Giant Activities for Your Family Reunion

Miscellaneous” Activities for Your Family Reunion

I considered calling this post ”Miscellaneous” activities for your family reunion because they aren’t theme driven but have proven to be great time fillers for small groups of people during our family reunions.

Giant Checkers Rug

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I have had this giant Checkers Rug for more than 20 years.  We set it out at every family reunion and you will always find two people playing Checkers no matter what time of day it is, usually with a small crowd gathered around cheering for the underdog to win.

Giant Coloring Pages

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Giant coloring pages are always a huge hit at our  family reunions. Of course, there isn’t room for a lot of people to sit around coloring, but it’s a great activities for someone looking for a little down  time.  Coloring pages come in different themes that would go along with your reunion theme- jungle, circus, Medieval etc.  Some pages come with markers for coloring but you’ll need to bring extra.  When your page is complete, roll it up carefully and then enter in your county fair or have it framed for Grandma.

The giant Checker rug and giant coloring pages are both available at the family reunion helper  store  for under twenty dollars.

A Silly Little Camp Song

 

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One side of our family always combines their family reunion with a weekend of camping.  As I’ve been working on a  theme and activities for our camp I found a copy of this silly camp song in one of my files. 

It seems like everything the song mentions happens when we go camping from missing tent poles to getting eaten’ alive by mosquitos. I thought I’d share it- maybe someone will get a chuckle out of it.  The only catastrophe it doesn’t mention is the broken zippers on our tent.  Maybe I’ll make up my own verse to talk about that.’

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“Take Me Out To The Ballgame” Tune

Sing this song to the tune  of “Take Me Out To The Ballgame”

Putting up our old dome tent
Who forgot all the poles?
Rolling out all the sleeping bags
oh no the tent top is starting to sag.

Let me melt my shoes in the campfire,
freeze my toes in the stream.
I’ll eat one, two, three chocolate S’mores
It’s a camper’s dream!

Sleeping out on the hard ground.
My air mattress is flat.
Skunks, mice and squirrels invade my space.
I feel them crawling all over my face.

I’ll wash my hair in cold water.
The headache freeze is a pain.
It takes one, two, three times to rinse.
It’s a camper’s dream!

Lead me back from the outhouse.
Take me back to my tent.
Cook me a hot dog on a long, straight stick.
I’ll eat so many that I’m sure to get sick.

Let’s all sit around the campfire
who forgot the bug spray with Deet?
Now it’s one,two, three mosquito bites
it’s a camper’s dream.

Happy Camping!

 

Quick and Easy Dutch Oven Cookies

I usually mix up a batch of cookie dough to bake in our Dutch oven when we go camping, but on a whim I threw in a package of cookie mix for our last camping trip and it was a hit!

Case of Betty Crocker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix (12 total)

Using the mix the cookies were quick and easy to stir together and I didn’t have to worry about keeping the dough cold.

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If using a 12″ Dutch oven, you can bake about 8 cookies at one time. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes or until light brown. Use 6 coals on bottom, 22 on top.

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The mixes don’t make a huge batch and as good as fresh baked cookies taste when you’re camping you might want to toss in an extra package of mix.