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Survivor Skills Club

Kids ‘R’ Kids Mini Camp

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Introduction Welcome to the Survivor Skills Club! We are excited for you to join the club. At the end of this club, you will have many new survival skills to get through any pandemic we may face in the years to come. The club is a group of campers in an isolated location. The campers will complete challenges for rewards and medals from camp leaders (teachers). The campers are motivated by their fellow campers every week with chants, rhymes, and interactive dances. The final week, one camper is given the title of “Sole Camper” and is awarded certificate for Summer Camp 2020. Discussion What is the single most important thing you need to survive in the wild? If you are looking for insects to eat, which ones should you avoid? Is it a good idea to build your shelter near water? Why should you try to avoid sleeping directly on the ground? Why should you melt snow or ice before drinking it? Which symptoms determines if you are experiencing severe dehydration? What feature of the snake is used determine if the snake is venomous? Which insects are the most popular edible insect in the world?

Camp Leaders Have your campers in the club pick club captains for each challenge. You can switch campers on different teams each week for the challenges to make sure everyone gets to work together throughout the summer or keep consistent teams throughout entire summer. Record winning team after each challenge. Some of these challenges can be done as a team while others as an individual. Each challenge will focus on certain survival skills but many of these skills will be used each week.

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Materials

• Cotton Fabrics (variety of colors) • Hot Glue Gun • PVC “t-connector” in 1” and 1 ½” • PVC pipe 18” length and 48” length

(or longer depending on how long you want the poles)

• Fabric paint Preparation Make camp banners for camp teams or individual campers you will have competing in the Survivor challenges. These banners can be used to signal when a team is done with a relay and also to promote team pride. Campers can choose the teams’ names from your city, landmarks around town, or favorite animals.

Instructions

1. Choose cotton fabrics in different colors for each team - 2/3 yard each or 24” of each color.

2. Fold the top edge down to make a pocket for a 1” PVC pipe and sew across the top. If you do not sew, you can do this with a hot glue gun.

3. Pick the font of your choice and enlarge on word processor to print out. Cut the letter from the paper so you can have a template for your letters.

4. Use the letter templates to help paint the teams’ name on the banner.

5. For each banner you will need 1” PVC pipe in a 18” length and a 48” length (or longer depending on how long you want the poles) and a PVC “t-connector” in 1” and ½”.

6. Take the “t-connector” and place on the backside or the banner in the middle. Slip the “t-connector” into the pocket of the banner so that the larger ½ part is under the fabric and the smaller 1” side is facing out.

7. Put the 18” piece of PVC pipe through the pocket of the banner and through the “t-connector”. Since the PVC pipe connecter is larger than the 1” PVC pipe, hot glue the two together through the 1’ hole in the connector. You have to use the larger connector or the 1” PVC pipe won’t slide through).

8. Hot glue the edges of the banner pocket to the 18” PVC pipe inside to secure the ends.

9. Then attach the longer 48” piece of PVC pipe to the connector and you’re done!

Challenge: Survivor Team Banners

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Materials

• 1 ½ or larger PVC pipe in foot sections- one piece per team

• marbles Preparation The object of the challenge is to move through an obstacle course while two teammates hold opposite ends of the PVC pipe with a marble inside it. If the marble drops out during the relay, the two who dropped it have to start again. This is harder than it sounds and lots of fun. Instructions

1. Make sure the campers hold the PVC pipe about 6” from each end with only one hand so they can’t stop the marble from falling out with their hands.

2. You can also run this relay with one camper. Have them hold the PVC pipe in the center with one hand.

3. For a real challenge add more marbles or additional rounds adding marbles each time.

Challenge: Bamboo Relay

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Materials

• shower curtain or tablecloth for each team

Preparation The object of the game is to see which team can flip their island (the shower curtain) over first. Instructions

1. All team members must stand on the island and then try and flip it over without stepping off the island.

2. If a player steps off the island they must start again.

3. This is a mind challenge and is great for team building.

Challenge: Island Flip

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Materials

• Ping pong balls • Pool noodle for each team • Cone or materials for creating a small

obstacle course Preparation This game works best indoors on a tile floor. Set up an area with a cone of small, simple obstacle course for maneuvering. Instructions The object of the game is for teams (or one person at a time) to herd 3 ping pongs balls (or coconuts) at the same time around an obstacle course (or back and forth around an orange cone) only using the end of the pool noodle. For outside, you can still use the ping pong balls or balloons. Tip: the ping pong balls can be colored with permanent markers in the team colors to keep track of what belongs to each team.

Challenge: Coconut Relay

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Materials

• 25 feet of rope • Brown, paper lunch sacks • Kids’ puzzles with 30 or fewer pieces

(one for each team) Instructions: 1. For each team you will need to break up

the puzzles and place about 2 or 3 pieces of the puzzle in 8-10 lunch sacks (you can also use zip lock bags). Fold the bags over several times and use a hole punch to make a hole in the top middle part of the folded bags (the bags should be flat).

2. Tie a loop in the end of the long piece of rope then string the rope through one of the puzzle bags.

3. Tie a loose knot around the bag and then tie several looser knots down the rope. Then, put on another puzzle bag and repeat until all the bags are tied onto the rope and there are 6-10 knots in between each bag.

4. Try and make each rope have the same amounts of knots.

5. Hook the loop at the end of each rope under the bottoms of a chair. The teams should decide who will unknot the ropes to get the puzzle pieces and who will solve the puzzle.

6. Make sure that the players understand they must unknot each knot on the rope to get the puzzle pieces and they cannot rip them off the rope.

7. When all puzzle bags have been collected, the campers who have been chosen to solve the puzzle can begin.

8. First team with all the knots out of their rope and a finished puzzle wins.

Challenge: Rope Relay

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Materials

• A hula hoop for each team Instructions 1. Teams form a large circle and hold hands. 2. Please wash hands before and after the

challenge. 3. On “go”, each team is given a hula hoop

and they must break hands to put it on the first person’s arm and then not let go of their hands during the rest of the challenge.

4. The teams must find a way to move the hula hoop around their circle without letting go of their hands.

5. Have the hula hoop go around the circle 2 or 3 times. The winning team is the first ones to complete the circles.

Challenge: Hula Circle Relay

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Materials

• Coconuts • Parrot • Sand • Palm tree leaf • Crab • Fishing net • Surfboard • Tiki item • Seashell • Shark

• Fish • Banana • Mango • Wooden bead • Tiki torch, • KRK logo • Island dolls • Picture of fire • Boat • Rocks

*Can be a picture or an item that represents the item on the list Instructions Have teams go throughout the Summer Camp area and search for items that are survivor related.

Challenge: Scavenger Hunt

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Materials

• T-shirt (one per camper) • Water • Gallon size zip lock bags

Instructions

1. Soak several t-shirts (one per camper) in water.

2. Wad up and place in a gallon size Ziploc bag with water.

3. Close the bag and put into the freezer a few days before so they are completely frozen.

4. During the challenge, tell the teams to take the t-shirt out of the baggie and the first team to get one of their team campers to wear the shirt wins. This is a fun challenge and is harder than it sounds.

Challenge: Frozen T Challenge

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