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WATERMARKS
CAM P & RETR E AT CE NTE R

 GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
       Summer 2020

      Table of Contents
       2- Full Activities List Overview
         3- New for Summer 2020
          4- Group/Team Activities
          5- Group/Team Activities
              6- Night Activities
              7- Night Activities
         8- Free REC Time Activites
         9- Open All Time Activities
GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

group/team ACTIVITIES             FREE REC TIME ACTIVITIES
1.5-2 hours for each activity     Most will be open everyday during Free REC Time

Connect Course                    Cyclone Spin
Corn Maze                         Mega Spin
Mud Tug of War                    Zipline
Survivor                          Rockwall
Low Ropes I & II                  Fishing Lake (canoeing, kayaking, paddleboards)
High Ropes Course 50              Leap of Faith (section of high ropes)
Obs Course                        Archery/Driving Ranges
Field Games                       Shooting Range HS      shotguns

Shooting/Driving/Archery Ranges   Escape Room             20

Indoor Team Building              Paintball      40/session

Wiffleball/Kickball               3 Pt. Shootout (in Worship Center)
Mind Games                        Creative Art Projects
Swim Time at the Lake             Basketball, Volleyball, Tetherball (always open)
River Tubing     75/session       Cornhole, KanJam, Spikeball (always open)
                                  GagaBall, Skatepark (always open)

night group ACTIVITIES            icon key
1-2 hours for each activity

Field Games                                     Bus to Activity
Party at the River
Scavenger Hunt
                                                Signup at Breakfast
PacMan
Glow Capture the Flag                           Group split into teams,
Staff Hunt
                                                rotate through activities
Movie Night + Popcorn
Camp Auction                                    Max capacity for activity
Wiffleball/Kickball
Campfire/Smores
Human Battleship                                Age restriction for activity
Indoor Team Building
Clue                                            Seasonal
Giant Jenga
Night Scrabble Paintball                        Additional Fee required
Talent Show + Popcorn
Gaga Tournament
                                                Snack provided by WM

                                                Multiple ways to play activity

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

                               neW for Summer 2020
SURVIVOR COURSE tribal war or group/team activity
    4 brand new elements designed for group team building and/or tribal war competitions. We can do one element daily as a
    weeklong competition for Tribal Wars or just run through as a team building course!
    Recommended group size- 10-200

ESCAPE ROOM free rec time and group/team activity             20

    Sign you and your friends up for an escape room challenge during Free REC Time. Signups will happen at breakfast time the
    morning of. Also you can book the Escape room for a team building activity, up to 20 people.
    Recommended group size- 0-20

CORN MAZE group/team or night activity
    This year at Watermarks, we’re offering 2 new corn mazes. One trivia maze (you must work as a team to find all questions and find the
    answers to the puzzle) and a hole punch maze (first team to find all of the punches on their card and gets out wins!) Open July-December
    Recommended group size- 0-unlimited

DRIVING RANGE free rec time activity
    We’ve added our twist to a Driving Range Challenge. Grab your friends and head down during Free REC Time to compete to
    win rounds and see how good your swing is!
    Recommended group size- 0-30

PACMAN group/team or night activity
    Play as Ghosts or Pacmen, and try to outlast your peers in the human version of Pacman, now in the Maze of Survivor!
    Recommended group size- 0-200

SCAVENGER HUNT night activity
    Each team is given a clue sheet and must venture around camp with their teams, gather clues and return to their meeting
    space to solve the riddle. Solve the new riddle with all new stations/locations, complete the task and you win!
    Recommended group size- 0-200

MIND GAMES group/team activity
    Groups will be split into teams and must work together to accomplish different challenges using your mind to strategically
    accomplish each task. Updated for 2020 with all new stations!
    Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)

CAMP AUCTION indoor or night activity
    Each team will be given a bag full of items. When the game starts, a picture of an item will come up. Each team has to use
    what’s in their pillowcase to create that item. Leaders are the judges, and they pick who has the best item that round. Most
    round wins at the end of the game wins! All new items in your bags and new items to create!
    Recommended group size- Unlimited

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

                            GROUP/TEAM ACTIVITIES
SURVIVOR COURSE tribal war or group/team activity
    4 brand new elements designed for group team building and/or tribal war competitions. We can do one element daily as a
    weeklong competition for Tribal Wars or just run through as a team building course!
    Recommended group size- 10-200

ESCAPE ROOM           20

    Sign you and your friends up for an escape room challenge during Free REC Time. Signups will happen at breakfast time the
    morning of. Also you can book the Escape room for a team building activity, up to 20 people.
    Recommended group size- 0-20

CORN MAZE
    This year at Watermarks, we’re offering 2 new corn mazes. One trivia maze (you must work as a team to find all questions and find the
    answers to the puzzle) and a hole punch maze (first team to find all of the punches on their card and gets out wins!) Open July-December
    Recommended group size- 0-unlimited

PACMAN team/group or night activity
    Play as Ghosts or Pacmen, and try to outlast your peers in the human version of Pacman, now in the Maze of Survivor!
    Recommended group size- 0-200

MIND GAMES
    Groups will be split into teams and must work together to accomplish different challenges using your mind to strategically
    accomplish each task. Updated for 2020 with all new stations!
    Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)

CONNECT COURSE
    This is a team building course all built around staying connected! It’s very similar to a low ropes course, just your whole team
    will learn more about staying connected and not being able to do everything on your own. Updated for 2020 with a new twist!
    Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)

HIGH ROPES COURSE           50

    Head high into the air on our two-tier, self-belayed high ropes system and conquer your fears!
    Recommended group size- 0-50

LOW ROPES I COURSE
    This is the heart of Watermarks Camp. The Low Ropes Course is an outdoor course with different elements designed to build
    groups into better teams focusing on teamwork, communication, leadership and other important group dynamics.
    Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)

LOW ROPES II COURSE
    The Low Ropes II course focuses on teambuilding, encouragement, and communication. With a more challenging
    environment, it pushes each team to work together and builds a great environment for growth.
    Recommended group size- Unlimited (split into groups of 10-20)

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

                         GROUP/TEAM ACTIVITIES
MUD TUG OF WAR
   A true camp classic. Teams get split up and they go tournament style and have a blast all in the same. Bring clothes you can
   get ruined because this game is messy and awesome all in the same.
   Recommended group size- 10-200

OBSTACLE COURSE
   The Obstacle Course, like many other activities at Watermarks can be customized to fit your group’s dynamics. Spend your
   time there racing against each team, working out each obstacle as a team building element, or splitting into partners with
   one blindfolded to increase your communication, trust and teamwork skills!
   Recommended group size- 0-50

FIELD GAMES
   Field games gives you 6+ activites to split up into teams and rotate through. Bring your group over, split up and have a blast!
   Recommended group size- 0-200

INDOOR TEAM BUILDING
   Our indoor teambuilding is a great way for groups to have some fun, laid back time of building teamwork and unity. Students
   can spend a morning or afternoon rotating through each station. These collections of teambuilding games are especially
   great in cold or rainy weather.
   Recommended group size- 0-unlimited

SHOOTING/ARCHERY RANGE            HS   shotguns

   Using rifles and shotguns (shotguns & skeet shooting for rising 8th graders and up) for youth and adults, allow your students
   the opportunity to learn gun safety and practice their aim shooting at targets and clay pigeons. Archery is also offered at the
   range for all ages. Certified shooting instructors instruct all activities at the courses. NOW OFFERING AX THROWING WITH
   SHOOTING RANGE! Skeet Shooting, Shotguns and Ax Throwing for High School only and up!
   Recommended group size- 0-50

SWIM TIME AT THE LAKE       &     RIVER TUBING           75/session

   Our lake at Watermarks is the place to be in the summer! With two Waterslides, an 800 ft. Water Zipline, the Blob, water
   trampolines, and floating pontoons, the lake is a place for everyone. We also have the Sugar Shack open where pretzels, sno-
   cones and pizzas are for sale. We also offer River Tubing on the James!
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

                                        night ACTIVITIES
SCAVENGER HUNT
   Each team is given a clue sheet and must venture around camp with their teams, gather the clues and return to their meet-
   ing space to solve the riddle all while staying connected. Solve the new riddle with all new stations/locations, complete the
   task and you win!
   Recommended group size- 0-200

PARTY AT THE RIVER
   Party at the River is a mixture of a couple of activities. This is great for large groups who want a lot of activities to choose from
   in one place. We have music, campfire/smores, wiffleball/kickball, cornhole, kanjam, spikeball and ladderball.
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

CORN MAZE
   This year at Watermarks, we’re offering 2 new corn mazes. One trivia maze (you must work as a team to find all questions and find the
   answers to the puzzle) and a hole punch maze (first team to find all of the punches on their card and gets out wins!) Open July-December
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

FIELD GAMES
   With a fully lighted field, Field Games gives you 6+ activites to split up into teams and rotate through. Bring your group over,
   split up and have a blast!
   Recommended group size- 0-200

PACMAN
   Play as Ghosts or Pacmen, and try to outlast your peers in the human version of Pacman! Now in the Maze of Survivor!
   Recommended group size- 0-200

CAMP AUCTION
   Each team will be given a bag full of items. When the game starts, a picture of an item will come up. Each team has to use
   what’s in their bag to create that item. Leaders are the judges, picking who has the best item that round. Most round wins at
   the end of the game wins! All new items in your bags and new items to create!
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

STAFF HUNT
   The students are split up into cabin groups and go on a hunt for the staff and leaders. Once finding the staff member or lead-
   er, they must continue on the journey with the group and bring the staff member or leader back to the starting point. At the
   end of the hunt, the team with the most points wins.
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

CAMPFIRE/SMORES
   What’s camp without a campfire? Pick a night to get your group together and roast some s’mores and we’ll make it happen!
   Everyone’s camp experience should include some time at the campfire pit. Whether it’s a fun night with s’mores and laugh-
   ter or a serious night of reflection, make your time here complete with a night around the fire! We’ll provide the smores!
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

WIFFLEBALL/KICKBALL
   This is a great morning or night activity that can be turned into a weeklong tournament or just a day game! The options are
   endless! Want to switch it up a bit? We’ll bring out the kickball and enjoy this childhood classic too!
   Recommended group size- 10-100
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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

                                     night ACTIVITIES
HUMAN BATTLESHIP
   The whole group is divided into two teams separated by a large barrier. Players sit on either side and throw balls back and
   forth to try and “sink” the other side. The game continues until one team has successfully hit and eliminated the other team.
   Recommended group size- 0-50

NIGHT PAINTBALL
   Your team, sent one at a time, must compete to gather building blocks around the course. Group leaders will have paintball
   guns trying to hold back the players from getting the blocks. While gathering blocks, teams are working to build the tallest
   tower. Tallest and strongest tower wins the game!
   Recommended group size- 0-100

MOVIE NIGHT
   Enjoy a movie (your pick or ours) with your group while snacking on some fresh popcorn, provided by camp. Movies can be
   enjoyed inside your meeting space or can be done drive-in style out on the beach with a screen! We’ll provide the popcorn!
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

GAGABALL TOURNAMENT
   Our version of dodge ball, your students will love playing in our GAGA Pit. A game that has become an addictive favorite
   among campers and staff, GAGA is great for a friendly organized tournament or a free time activity.
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

GIANT JENGA
   This game is exactly how it sounds. It’s the game that many of us grew up playing, but with a few added twists. Split your
   students into teams that play against each other to keep the tower growing without letting it tumble. But watch out! If the
   piece your team pulls out has a task written on it, the task must be completed before continuing!
   Recommended group size- 0-50

CLUE
   Gather your team and get your clue cards and dice. Roll the dice to determine how many steps you can take to the multiple
   stations to gain info on your clue card. Using the process of elimination, the first time to figure out the scenario wins!
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

TALENT SHOW
   Get in groups/cabins or by individual talents, and perform for everyone. Let the camp staff run the talent show or you can
   take the reigns for a night of fun and skill. It can be skits, group or individual performances, however you want to run it or
   want us to. Usually schedule a prep time before if you choose group performance. We’ll provide the popcorn!
   Recommended group size- Unlimited

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

                           FREE REC TIME ACTIVITIES
CYCLONE SPIN
   Grab 3 of your friends and jump on the cyclone spin. The harder your push/pull, the faster you spin!

MEGA SPIN
   Grab a friend and spin around the mega spin! A staff member will get you going, you decide how long you can last.

ZIPLINE
   We offer a 500 ft. zipline through the woods. Come conquer your fear and zip through the trees.

ROCKWALL
   With 5 sections of difficulty, see if you can climb all the way to the top of each!

FISHING LAKE
   Grab a paddleboard, kayak or a canoe and head out on the lake. Lifejackets are required.

LEAP OF FAITH
   This is a section of high ropes and you must climb to the top and jump off the pole and touch the hanging element!

ARCHERY/DRIVING RANGES
   Hit a few golf balls or shoot some arrows! Win free camp gear for your accuracy as well.

SHOOTING RANGE                           HS   shotguns

   Learn proper gun safety, shoot rifles or shotguns with NRA instructors. HS and up for Shotguns

ESCAPE ROOM           20

   Sign your group of 20 up at breakfast time and see how long it takes you to escape!

PAINTBALL        40/session

   Sign up at breakfast and get to shooting! You’ll get to play through multiple games and scenarios!

3 POINT SHOOTOUT
   Test your basketball shot in the Worship Center as the clock ticks down.

CREATIVE ART PROJECTS
   Signup at breakfast to get in on the project of the day! Every day there will be a new project offered!

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GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
Summer 2020

              open all the time ACTIVITIES
BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, TETHERBALL, CORNHOLE, KANJAM, SPIKEBALL
   These are open anytime, so if you have some down time, feel free to jump on these!

GAGABALL
   GagaBall is open anytime, so if you have some down time, feel free to jump in a game! We have 2 pits for playing!

SKATEPARK
   Bring your board and helmet and enjoy our park! We offer a half-pipe and multiple ramps and rails! Helmet required

CHILLVILLE
   Chillville is always open for lounging, so pick a hammock and enjoy the peace and quiet. You can grab your own in the Camp
   Store!

CHECKERS
   Play a life size scaled game of checkers anytime in front of our camp store!

CONNECT 4
   Grab a friend a play large connect four anytime!

PING PONG
   We have multiple outdoor ping pong tables for the avid players!

POOL TABLE
   Enjoy a game of pool with friends during down time!

BOARD GAMES
   Enjoy many options of board games in the Cafe!

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