Active Camp Games with a Ball

All Over

All Over

Divide children into two equal groups. Each group should have the same amount of balls to start the game. Have.

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Angry Birds

Angry Birds

They build a tower, either of blocks, cups or anything around camp they can stack up. Hide a toy pig.

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Ball Factory

Ball Factory

Teams are timed to see how long they take to sort a large bucket of different types of balls into.

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Bean Ball

Bean Ball

Have the students stand on the boundary line around a hula hoop that has bean bags all around it–this will.

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Bed Sheet Ping Pong

Bed Sheet Ping Pong

Form two teams. Each team holds an opposite end of a bed sheet, tarp, or parachute. A ping pong ball.

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Belt Loop Ball

Belt Loop Ball

Divide the players into teams of 10 people. You will need rope, belts or something alike, ping pong balls, and.

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Benchball

Benchball

Create a large rectangular space (gym, use cones, etc.) At each end of the rectangular space, set up “benches,” using.

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Bouncing Baskets

Bouncing Baskets

Split into teams. You will need laundry baskets and balls that bounce. First set up a laundry basket at certain.

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Boxball

Boxball

Boxball transforms two sidewalk squares into an outdoor version of ping-pong or, perhaps more accurately, a postage-stamp-sized game of tennis..

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Bridge Ball

Bridge Ball

Have students stand in a circle, foot to foot. Their feet should be slightly more than shoulder width apart, forming.

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Bubbles

Bubbles

Spread out students in an open playing area sitting on the ground. Talk about safety and demonstrate how to avoid.

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Cannon Fire

Cannon Fire

Students divide into groups of five to six players and stand in lines on one side of the gym. Put.

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Castle Ball

Castle Ball

Designate a large play area with clear boundaries that has room for students to run. Castle Ball is like building.

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Cheese Movers

Cheese Movers

Split the group up into 2 teams. One team will be called the “mice,” and the other team will be.

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Clean the Garden

Clean the Garden

Campers are divided into 2 teams and divided by a straight line of cones. Balls are scattered on both sides.

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Concentration Ball

Concentration Ball

You pick a theme, such as Animals. One person starts with the ball and says an animal, then says the.

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Crack Up

Crack Up

This game requires a large, soft ball and five or so players. Whoever is named “It” has the ball and.

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Down, Down, Down

Down, Down, Down

Campers start off with a tennis ball and throw the ball continuously back and forth until somebody drops the ball..

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Earth Ball

Earth Ball

You will need a large inflatable beach ball, the bigger the better. Divide evenly into teams, one on one side.

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Fill the Bucket

Fill the Bucket

Split into teams, as many teams as you would like depending on the amount of campers in your group. Each.

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Flies and Grounders

Flies and Grounders

Pair campers up or put them in small groups. Give each pair/group a ball. Catching a ball in the air.

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Garbage Ball

Garbage Ball

This game can be played with 2-4 teams. Each team has a garbage bin or any bin of the same.

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Hideout

Hideout

Start by creating a “throwing pit” using the middle circle of the gym. Stand tumbling mats upright on their sides.

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Hit the Stick

Hit the Stick

Hit the Stick requires two players, a relatively level, uncracked two square stretch of sidewalk and popsicle stick. The players.

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Holes

Holes

The objective of this game is to get a foam dodgeball into a hoop. First, set up volleyball nets or.

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Hot Spots

Hot Spots

Set up the cones in a row at about half court on a basketball court. If two hoops are available.

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Hula Ball

Hula Ball

Set up three hula hoops to look like Mickey Mouse’s head in the play space. Make sure the hula hoops.

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Hungry Hippo

Hungry Hippo

Turn the popular game Hungry Hungry Hippos into life-size mayhem! Split into 4 teams. Use plastic ball pit balls, tennis.

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Keep It Up

Keep It Up

Have the players circle up and try to volley the small beach ball in the air as many consecutive times.

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Knock Down

Knock Down

Split campers into even teams; make sure each team knows which side is their side and put any number of.

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Ladder Ball

Ladder Ball

Label the rungs of a ladder with various point totals. Then let kids try to throw the ball through the.

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Musical Balls

Musical Balls

Place balls in the center of the area adding up to 1 less then the amount of campers playing. Have.

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Protect the Penguin

Protect the Penguin

Place foam balls across the gym and give each child a bowling pin to set up around the gym. Each.

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Recycle Ball

Recycle Ball

Have the group sit in a big circle. Let the group pick a song they want to sing. While singing.

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Satellites

Satellites

This is a great activity for throwing, rolling, offensive/defensive, and cooperation skills. The objective of the game is to get.

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Silent Ball at the Museum

Silent Ball at the Museum

The leader chooses one student to be the “Night Guard”. To start, count down “5, 4, 3, 2, 1… Frozen!”.

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Silent Speed Ball

Silent Speed Ball

Students spread out in playing area standing up. Leader counts down, “3, 2, 1, Silent.” Students pass the ball to.

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Slap Ball

Slap Ball

This is a free for all dodgeball type game. Kids must slap the ball at each other and hit them.

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Smash

Smash

The objective of this game is to advance beach balls over to the other team’s side and get them to.

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Sock Ball

Sock Ball

Set up a circle of chairs, of no less than 15 people 2-4 people standing in the middle 3-4 long.

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SPUD

SPUD

This game is played with a large ball, each kid picks a number in the beginning of the game. Then.

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Star Wars

Star Wars

Divide playing space in half by Rope. Each team has one Jedi knight (with pool noodle), has a star base.

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Stash It

Stash It

Need colored jerseys, hula hoops, footballs (one per hoop). Designate a large play area with clear boundaries that has room.

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Steal the Bacon

Steal the Bacon

Divide the students into 2-4 groups; each team sits on a boundary line. Give each student a number. Each group.

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Tic-Tac-Toe Toss

Tic-Tac-Toe Toss

Make the tic tac toe court. Split students into two teams. Demonstrate what three in a row looks like. Each.

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Torpedo

Torpedo

This game is a gym-version of the pool game “sharks and minnows.” Using a basketball court or marking your own,.

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Trash Ball

Trash Ball

Divide into two teams. Use a trashcan that is about the same size as your ball. Have each team choose.

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Ultimate Keep Away

Ultimate Keep Away

Split campers into even teams. It goes by the same basic principle as the traditional keep away game, but it’s.

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Wall Ball

Wall Ball

Split into two teams and place mats on opposite walls of the gymnasium, these are the goals. Each team can.

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