Campers Info Source

This is the second in a series of 5 BLOG posts that will introduce you to some fun games to play outdoors while camping.

Game # 2 – I’m Going Camping and I’m Gonna Bring……..

This game is the most fun when you have a group of 5 or more people at the camp site and everyone is sitting around the campfire with their camping tents and sleeping bags ready for the night.  The objective of the game is for the entire group to individually identify things they would bring camping that start with each letter of the alphabet.  For example, one person in the group would start by saying “I’m going camping and I’m gonna to bring an “Apple” camping”.  You then move clockwise to the next person in the group and that person would say: “I’m going camping and I’m gonna bring some “Beer”.  Note that the top two letters in the alphabet have now been used.  The next person in the group has to provide a word that starts with the letter “C”.  So they would say: “I’m going camping and I’m gonna bring a “Canary” camping.  And so on.  Some people struggle to find words that start with certain letters such as X, Q and Z but it’s always fun to see what they come up with, especially kids.  If you want, you can also choose a category like fruit, camping tools etc and the word has to be in that category.  If you reach the letter “Z”, start over with a second game and try a new category.  People sometimes come up with very funny words.  Make sure you limit everyone to providing an answer within 15 seconds and if they don’t provide an answer, the next person in the group is responsible for providing a word with that letter.  Lastly, in order to keep everyone fully engaged and prevent them from going into their camping tents early, you must repeat all responses before providing your response.  For example, If the category was cars and the first two people already said “Aero” and “Buick”, the third person would say: “I’m going camping and I’m gonna bring an: Aero, a Buick and…… a Chevy”.  Now all three letters of the alphabet have been used and the next person would have to repeat all three reponses and end with something like “Dodge” that starts with “D”.  Try this game before calling it a day and going to sleep in your camping tents.  I think you will really enjoy the game.  And remember, “The Joy is in the Journey”.