Fun games for girls outside: 12 Super Fun Camping Games Everyone Will Love

12 Super Fun Camping Games Everyone Will Love

Whether you’re looking for camping games for a family campout or summer camp games to keep the kids entertained, these are the most fun camp games ever! Eleven of the best camping games that work well for all ages – kids to adults! 

Some of my absolute favorite memories from growing up are from when I either went to my church summer camps or when my family went camping with friends!

Then I had the chance to be in charge of organizing games and activities for a young women’s camp for 100 youth for four years in a row, so I was able to test out lots of different summer games!

And let me tell you, these are definitely our favorites and a hit with kids and adults of all ages! 

Some of these games technically have a last man standing, but there’s really no “winner.” As long as everyone has fun, everyone wins!

If you’re looking for good camping games that are social distance friendly, I recommend any of these on the list! Just make sure to space out your group accordingly!

• Camping scavenger hunt
• Camping charades
• Camping pictionary
• Pterodactyl
• Chubby Bunny
• The Elephant Game

If none of these are what you’re looking for, I have a ton of outdoor games and water games that are great for camping too!

Outdoor Camping Games

These are games that are made for the outdoors and in turn, made for camping! These are some of my all-time favorite summer camp games, so I hope you love them! And don’t be fooled – these aren’t just camping games for kids, they’re great camping games for adults too!

Cannonball

I’ll be honest, I have no idea what this game is actually called. I’ve always thought of it as cannonball but call it whatever you want!

It’s best played with a large group of people, which makes it one of the best summer camp games because typically summer camp means lots of people! And the best thing is, you don’t need anything other than people to play!

How to Play: 

Choose one person in the group to be the caller, kind of like if you were playing Simon Says or red light green light. Everyone else will be participating. The goal of the game is to be the last man standing. And you get out by not being able to follow the caller’s instructions! Keep reading to see what I mean (or watch the video below for a demonstration).

At the beginning of each game, have the caller go through a practice round of these six calls to get everyone familiar with how it works. When the caller says any of these things, players must immediately follow the instructions below. If they cannot follow the instructions, they’re out!

Cannonball – Everyone playing must drop with their knees tucked to the group and then stand back up while saying “Boom.

Captain on Deck – Everyone playing must stand with their hands to their side and freeze. If they don’t freeze, they are out.  Just like in Simon Says, for this particular call, they MUST stay in this position until the caller says “At Ease.” If the caller does not say “at ease,” and instead calls something like “cannonball,” and the players do the cannonball action, they’re out.

Man Overboard – This is a two player call. One person must go down in a crouched position in front of another player who will be standing right behind them. That person should put their hand to their forehead as if they are looking out over the water searching for a man overboard. If someone cannot find a pair (because there isn’t an even number), they are out of the game.

Crow’s Nest – This is a three person call. Players must turn around so their backs are facing each other and link arms to form a three-man circle. Once in this circle, they must turn slowly in a circle all together. If they cannot find a crow’s nest to be a part of, they’re out.

Captain’s Table – This is a four person call. Four players must face one another and form a circle then pretend to be shoveling food into their mouths with from their table. If they can’t find a 4-person table to eat at, they are out.

Walk the Plank – This is a five person call. Five players must quickly stand in a straight line to form a plank. If someone cannot find a 5-man plank to be a part of, they are out.

After you’ve played a practice round where no one gets out (people just learn the calls), play for real. If someone cannot find the right numbers for an action, they’re out. Continue playing until you get down to one or two survivors. Then choose one of them to be the next caller.

Here’s a quick video to see this game in action! Ignore the fact that I forgot the “at ease” part in this video! If the caller doesn’t call at ease, people shouldn’t move!

 

Camping Scavenger Hunt

Break into teams and see who can find all of the items on this camping scavenger hunt first!

Make it even more fun by by asking teams to take a silly photo with the item like a photo scavenger hunt to prove they found it! Get the printable camping scavenger hunt here.

Partner Tag

When I played this game at girls camp, we called it missionary tag, but that’s not really the best fit for a non-church camp, so I’m calling it partner tag. This is one of my favorite tag games ever and if you haven’t noticed a common theme among these summer camp games, one of the camping games I remember growing up! I’d still play it now if anyone would play with me! It’s another one that is best with a large group of people and you have to make sure that you have an even number of people playing.

How to Play:

Choose one person to be it and one person to be “chased” first. Everyone else should grab a partner and link arms. Then all partners should form one large circle with plenty of space between partnerships (so you can run in and around them).

Once everyone is setup. The person who is it will be in the middle of the circle and the person being chased should be standing outside the circle. When you say go, the person who is it is trying to tag the person being chased. The person being chased has to link arms with someone in the larger circle. When they link arms with someone, the person linked on the other side of that person, becomes the person being chased and has to run away from whoever is it. They can run as long as they want then link arms with someone whenever to avoid being tagged.

To make this a bit easier to understand, let’s give people names. Britni, Lauren, Stephanie, Kaysi, Jaclyn, and Jessica.

Britni = It

Lauren = Being chased

Stephanie + Kaysi – Partners who are linked together in the larger circle

Jaclyn + Jessica – Partners who are linked together in the larger circle.

When you say go, Britni chases Lauren. Lauren links arms with Stephanie, which means that Kaysi (who is linked to Stephanie’s other side) is now being chased by Britni. Kaysi runs then links arms with Jaclyn, which means Jessica (who is linked on the other side of Jaclyn), is now being chased and has to run away from Britni. If Jessica gets tagged by Britni, she’s then it and Britni has to run away.

Continue playing until everyone is too tired to continue.

Ninja

I don’t know what it is about camping games that makes them hard to explain without a visual, but this is another one that I’m going to write out but might be a bit hard to understand. I’ve included a video to show you how it’s played, and that should help! It’s another one of those hilarious camping games that I have no idea how someone came up with it, but I love it.

How to Play: 

Have everyone stand in circle about an arm’s length away from one another. To begin the game, everyone must “bow” in like you were bowing in Tai Chi or some other Ninja discipline. Then as soon as the “bow” is over, everyone has to snap to a ninja’s pose, still in the circle. This is how the game will be setup.

To actually play, pick one person to start. From there, you’ll go around clockwise in the circle, that may no longer be a circle once you’re done with it.

On that person’s turn, they must do one continuous motion to go into another ninja pose, moving no more than one step but moving their arms to try and tag someone else nearby.

If they tag someone else, that person is out. If they don’t, they just freeze and wait until it’s their turn to be involved again.

If someone is trying to tag you, you can move your arms in, again, one continuous motion, to get out of the way of the tag. A player can try to “tag” anyone they want in the circle with their one continuous motion. Once that motion is done, the person to their left goes and the fun continues.

Here’s a great Youtube video walking through how to play that explains this better than I can!

Camping Charades

Charades is always fun and it’s even more more fun when you’re doing it by the light of the campfire! 

Use this free camping charades printables to play camping charades with words that are all related to camping! 

Games to Play Around a Campfire

Really you could play any of these games anywhere – indoor, outdoor, by a campfire or not. I said they’d be great things to do around a campfire because you need to either sit, stand, or be in a circle and campfires are normally circle! Just make sure everyone can be seen around the campfire!

Down By The Banks

You can play this game inside or around the campfire is always fun – just be careful no one falls in when they’re jumping out of the way of the hand slap! This is another one of those camping games you’ve probably played camping or not camping – but it’s a fun one for all ages so it made the list!

Supplies – none needed, just people!

How to Play:

Everyone sits in a circle, close enough to each other that if you put your hand out to your side, someone could put their hand on top. And that’s what you do – everyone puts their right hand over the left hand of the person on their right to form a connected circle.

As the game goes, everyone chants this rhyme. There are different variations of it out there, but this is the one I’ve alway used so it’s the one I’m including in this post.

Down by the banks of the hanky pinky
Where the bullfrogs jump from bank to bank
With an eep, ipe, ope, op
One jumps in and goes kerplop.

Choose someone to go first. When you start singing, that person brings their right hand across their body to lightly slap the right hand of the person to their left (that hand is on the slapping person’s left hand). Then that person does the same – continuing this process around the circle throughout the song.

When the song gets to kerplop, whoever’s hand gets hit on kerplop is out. But if everyone is paying attention, if your hand is going to get hit on kerplop, you can pull it out of the way last minute and if the person slaps their own hand, they’re out instead. That person is out and the circle gets a little smaller and continues the same way until only two people are left.

Pterodactyl

Supplies – None needed!

How to Play:

Have everyone sit in a circle so that everyone can see everyone else. The main rule of the game is that you can smile, laugh, and really do anything as long as you don’t show your teeth. If you show your teeth at any point during the game, you are out!

Choose someone to go first. That person will turn to the person on their left (always start going clockwise) and say the word Pterodactyl in a pterodactyl voice of their choosing. It can be loud, soft, squeaky, masculine – it doesn’t matter how they say it as long as they say it. The goal of the game is to make other people laugh and show their teeth, so be as funny as you want!

Once they’ve successfully said pterodactyl to the person on their left, that person then continues by saying pterodactyl to the person on their left. Or they can instead of saying pterodactyl make what they believe to be a pterodactyl sound and that reverses the order of the game and makes it go back to the person on their right.

Keep playing until someone shows their teeth and is out. They can remain in the circle to watch, just skip over them as you play. Keep going until only one expert pterodactyl remains. Watch the video below for a quick glimpse to how this game is played and why it’s so funny!

 

Indoor Camping Games

Need something to play inside a cabin when it rains? These summer camp games are perfect for those rainy days that you don’t have other plans. They also work outside of course but most need some sort of table!

You could also try any of these indoor camping ideas!

The Cup Game

If you’ve seen the movie Pitch Perfect or I Can Only Imagine, you’ve seen the cup game in action.

This is one of my all-time favorite camping games, probably because it’s almost musical in the rhythm it makes when you’re playing it! And I’m pretty good at it if I do say so myself, all those years of practice at summer camp helped!

Supplies:

• One plastic cup per person – make sure it’s one that won’t break when you hit it
• A table or flat surface

How to Play:

Everyone sits in a circle around the table, making sure that everyone is close enough to the people next to them that passing the cup will be easy enough. Starting slowly, everyone does the same clapping/passing/patting pattern on their cup in rhythm together and at the end of the set – they pass their cup to the next person and they receive the cup from the person next to them.

Continue going, speeding up slowly, until someone messes up and they are out. Repeat again – starting slowly and speeding up, until someone else messes up and is out. Or forget getting people out and just start over again – this is more of a passing time/fun game than a winning one.

Okay so you’re probably asking now, what in the world? What rhythm is she talking about? There’s really no way to describe it in written words so check out this YouTube video to learn the rhythm!

Chubby Bunny

This game could really be played inside or outside, but I put it in the indoor camping games section because it is in one you could play inside if the rain is keeping you indoors. One word of caution – keep a trash can nearby in case someone can’t keep all of those mallows in their mouth!

Supplies:

• 1+ bags of large marshmallows depending on how many people are playing

How to Play:

This game is played in rounds. During the first round, everyone who is playing must put a marshmallow in their mouth (don’t chew!) and with the marshmallow in their mouth, say “Chubby Bunny.” Whoever can say it without having to take out or who am I kidding, spit out, the marshmallow stays in the game.

Keeping the first marshmallow in their mouth, for the second round players must put another marshmallow in and again say “Chubby Bunny.” If they can’t, their out.

Continue playing, adding one marshmallow each round, until only one person can say Chubby Bunny. The only rule is you can’t eat the marshmallows while you’re playing and you have to say Chubby Bunny.

The Elephant Game

You’ve maybe played a version of this game before and called it something else. We called it the elephant game anytime we were playing at camp but it’s one of the more popular camping games, so you may know it by another name!

No supplies needed – just people!

How to Play:

Have everyone sit or stand in a circle so that everyone can see everyone else. Have everyone in the circle go around and pick an animal and a sign for their animal. For instance, if someone chooses a pig – they might have their sign be putting their fit on their nose to be a pig-nose.

People can pick whatever animal they want as long as the sign is reasonably easy to do and easy to see from across the room. So nothing that might not be noticeable like flicking out your tongue for a snake. Instead, slither your arm out from your body for a snake.

The only rule is that someone has to be an elephant, it is the elephant game after all. And pay attention to everyone’s animal signs – you’re going to need to remember at least a few during the game.

Once everyone has their animal signs, the elephant will go first.

To play, the person has to do their sign then someone else’s sign (making sure to look toward them so they see it). That person then does their sign and someone else’s, continuing to pass the signs around the room until someone totally screws up.

Screwing up means forgetting to do your sign first (to receive the pass), doing a sign wrong (like doing a snake when there is no snake), or not noticing someone did your sign for 5 seconds, causing a break in the sign passing.

If someone screws up, they’re out of the circle. Start with whoever was the last successful person to make a sign. Keep going until everyone gets out (or until you want to let people back in and start over with different signs).

The Ha Ha Game

This just might be the funniest of these camp games! I can even guarantee that this game will make everyone say ha ha!

This game is best played with the same sex (no mixing genders) and in a room that has a fairly clean floor since you’ll be laying down on the floor. Or just bring out the sleeping bags for everyone to lay on!

How to Play: 

Have one person lay down on the ground near one side of the room. Have another person lay down with their head on that person’s stomach, perpendicular to the first person so you basically have a T.

The third person will then lay down with their head on the second person’s stomach, parallel to the first person – making a chain of sorts. Continue having everyone who is playing lay down in this manner until everyone is laying down.

To play, the first person at the top of the chain starts by saying “Ha,” as loudly and dramatically as possible. The goal, similar to the pterodactyl game below, is to get the other people to laugh.

If you laugh for real (not just saying ha), you’re out. The second person, if they managed not to laugh, then says “Ha Ha” (ha two times) in a similar manner.

This continues down the chain, adding one additional ha each time, until someone cracks up. That person is out, fix the chain, and start again.

Camping Pictionary

Rain force you inside for a few hours? Use these camping pictionary words and a piece of paper to play a round of pictionary with all sorts of camp inspired words! 

You could even do this kind of like one of my favorite party games for adults and do a round of charades, a round of pictionary, and a round of Catch Phrase with the same words! 

More Fun Games

Need more fun games for summer camp or for a camping trip? These might work too! Or maybe try one of these indoor camping ideas if you’re stuck indoors! 

• Water games
• The best outdoor games
• Nature scavenger hunt
• Roll a first aid kit
• Making candy campfires
• Swimming pool games (if you have a pool at camp) 

200+ Hilarious Minute to Win It Games Everyone Will Absolutely Love

Minute to Win It Games are one of the easiest type of games to play at any party. Games for every holiday, every season, and every theme you could ever think of! And a minute to win it game list that work for individuals, teams, groups, and even work parties.

Honestly it doesn’t matter, these minute to win it challenges work for any age. Bookmark this page to have the ultimate minute to win it games list at your fingertips any time you need party games! 

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What Are Minute to Win It Games
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What Are Minute to Win It Games?

A few years back NBC had a show called Minute to Win It where contestants had to complete a task using household items in less than a minute to move on to the next challenge and ultimately win money.

People now play minute to win it games just like simple party games – sometimes actually having the minute time limit and other times just playing them as quick and easy party games.

They’re fun, simple to play, inexpensive, and typically hilarious!

Check out this video to see how fun these can be – and this is only a few of the over 200+ minute to win it games in this list!

How to Play Minute to Win It Games

You can play minute to win it games in one of three ways:

Style #1: Minute to Win It for Individuals – Man vs. Clock

In this version, one player will be trying to beat the clock for each game. So for instance, they will have to try and complete the game within a minute (hence the minute to win it name).

If they do, they win a prize. If not, let someone else have a shot. If you go with this style, I recommend choosing a different person for each game.

As an alternate version to this, you could also let the same person continue playing games until they can’t finish one in a minute. Or you could have everyone playing individually all at the same time (similar to version 3 below but in individuals rather than teams) and see who all can finish the challenge in a minute.

Style #2: Minute to Win It for Groups

In this style, you’ll pick two players for each game who will going head to head against each other playing a game rather than trying to beat the clock. So you’ll give each person the game supplies and see who can finish first.

The first person to finish wins the prize. Again, rotate through pairs for each game, repeating players as necessary but this works well when you have smaller groups so everyone can participate in a variety of games.

Style #3: Minute to Win It for Teams

In this style, you’ll split your group into two (or 3 or 10 depending on the number of guests) teams. For each game, teams must choose one player to compete head to head in the game with the other teams.

So for instance, one person from each team will be given the supplies and game instructions. When you say go, everyone competes to be the first to complete the game.

First team to finish gets 5 points, second team gets 3, third team gets 1, and everyone else gets none. This works best if you have quite a few people and is a good way to get everyone involved cheering for their team.

How to Score Minute to Win It Games

The only time you really need to score minute to win it games is if you’re playing in teams and having teams race against one another to complete the challenges. In this case, I highly recommend getting a large dry erase board or poster board and writing each team’s number across the top.

Alone the left side of the board, write down the names of each game or at least the game number (1, 2, 3, etc.).

For each game, the first team to finish receives five points, the second team gets 3, the third team gets 1, and the other teams don’t score that round.

If you want everyone to earn a point if they finish, set a timer for each game. First team to finish gets 5, second team gets 3, third team gets 2, and any other team that finishes within the minute timer gets 1 point.

The latter version of scoring will help keep the score a bit closer if you think one team might blow another out.

Here’s what an example scorecard might look like at the end of the games.

If you were playing where anyone who finishes the challenge gets a point, it would look a little different. I just like to have it up on a big whiteboard for everyone to be able to see how each team is doing!

Supplies for Minute to Win It

Most minute to win it games can be played with items that you have around the house, but there are a few key supplies that you’ll most likely want to purchase and have on hand if you’re going to play often.

I have a box with these 10 things in it in my craft room so we can always play when family comes around!

• Ping pong balls
• Plastic cups
• Chopsticks
• Popsicle sticks
• Plastic buckets
• Oreos
• Balloons
• Empty 2-liter soda bottles
• Party streamers
• Blindfold
• Large digital timer (so everyone can see the time left)

Other Resources for a Great Minute to Win It Party

I typically use minute to win it games in my parties regardless of the theme, but you can actually host an entire minute to win it themed party. Here are some other great resources if that’s what you want to do!

• Printable Minute to Win It Party Invitations
• Minute to Win It Printable Party Decorations
• Fake medals (for winners)

Top 10 Minute to Win It Games

These minute to win it games are ones I’ve used over and over again, just with different holiday themes! They may not necessarily be the most fun, but they’re ones you could just grab and change up whatever party you’re having!

1 – Face the Cookie

Place a cookie on someone’s forehead. They have to use only their face muscles (no hands) to get it into their mouth.

2 – Defying Gravity

Give each player three balloons. They have to keep all three balloons up in the air for a minute.

3 – Bottle to Bottle

Fill one 2-liter bottle with something (Lucky Charms, Jelly Beans, etc.) then tape to another 2-liter bottle – players have to transfer all from one bottle to the other.

4 – Shamrock Shake

Tape an empty Kleenex box to a pair of panty hose, fill with ping pong balls, then tape around someone’s waist. They have to shake until all the balls fall out.

5 – Wrap It Up

A two player game where one person has to wrap the other person in streamers, toilet paper, or something else

6 – Traffic Yam

Push a sweet potato across the floor from one side of the room to another with just your nose (I’ve also done this with cabbages for St. Patrick’s Day)

7- Iron Man

Use a chopstick to stack iron nuts on top of each other

8 – New Year’s Eve Countdown

Fill boxes with different numbers of bells (1-5). Players must shake them and put them in order of the number of bells.

9 – Obstacle Course

Set up a themed obstacle course of objects around the room. Players have to go from one end of the room to the other around the obstacle course on a bath mat or towel.

10 – Choosing Cups

Set out like 25 cups, filling all of them part way with water. Put a sticker on the bottom of some of the cups. Players have to pick one cup at a time, trying to find a sticker.

The Ultimate Collection of Minute to Win It Games

Here’s the ultimate minute to win it game list!

Click on the links below to be taken directly to game instructions, supply lists, and photos for each of the individual games.

And it’s worth checking out the different posts if you need more ideas for a particular holiday. There are plenty of minute to win it games that can be changed slightly to work for another holiday or occasion! (e.g., baby shower games might work with different objects for Christmas)

Pretty sure I’ve used this “face the cookie” game as many times as there are flavors of Oreos!

Minute to Win It Christmas Games & Other Holidays

• Valentine Games
• St. Patrick’s Day Games
• Easter Games
• 4th of July Party Games
• Halloween Party Games
• Thanksgiving Games
• Christmas Games
• 12 Days of Christmas Games
• New Year’s Eve Games

Minute to Win It Challenges for Special Occasions

• Graduation Party Games
• Super Bowl Party Games
• Bridal Shower Games
• Baby Shower Games
• Bachelorette Party Games

Seasonal Minute to Win It Party Games

• Spring Party Games
• Summer Party Games
• Fall Party Games
• Winter Party Games

Miscellaneous Minute to Win It Games

• Minute to Win It Games for Groups
• Princess Party Games
• Lego Games
• Chick Flick Inspired 
• Olympic Party Games
• Winter Olympic Party Games
• Superhero Party Games
• Avengers Party Games
• Elf on the Shelf Themed
• Outdoor Water Games
• Young Women Value Activities

Don’t forget to bookmark and pin this guide to playing minute to win it games! It will be updated any time I post new game ideas! 

Outdoor games and competitions for children aged 7-13 in summer (13 pcs)

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Updated by 24.04.2023

Summer is a fun time when children spend most of their free time outdoors. Gathering in small companies, they sometimes cannot think of an interesting activity. What can you play outside in the summer?

1. Ball chasers

The ball game is similar to the usual game of catch-up, where the driver must hit any player in order to switch roles with him. Only here you need to hit the player not with your hand, but with the ball. If the driver misses, then he takes the ball and again goes after his luck.

The task can be changed slightly. The driver stands still and says: “One, two, three, stop!”. Players stop. The driver from the place tries to knock out any of them with the ball. If the ball touches the player, he becomes the driver. When the driver misses, he runs after the ball, counts to three again and again tries to knock out one of the stopped ones. Here the ability to analyze, to correctly calculate one’s strength is trained.

2. Lucky number

Surely, many people know how to play «Potato», where the ball is thrown from one player to another. But what about small children who have not yet learned how to throw the ball properly, let alone hit it? For them, the rules are simplified: the ball is thrown in a circle to each other. The first, giving the ball to a neighbor, says aloud: “One”. Further, the account is kept to oneself. The number nine is still pronounced aloud, and the player who will catch the ball ninth must hit it in the middle of the circle. If someone breaks the rules (does not say “one” or “nine” aloud, says any other number, does not hit the ball) — sits in the center of the circle. Those in the circle can be saved. To do this, the one who will hit the ball must hit them.

3. Tracks

An old Russian game that allows you to develop the ability to run fast, make unexpected turns, change the speed of movement. Its essence lies in the fact that a path is drawn on the road with chalk (you can use a stick on the ground). The older the children, the more difficult and winding the path. The length can be any, but better than 5 m. First you need to practice: run along the path, trying not to step over the outlined lines. Then you can proceed to the contests, which can be different. For example, «Who will run faster»: the time of each participant is taken into account and the winner is revealed.

If you make several identical lanes, you can divide into teams and have fun relay races:

• “Bring a flag”. Flags are set at the end of the lanes, the number of which is equal to the number of participants in the team. Children must, having run along the path in the forward and reverse direction, bring all the flags. The team that does it faster wins.
• «Who is faster?» You need to complete the track as quickly as possible. You can’t run in this competition, and if a participant breaks the rules, he returns to the beginning and goes through the track again.
• Happy caterpillar. Team members grab each other by the waist and walk the track, trying not to step over the lines. Whoever completes the task faster, wins.

The conditions for passing obstacles can be different: carry an egg in a spoon, holding the ball between the feet, run on toes or heels, overcome the required distance by jumping, and so on.

4. Treasure hunt

Prepare the necessary props for the game: notes, sweet prizes. Each note is a clue to the location of the next letter. For example, a note draws a tree with three branches. Children must find just such a tree, and on it is a note that can be hidden in a crack in the trunk, under some leaf, or in another inconspicuous place. The hint can be in the form of a riddle: “A young flower is like the sun, golden. Aged — covered with airy silver. This is a dandelion. So, you need to look for a note on the field with these colors. For older children, difficult puzzles can be used: anagrams, charades, puzzles, puzzles, encrypted letters. The more work the guys put into the search, the greater the joy from the found treasure.

5. King

One of the players is chosen as the leading king. On the ground, on one side, a circle is drawn — a palace. From the opposite platform, circles are also drawn according to the number of participants — the houses of princes and princesses — the children of the king. A line is drawn between the palace and the houses. Children first agree among themselves where they were and what they did. For example, they were in the field, sowing wheat. Then they come to the line and shout: “Hello, king!”. He answers them: “Hello, children! Where have you been?» They answer. The king asks: «What did they do there?» Children without words show the action they have in mind. The king must guess what they were doing in three tries. If he guesses correctly, the children scatter to their homes, and the king catches them. In the case when the king caught someone, he changes roles with the participant. If everyone managed to escape or the king does not guess the action, he leads again.

6. Fishermen and fish

Two players — fishermen — are blindfolded with a handkerchief. They should stand opposite each other so that, with their arms outstretched, they can touch their fingertips. The rest of the participants are fish. Their task is to swim past the fishermen without getting into their nets. The fishermen, in turn, try to catch as much prey as possible: they stretch out their arms and catch everyone who comes across. Caught participants become fishermen.

7. Firefighters

Players are divided into two teams that line up facing each other. Each player has a water tank. It is better to take safe disposable cups. The last players have water poured into a glass. At the leader’s signal, they pour water to their neighbor, trying not to spill it, and run to the beginning of the line, standing next to the first participant. The one with water in the cup repeats the action of the previous player, pouring water to the neighbor and running to the beginning of the row. Thus, the water should return to the glass in which it was originally. Now the water levels of both teams are compared: the one that retained the most is declared the winner.

8. Shooting games

Helium balloons are tied to a branch so that they are at different heights. Each participant receives several cones. The task of the players is to hit the ball with a cone from a certain distance. Whoever hits more times wins. The game can be complicated for older children: you will need to hit the ball with your eyes closed.

9. Bowling

To play, you will need plastic bottles filled with water and a ball (soccer, basketball or volleyball). Bottles — skittles are installed along the line close to each other. Children take turns pushing the ball — the core, trying to knock out as many pins as possible. You can compete in teams: the players of one team push the ball once, trying to knock down the pins together.

10. Edible — non-edible

Participants line up. The driver throws the ball to everyone in turn, naming an edible or inedible object. Players must catch what is edible and discard what is inedible. The one who makes a mistake changes places with the driver.

11. School

First, a table is drawn on the asphalt, consisting of 11 lines — classes. The number of columns is equal to the number of participants. All players are on the first line — entered the first class. The driver takes turns throwing the ball, naming an edible or inedible object. Similarly to the previous game, the edible is caught, the inedible is discarded. If the participant performed the correct action, he moves to the next class. If he makes a mistake, he stays for the second year. The one who finishes school first becomes a teacher — driver, and the game starts anew.

12. Kashevar

4 lines are drawn on the asphalt at a distance of half a meter. The one who is on the first line is a private, on the second are sergeants, on the third are officers, on the fourth are generals. After the fourth line, at a distance of about 1.5 m, there is a skittle. The driver is chosen — the cook. He stands next to the skittles. The rest line up along the first line — they are still ordinary. Each participant has a small stick — a projectile. The guys take turns throwing it, trying to knock down the skittle.

As soon as the stick hits the skittle, the one who threw it, and other participants who missed the target, run after their sticks, trying to dodge the driver. The driver raises and sets the pin. Only after that he can catch other participants. The one he catches becomes the driver, and the former cook becomes an ordinary.

Each hit on a pin is a way of gradually increasing the rank: a private who knocks down a pin and returns with a stick, passing the role of a leader, becomes a sergeant, then an officer and a general. Important: hitting the pin does not give the right to re-throw, it only increases the rank! Throwing projectiles continues in turn. The one who knocks down the skittle as a general wins.

13. Skipping ropes

Both boys and girls love to jump rope.

Several rope games:

• Fishing. Participants — fish line up around the driver — the fisherman. The fisherman runs the rope along the ground so that it touches someone’s legs. The one who was hit by the rope changes roles with the driver.
• Watch. This game is best played with three or four players. Two leaders hold the rope at opposite ends. One or two players stand in front of the rope. Drivers say: “The clock struck exactly one: one!” and twist the rope once. Those who stand in the middle must jump over it. This continues until the players stumble. Then they change roles with the leaders.
• «Snake». This game can be played by the whole company. Two leaders hold a stretched rope — a snake. Everyone else should jump over it, trying not to hit it. At the same time, the actions gradually become more complicated: first, the snake sleeps (the rope lies on the ground), then wakes up (the rope is moved along the ground from side to side), gradually grows (lift the stretched rope a little higher). Those who, when jumping, touches the snake, are eliminated from the game, which continues until the winner is revealed.

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25 fun outdoor games for kids in summer

Outdoor games for children in summer for children aged 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7 years old will have fun.

Contents of the article:

• Games for children outdoors in summer
  • Games for children 2-3 years old outdoors in summer
  • Games for children 3-4 years old outdoors
  • Games for children 4-5 years old outdoors in summer
  • Outdoor games for children 5-6 years old in summer
  • Outdoor games for children 6-7 years old in summer

Outdoor games for children in summer: active, interesting, sports.

Outdoor games for children 2-3 years old in summer

Outdoor games for children 2-3 years old in summer will help adults to play outdoors with children, develop their various skills.

Game 1. Sunny bunny.

Take a lantern and show your child how it makes a yellow spot on the wall: «It’s a sunbeam.» Invite the child to catch the “bunny” with their palms. If the «bunny» is on the floor, you can catch it with your feet.

Runaways
Sunbeams,
We call them — they don’t go,
Were here — and they are not here.
Jump, jump around the corners,
Were there — and they are not there.
Where are the bunnies? Gone,
We didn’t find them anywhere.
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Game 2. Tag with a snake.

Cheerful music for children sounds, children run, jump, have fun. The music stops, and the children squat down and hide (so that the snake «does not notice» them). A snake (toy) crawls past the children, and the children need to restrain themselves and not rush to run away from the snake. In this game, children develop endurance.

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Game 3. Birds in the nest.

Children — «birds», stand on small elevations (cubes, bars 5-10 cm high) located on one side of the room. The adult says: “The sun is shining outside, all the birds fly out of their nests, looking for grains.”
«Birds» jump or descend from hills, «fly», wave their «wings», squat, «peck» «grains». At the signal of an adult: «It’s raining!» The birds fly to their nests.

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Game 4. Train.

Children stand one after another in a column and put their hands on the shoulders of the child in front. It turns out a «train» that slowly moves around the room with the words:

Here our train is going,
the wheels are knocking,
and the guys are sitting in this train
.
«Chu — choo — choo,
choo — choo — choo»,
— the locomotive
runs far, far away,
guys he took
far, far away.
But here’s the stop:
«Who wants to get off?
Get up guys,
let’s go for a walk!
(A. Anufriyeva)
At the last words, the children run away and can pretend to pick mushrooms — berries. At the signal of an adult, they again stand one after another, depicting wagons.

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Game 5. Moths.

Children pretend to be moths. An adult pronounces the words of the poem:
On a green meadow
Moths fly.
And from flower to flower
Flutter cheerfully.
Children run, wave their winged arms, “flutter”.
Tanya went out to the meadow,
She has a net in her hands.
Watch out, moth,
Fly away, my friend!
(A. Anufriyeva)
«Moths» are running away from an adult who is holding a bright net in his hands and is trying to catch them.

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Outdoor games for children 3-4 years old

How interesting and useful to spend time with your child on the street? We have prepared for you a selection of interesting, educational games.

Game 1. You go slower — you will continue. Stop.

Children of this age love games that require you to freeze in place, because they are just in the process of mastering this skill.
The leader becomes his back to the participants at some distance. Then he says: “You go quieter — you will continue. Stop». While the driver is talking, the children go to him, as soon as the driver says “stop”, everyone freezes in place. The driver turns around and examines the children: those who do not freeze are eliminated from the game. The rest continue the game until they reach the leader.

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Game 2. Search for toys.

Draw a sign on the pavement with 4 — 6 cells, depending on the number of toys, and in each cell you schematically depict what you need to find. The baby closes his eyes and you quickly hide the toys on the playground. The child looks for objects and arranges them in the appropriate cells. If there are several children, then we draw several tablets. At the end of the game, we check the correspondence between the drawing and the toy.

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Game 3. African river.

Draw a river (2 lines) on the asphalt or put 2 cords. There are crocodiles in the river, and a lion may be in danger on the shore. The child is a zebra that came to the watering place. Mom says what danger awaits her: if a crocodile, then you need to jump out of it to the shore, if a lion, then vice versa, hide from him in the water. When the baby learns the rules, you can try to confuse him by saying the same command in a row.

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Game 4. Walk wider.

Hoops (plastic or flat plywood with a diameter of 60 cm) are laid out in 2-3 rows on the platform, 5-6 hoops in each row. 2-3 children, on a signal, step from hoop to hoop. When they reach the end, they jump, clap their hands and return.
Rules: walk with an intermediate step in the hoop, but without going beyond its edges, do not touch the hoops.

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Game 5. Find your house.

Children sit along one side in the playground or in the room. At the signal of the teacher “Let’s go for a walk”, the children disperse around the site, whoever wants where. According to the teacher «Home!» everyone runs back and takes any free space. Then the game is repeated.

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Outdoor games for 4-5 year olds in summer

Outdoor games for 4-5 year olds in summer will help children learn to interact with each other in the form of a game.

Game 1. Sparrows and a cat.

Children stand along the walls on benches, on large cubes or in hoops placed on the floor. These are “sparrows on the roof” or “in nests”.

A «cat» is sitting at a distance, the role of which is played by one of the children.

“The sparrows have flown,” says the teacher. Sparrows jump off the roof or jump out of the nest and, spreading their wings, that is, stretching their arms to the sides, run scattered around the room.

Meanwhile the cat is sleeping. But then she wakes up, says: “Meow-meow!” and runs to catch up with sparrows, which should hide from her on the roof or nests, taking their places.

Having caught the sparrows, the cat takes them to her house.

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Game 2. Tram.

Children stand along the wall of the room or side of the playground in a column in pairs, holding each other’s hands. With their free hand, they hold a cord, the ends of which are tied (one holds with his right hand, the other with his left).

The teacher is in one of the corners of the room and holds in his hand three colored flags (circles, cards) — yellow, red, green.

The teacher raises a green flag, and the children run, the tram moves.

Having reached the teacher, the children look to see if the color of the flag has changed: if the green flag is raised, the movement continues; if a yellow or red flag appears, the children stop and wait for the green color to appear so that they can move again.

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Game 3. Rabbits.

Chairs are arranged in a semicircle on one side of the room, with the seats inside the semicircle. These are rabbit cells.

On the opposite side is the caretaker’s house.

In the middle there is a lawn where the rabbits are let out for a walk.

Children stand behind the backs of chairs, at the instruction of the teacher they squat down — rabbits sit in cages.

The teacher — «watchman» comes to the cage and releases the rabbits into the meadow: the children crawl out from under the chairs one by one, and then jump, moving forward all over the lawn.

At the teacher’s signal “Run into the cages!” the rabbits return to their places, crawling under the chairs again.

The teacher should make sure that the children, crawling under the chairs, try not to touch them with their backs.

Instead of chairs, crawling arches or sticks or slats placed on the chair seats can be used.

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Game 4. My cheerful sonorous ball.

Children stand in a circle, a teacher with a basket of small balls in the center. All together say the words:

My merry sonorous ball
Where did you rush off to?
Red, yellow, blue,
Can’t keep up with you.

At the end of the words, the teacher throws the balls up so that they scatter in different directions. Children must quickly put them back into the basket.

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Game 5. Draw the ring.

Objective: to train children in throwing rings at certain targets.

Equipment: rings, various figures on which they must be thrown.
Description. A line is drawn on the floor (asphalt) — this is the border from which the children will throw the ring. At a distance of 1.5-2 m from it, a figure is placed to throw the ring (an elephant with a raised trunk, a goose with an outstretched neck, a rhinoceros with an exposed horn, etc. ) An adult shows how to throw the ring — from himself, trying to keep it in horizontal position.

Next, the children try to sketch the rings on their own. An adult, if necessary, can help the child by directing the movement of his hand.

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Outdoor games for children 5-6 years old in summer

Games for children 5-6 years old outdoors in summer will teach several children to interact with each other.

Game 1. Kangaroo.

Active play. Develops dexterity, speed in movements. It can successfully pass among a company of different ages. Suitable for home and street.

Two teams compete. Holding a matchbox (or similar object) with your feet, you need to jump like a kangaroo to the opposite wall (or chair), stop and say loudly:
«I am a kangaroo!» (This statement is also evaluated by the presenter).

Then you need to jump back and pass the box to a teammate. Prizes for the winning team.

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Game 2. Fluff.

Quiet play. Develops discipline. Suitable for indoor and outdoor (when there is no wind).

Old Russian game. The teams stand against each other, between them is a line that cannot be crossed (for example, a ribbon). The host tosses a feather (you can use a fluffy cotton swab) over the heads of the participants.

Objective: to move it to the side of the enemy. Attention, the team that steps up the ribbon or touches the feather with their hands is counted as a defeat.

Game 3. Edible — inedible?

Quiet play. Develops attention and logic. Suitable for home and street.

The leader throws the ball to one of the players and says a word. The player must catch the ball if the word denotes an edible item, or discard it if the item is inedible.

The most attentive wins.

Those who made a mistake can be taken forfeits, according to which ridiculous tasks are then assigned in the dark.

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Game 4. Ring-ring.

The leader is chosen, all the rest sit opposite him. As a «ring» you need to find a small object: a button, a pebble, a ring, etc.

Players fold their hands in a boat shape. The «ring» is hidden in the leader’s «boat», and he runs his hands over the slightly open «boats» of the players, imperceptibly tossing the ring to one of them.

The main thing is to do everything very professionally, like an actor, so that none of those sitting would guess at what exact moment the «ring» from the hands of the presenter migrated to the palms of the lucky player. The one who had the ring should also keep the intrigue … After all the players go through the procedure, the leader says: «Ring-ring, go out on the porch.» At this moment, the one who really had the “ring” should quickly get up and run forward so that the others do not have time to catch him. If he succeeds, he becomes the new leader.

Warm childhood memories of this popular game take you back to a time when rings on the fingers of girls were very rare, holding someone else’s ring in your hands is cool in itself! This simple game can be played with both toddlers and school-age children and is almost universal for both boys and girls. A small car can also be used as a “ring”, for that matter.

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Game 5. Spider and flies.

Tasks: to develop in children the ability to perform actions on a signal.

Description: in one of the corners of the hall, a circle marks a web with a spider in it. All the other guys are flies. All flies «fly» around the hall, buzzing. At the signal of the host «Spider!» flies freeze. The spider comes out of hiding and carefully examines all the flies. Those who move, he leads into his web. After two or three repetitions, the number of flies caught is counted.

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Outdoor games for children 6-7 years old in summer

Outdoor games for children 6-7 years old in summer will keep children busy for a long time.

Game 1. Burners.

Tasks: practice running, respond to the signal, follow the rules of the game.
Description: The game is played by an odd number of children who form pairs and hold hands. Ahead of the column is the leader, who looks ahead. Children repeat the words in chorus:

Burn, burn bright,
So that it does not go out,
Look at the sky —
Birds are flying,
Bells are ringing!
Times! Two! Three! Run!

As soon as the participants say the word “Run!”, those standing in the last pair in the column release their hands and run along the column forward, one on the right side, the other on the left. Their task is to run forward, stand in front of the driver and join hands again.

The driver, in turn, must catch one of this pair before they join hands. If you manage to catch, then the driver with the caught one forms a new pair, and the participant left without a pair will now drive.

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Game 2. Catching deer.

Tasks: practice running in different directions, agility.

Description: Two shepherds are chosen among the participants. The rest of the players are deer located inside the outlined circle. The shepherds are behind the circle, opposite each other. At the leader’s signal, the shepherds take turns throwing the ball at the deer, and they try to dodge the ball.

The deer hit by the ball is considered to be caught and leaves the circle. After several repetitions, counts the number of deer caught.

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Game 3. Magic word.

The leader shows various movements and addresses the players with the words: “Raise your hands, stand, sit down, stand on your toes, walk in place …”, etc.

The players repeat the movements only if the leader adds the word «Please». Whoever makes a mistake is out of the game.

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Game 4. Golden Gate.

Two facilitators are appointed. They stand up, holding hands, and raise them up, showing the gate. All other participants pass through the gate, saying:

Golden Gate
Not always allowed.
The first time is said goodbye,
The second time is forbidden,
And the third time
We won’t let you through.