This high energy game requires two identical camping tents—large tents with poles and fasteners work best.  Divide the group into two teams and assign one tent per group.  Without providing assembly instructions, give each group five minutes to assess and/or sort their respective gear and then see which team can assemble their tent the fastest.  If you don’t have two larger tents, you can still play this game with smaller “pop up” tents if you also include other gear like sleeping bags, mess kits, and perhaps a stack of firewood. These must also be unrolled or constructed to “make camp”.

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Todd Outcalt is the lead pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church in Brownsburg, Indiana and is a thirty-year youth ministry veteran. He is the author of twenty-five books in six languages, including the youth ministry titles: $5 Youth Ministry (Group); Last-Minute Meetings (Abingdon); Ready to Go Youth Meetings (Abingdon); and The Youth Ministry Encyclopedia (Kindle).

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