Active Camp Games
There are so many fun camping games for family adventures!
After the hike is over, you dont have to park yourself.
If your family has lots of energy and doesnt like to sit for too long, these active camp games are the answer! Psst were compensatedsee our disclosures.
Family Camp Games And Activities
Photo Camping Scavenger Hunt Game
Camping-themed scavenger hunts can be educational in addition to being loads of fun!
Split campers up in evenly numbered teams with one person on the team being the photo taker.
Make sure young kids have adequate supervision with an older child or adult being on the team.
The players agree on a time to return to camp to determine the winning team (usually about an hour) and sets physical boundaries for the game area (you may want to limit the game to the family campsite if really young kids are playing the game and you dont want them to wander too far away from home base.)
Each team is given the same list of items to find in their hunt and they head off in different directions to find the items in nature and around camp.
Once found, the photographer takes a quick picture of the item on the list with a smartphone or digital camera and checks it off the paper list.
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Materials
- Paper to print this camping game
Tools
- Printer
- Digital camera or phone with camera
Instructions
- Print several copies of this game before leaving home. Each team will need one copy.
- Split campers up in evenly numbered teams with one person on the team being the photo taker.
- The players agree on a time to return to camp to determine the winning team (usually about an hour) and sets physical boundaries for the game area.
- Each team is given a copy of this game before they head off in different directions to find the items in nature and around camp.
- Once found, the photographer takes a quick picture of the item on the list.
- All teams head back to camp at the designated time.
- The team with the most photos wins the game.
Notes
Find and photograph as many items as you can!
- Wild animal (examples: elk, deer, eagle, squirrel)
- Dead tree
- Foldable camp chair
- Fish in lake, pond or stream
- Lightning bug
- Bag of charcoal
- Wild berries
- Trail markers
- Campfire shovel
- Wildflower
- Fern
- Pair of hiking boots
- Pinecone
- Pine needles
- Cooler
- Frog
- Spider web
- Tent
- Caterpillar
- Butterfly
- Hiking pole
- Ladybug
- Flying insect
- Tarp
- Bird
- Sleeping bag
- Worm
- Camp Dutch oven
- Animal tracks
- Piece of trash
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High Activity Camp Games
Camp Olympics Camping Obstacle Course
It is fun to run an obstacle course that is set up at camp.
Just create the course with items that are already at the campsite or gear you brought with you.
One person is in charge of the stopwatch (most phones have this function) and when he/she yells go one player runs the obstacle course and then the timer is stopped and the time recorded.
The person with the fastest time through the course is the winner.
A designated amount of time is added as a penalty to the players stopwatch time for each obstacle that is not completed.
Heres an example of a camping obstacle course:
- Jump over the firewood log
- Run around the picnic table 3 times
- Throw the beach ball and hit the tree branch
- Sit in the camp chair and count to 10
- Pick up the pie iron and place it on the opposite side of the campfire ring
- Tie the rope around the tree trunk
Active Camp Games For Families
Flag Football
Flag football is one of those outside yard games that active families like to play because it adjusts with all different skill levels.
It can get really serious when the ex-college athletes compete but it can scale down to be a more casual game with multiple generations on the field.
Campers are split into two teams with even numbers of players and similar abilities.
Each player wears a flag.
This game is played just like regular football but instead of tackling, the player is considered tackled when his/her flag is pulled by a player of the opposite team.
You can use scarves and bandannas as flags or get actual flag football flags like these.
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Relay Race Camping Games
Relay Races
Relay races are fun, fast and familiar active camp games. Players start at one end of the field and race to the other end.
The first player (or team) to the finish line is the winner.
It is a toss-up between the adults and kids when it comes to deciding who enjoys playing this game the most!
There are so many versions of relay races it is hard to pick a favorite so here are the classic top three.
3 Legged Race
Teams consist of 2 players each (it is best if their legs are similar in length).
Use a scarf, cloth or bungee to tie two of their legs together at the ankle area.
Now, the two become one with three legs.
At the count of 3-2-1-GO! the teams race across the field with their 3 legs and the first team to cross the finish line is the winner.
No cheating the joined legs must remained joined for the entire race even while getting up from a tumble.
Egg and Spoon Race
Each player is given a spoon and a hard-boiled egg.
At the count of 3-2-1-GO! the player races from the start line to the finish line with the egg resting in the spoon.
If they drop the egg, the player must use the spoon only (no hands, feet or other objects) to scoop the egg up and continue the race.
The first player to the finish line wins the race.
Potato Sack Races
This classic relay race game had players stand inside a potato sack and hop from the start line to the finish line.
Traditional potato sacks are not easy to come by nowadays so using an old pillow case or plastic garbage bag will work as a substitute.
You can also get this 3-in-1 relay race game set.
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Family Camping Games And Activities
The Photo Camping Alphabet Game
Split campers up in evenly numbered teams with one person on the team being the photo taker.
Make sure young kids have adequate supervision with an older child or adult being on the team.
The players agree on a time to return to camp to determine the winning team (usually about an hour) and sets physical boundaries for the game area (you may want to limit the game to the family campsite if really young kids are playing the game and you dont want them to wander too far away from home base.)
Teams take a photo of an object they see that begins with the letter A (example: acorn, ant, antelope etc.)
They work their way through the subsequent letters in the alphabet and the first team that gets to the letter Z is the winner.
Or, whichever team gets furthest through the alphabet when the time runs out.
These are fun activities for kids during the hunt but they also enjoy looking at all the photos later in the trip!
Charades Camping Game
Each player picks one of the slips of paper with the camping activity written on it.
Then, acts out clues (without speaking, of course) until someone guesses correctly.
The winner is the person who guesses the most correct answers.
Get a FREE printable copy of the Charades Camping Game for your next trip! This is one of our favorite rainy day camp games that can be played outside or indoors!
Water-Featured Active Team Games
Water Balloon Volleyball
This game is similar to the classic game but the ball is replaced by a water balloon and players use a beach towel rather than their hands and wrists.
Youll need some sort of net or simple rope, small water balloons and two beach towels to play this game.
Players split up into two teams.
Each team has one beach towel and all of the players grab the sides and corners of the towel to create a sort-of slingshot type of net.
The first team places a small water balloon in their towel and they serve the balloon by launching/flicking it over the net to the other team.
The other team catches it in their towel and then volleys launches it back over the net.
The objective is to keep the balloon in play.
The team that misses the balloon (meaning it hits the ground a bursts) loses that round and a point goes to the other team.
Family Games Activities
Water Balloon Fight
Want a fun game for a hot day at the campsite?
Try water balloon fights!
They can be played as individuals or campers can split up into teams.
You just fill small water balloons and give each team the same amount of balloons.
Then, launch away!
Play continues until all of the balloons have been used, the winner is the team (or individual if not playing as teams) that stayed the driest.
Squirt Gun Cup Elimination Game
Youll need some plastic drinking cups and squirt guns filled with water to play this exciting game.
Just place the empty cups on a level surface the edge of a picnic table, level log on the ground or even the ledge of a level rock all work well here.
The cups are the targets.
The designated judge shouts 3-2-1-GO!
Each player stands in the shooters line and uses a squirt gun to shoot at the cups in an attempt to knock them off of the surface they are sitting upon.
Whoever knocks the most cups off the surface is the winner.
Nighttime Active Camp Games For Kids
Flashlight Tag Game
How fun is a hide and seek game after the sun goes down!
Flashlight tag is similar to the normal version of tag but instead of physically tagging a player, the tagger shines a flashlight on them to tag that player out of the game.
When all but one player has been tagged out of the game, the person left as the final player is the winner and becomes the next tagger.
Be careful because playing in the dark is tricky and you dont want a player to trip as they play this game.
If you get a little tired and decide you want to slow the pace down, consider playing some of the best board games for camping!
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