoolEarly years activity. Run in a circle in the pool to create a current. Countdown 3, 2, 1 and jump up so everyone floats with the current.

Lifeguard trainingBasic lifeguard skills.

Throw bags Life guard towing Jumping into the pool safely Bring spare clothes and swim in clothes Pick up brick from bottom of pool

Craft ActivitiesBoat RacingMake an origami boat. Fill up a plastic box of water or find a smaller river and race your boats.

Egg DropGet students in groups to make a protective shell for a egg using any arts and craft equipment. Drop eggs from the same height and see what eggs brake and do not. The teams egg that does not break is the winner.

Potato PrintingActivity leaders cut potatoes into different shapes and print allow participants to make funky pictures with the potato prints.

Comic StripsParticipants can either work together or singularly to create a comic strip. Activity leaders can assign tasks for individuals such as- designer or writer. Allow groups to show at the end of the activity.

Puppet MakingCreate puppets for puppet show using any Arts equipment

Stain Glass Windows

Collage A mixture of different colour, papers and textures to create a picture of design.

OrigamiA single piece pf paper that is folded into anything you wish to make.

RubbingsPaper over a rubbing stencil and use crayons or chalk to rub on design/pattern.

PrintingPotatoLeafHandPaper MachePaintingHand/FingerPainting by NumbersBlow PaintingPaint the Leader