camouflage game- outdoor challenge
2010 April 28
Best played during a hike, but actually we play it in our yard all the time. We’ll be just walking around the yard together and I’ll just yell out “CAMOUFLAGE” to start the game.
To set up the game for playing the first time- ask what predator and prey mean. Have your children pick a local predator (for example a fox), then pick something it would eat for dinner (rabbit). What does the prey do to get away from a predator? They usually run and hide or simply stop and freeze.
To play the game-
-Tell the children you are going to randomly yell out “camouflage” (check for poison ivy and stinging nettle if you are on a trail). Yell ”CAMOUFLAGE,” then count to five, the children have five seconds to camouflage in with their environment or freeze.
-Open your eyes on five. Anyone you see moving is dinner.
-Anyone not moving is camouflaged and you do not see them- even if they are standing right in front of you. So, as long as they are not moving they are not seen. Call out anyone you see moving and tell everyone else good job and come on out.
-Open your eyes on five. Anyone you see moving is dinner.
-Anyone not moving is camouflaged and you do not see them- even if they are standing right in front of you. So, as long as they are not moving they are not seen. Call out anyone you see moving and tell everyone else good job and come on out.
Araina prefers to freeze in this pose rather than the run and hide strategy. She wins just about every time!
Outdoor Participant of the Day- Cheryl and her family, from Time to Craft, live in a 280 year old cottage in the SW of the UK. I love what she wrote in her profile, “We’d rather be searching for beetles than shopping for shoes.” I’m with you Cheryl! Here’s a pic of her little lion tamer taming the dent de lions-
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we’re participating! i just don’t post often.
i took a great shot of a fun fort we built today…..and then just absent-mindedly deleted all my photos!! i’ve actually never done that before. oh, well!
Cute game! That’s funny, I wrote about hide and seek today to.
http://renaissancemama.squarespace.com/renaissance-mama/2010/4/29/hide-and-seek.html
What a fun idea for a game – we will definitely be doing this!!
I’ve posted some pics on my blog for today’s challenge – thanks!! 
Araina has added yoga to the game
I know, very good posture in that last photo I must say.
Very cute Lisa!
What a great game. You could play it almost anywhere. I’m going to try this one with the children and any grown-ups that are game. Why not?
Thank you for linking to us today. Its great to “virtually” link up with so many like minded folk.
We brought the outdoors inside today to get a closer look at a local pond:
http://www.wideopencampus.com/?p=521
Thanks for the movie suggestion. I will check it out. I love movies.
Wow, she camouflages really well in that pink shirt!
HA! Lisa, no kidding. I guess that’s why she chose the freeze pose every time!
Looks like the girl is a fierce competitor!
We made wild birdseed cookies today (I’m still picking most of it out of my hair!
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http://oakbeefarm.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/birdseed-cookies/
Cara
She is tough to play games with, if she loses, the roof is blown off the house! LOTS of boo hoos and drama.
Sounds like a good game, I will share it with my family, they will love it, thanks!
Love this game! Sounds like so much fun.
Becca
What a great game. Ariana cracks me up. I see a future yoga instructor in that one.
Yep, she LOVES yoga. She even said, “I freeze similar to the warrior pose.”
Eeeek! That looks like so much fun!
I am glad to know, too, that I am not the o nly one who can’t stand shopping
Here’s my monkey for today:
http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/2010/04/wip-wednesday-of-monkeys-and-pumpkins.html
I love the look on your daughter’s face. Isn’t she fierce. Have a happy week!
What a fun game!!
Ha! I think Araina and Anika are cut from the same cloth! (and they have the same pants…!) sounds like a game we’d like!
I don’t know, I’m thinking some beetle shoes would be cute. Beetle shoes, beetle shoes, beetle shoes!
Claudia
http://lilmuselily.com/2010/04/28/outdoors-tuesday/
yes, great pose !
xxx
Love Araina’s “Goddess Pose.” She’s a natural yogini, that one.
Oh…and I hate shopping – give me a beetle search, ANYDAY! xo