Trash Can Mixer

Materials:

Trash can

Directions:

Have everyone form a circle holding hands around a large trash can. The object is to get others to touch the trash can by pulling on their hands without touching it yourself. Anyone who makes contact with the trash can or unlocks hands is eliminated. Last one standing wins!

This can be played as a big, long elimination mixer or as a game with 5-10 kids. It can also be played outside with a kiddie pool full of something unpleasant (water, mud, jello, etc).

Energizer Bunny Run-on

Materials:
bunny costume, big bass drum, table, 2 cups, 2 chairs

Characters:
Energizer Bunny, wife, husband

Directions:
Get a bunny costume and a big bass drum. Set the scene as a commercial. Lights on, a scene of two couples drinking coffee at a table.

One lady comments, "Gee, this coffee is delicious." Her husband says "Yes it is, could I have another cup?" "Why sure" she answers. The thought of first women is done over a microphone: "That’s funny, Bill never drinks another cup at home."

Just then the Bunny enters pounding on the drum. The bunny stops beats on the table, knocks out the couple and drums off the set.

Duct Tape Man Run-on

Materials:
duct tape costume, stuff to break

Characters:
Duct Tape Man

Directions:
Wrap a jump suit, gloves, hard hat and boots in duct tape, or see Wireless One catalog for duct tape apparel. You may either have something in club "accidentally" break each week, or you can use it to sell camp.

For example, the bus ride: duct tape man can explain how tough a bus ride can be and tape an assistant to the seat, a pillow to their head to sleep, a water bottle to their mouth, headphones to their head. He could help in future weeks with other aspects of camp needing tape…car wash (hose, sponge, towel to assistant), old suitcase for packing, water skis, volleyball.

One way that it can be done is that instead of fixing anything Duct Tape Man basically comes in and destroys what ever it is he is trying to fix — but leaves a ton of duct tape all over it. You can also have a leader taunt him because he doesn’t actually fix anything.

Axel & Smash Run-on

Materials:
rock star costumes

Characters:
Axel, Smash

Directions:
Two leaders dress up as punk rock musicians with clothes and long-haired wigs using toy guitars. When the music comes on (use hard/punk music) they come dancing through the crowds with guitars in hand until they reach the front. When they reach the front the music stops and the dialogue goes like this:

Axel: "Hi! I'm Axel!"
Smash: "And I'm Kid Smash!"
Axel/Smash: "And we're rock stars! We're in a band, and we have friends who are going to rock this house!"

At this point the music comes on again and they begin to air band to the music. Another leader starts to yell:

Leader: "Stop the music! You guys are a joke! You aren't even rock stars!"
Axel/Smash: "We aren't!?"
Leader: "And you don't have a band!"
Axel/Smash: "We don't!?"
Leader: "And you guys don't have any friends who are going to rock this house, and you won't either!"
Axel/Smash: "We won't!?"
Leader: "No! Get out of here! You guys are a bunch of phonies!"

Axel and Smash start to leave and before they reach the end of the door, they turn around and yell:

Axel/Smash: "Hey ! We'll be back!"

And then they go. We used this run-on 5 or 6 times during the beginning of year, and we set up the final act for the last club of the year where we actually got a band together and had a semi- concert/dance with songs like YMCA, Twist & Shout, Johnny B. Goode, etc. This was a great way to end the last club!

Wee Man Run-on

Materials:
costume

Characters:
Wee-man

Directions:
Wee-man comes out to do announcements, or just to give a weekly update of what he's been doing. Need two people to pull this off each time. Make up fun conversations that contain many words with "we" in them. The straight guy tells the majority of the story, but saves all the "we's" for Wee Man (played a bit as a geek--funky clothes, etc.).

Example: "So yesterday -we- didn't have much to do, so -we- -we-nt out in the yard to -we-ed the flowerbeds. -We-ll, you'll never believe what -we- saw!!..." Also works well if you follow up with "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". Invite Wee Man to stay and lead the "Weee" section of the group!! Lots of fun. Takes a couple run-throughs before club so you don't mess it up.

Hack-saw and Corn-bread Run-on

Materials:
hillbilly costumes

Characters:
Hack-saw, Corn-bread

Directions:
Two hillbillies Hack-saw and Corn-bread from Itchy Butt Arkansas come in each week and perform amazing new games that they came up with which really aren’t that fun at all. In the end they think of something great which is probably something that you will do at fall or summer camp.

Spaz Boy Run-on

Materials:
costume

Characters:
Spaz-boy

Directions:
Someone dresses up in a crazy costume, possibly with a shirt that says, "Spaz-boy". He runs into club, around and over everyone, and runs out.

Mr. Glove Run-On

Materials:
glove, camera, DVDs

Characters:
Mr. Glove

Directions:
Video-tape a glove as it explores a different adventure each week. Have Mr. Glove visit kids houses that go to club. You can plant stuff in there desk (Barney video, New Kids On The Block CD, etc.) We had Mr. Glove go into a persons bathroom and accidentally drop tooth brush (look alike) into the toilet. At the end of the run-on have camera shows who Mr. Glove is (principle is the best of choice).

Reggie Vego-matic Run-on

Materials:
box, carrot, apple, onion, ice cream, milk, chocolate syrup

Characters:
salesman

Directions:
Use one box to fit over a person with a hole cut for a head to fit through with "slice, dice, mix, and blend" written on it and food materials.

A salesman comes out and demonstrates the many uses for the "blender." For example, the salesman puts in a carrot, an apple and an onion. Each time he stops and samples the puree. The salesman finally makes a milk shake with ice cream, milk and chocolate syrup. The salesman takes this concoction and then drinks it, or plant someone in the audience to drink it.