The challenge: you have to build a fire that will burn and break the rope in half from the wood you have collected and just a few matches. The energy is high, the cheering is loud, and everyone is using all of their might to P-U-L-L PULL the rope!ī-U-R-N buuuuurn the rope! Eight foot poles hold up a thick, seven-foot rope that has been soaking in water the whole day. Tugging and tugging away to see who will break first, it’s the ultimate challenge. This classic camp game will never go out of style, and is a huge event. If you are the one to discover where the hatchet is hidden, your team will get a lot of points, and you will go down in Color War history as a legend!ĭivision by division, campers battle it out to see who has the strongest (physically, of course) Color War team. There are clues presented as to the hatchets whereabouts and it brings out the detective in everyone.
One of the all camp challenges is a mega scavenger hunt and race to find this needle in the haystack. there is a hatchet hidden somewhere…anywhere in all of camp. Gold Summer, - and the entire camp gets seriously decked out in costumes and accessories, face paint, and monochromatic clothing for their teams. Here is where your camper’s artistic side truly comes out! Each team is usually given a theme that goes along with their color - Blue Hawaii vs. Usually, camps have breakout in the last couple weeks of camp and Color War marks the beginning of the end: it’s sad but exciting and thrilling and is truly the pinnacle of the summer! It’s always a surprise, there are always fake-outs, and it’s always the beginning of the best days of camp. It’s a huge moment that involves the entire camp - you can feel the excitement buzzing in the air as breakout gets closer, and campers are always guessing what day, time, hour, and minute it will finally break. This is what your child has been waiting for during the 10 months of the year.
Every camp does color war in their own unique way, and we are here to give you the 411 on summer’s most hyped-up event! There is truly something for every camper and counselor during Color War and each team member is an important contributor to the team! And at the end, when Sing Night rolls around, there are more tears or laughs than on any other night of camp and everyone comes together as one, no matter if they win or lose. During Color War, campers compete on different teams in activities all around camp – from basketball, boating, and soccer to trivia contests, rope burn, and apache relay. COLOR WAR has arrived!!! Basically the World Cup or the Super Bowl of the camp season, Color War is the cherry on top of the most amazing summer. Lights are flashing, fans are cheering, team colors are seen all around, and camp spirit is at an all-time high… this can only mean one thing at camp.
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