Childrens games ideas.?

Question

I am a camp councler at a summer camp for children exiting kindergarten - 6th grade. Everyday we have a 45 minute free time in the gym. Durining this time the staff member needs to have an activity like, Duck-Duck-Goose, Mofia, Sharks and Minos, or Fruit Salad. I need some ideas of games(and the rules) that we can play with these children that will be fun.


Thanks!

Answer 1

Here's some links that may help you:
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/
http://www.funandgames.org/
http://www.funattic.com/games.htm
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/boredom_busters.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/ca/kidsandstuff/kidsandstuff5.html
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/games/wintergames.htm
http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Games/
http://www.pastor2youth.com/mediumingames13.html
http://bradzockoll.tripod.com/youthworker/id3.html

Answer 2

Well i can think of just couple Swing the Statue A favorite game of the fifties and sixties, Swing the Statue will still be enjoyed by children today. It's fun to try to hold a pose, but even more fun to watch others in their strange positions Red Light, Green Light One person is designated as “it” and plays the part of the stop light. The other kids line up about 20 feet away from “it.” Facing away from the other kids, “it’ calls out “Green light!” The other kids move toward “it.” “It” then calls out “Red light!” and turns around quickly. Any of the kids who are caught moving must go back to the start line. Play continues until someone reaches and tags “it.” That person then becomes “it.” The trick to winning this game is to move smoothly so that you can freeze instantly until you are within reach of “it Flashlight Tag One player is designated "it" and given a flashlight. "It" counts to 50 while the other players hide. When "it" finds someone, he or she shines the flashlight on the other player. That player then becomes "it," and the first player is free to go hide. Red Rover Divide the group of kids into two teams. The kids then form two lines holding hands and facing each other. The lines should be 30-50 feet apart. The team chosen to go first calls for a runner from the other line, saying, “Red Rover, Red Rover, let Thomas come over!” Thomas then takes off running and tries to break through the other line. If he breaks through, he chooses one of the kids that he broke through to take back to his team. If he doesn’t break through, he has to stay with the other team. The game ends when everyone is in one line. The game is fun because of the suspense of wondering when your name will be called and wondering whether the runner from the other team will choose you as the weak spot to try to break through. It’s not a highly competitive game as everyone ends up on the winning team; however, Red Rover has been banned on some playgrounds as too rough. Obviously the game works best if the kids are close to the same age. Three practices should definitely be banned. The first is double-linking by holding each other’s wrists or arms. Hands only can be joined. The second is raising the arms high to “clothesline” the runner. The third is thrusting the joined hands outward so that the runner encounters the equivalent of an outthrust fist. Hopscotch The first step is drawing the grid. The first player tosses a marker into the first square. The marker must land completely within the square. The player hops through the court, landing on one foot in single squares and both feet in double squares. At the end of the course, the player turns around and moves back to the beginning, stopping to pick up the marker on the way back. If a player steps on a line or steps out of the grid, the turn is over. If the player successfully finishes the course, he or she throws the marker into the second square and repeats the exercise. The first player to move the marker through the entire grid wins the game. Capture the Flag Players are divided into two teams. Each team has its own territory with a boundary designated between the two. Each team must also designate a spot to serve as a jail. This need not be anything more than a particular rock or tree that a prisoner has to touch. Another decision that must be made is how large the designated safety zone around the flag should be. When the game begins, each team must decide where to place its flag. Once placed, it cannot be moved, although it can be guarded. Those guarding their own flag may not enter the safety zone around the flag unless in pursuit of an opposing team member. Once the flag is placed, team members are assigned to guard their own flag or to enter enemy territory to try to capture the other team’s flag. Any player in enemy territory can be caught and put in jail. The classic Boy Scout rules say that the capture is made by holding the other player long enough to say “Caught” three times. Some play that tagging the other player is sufficient. Prisoners can be released by being tagged by a teammate, but only one prisoner can be rescued at a time. A team wins the game by capturing the other team’s flag and bearing it back to their home territory. If a flag is seized but is recaptured before reaching the opponents' territory, the flag is set up where it was recaptured. If a game must be ended before a flag is captured, the team with the most prisoners wins. and many more

Answer 3

Traditional British party game: Pass the Parcel.

Pre-game preparation: Wrap a book/small gift in 10 different layers of wrapping paper, each layer or box is a diff color. ( No one knows which layer is the last one which reveals the gift.)

Kids sit in a circle with radio/boom box plus music ready. Music plays and the package moves from kid to kid. The person on the sound system plays music and then arbitrarily stops it. Kid holding the still wrapped parcel gets to remove ONE layer of wrapping paper (and ONLY one. . .)

Continue the music and passing the parcel until one kid gets all the way to the gift.

(A rule we use is if a person gets the package twice in a row, it is a 'dud' round and the music starts again. Plus, NO FAIR holding on to the parcel.)

Answer 4

I use to work at a camp and so I know a lot of games.One game the kids use to love to play is "Killer." It's not as bad as it sounds.its actually a very fun game.Everyone sits in a circle.You the counselor have the kids close their eyes.Then quietly pat someone on the back to let them know that they will be the "killer.' Then tell everyone to open their eyes.Next pick someone to be the "sheriff."The sheriff stands in the center of the circle and tries to finger out who the "killer" is.The killer kills people simply by winking at them.When a person is winked at they must fall/lay down.the sherriff must remain in the center of the circle turning around trying to catch to see who is the winker and the winker is to wink without getting caught.When game over select another person to be the killer and the sherriff.

Answer 5

Capture the flag. Place a flag on a cone on either side of the gym. Seperate kids into 2 groups. They run to try and capture the flag. One person guards it and one person also guards the jail (where there is also a cone)
Or you could play
Red rover- One side chooses someone to run and try to break the chain if not then they join that team. Or else they break through it and remain on their first team

Answer 6

Mahabi Desert - kids stay on one side of the gym with 3 kids in the middle. The counseler says something like "Cross the Mahabi Desert if....you're a baseball fan" and they run to the other side without being tagged. If you get tagged, you stay in the spot you got tagged and try to get other people out.

Answer 7

1. Suitcase Relay: Fill two suitcases (or duffel bags) each with a large men's shirt, a large pair of men's pants, a scarf or hat, and two large men's shoes. Divide into two teams and do a relay to have each child run to their team's suitcase, unpack and dress, then run back to team, undress, other team member dresses and then runs back to suitcase and undresses and runs back etc.... its lots of fun and the kids usually ask to do this game several times. You can get the clothes real cheap 99cents at Goodwill...
2. hula hoop game:
two hula hoops and one stopwatch
kids line up and two at a time compete to see who can last the longest, each day you can crown a hula champ
3. marshmallow relay: need straws for each kid, and two large marshmallows. have the kids line up in two lines (teams, and mark a starting line and finish line ) make finish line no more than 20 feet away. Each team member has to blow the marshmallow across finish line turn and go run back with marshmallow to next team member who has to do it.

Answer 8

Some good sites to look at for childrens games are:

http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

http://fun.familyeducation.com/play/outdoor-activities/33394.html

http://childparenting.about.com/cs/kidspartygames/a/outdoorgames.htm