By Jared Knight

Looking for a way to pass the time with a group of campers? Whether it’s a few minutes or more than an hour, these activities will keep kids involved and interested.

Caterpillar
A team of five people form a line directly behind each other. The person that is in the front of the line keeps his or her eyes open while everyone else closes their eyes. As a group, they weave back and forth through a simple obstacle course made of chairs or cones. No one in the line is allowed to talk. This game develops trust and confidence in the leader, who attempts to direct the group safely through the course.

Rapid-Fire Relay
Teams compete with each other for the best time. Each team of six stands in a circle facing each other. One person in each group is selected to start throwing tennis balls to the other players (up to ten balls total). The tennis balls have to be in constant motion from one person to another once the game starts. The objective is to keep as many balls in motion for 10 minutes. Anytime a ball is dropped, it is not retrieved. However, the group will be deducted one minute of the 10-minute timeframe for each dropped ball. The team with the highest time wins the game.

Five
A large group of people compete to be the first five people to get to level five by winning the game Rock Paper Scissors with a different partner each game five times. The “wins” do not have to be consecutive, but each time a participant wins a game, he or she advances to another level. When a participant reaches level five, he or she then has to yell “Five” five different times. The game is over when five people give this yell.