Tuesday night stations for silly Sprucelands fun.

Evening program!

Tuesday night's evening program challenged the kids to immerse themselves in more old fashioned, back to the basics fun. The kids refer to it as a stations program. What it really means is that the kids gather over by the tennis court, organize themselves into teams, and then move from activity to activity as the whistle blows or as the evening's leaders shout "change"!

One group played follow-the-leader and got to laughing so hard that they laid down in the grass and rolled around. Such sweet abandon! It made my heart swell to think these young people in this stressed out world of ours could let go enough to roll in the grass with silly giggles. And all they were playing was follow-the-leader. They of course had to guess who the leader was. Different kids took turns.

Dylan, Gabby and Tori were pros in the karate challenges.

Another station played a karate game. The entire group of 10-12 kids started making karate moves with syncopated rhythm and pauses. If someone connected with another person, then that other person was eliminated. The last person remaining of course was the winner. Clever game. The kids love to play this. Often we play it in our weekend riding clinics. I know it's a hit there.

A third group played 'Big Bootie'. I think that's the name of the game. It's a kind of rhythm game which knocks people to the end of the line if they break the rhythm. Seems like the game could go on and on for hours and hours. Campers and staff get going and hate to stop.

Pterodactyl! Pterodactyl! Pterodactyl!

Yet another station was a game called Pterodactyl. The kids sit in a circle on the ground. They roll their lips inside over their teeth and then say the word 'pterodactyl'. Changing the range or inflection of their voice, they try their hardest to trigger giggles in other group members. Anyone who laughs is eliminated until only one member remains. Quite honestly, this game gets riotously funny because the kids get so outrageously silly.

So that was Tuesday evening. Left everyone in a fine spirit at the end of a very busy day. Lots of safe riding during the daytime program. Creative fun in the Nart Room. Great singing after supper. A pleasant interest hour after supper, and then stations of goofiness. Doesn't it just make you want to be at camp?

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