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| Games and Activities |
| Goshawk Collect pictures of local wildlife, before you get to your next workamping assignment, if possible. |
| Poison Oak Collect pictures of local poisonous plants to help unfamiliar campers avoid the danger. |
Pampering Campers
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Children's Activities
Rubbings
There are an incredible number of shapes and textures in nature and they make
really cool pictures! Use paper and crayons to make rubbings of leaves, bark of
different trees, rocks, and other cool stuff you find outdoors.
What You Need:
Paper (paper with no lines works best)
Crayons or a pencil
How To Make a Rubbing:
Look for objects that are rough, bumpy or feel interesting.
Hold your paper over the object.
Hold your crayon or pencil on its side and rub across the bumpy parts.
For fun, try using different colors together.
There are an incredible number of shapes and textures in nature and they make
really cool pictures! Use paper and crayons to make rubbings of leaves, bark of
different trees, rocks, and other cool stuff you find outdoors.
What You Need:
Paper (paper with no lines works best)
Crayons or a pencil
How To Make a Rubbing:
Look for objects that are rough, bumpy or feel interesting.
Hold your paper over the object.
Hold your crayon or pencil on its side and rub across the bumpy parts.
For fun, try using different colors together.
Games and Activities
Scavenger Hunt
for pictures if you want to include them. You can also give prizes, certificates or just
praise them for finding all the animals.
- Find out what wildlife live within your campground and the surrounding area.
- List the animals and birds, along with a description, on a sheet of paper to
give to the children. - Tell the children to write down the critter(s) they find along with the time and
location where they saw them.
for pictures if you want to include them. You can also give prizes, certificates or just
praise them for finding all the animals.
Name the Squirrel Program
Here are a few we heard last summer: Chipzilla, Bob, Speedy, You-stupid-wabbit,
Birdie
- Tell the children that squirrels hibernate all winter. Those silly squirrels
sleep so long that they always forget their names when they wake up. The
squirrels need names for the summer and the children can help. - If the children are the first ones to get a squirrel to look at them for 5
seconds, they can name the squirrel. - Tell the children to be sure to tell you what they have named the squirrel and
which site they saw them in. This is so you can tell the next campers what
the squirrel's name is.
Here are a few we heard last summer: Chipzilla, Bob, Speedy, You-stupid-wabbit,
Birdie
Safety Briefing
in if they would like you to present the information to their group. Again, you can get
as elaborate as you want with this. Pictures of poisonous plants and reptiles are
especially welcome but just one or two per group are enough. The internet is a
great source.
- Gather all the information you can about the local wildlife, reptiles, insects
and plants. - Gather information on treatment of contact with insects, poisonous plants
and reptiles. - Gather prevention and safety tips for observing wildlife and what to do if you
find yourself too close.
in if they would like you to present the information to their group. Again, you can get
as elaborate as you want with this. Pictures of poisonous plants and reptiles are
especially welcome but just one or two per group are enough. The internet is a
great source.
