Camping Out Ideas
Camping activities?
I'm going camping with a ton of my friends, and I need some ideas of things we can do. We already know about the obvious stuff like hiking, bird-watching, and telling scary stories. But we need some really fun stuff to do, and some really cool stuff to do for when some of them come back from a hike or something. Like decorate the inside of the tent. We want to have a ton of fun, so please only answers that will help. Thanks!
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- well usually after i go hiking i go swimming 2 cool off sometimes i go fishing too and when there is no swimming or fishing i go climb trees 2 the top so i can cool off by the breeze.
- this might help. if older go to eagle scout page http://www.boyscouttrail.com/boy-scouts/boy-scout-activities.asp
- This one is a lot of work, and the organizer can't really participate, so it's better to have a parent plan the entire thing, but you could make the sacrifice, but the most fun thing with a bunch of people, other than playing paintball, is a scavenger hunt. It's not only your chance to learn about the environment and history of the area you're visiting but to help your friends do the same. I've noticed a lot of people think scavenger hunt is finding things or begging, but my scavenger hunt is figuring things out and doing things. Rather than say, "take a picture of a canoe" I would say, "take a picture of yourselves riding in a canoe." Although "take a pic of a bear" is better than "take a pic of yourselves feeding a bear", since the latter is dangerous and illegal. How about "take a pic of yourselves slowly backing away from a bear." I would go online and read everything I could about where you're going. Find mountain peaks, lost lakes, historical monuments, history, old stories, local delicacies, anything interesting. And then read about interesting plants, trees, animals specific to that area. And add in adventurous local activities, even ones that might be difficult. Come up with a hundred of the best ones, and maybe a couple of trick questions and rate them for points based on difficulty. Be sure to reconsider whether any might be dangerous or illegal and throw those out. And leave out the begging. The prize is the difficult part. If you can get your parent to do this, it could be anything from pizzas on the way home, $10 gift certificates, etc. Every group should get a prize of descending value, and a gag present for the losers. 1. Go canoeing 2. Catch a trout 3. Climb Mt. Baldy 4. Swim in Icy Creek, at dawn 5. Go to the site of Pioneer's Grave (have to talk to a forest ranger to find out where it is, obtain compass & map if they are familiar with hiking or tour guide if not.) 6. Sleep out under the stars 7. Rest under the Aspen grove 8. Find the rare Mountain Violet 9. I could go on...
- Are you guys into crafts? Bring along enough small sized boxes for each person to have at least one. These can be simple heavy little cardboard boxes like you might get a gift in, and then save because it was sort of "cute," or a plastic watch case, or go to Michael's store and buy some simple un-decorated wood or cardboard boxes. Bring some extra thick Ailene's tacky glue, http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=gc0459 and some original Matt-finish Mod-podge decoupage. http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayProductPage?productNum=gc0068 and a bunch a Popsicle sticks to apply the glue, and some 1/4" thick paintbrushes for the decoupage. Then while you go out on hikes, collect small bits and pieces of small pine cones, interesting rocks, pretty sticks, fallen moss, loose lichens, dead leaves or other trail pickings that will NOT harm the natural habitat--do not disturb wildflowers or live growing things, because they will NOT preserve as well as the dried or harder items, anyway. Give everyone a gallon-sized zip lock baggie to carry their "finds" in, with their names on it. Then in the spare time, back at camp, they can start gluing those little natural treasures onto their small treasure boxes. They should be careful that they allow space for the lids to still close. The boxes will need to sit outside somewhere protected to dry, after they are covered with all the adornments that their owners wish to add. If you are staying a couple days, you will have time for the second step, as well. When all the glue has dried to a hard clear state, then the box is ready for decoupage. You will be doing just the top and bottom--NOT the inside, so try and limit the enthusiasm of your workers or else you'll end up with soggy messes that can't be put down to dry. Do one side at a time, put on the coats evenly, but pretty thickly. TRY to avoid BUBBLES by brushing very carefully and repeatedly while WET. always be sure that you have left yourself some dry area to use for holding the box, and for setting it down to dry, as well. You can come back after the first coat has dried and put on repeated applications on the areas that you missed, and build up the layers to fill in pockets around some of the items that are glued on the box, so that they become more fused into one piece. I have used as many as 8 layers on some boxes, and they still look clear, as long as I let them dry carefully between coats. Each coat usually takes about 6-18 hours to dry depending on the temperature, humidity, wind, and how thick it is. You will be awed by how amazing this technique can make some ordinary little sticks and rocks appear and your treasure boxes really will be souvenirs that all of you treasure.
- A great game to play after a hike is called ladder golf. It is somewhat similar to horseshoes, only more portable. I believe you can buy the sets already made, but they are simple to construct. We play it all the time and it is a nice way to chill out after our camping activities. Check out the links below for more info. And have fun!
- canoeing, mountain biking, hide and go seek, flashlight tag, fireworks, water fight, nature hunt (hide stuff to find).....
- polish horseshoes...its really easy to make http://www.polishhorseshoes.com/?gclid=CJrn3fnksY0CFR5LQAod7QfBug
- fart baseball 1 fart -first base another fart- second base another fart - third base another fart - one run a fart lasting 5 or more seconds - home run
