GAMES & ACTIVITIES Going On a Picnic DIRECTIONS
The Cookie Jar Chant Have campers sit in a circle, facing in. The leader begins a verse that goes around the circle until each camper is named. When chanting each verse, the leader should look at a camper. LYRICS Leader/Group: Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar? (Name of a camper) stole the cookie from the cookie jar. Child: Who, me? Leader/Group: Yes, you! Child: Couldn’t be! Not me! Wasn’t me! Leader/Group: Then who? Get Off the Sidewalk, Get On the Grass Chant The leader chants a line and campers repeat it. LYRICS Get off the sidewalk, get on the grass! (LitCamp or Bunk Name) is coming past. Look to the east and look to the west,
1. Explain that you’re going to play a game. Have campers think quietly about what they would bring if they were going on a picnic. Then go around in a circle. 2. Start by saying, “I am going to the picnic and I’m bringing…”. Say an item that begins with the first letter of your first name. 3. Help campers by giving an example. “My name begins with A , so I am going to bring an apple.” 4. Go around in the circle with each person saying, “I’m coming to the picnic, and I’m bringing…, so I can come!” 5. As the leader, every time a camper correctly mentions something that starts with the letter of his or her first name, respond “You can come!” 6. You can also choose to have campers simply say something they love to eat at a picnic. I Can Do It! DIRECTIONS 1. Have campers think about things they couldn’t do in the past, or thought they couldn’t do in the past, but are able to do now (e.g., walk, talk, ride a bike, speak to a new friend). 2. Make a list of these things. Then ask campers how it made them feel to do something that they hadn’t been able to do in the past.
(LitCamp or Bunk Name) is the best. (All together) Say 1, I can’t hear ya, Say 2, a little bit louder, Say 3, much, much better, Say 4, all together,
Skit, skat, and all like this, and all like that, Skit, skat, and all like this, and all like that. (LitCamp or Bunk Name) ! Get Their Attention Cheer LYRICS Leader: When I say cool, you say sweet. COOL! All: Sweet! Leader: Cool! All: Sweet! Leader: When I say sweet, you say cool. SWEET! All: Cool! Leader: Sweet! All: Cool!
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