Snoodles and Noodle Hockey!

It's been a busy day today, trying to fit as much as we can into the last full day with the kids from St. Mary Magdalene, Grace, and St. Olaf! 

This morning the Roots campers did the Golf Ball Challenge during team building!  It was a tough one!

This afternoon we played a game called Snoodles.  There are 4 teams and each team starts in the corner by a cone.  Each team starts with a noodle in their corner and the object of the game is to get all four noodles into your corner.

Each person playing has a sock tucked in at their hip.  If your sock gets pulled out, you have to freeze and wait for one of your team members to crawl through your legs to free you.

Video clip of the start of Snoodles

Video clip of Snoodles

Our last Olympic event of the week was Noodle Hockey!  Each person has a noodle and the object of the game is to get the gator ball into the opposing team's net using only your noodles.  If the ball touches your legs or feet you have to freeze, raise your noodle over your head, and count to five before resuming play.

The game started with the chant: "Marie Wonders is awesome!"  Marie is one of the church staff here with the kids this week, from St. Mary Magdalene Lutheran Church.  Pastor Dale from St. Olaf Lutheran Church is also here this week!  We love church staff!

Video clip of the start of Noodle Hockey

While two teams faced off for 2 minutes of Noodle Hockey, the rest of the teams took a break and waited for their next game.

Video clip of Noodle Hockey

These two teams were ready to play!

Video clip of Noodle Hockey

Team huddle

We will announce the winners of the Olympics tomorrow at the Olympics Closing Ceremony!

The campers got to vote today on which game they wanted to play tonight and they chose Mighty Mighty!  We will include some pictures from that tomorrow!


Here's what we've been up to the rest of the day!
Breakfast in Bed
Cabin Cleanup

Chapel

Bible Study/ One on Ones/ Cabin Time

Lunch

Simmer/ Nap time

Free Time/Beach open

Free Time/Canteen open

Game Time - Snoodles

Olympics - Noodle Hockey

Dinner

Rendezvous/ Time with God

Mighty Mighty

Canteen

Worship

Church meeting

Devos

Hula Launchers!

Last night we played Hula Launchers!  Here are some pictures and videos from the game!

Video clip of Hula Launchers

Video clip of Hula Launchers

Video clip of Hula Launchers

The Roots campers went into Longville this afternoon!  They helped run some of the game booths, danced, competed in a hula hoop contest and watched the turtle races!

Hula Hoop Contest

Video Clip of the Hula Hoop Contest

The Chicken Dance

 Video clip of the Chicken Dance

The Macarena!

It was another hot day today, so this afternoon we played a fun water game to cool off!  Drip, Drip, Drop is like Duck, Duck, Gray Duck but instead of tapping people on the head you drip water on them.   Then the person that you drop the full cup of water on chases you around the circle.

Video clip of Drip, Drip, Drop

After Drip, Drip, Drop, we played another variation of Duck, Duck, Gray Duck.  In Extreme Duck, Duck, Gray Duck you sit in lines and if the person at the end of the line gets called Gray Duck, the whole line has to run around the circle.  The last one sitting back in the line is it.

Video clip of Extreme Duck, Duck, Gray Duck

For Olympics today we did Minute to Win It Challenges!  Each team sent up a representative to compete with the other teams.  Some of the challenges included:

Golf Ball Stacking

Video clip of the Coin Spin

Straw Relay

Video clip of Cookie Face challenge

Stacking Dice on a popsicle stick

Video clip of the Cotton Ball Nose Relay

Here are the six staff team captains!

Part 2 of the Olympics today was a game called Choose Thine Option.  In this game you have three options: buoy, dancing, and karate.  Everybody picks and action to do each time.  When the leader turns around an does an action, if you match the leader, you are out.

The Final Four!

The Final Two!

The Final Two of the Second Round!

Tonight we played Hula Launchers!  We will include pictures from that in a post tomorrow!

Here's our schedule from today!

First Word

Breakfast

Cabin Cleanup

Chapel

Bible Study/ One on Ones/ Cabin Time

Team Building

Lunch

Simmer/ Nap time

Free Time/Canteen open

Game Time - Drip, Drip, Drop, Extreme Duck, Duck, Gray Duck

Olympics - Minute to Win It Games and Choose Thine Option

Dinner

Rendezvous/ Time with God

Hula Launchers

Canteen

Worship

Church meeting

Devos

Servant Fair!

Last night we had Servant Fair, where the staff serve the campers in fun and crazy ways.  Some of the stations included:

Nail Painting

Hair Braiding

Marker Tattoos

Hand Massages

Launching balls at Zack

Compliment Station

David's Ping Pong Challenge

What is your favorite thing about camp?

It's another great day here at Luther Dell!  The Roots campers will be going into Longville this afternoon for the Turtle Races and to help volunteer with the game booths!