Camping Trip
Type of Game: Icebreaker - Camping Trip Equipment: None Formation: Group # of Players: 10+ Description: Have the group form a circle. The game begins by one player saying "I'm going on a camping trip and I'm going to bring ______" and at this point the player picks anything they would like to bring on the trip. You'll need a pattern for the players to follow, but only have one player know the pattern before you start. This will make the items they suggest on bringing that much harder to think of. Let's assume that the pattern is things which begin with the letter 'S' so the player says "socks". Then the next player says "I'm going on a camping trip and I'm going to bring sandwiches." After one of the players has finished with presenting their item with in the correct pattern, all players who have figured out the pattern would say, "Okay, you can bring that on the camping trip". But let's say the third person hasn't caught on to the game yet and says, "I'm going on a camping trip and I'm going to bring bananas". All player who know the pattern should say, "No, you can't bring bananas" and play continues to the next player until everyone has caught onto the pattern. If a player thinks they know the pattern they must wait until their turn and say what they are bringing to the camping trip. If their items fits the pattern they can then whisper what they think the pattern is to the leader and the leader will say yes or no. Sometimes a player really doesn't know the pattern and simply guesses something which fits the pattern. Here are some suggestions for possible patterns you could choose. You can have more than one pattern at a time: 1. Things which start with a certain letter of the alphabet such as the letter G (gold, groceries, garbage etc.) 2. Things which end with a certain letter of the alphabet 3. Words with two vowels or consonants together (wheel, pizza, book etc.) 4. Words with a certain letter in the of the word such as the letter K (kangaroo, book, coke etc.) 5. Items consisting of two words (hot dogs, baking dish, waffle iron etc.) 6. Items of the same color 7. Items with the same number of letters 8. Items which begin with the last letter of the last item mentioned.

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