Camp Shriver & Fun with Fruits & Veggies
July 7, 2010 – 10:24 amOh the joys of working with campers! I have a sneaky suspicion that the more time we spend with the camps, the more I’m going to want to be attending them. On the HOLY HOTTEST day of the year (yesterday), the Camp Shriver campers and staff went for a lovely dip in the pool we have here on campus while I mulled around, sweating, wondering when I could run through the sprinklers. Live it up, kids! Camp is great!
Yesterday, we played a game called “Fruits & Veggies” where the directions are as follows:
- Campers choose one partner and decide who wants to be a fruit and who wants to be a vegetable.
- The “fruits” line up shoulder to shoulder along a field (or track) and the veggies do the same approximately 15 yards away. The partners should be facing each other.
Rules:
- If a vegetable is called out by the Game Director (yep, that’s me!), the vegetable team member must run to the fruit team member. The fruit team member takes a knee, lets the veggie team member sit on it and then runs back to the veggie line.
- If a fruit is called out by the Game Director, the fruit team member must runt to the veggie team member. The veggie team member takes a knee, lets the fruit team member take a quick seat and then runs back to the fruit line.
- When “Juice” is called, campers on both lines must do a jumping jack and yell “100 Percent!”
- When “Vitamins” is called, campers on both lines must drop to a knee, put their hands in the air and yell, “I can see!”
- When “How Many” is called, campus on both lines must jump in the air and yell “Five Alive!”
- When “Smoothies” is called, campers on both lines must shiver.
If any of these rules are not followed during the course of the game by any team member, both members of the team are OUT – the last pair standing wins! We played a rousing game of this with our campers and it seems to be enjoyable for all ages (even the staff). It also tests your knowledge – when “tomato” is called, who runs? The fruits or the veggies?
We also gave out two “funucational” (fun & education combined – yippee!) take home handouts in addition to a snack of bananas and potato chips. To see photos of our morning with Camp Shriver, click here!
