Special Program Activities

If you are looking to enhance your experience at Camp Wing, we offer a range of longer activities suitable for groups of variable size.  These can be incorporated into a daily schedule and offer fun to your students, while also giving them further opportunity to work in teams with a clear goal in mind.

Cooperative Olympics

 Cabin or Program groups travel to various stations to compete in events that stress support, cooperation, and cabin spirit.

Community Service

Groups choose a project on camp in conjunction with the Maintenance Director to improve a facility on camp for a long term effect. Alternatively, groups choose an activity in the surrounding community (with the Director) that can be completed on the Camp Wing site and then delivered to the recipients i.e. gift wrapping, murals, newsletters, baked goods, etc.

Dice Relay

Each number on a die represents a piece of equipment like a chair, a ball or broom. Six members of each team roll a die to receive a piece of equipment. The team must then use the objects and their team members to get from one end of a room to another without touching the floor. If the group touches the floor, the group has to start all over again…

Egg Zip/Drop                                                                                                             

Using a combination of teamwork and science, students work in groups of four and are challenged to build a capsule to protect an egg using straws, tape and card board. Each capsule is sent from the top of the 30 foot climbing wall down a zip line pulley to a target on the ground. The challenge is for each group to build a capsule that will save the egg from ‘eggploding’ on impact!

Miguel’s Puzzle

Working together as a group, you have to find a staff member and ask for a certain piece of a puzzle. In order to receive a piece, you have to do a team builder, sing a song, or perform a dance. There are six pieces to each group’s puzzle. The first group to collect all their pieces wins. This activity adds a whole new meaning to making a jigsaw puzzle!

NASA Rescue

This is a communication activity which uses the skills of prioritizing, reasoning, and negotiating.  The NASA space shuttle needs certain rescue material in order to survive. It is up to the group participants to decide which is most important.

Raft Challenge

Participants are given the challenge of building a raft out of materials they find around camp, excluding boats and anything within buildings. They must then get at least three group members on the raft. Those members must then try to paddle the raft across the lake and back keeping at least three members aboard and the raft in tact.  Sounds easier said than done!

Rocket Ship

This is a communication activity that uses all group members to build a rocket ship out of candy and sticks or Lego. Groups try to build a replica of the original. However, only one participant can see it (the architect); only one can hear what they see (the engineer); and then the builders must do their best to build the replica! Sounds confusing, but this is a great exercise in understanding the strength and need for good team communication.

Scavenger Hunts

Using clues around camp, groups get familiar with our landmarks and orientate themselves to our site using this fun and interactive method.

Wacky Relays

Teams race against each other in various wacky ways. Each member takes a turn completing the relay; the winners are based on the first to finish in a straight and quiet line. Depending on the number of teams, the activity can be run in a tournament format.

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