~ BUS GAMES
~
NUMBER DRAW
You’ll need a cloth bag and 10 small styrofoam balls with numbers
1-10 on them. Contest - Kids need to guess the number that will be
pulled from the bag, 1 contestant at a time
BUBBLE
BLOWING
Contest - Who can blow up a bubble the fastest; use 2 or 4 contestants
at a time.
To make the bubble blowing harder; Give everyone two pretzel sticks
to eat as they get on the bus. After they eat the pretzels the breading
will be in their teeth, causing it to make bubbles harder. Variation
to the game: who can blow the biggest bubble
BALLOON
PASSING
Tools - Medium size balloons - round in style
Contest - Passing the balloon from front to back the quickest.
Contestants - One side of the bus against the other.
Variation to the game; Pass the balloon front to back alternating
over the seat and under the seat.
SHIUR
TRIVIA
Contest - Test their knowledge of the lessons they learned in shiur
this week.
Contestants - The entire Bus
TWISTER!
Group Size: bus load
Equipment: (a) medium sized colored circles, enough for each seat
of the bus to have a set of 4 colors. (b) twister wheel (or home made
wheel)
Rules: tape the colored circles to the back of each bus seat. Spin
the wheel and have the campers follow the instructions, "right
hand red", by placing their foot/hand on the colored circle in
front of them. Continue spinning the wheel to see how long the campers
can last holding up their limbs.
Comments: Depending on your bus driver, they may not allow the campers
to put their shoes on the seats, have them take off their shoes. Make
sure you stress that no camp rules may be broken during this game,
for example, the campers must remain seated the entire time.
PARTS
OF THE BUS
Group Size: bus load
Rules: the bus is divided into two teams (two sides of the bus)
Team one names a part of the bus; team two then has to name a different
part of the bus…
this continues back and forth. When one team can not name a part,
the other can go for "steal", by naming an un-named part
of the bus. This can keep them entertained for a good while!!
TOILET
PAPER RACE
Group Size: bus load
Equipment: rolls of toilet paper
Rules: The bus is divide into two teams (two sides of the bus). A
roll of toilet paper is handed to the campers in the back seat. When
the counselor says "go" the campers in the back seat pass
the toilet paper to the campers in front of them, but hold onto the
end of the roll. The paper is passed up from seat to seat, unraveling
as it goes; the roll may not skip a seat, each camper must touch it
if the roll breaks the team must start again. The first team to have
every camper touching the continuous roll of toilet paper, from the
back to the front of the bus, wins.
I
SPY
Equipment: list of objects/landmarks
Rules: In advance, prepare a list of objects and landmarks that may
be seen from the bus. Divide the campers into groups by seat, or by
row. Each group is handed a piece of paper with a list of objects/landmarks
on it. When a camper sees something on the list they are to tell a
counselor, who will give them a check for that object. The first team
to have all of their objects checked wins.
Comments: If you know the route the bus is taking, you may decide
on some special landmarks for the list.
PASS
UP
Bus is divided into 2 teams. Call out random objects such as red earring,
striped sock, green shoelace, yellow pony tail holder, friendship
bracelet etc. The team who passes it to the front of the bus first
scores a point.
UP
& DOWN
The head counselor stands in front of the bus and tells everyone they
have to say up & down with a number of 1 or 2. For example, they
can say 1 up 1 down, 2 up or 2 down. Sometimes they get it right and
sometimes they don't. The catch is that they have to figure out the
pattern why they're right sometimes and wrong at other times... The
trick is, as the HC is calling on kids to guess, she has either one
hand up (and one down), two hands up or two hands down. At the time
the child guesses, he has to acurately describe the position of her
hands. The first child to figure out the trick / pattern is the winner!
SING
SONG GAME #1 - 99 BOTTLES OF BEER
99 Bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer
If one of the bottles happen to fall
98 bottles of beer on the wall
(variation to line 4: what a waste of alcohol!)
Or..
99 Bottles of beer on the wall
99 bottles of beer
Take one down and pass it around
98 bottles of beer on the wall
SING
SONG GAME #2 – TELEPHONE
Campers: Hello Lylie,
Lylie: Someone’s calling my name
Campers: Hello Lylie,
Lylie: I think I hear it again
Campers: You’re wanted on the telephone, if it isn’t
Lylie: Carlyn, I’m not home.
Everyone: Said a rick tick tick tick, tickity tick, said a rick tick
tick tick, tickity tick
Campers: Hello Carlyn…
SING
SONG GAME #3 – COOKIE MONSTER
Campers: Sara stole the cookie from the cookie jar,
Sara: Who me?
Campers: Yes you!
Sara: Couldn’t be!
Campers: Then who?
Sara: David
Campers: David stole the cookie from the cookie jar,
ALPHABET
GAME:
Find the alphabet on signs or car license plates in order. This can
go on for a while because some letters are hard to find.
BINGO:
You can play car Bingo with different makes and different colors of
cars on premade cards.
TEACH
SONGS:
You can sing or teach them songs along the way, play music and then
have the words in small music books.
WATCH
VIDEOS:
Only if you’re really desperate…
EXERCISE:
You can spend 15 minutes every hour or so doing seat exercises like
they recommend on the airplanes. Turn you ankle ten times, turn your
wrists ten times and so on.
OBSERVATIONS:
You can get a soft ball to throw around the bus and whoever catches
it has to say the name of something that you are passing.
SCREWY
SONGS:
Divide the bus into 4 sections. Start singing a popular camp song
and tell each team that they have to change the tune of that song,
fast to slow, slow to fast etc. Give them 5 minutes and each team
has to sing their version.
DON'T
FORGET!!!
There's no bus activity more worthwhile than Tzivos Hashem! Kids can
keep themselves busy for hours with memorizing and getting tested!
Don't forget this integral part of Camp Gan Israel!
If you have
a fun bus game to contribute, we’d love to hear from you!! Drop
us a line: feedback@absolutecgi.com
