The countdown says less than 65 days until camp!!!!!!!!!!! Whoop! :D
Ok, so a few of us have talked about doing Olympic games on Monday nights in place of the fair. We could have a whole opening ceremony at the Pavillion with togas and torches and cool head wreaths! Then each campsite would have their own Olympics with cabins "competing" against each other.
What do y'all think? What are some good Olympic competitions to have? Keep in mind that we want to include ALL of the campers, not just the athletic ones!
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hmmm.....how about these for olympic games?
ReplyDelete(by the way, is the idea to have each cabin compete against each other? Or is it each individual?)
-tug of war
-scavenger hunt
-'amazing race', like what we did at teambuilding in January
-trivia
-dance-off
-sandcastle making contest (younger kids?)
-canoe racing
-hot dog eating contest (okay, maybe not...)
-ultimate frisbee, cabin vs cabin
These are some quick ideas I had, not too sure if they would work.
Just curious, what were the other options for Monday night? I know we had talked about some already...
I think we should have big games going on for all campsites at the field. Like a game of frisbee, kickball, and link-tag all at the same time. Some, the older kids could dominate, and some the junior high girls would have a match for their poor athleticism in the smaller children.
ReplyDeletehahaha well said Jeff...I love all of those ideas, I think if we can come up with some really good ones for all the age groups and a good way to make it all flow then it would be really fun!
ReplyDeleteOh it is going to be fun. I am working on some logistics right now, and leadership is doing some serious brainstorming.
ReplyDeleteI think Monday nights are going to be a lot of fun from now on. I am pretty excited about the idea. We can make it really great!
so greg and i found this thing upstairs above canteen - and we really had no idea what it was. but that huge ceramic bowl - could we use that for the torch?
ReplyDeletei think I know what your talking about...its actally a mushroom top from an old water park lol....that would make an enormous torch!
ReplyDeletewe could rig something up with one of those giant fans, some red, yellow, and orange plastic/paper stuff and a spotlight...we did it here at school for an olympic games thing and it was really cool..you lay the fan down and tape/tie colored papers to it and then they blow in the wind and look like flames...
ReplyDeleteor we could use real fire.
we should definitely go for the real fire.
ReplyDeletehaha, nah. the paper thing sounds awesome!
REAL FIRE = REAL DANGER = REAL FUN
ReplyDeleteit's decided. ;)
yea that giant bowl thing would make an AMAZING torch for opening ceremonies and there was like a drum to mount it on up there. I think we need someone to shoot a flaming arrow into it to start it since we have bows and arrows and all!
ReplyDeletethis is why i am going to love this summer.
ReplyDeleteOoo! Ooo! pick me! pick me! I wana shoot the flaming arrow of doom!
ReplyDeleteokay anna, just try not to hit any of the campers. CAMPER SAFTEY! haha :]
ReplyDeletewe could put a flaming marshmallow on the end of the arrow...so then if it hits a camper it will just be a sticky glob instead of certain death
ReplyDeletehere's what were going to do. gasoline on the tactical tomahawks and light them on fire. we can do dances and whatnot. it will be a glorious opening ceremony
ReplyDeleteI feel like this is going to be an Olympic Ceremony with a Native American twist...
ReplyDeletefo sho
ReplyDeleteAs an official advocate of "safety", I feel that this Monday night event's title would be more adequately called "Opening Ceremony of Death" or "Opening Ceremony Where We End Up Killing Everyone By Burning Down Camp Allen After We Shoot Children With Flaming Marshmallow Arrows" rather than simply Opening Olympic Ceremonies...
ReplyDeletegood idea Celani! all in favor of the name change?
ReplyDeleteaye! im a big fan of "Opening Ceremony of Death".
ReplyDeletehaha that could be an event: try not to get shot by a flaming marshmallow arrow of death.
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